Continuity of Learning During COVID-19 Resource Database

Useful, relevant resources from state deaf-blind projects, NCDB, OSEP, and other sources to inform distance TA while schools are closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Includes resources to share with families and educators.

This resource focuses on how to use inclusive practices in online environments and highlights how the best practices for including special populations are also the best practices for all students. There are also considerations for teachers around planning inclusive online learning.

Communication is necessary whether students are schooling at home or in school. This resource describes what teachers can do to support students who are using Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) even when they are not in the same location as the student.

We have talked with many administrators, advocates and teachers and a pressing concern is “How do you collect data for students with significant cognitive disabilities when you are not in the same room?” This resource offers some suggestions.

This resource can help educators create and modify online learning experiences to engage all their students, including students with complex learning needs.

Many classrooms use morning meetings to check-in with students and lay out the goals of the day, and this is still possible with asynchronous distance learning or work packets that go home. See elementary and middle school examples of a morning meeting check-in.

This website offers brief videos for speech-language pathologists (SLPs), School Psychologists, occupational therapists (OTs), physical therapists (PTs), Mental Health Services providers, and other related service providers providing tips and tricks for conducting this work remotely.

This website provides strategies and resources to help students with autism, who can struggle both because of organizational deficits and motor or coordination difficulties, with written expression.

This packet details 7 support strategies that are designed to meet the unique needs of individuals with autism during this period of uncertainty.

This page links to resources, tips, and materials to ensure that online instruction is accessible and meaningful for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

This website outlines how to create positive and productive environments in our homes while so many schools are closed.

Bookshare is a leading provider of print materials for students with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers, these pages provide resources to continue learning remotely. 

This page links to resources and information for conducting speech-language-hearing services using telepractice.

This page provides guidance for using telehealth and e-visits to conduct services for PT and PTA.

This organization provides guidance for OT practitioners, educators, and students to incorporate telehealth into their practice in the absence of opportunity for face-to-face therapy.