SWIFT team members "embrace the full humanity and culture of students with intensive cognitive needs, and provide them high-quality academic instruction aligned with general education standards, delivered among grade-level peers."

Evolve & Effect assists education agencies to:

• Keep up with ever evolving teaching methodologies

• Increase positive effect for ALL learners

• Build capacity of leaders to sustain use of high-effect practices over time.

- Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

- Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

- Alternate Assessment

- Rightful Presence

- Friendship and Belonging

- Specially Designed Instruction (SDI)

- Multi-Tiered Sytems of Support (MTSS)

- Teaching Assistant Assignments

Jackson et al (2022). Examination of contextual xamination of contextual variables across and within different types of placement for elementary students with complex support needs. RPSD

Zagona et al (2022). Ecobehavioral analysis of the experiences of students with complex support needs in different classroom types. RPSD

Cole et al (2024). The relationship between special education placement and high school outcomes. The Journal of Special Education

Gee et al (2020). Outcomes of inclusive versus separate placements: A matched pairs analysis. RPSD

"Together" is a SWIFT film by Dan Habib. The film features schools in Maryland, Mississippi and Oregon implementing the Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation (SWIFT). SWIFT is a national K through 8 technical assistance center that builds school capacity to provide academic and behavioral support to improve outcomes for all students through equity-based inclusion. To learn more about the 5 SWIFT domains and 10 features, see the SWIFT guide at guide.swiftschools.org

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We provide training and technical assistance, coaching, and professional development, research, and much more.

Some of our areas of expertise include: facilitating system change UDL, inclusive instruction, standards-based instruction, students with extensive support needs."

"Helping disabled people and their families live rich and meaningful lives in their communities."

Micah’s journey from segregation to inclusion required him to open a lot of doors for himself, some of which were never opened before for a student with a disability. Learn about Micah’s story, and how you can open those same doors for yourself, your children, or your students to help them be more fully included and refine norms."

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"Think College provides resources, technical assistance and training related to college options for students with intellectual disability, and manages the only national listing of college programs for students with intellectual disability in the United States.

We are a national technical assistance, research, and evaluation center dedicated to developing, expanding, and improving higher education options for students with intellectual disability."