Creating Graphic Organizers Using Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.) to demonstrate universal learning and behavior characteristics and strategies for a disability.

Content Instructions: For this assignment choose one of the three listed disabilities: learning disability; emotional/behavioral disorder; autism spectrum disorder. You will only target one disability for this task. Here is a model to follow: Universal Learning Characteristics example .

In your graphic organizer,

• Step 1: Define, in one sentence, the disability you selected.


• Step 2: Universal Behavior Characteristics
  
  
  
  • Describe at least five universal behavior characteristics for this population of students.
  
  
  • Identify common (behavior) characteristics associated with the chosen disability.
  
  
  • Explain at least five behavior strategies to support the universal behavior.
  
  
  • Identify at least five evidence-based behavior interventions that align with the characteristics mentioned above.
  
  
  • List at least three resources you accessed to identify universal behavior characteristics.
  
  
  • Use credible and scholarly literature when supporting your research-based behavior strategies/interventions.
  
  
  
  


• Step 3: Universal Learning Characteristics
  
  
  
  • Describe at least five universal learning characteristics for the population of students you have chosen.
  
  
  • Identify common learning characteristics associated with the chosen disability.
  
  
  • Explain at least five instructional strategies, accommodations, or modifications to support the universal learning characteristics of the population of student’s you have chosen.
  
  
  • Identify at least five evidence-based interventions that align with the learning characteristics mentioned above.
  
  
  • List at least three resources you accessed to identify universal learning characteristics and instructional strategies, accommodations or modifications.
  
  
  • Use credible and scholarly literature when supporting your research-based learning strategies/interventions.