What You'll Get From This Course

As a sub, do you think about how to reach each and every student in the classroom? This course is built to help you understand the what, why, and how of supporting students with disabilities. You'll learn new tools for creating inclusive and nurturing learning environments. Rich in depth and packed with engaging videos and interactive tools, this SubSchool course is your guide to making a genuine impact.

You will learn:

  • Who are students with disabilities
  • The obligation to serve students with disabilities
  • Teaching practices that will help you to meet the needs of students with a range of disabilities
  • What you'll need to know to sub in a self-contained special education classroom 


This course is filled with helpful material. We're so excited for you to get started. Happy learning!

Course curriculum

    1. Supporting Students with Disabilities: Pre-Course Reflection

    2. Introduction

    3. What to Expect

    4. Supporting Students with Disabilities Course Workbook

    1. Students with Disabilities

    2. Reflection: Student Identity & Learning

    3. Community: Student Identity & Learning

    4. Disabilities in the Classroom

    5. History & Legislation

    1. Services & Support

    2. Special Education Professionals

    3. Push-In & Pull-Out Services

    4. Accommodations

    5. Reflection: Accommodations

    6. Community: Accommodations

    7. Modifications

    8. Learning Environments

    9. Reflection: Classroom Support

    10. Community: Classroom Support

    1. Individualized Support

    2. IEPs

    3. 504 Plans

    4. Your Role

    5. Long Term Assignments

    6. Reflection: Your Role as a Sub

    7. Community: Your Role as a Sub

    1. Instructional Strategies to Meet Student's Needs

    2. Executive Function

    3. Reflect: Executive Function & Subbing

    4. Community: Executive Function & Subbing

    5. Strategies to Try

    6. Strategies in Action

    7. Reflect: Bag-Of-Tricks

    8. Community: Bag-Of-Tricks

    9. Understanding Differentiation

    10. Differentiation to Try

    11. The Power of Feedback

    1. Customized Classrooms

    2. Who Are The Students

    3. What You'll See

    4. Reflect: Working in a Self-Contained Classroom

    5. Community: Working in a Self-Contained Classroom

    6. Proactive Classroom Management

    7. Responsive Classroom Management

    8. Reflect: When You Need to Ask for Help

    9. Community: When You Need to Ask for Help

    10. Showing Respect

About this course

  • 54 lessons