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.
Youth with disabilities are disproportionately represented within correctional facilities, with nearly four times as many students requiring special education and related services in the adjudicated...
Overview of individualized Instruction as it relates to juvenlile justice. As defined by the Federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), youth within correctional facilities...
Youth and family involvement in the transition plan are important components of a successful plan. Family support is a powerful, preventive mechanism that supports youth...
This website looks at the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) which was signed into law on December 10, 2015. This bipartisan measure reauthorizes the 50-year-old...
The Intervention IDEAs brief series describes interventions based on evidence, for practitioners and parents that address the academic, developmental and behavioral domains of infants and...
The Intervention IDEAs brief series describes interventions based on evidence, for practitioners and parents that address the academic, developmental and behavioral domains of infants and...
NTACT is aware that state and local education and service providers are challenged by the current health concerns, closings, restrictions, and fluid reopening plans associated...
Helping your child during the pandemic provides families with a few strategies to help their child cope during the pandemic. Programs and professionals are encouraged...
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...
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...
In the time of widespread virtual and distance learning models, leadership and training opportunities for students may look different, but it is essential that inclusive...
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...
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...
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...
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...