Universal Design for Learning: Ashley Wilkirson
Ashley Wilkirson Universal Design for Learning Within the study, Teaching Elementary Students With Multiple Disabilities to Participate in Shared Stories , researchers evaluated how a combination of techniques, such as AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) and UDL (Universal Design for Learning), would benefit students with multiple disabilities improve in literacy. One option that the teacher utilized was putting the names of the students in the books to give them a stronger sense of connection to what they are reading. Another technique the teacher used was placing pictures in the story so that they could see what they were reading. Each book had different and similar alterations made to build the three students' reading capabilities. I would use the adaptations that the teacher used in this study, because it was reported at the end of the study that the students showed various amounts of improvement. I would use the adaptations, like putting ...
