Universal Design For Learning Concepts Highlighted

CONCORD, NH - Mary Lane, an educational consultant at the NH DOE, is a very busy lady. Whether it is working with Scholastic on expanding family engagement in education, traveling around the state promoting the new Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Innovation Network, or even tipping off the “Comm Shop” at the NH DOE about how the department is assisting a blind skier from Concord High School as she makes national headlines, one has to wonder when she would have time to write.

But she has.

The third edition of the National Association of State Directors of Special Education’s educational service guidelines – Optimizing Outcomes for Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing – Mary has not one but two chapters. Her sections focus on two concepts: school environmental access and accommodations as well as the importance of students transitioning from education to employment and independent living.

The access and accommodations chapter spends time explaining UDL concepts and why they are important for the deaf and blind and the school community. The second chapter focuses on resources and strategies to assist in the post-education environment of work and living.

Congrats, Mary, for all your hard work.