TIES helps educators, parents, and administrators create and support inclusive school communities
Welcome! Because you are here, we already know you want to make inclusive education a reality for all students with significant cognitive disabilities. We can help with evidence-based knowledge and resources designed to help you create high-quality fully inclusive classrooms and schools.
You will find tools to help you learn about inclusive education, inspire others, and plan lessons that work for all students. We focus on moving students from less inclusive to more inclusive educational environments.
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PBIS for All! Including Students with Extensive Support Needs
Early research indicates that students with significant cognitive disabilities benefit from tiered Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) along with their peers without disabilities. However, often students with significant cognitive disabilities do not have access to or benefit from school-wide PBIS. The TIES Center and the PBIS Center collaborated to create two resources to address this need.
Who are students with significant cognitive disabilities?
Students with significant cognitive disabilities are students who require intensive and individualized instruction and substantial supports to access the curriculum. These are most often students classified for special education services under the categories of autism, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, and deaf-blindness.
What is inclusive education?
An inclusive education is one in which each and every student is valued and fully supported as active and engaged participants in their school. This means that all students, including students with significant cognitive disabilities, are supported to succeed in making academic progress, building friendships, and engaging in extracurricular activities along with their grade-level peers. Read more about how TIES approaches inclusive education
Why can you rely on the information you find on the TIES website?
The TIES Center is funded through a federal grant from the Office of Special Education Programs. It is the federal technical assistance center on inclusive practices and policies focusing on students with significant cognitive disabilities.
TIES brings together recognized experts in inclusive education to provide evidence-based resources, tools, curricula, and reports so students with significant cognitive disabilities can learn in classrooms with their non-disabled peers.