Professional Development

Date:
July 1-31, 2025

Time:
Approximately 1 Hour

Location:
Online via ZOOM

Registration Deadline:
July 31, 2025

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Summer Institute: The ABCs of Autism: Supporting AcadSummer Institute: Co-Teaching Models of Instruction to Support Educational Design


Training Description

This session provides an in-depth exploration of co-teaching models that promote successful educational design. Attendees will learn about six coteaching approaches and discover strategies for how to use these models to enhance collaboration, planning, data collection, and differentiation. The presentation also highlights the benefits of co-teaching for students and educators, emphasizing equity, accessibility, and professional growth.

Training Objectives

Participants will gain knowledge of the six co-teaching models and understand how to apply them in the classroom setting. Including a series of action steps to integrate different strategies within the co-teaching models to enhance collaboration, joint planning, data collection, and differentiation to meet the needs of all students.

Target Audience

Educators, Speech and Language Therapists, Board Certified Behavior Analysts, Mental Health and Behavioral Health Therapists & providers, Other Professionals, Parents.

About the Presenter

Dr. Krystle Merry is a Lecturer at the University of Maine. She is a National Board Certified Teacher Exceptional Needs Specialist, Digital Accessibility Specialist, and educator with over 15 years of inclusive education experience. She has a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction Special Education, Masters in Gifted and Talented, Bachelors in Middle Childhood Education, and Certificates in Autism, Transition, and ESOL.

Contact

FAU CARD
CARD@FAU.EDU
561-213-5751

 


Regional Trainings are hosted by the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities, through the Partnership for Effective Programs for Students with Autism (PEPSA), a program funded by the State of Florida, Department of Education, K-12 Public Schools, Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services, through federal assistance under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B. www.DOEpartnership.org