Resources

This resource provides guidance on integrating universal design for learning (UDL) principles into the adult education classroom.

This website has a variety of tools to help teachers implement UDL in their classrooms, including lesson plan templates, planning templates, the UDL principles, and helpful tips.

This video series breaks down the three guiding principles of UDL (engagement, representation, and action and expression) and explains how UDL principles benefit specific student populations.

This webinar presents why UDL is important when working with adult learners and outlines several UDL guidelines and gives strategies for using UDL in the classroom.

Trauma-Informed Care Resources

These resources provide an overview of trauma-informed care as well as how to integrate those practices into the adult education classroom.

5 Key Elements to Trauma-Informed Care [White Paper]
Trauma-Informed Care Resource Guide
Trauma and Learning: Impacts and Strategies for Adult Classroom Success – MinneTESOL Journal

Decision-Making Skills Resources

These resources provide activities and strategies for integrating decision-making skills into the adult education classroom.

• Teaching Responsible Decision Making Skills – Classroom Ideas
• SEL & Beyond: Responsible Decision-Making
• Decision-making and Problem-solving: Class Activity

Social-Emotional Learning Resources

These resources provide activities and strategies for integrating SEL into the adult education classroom.

• Using Social Emotional Learning (SEL) to Engage and Retain Adult Learners
• 15 Activities for Teaching CASEL Core Competencies

Accommodations for Mental Health Conditions

These resources provide more information on common accommodations for learners with mental health conditions. 

• Apps for Anxiety and Depression
• Assistive Technology for Mental Health
• Depression: Common Assistive Technologies

This is a guide that supports educators in understanding mental health and instructional strategies that can be used to support learners with mental health conditions.

This toolkit is designed to support the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) of educators; however, these resources and activities can also be used to integrate SEL into the adult education classroom.

This resource provides information related to mental health, its impact on adults, and instructional strategies for supporting learners with mental health conditions.

This blogpost highlights how mental health can impact adults and their educational journeys.