This guide offers a collection of suggestions for teachers and parents of children with disabilities to maximize their access to the general curriculum. These include: the legal requirements concerning access to the general curriculum; principles of access to the general education curriculum; relevant Congressional findings; general education curriculum and statewide testing; the purpose of modifications; suggested adaptations and modifications related to volume of work, time, support, difficulty, participation, and physical adaptations; ways parents and teachers can help students follow directions, pay attention to words, organize, stay on task, work independently, and remember; examples of what participation in the general education curriculum means; the eight intelligences with examples; a quiz to determine a child's strong intelligences; what we know from research about learning; the importance of "hands-on" learning; and parent rights. (DB)