Making Math Accessible: Powerful Strategies for Students with Disabilities (Grades 3-12)

Make Math Visible: The Power of Manipulatives

Participants will explore how concrete and visual representations can make abstract mathematics accessible for students with disabilities. Teachers will gain practical strategies for using manipulatives, models, and visual supports to strengthen conceptual understanding, computation, and problem-solving while intentionally moving students from concrete to representational to abstract thinking. Focus: Manipulatives • Concrete–Representational–Abstract (CRA) • Visual models • Computation • Conceptual understanding • Problem-solving

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Make Math Collaborative: Structures for Mathematical Discourse

Participants will discover collaborative structures that get ALL students thinking, talking, reasoning, and problem-solving together. Teachers will explore purposeful grouping, discussion routines, questioning strategies, and scaffolds that increase engagement and give students with disabilities meaningful opportunities to explain their thinking, learn from peers, and develop confidence as mathematicians. Focus: Mathematical discourse • Collaborative structures • Flexible grouping • Student engagement • Mathematical reasoning • Inclusive participation

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Make Math Meaningful: Amplifying Mathematical Vocabulary

Participants will learn high-impact strategies for developing the academic language and mathematical vocabulary students need to understand directions, interpret word problems, communicate mathematical reasoning, and successfully access grade-level content. Teachers will explore explicit vocabulary instruction, visual and language supports, and engaging strategies that help students connect mathematical words, symbols, representations, and concepts across the curriculum. Focus: Mathematical vocabulary • Academic language • Word problems • Explicit instruction • Visual supports • Access to grade-level mathematics

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