Even as inclusion becomes more imbedded and accepted as common practice, the challenge of reaching and teaching all students in a classroom remains. This study group was developed by invitation to discuss and to apply the concepts and practices of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to teacher preparation programs. After attending a three day training in UDL at the Center for Applied Special Technologies (CAST) in Wakefield, Massachusetts, selected Task Force members are communicating the ideas and incorporating the strategies of UDL into their own classroom teaching. By remaining connected to one another and to the Task Force, this study group will examine UDL's viability, support one another's efforts, and disseminate their findings.
| Region | Study Group Member | Institution | | Long Island | Dolores Burton | New York Institute of Technology |
Mid-West |
Ellen Contopidis |
Keuka College |
Mid-State |
Peter Kozik |
HESC, Syracuse University |
| East |
Deborah May |
State University of New York at Albany |
New York City |
Kathleen McSorley |
City University of New York at Brooklyn |
Hudson |
Merrily Miller Robin Smith |
Mount St. Mary College State University of New York at New Paltz |
West |
Sharon Raimondi |
State University of New York at Buffalo |
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