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.
This OSEP-funded fellowship program supports 75 special education and speech–language pathology candidates to serve students with learning disabilities by providing practice-based opportunities and aligned coursework.
This OSEP-funded grant at the University of Kentucky aims to improve speech–language pathology preparation by providing explicit training in telepractice for the delivery of speech–language...
This program aims to attract, mentor, and later transition prospective African American special educators and school psychologists into the teaching workforce while providing ongoing mentorship.
This resource provides guidance for school and district leaders to better target efforts to improve teacher retention through the use of teacher exit surveys.
The IRIS Center offers a module for school administrators and other stakeholders who seek to support special educators and increase teacher retention. This module offers...
Through collaboration with Digital Promise, the IRIS Center aims to improve professional development for educators by offering focused and intensive courses to develop discrete instructional...
This policy analysis, produced in collaboration with the New Teacher Center, summarizes State policy context in all 50 states related to how educators are prepared...
The CEEDAR Center’s Course Enhancement Modules seek to improve teacher and leader preparation by assisting faculty in implementing evidence-based and culturally-responsive practices into their courses...
Webinars are an important venue for sharing information, but they are so frequently used to communicate content, that we sometimes overlook the need for the...
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...
This Voices From the Field piece includes a discussion with Amy Campbell who has been working with students who experience moderate to profound impact from...
This Voices From the Field piece shares lessons learned from Justyn Poulos, director of MTSS at the Office of the Superintendent of Public Education (OSPI)...
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...
How do we provide instruction at school, at home during distance learning and, if needed, pivot between the two environments for students with significant cognitive...
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...
Replacing a virtual conference, there will be three symposia held, each with three components. The first component will be pre-work materials posted online by OSEP...
As a blueprint for authentic engagement, Leading by Convening, developed by the IDEA Partnership, provides leaders with hands on tools to engage stakeholders and maximize...