Teaching Math in Special Education is a hybrid professional development course designed to give K–12 educators practical, research backed strategies to support students with disabilities in math.

This course includes 6 on demand study hours through our self paced online platform, plus live monthly instructor led sessions. Educators earn one additional study hour credit for each live session attended, allowing participants to earn up to 18 total study hours over a 12 month period.

While many examples focus on K–6 instruction, the strategies and frameworks are applicable across K–12 special education settings.

Empower your students in math and strengthen your professional practice year round.

Meet your live session instructor, 
James Hegybeli, Ed.D

James Hegybeli is a veteran special education leader and researcher with over 10 years of experience in curriculum development, assessment, and special education program design. He holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership and has led initiatives focused on data informed instruction, equitable access, and sustainable school improvement.

His work centers on helping educators translate research into practical classroom strategies that improve outcomes for students with disabilities.

As part of this course, participants meet live with Dr. Hegybeli during monthly instructor led sessions. These sessions provide opportunities to ask questions, explore real classroom scenarios, and deepen understanding of effective math instruction. Between sessions, Dr. Hegybeli is accessible via email for course related questions

Is This Course Right for Me?

This course is designed for educators and professionals who support students with disabilities in math, including:

• Special education teachers responsible for math instruction
• General education teachers transitioning into special education roles
• Returning educators seeking a stronger, less stressful math foundation
• Schools or districts onboarding new special education or support staff
• Related service providers looking to better understand math curriculum and instruction
• Educators seeking ongoing live instructional support, not just a one time course

If you have ever thought, “Math is challenging to teach in special education,” this course was built for you.

Teaching Math in Special Education provides a clear, practical foundation you can apply immediately in real classroom settings.

What Will You Learn in Teaching Math in Special Education?

This course, combined with monthly live sessions, provides concrete strategies and classroom examples you can implement immediately.

You will learn how to:

✅ Understand why students struggle with math and how to support them
Learn the cognitive, linguistic, and processing factors that impact math learning, including working memory challenges, dyscalculia, executive functioning differences, and math anxiety.

✅ Use evidence based instructional strategies with confidence
Apply proven approaches such as explicit instruction, the Concrete Representational Abstract model, schema based problem solving, scaffolding, and metacognitive strategy instruction.

✅ Make math accessible through multi sensory and visual learning
Engage multiple learning pathways using visual supports, manipulatives, number lines, movement based strategies, and technology tools that reduce anxiety and improve comprehension.

✅ Design inclusive math lessons using UDL and differentiation
Proactively remove barriers by differentiating content, process, and product while applying Universal Design for Learning principles for engagement, representation, and expression.

✅ Use data to guide instruction and monitor student progress
Build confidence using formative and summative assessments, curriculum based measurements, progress monitoring tools, IEP goal tracking, and data driven instructional decision making.

✅ Collaborate effectively to support diverse math learners
Work productively with general educators, special educators, interventionists, families, and MTSS teams to create consistent, aligned math support systems.

Everything in this course is practical, classroom tested, and designed to support real world special education teaching.