UDL: Moving from Exploration to Integration

This collection of case stories edited by Elizabeth Berquist showcases the practical challenges and solutions of implementing UDL in systems, states, and schools across the United States.

Are there any more exciting stories than those of pioneers? . . .

In this timely new collection, Elizabeth Berquist has brought together some early pioneers of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) implementation. These pioneers discuss many important topics related to implementations, such as the need to build effective professional learning communities, to cultivate support among school faculty and parents, and to integrate UDL with existing initiatives.

As more and more educators take up the challenge to implement UDL, this enterprising book is an excellent place to start that journey, filled as it is with wise and hard-won lessons from these UDL pioneers.

from the Foreword by Nancy S. Grasmick, PhD, co-executive director of the Kennedy Krieger Institute and former Maryland State Superintendent of Education

UDL: Moving from Exploration to Integration is available in paperback ($30.00, 244 pages, ISBN: 9781930583009) and EPUB ($30.00 ISBN: 9781930583016) format.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Section 1: Professional Learning the UDL Way
  • Chapter 1: Using the UDL Framework as a Guide for Professional Learning
  • Chapter 2: Changing Beliefs: A View Inside a Coaching Experience Based on UDL
  • Chapter 3: Designing Digital Learning: Bringing UDL to Life Online
• Section 2: UDL Implementation in Schools
  • Chapter 4: Establishing a Culture That Values Twenty-First-Century Professional Learning
  • Chapter 5: Building a UDL Culture: Professional Learning Communities
  • Chapter 6: Transforming High School Learning Environments: Our UDL Implementation Journey at César E. Chávez High School
  • Chapter 7: A Co-Teaching Conversation: Using UDL to Co-Plan for the Inclusive Classroom
• Section 3: UDL Implementation in School Systems
  • Chapter 8: Scaling the Work: A Small District Perspective
  • Chapter 9: Universal Design for Learning: Building Learner-Centered Environments in a Large District
  • Chapter 10: Universal Design for Learning at the State Level: A Maryland State of Mind
• References
• About the Authors
• Acknowledgments
• Index