With the extended school closures due to COVID-19 throughout the United States, students are having to learn in entirely new ways and facing challenges when it comes to learning during these unprecedented times. The Continuity of Learning resource database offers information, tools, and resources to help educators, parents and families, and related service providers meet the educational, behavioral, and emotional needs of children and youth with disabilities through remote and virtual learning.
Tips for helping your child during the pandemic provides families with suggestions and resources for helping their child cope with stress, changes, and staying at...
This document is designed to guide the Program Leadership Team around considerations for supporting children, families, and staff as they return to the program. The...
As early childhood programs work on re-opening, they can use these online communication and phone scripts to help guide your conversations with families.
Here are tips and ideas for helping children identify emotions when your face, your most expressive feature, is covered by a mask. Use these strategies...
Use this tip sheet to help practitioners of infants and toddlers intentionally plan and think about how to reconnect, help children transition back to the...
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...
This overview is intended to communicate a framework for supporting all students (including those with significant cognitive disabilities) to actively engage with classmates, learn grade-level...
Outlines strategies for supporting the social skills development of babies and toddlers. Includes links to information briefs in both English and Spanish.
Official communication from the US Department of Education with policy and guidelines for serving students with disabilities during disruptions to education caused by COVID-19.
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has deeply impacted early childhood programs, children and families, and their communities. This resource, jointly created by the Office of...
One of the key principles of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is to focus on building prosocial skills, not simply attempting to eliminate challenging...
This brief from the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) contains guidelines for conducting counseling support from a distance. Links to additional resources are included.
This checklist, offered in Chinese and Spanish as well as English, provides early childhood educators with practical information about integrating educational technology in their classrooms...
Students experiencing trauma, such as from public health crises, weather disasters, or other upsetting events, may have been exposed to unpredictable schedules, inconsistent supervision, or...