Module 1: Catholic Mission in Education and Communicating with Compassion. Teachers learn why inclusion of persons with disabilities is related to mission, how it benefits the community, and the start of their work in using these values in the classroom with lessons through Church doctrine and Catholic social teaching.

Module 2: Who is in your classroom? Overview of High and Low Incidence Disabilities. Teachers will focus on the most prevalent learning disabilities, their characteristics, how they present in the classroom. Traditional special education law and practice will be considered as a foundation for implementing meaningful student services and supports in a Catholic school environment.

Module 3: Accommodations, Interventions, and Modifications. Teachers will learn a variety of accommodations and interventions that can be provided to aid learners in daily tasks, in addition to how modifications are different from accommodations and interventions, and when they might be used.

Module 4: Let Goal Setting and Data Be Your Guide. Data is collected school wide and in each individual classroom. When considered in isolation it only represents a small piece of the whole. However, when data is analyzed at the classroom and school wide levels, goals drive the growth of the individual learners, the educators, and the school at large. Examples of classroom and school wide data will be presented and analyzed to develop data driven goals.

Module 5: Collaboration for Success. Teachers will learn the importance of collaboration with parents and colleagues for learners to meet academic, social and emotional, and developmental goals. Scenarios will be presented describing challenges, barriers, and successful collaborative experiences in alignment with the academic impact of learning disabilities.

Module 6: Strategies to Increase Accessibility and Engagement for Learners. Whether online, in the classroom, or in a hybrid model, learners must be able to access the content and engage in the lessons to achieve the teacher directed goals. Teachers will learn engagement strategies, assistive technology resources and environmental factors that can increase learners’ accessibility to the curriculum.

Module 7: Effective and Flexible Assessment. Students can show what they have learned in a variety of ways. This module will provide examples of why flexibility in assessment increases the possibility of success for students with learning disabilities.

Module 8: Setting Them Up for Success. Action plans can drive meaningful outcomes. The teacher will consider what is currently in place on his/her school campus, determine the necessary components for a student-focused action plan, and the resources necessary to implement the plan with success. This module will also include the necessary steps to take if a plan is not currently used at the school campus and needs to be created.