Continuity of Learning During COVID-19 Resource Database

A series of webinars, from July through December 2020, on instructional strategies for children and youth who are deaf-blind (e.g., academic standards, literacy and numeracy, accessing the grade level general education curriculum). These will be recorded and made publicly available.

Resources on self-care, mindfulness, and self-compassion for families. Includes a recording of a presentation by a family consultant for the Arkansas Project for Children and Youth with Sensory Impairments.

Staying on top of the continually changing information related to COVID-19 can be overwhelming. The resources on this page provide information to help families navigate health and benefits service systems.

Educational activities and routines to do at home. It provides ideas and resources to help children who are deaf-blind learn and have fun while schools are closed or any time.

Although intended primarily for families and educators of children with deaf-blindness, the content is highly relevant for children with any type of disability who benefit from learning through routines. Presented by two experts in the field of deaf-blindness.

Resources on how to provide instruction to students with deaf-blindness from a distance. It specifically focuses on students who are proficient communicators.

Grade level standards-based curriculum can be taught through authentic learning activities at home. This resource shows teachers and parents how to collaborate to support a child’s progress on his or her individualized goals at home.

This resource discusses how schools can plan for transitioning students with significant cognitive disabilities back into their schools after distance learning. The resource focuses on relationships, communication, and data.

Even during distance learning, children’s independence can be improved. This resource discusses how parents can support their child’s time-management skills to improve their child’s independence and help parents find time to meet their own needs.

Even during distance learning, children’s independence can be improved. This resource discusses how self-determined schedule making can be used to increase a child’s independence.

Families may start to feel “stuck” during distance learning. This resource offers strategies and tools to help families and students get “unstuck” when frustrated with distance learning.

Olivia is a teenager experiencing school at home. This is a snapshot of what she is experiencing right now, and what her mother believes is important for school teams to take into consideration today, in hopes of better supporting families and children.

While most change happens slowly, COVID has forced schools and families to change quickly. This resource offers questions and suggestions for administrators, teachers, and families as e

Students’ emotions may be running high and low with distance learning. This resource offers strategies and tools to help students and their families communicate and manage emotions to engage in meaningful learning.

Learning in quarantine is emotional work! Here are some strategies and tools to help families and their children communicate and manage emotions during this time of transition.