IRIS in Alabama: An Alternative Certification Route for Teachers
"Our partnership with IRIS has been a very popular and well-received opportunity for state teachers and administrators throughout Alabama."
Welcome to the IRIS Center
The IRIS Center is a national center dedicated to improving education outcomes for all children, especially those with disabilities birth through age twenty-one, through the use of effective evidence-based practices and interventions.
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IRIS Resource Locator
The IRL is your gateway to our modules, case study units, activities, and so much more. From accommodations to transition and everything in between, the IRL lets you tailor your search by topic area, resource type, media element, or age group and grade level.
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Professional Development
Love our free resources but need PD hours? IRIS has you covered. IRIS offers free PD certificates for educators. Additionally, for a nominal fee school leaders can use our School & District Platform to customize, organize, and track their teachers’ ongoing professional development activities.
IRIS Stories
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IRIS on Their Minds: The University of North Georgia and IRIS Modules
"Through the pandemic the IRIS team has been amazing. We’ve been able to do so much more online learning by using IRIS Modules here at the University of North Georgia."
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IRIS in Kentucky: Hybrid Trainings on High-Quality IEPs
"We initially chose IRIS because of the past experiences and their credible research-based, high-quality modules that align with specific areas of growth and need to support a state-directed corrective action plan in our region."
Featured Resources
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Executive Functions (Part 1): Understanding Why Some Students Struggle
This module explores executive functions and explains why many students struggle with cognitive processes related to learning.View Updated Module -
Executive Functions (Part 2): Strategies to Improve Students’ Academic Performance
This companion to the Study Skills (Part 1) module reiterates the importance of teachers providing explicit instruction on the use of study skills strategies and overviews a number of effective strategies.View Updated Module -
Behavioral Principles: The Basics of Understanding Student Behavior
This module examines the ABC (antecedent-behavior-consequence) model, which illustrates how environmental factors can influence behaviors before and after they occur.View New Module -
Progress Monitoring: Reading
This resource introduces users to progress monitoring in reading, a type of formative assessment in which student learning is evaluated to provide useful feedback.View Updated Module