Resources
Below, you’ll find samples of tools and texts we’ve created. Full versions and additional materials are available in our book, Sustaining Cultural and Disability Identities in the Literacy Classroom, K-6 or through our consulting and collaboration with our K-12 and higher education partners.
Meet Neurodivergent Educator Charlotte Maltby
Special educator Charlotte Maltby shares how she views ADHD as a valuable part of her identity, as well as how it informs her work with students.
Disability Representation Children's Book List
Curated by special educator Jeongmin Ha, this list is a compilation of children’s literature that features disability representation. Check back often as we continue to update the list. Contact us to submit books that you would like to see added.
Excerpt of CSP/DSP Principles Chart
This chart features teacher dispositions and practices aligned with the CSP/DSP principle of cultural competence. A full version of the chart, which includes the other principles of CSP/DSP, is availale in our book.
Excerpt of CSP/DSP Principles Chart in Spanish
This chart features teacher dispositions and practices aligned with the CSP/DSP principle of cultural competence translated into Spanish by Chilean teacher educator Dr. Andrea Lira.
Whole Class Lesson Planning Template
This resource is an editable template that allows you to plan a whole class workshop lesson. It encourages you to pay attention to teacher actions, student actions, and accessibility. Use the whole class accessible lesson plan provided as an example to help you plan in this template.
Example Lesson Plan
This lesson plan offers and example of how to structure a whole class lesson while attending to access points, including the strategic use of multiple adults, student choice, and multiple modalities for engagement. You can use this as a mentor text to plan your own whole class lessons in the template.
Critically Reading Plot for Disability Representation
This chart offers questions to guide students in critically reading the plot of a story that includes disabled characters. For charts on how to read critically for character and word choice, read our article, “Analyzing Representations of Individuals with Disabilities in Picture Books,” published in The Reading Teacher.
Asset Pedagogies Cheat Sheet
This table offers a concise at-a-glance overview of culturally relevant, culturally responsive, and culturally sustaining pedagogies.
Excerpt from Critical Considerations for Literacy Celebrations Chart
This chart provides examples of ways to celebrate student work that are infused with CSP/DSP. Critical considerations to make celebrations inclusive are also provided. More ideas on how to inclusively celebrate student work can be found in our book.
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