SPECIAL EDUCATION
Reentry Resources
A retrofitted plan for serving students with disabilities will not be successful in that it overlooks primary needs of students and considers services as additions rather than integrations. Now exists an opportunity to rethink "minutes" and push for supports and services that will maximize student growth across a variety of school settings.
The Special Populations Reentry Guide is a continually-evolving resource designed to provide strategies for diverse learner specific challenges we are facing in reopening schools. Additional resources are cataloged below. Do you have an additional challenge for which you need answers or resources? Please contact us!
This brief provides guidance and resources to help educators support students with disabilities — ranging from mild to low-incidence — through distance learning prompted by the coronavirus crisis.
This brief describes evidence-based practices effective for virtual instruction, including specially designing instruction, universal design for learning, positive behavioral interventions and supports, virtual explicit instruction, and self-regulation. The final section covers practices for early childhood.
For many teachers, remote and online instruction is uncharted territory and many are scrambling to create great lessons in a totally new learning space. Here are four practices that will help you design more inclusive and accessible remote learning plans for your students.
A listing of federal and some state guidance related to COVID19 and diverse learners. Resource will be updated as new guidance is made available.
In this guide, the Center on PBIS provides five key practices for teachers and families to support all students, including students with disabilities, at school and home. They’ve identified a small number of practices that have a big impact on student learning and social-emotional-behavioral growth.
A practical document focused on providing support and services to students with exceptional needs outside of the school. A variety of resources and ideas for creating consistent structures and routines during the school building closures, are included.
In the current educational landscape, providing equitable access to learning opportunities has become the top priority for schools across the country. This raises the question: how do we translate services in each Individualized Education Program (IEP) into our school’s distance learning model? This guide explores several options.
School closures have schools & families working urgently to find the right supports for their children with disabilities. Local education agencies (LEAs) will strive to serve students to the best of their ability given the circumstances, and for some students, this means holding an IEP meeting to figure out how services look during this time period. This is a resource for IEP teams to use as they navigate their meetings to find solutions for their students.
Keep track of the ways in which students are being provided access to special education services. Using this tracker, case managers or school teams can monitor student engagement with distance learning opportunities and provide accommodations as needed. Options here include ways to track teacher time, small group, individual, and consultation services, and changes from original IEP to remote IEP services. Make a copy and choose what works for you and your students.