Specially Designed Instruction in General Education

• IEP Tip Sheet: What Is Special Education? A Focus on Specially Designed Instruction

  Get the definition of SDI and its three parts: content, methodology, and delivery.

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• SDI Adaptations Series: What Educators Need to Know

  Open three tip sheets with guiding questions and examples for content, delivery, and methodology adaptations.

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• SDI Delivery Adaptations: What Educators Need to Know

  Plan when, where, and in what group size instruction happens, including spaced and frequent practice.

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• Co-Teaching Guide: Specially Designed Instruction

  See how SDI differs from accommodations, with five worked examples including a 10th grade science lab. Texas rules apply there.

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• Specially Designed Instruction Guidance

  Read a short list of what SDI is and is not, and how it differs from differentiated instruction. Michigan rules apply there.

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• Embedded Instruction in the Inclusive Classroom (TIP 20)

  Follow four steps to teach an IEP goal inside regular class routines, with prompting and data collection.

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• Leveraging DBI to Design and Deliver Specially Designed Instruction

  Watch a webinar that models using student data to design and adjust SDI. Slides and transcript included.

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• Specially Designed Instruction (SDI) - Texas SPED Quick Learns

  A short state agency video on what SDI is and how it differs from accommodations, modifications, and differentiated instruction.

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These resources are shared for professional learning and planning. They are meant to inform your professional judgment, not replace it. Each student's IEP and your district, state and federal requirements always come first. Listing a resource here is not an endorsement by Layered Education. This is educational information only, not legal advice.