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.
The Indicators of High-Quality Inclusion are made up of four sets of indicators: 1) State Indicators; 2) Community Indicators; 3) Local Program Indicators; and 4)...
In this webinar series, DEC and ECTA host various experts in the field of early childhood special education and early intervention in disrupting the pervasive...
This webpage is a compilation of resources on racial equity. It includes information on data, early education anti-racism, language and terminology, organizational culture and change...
La Ley de Educación para Personas con Discapacidades (IDEA) exige que los estados evalúen a los bebés y niños pequeños remitidos al programa IDEA para...
La Ley de Educación para Personas con Discapacidades (IDEA) exige que todos los estados definan qué bebés y niños pequeños son elegibles para recibir servicios...
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that all States define which infants and toddlers are eligible to receive services under the IDEA program...
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires States to evaluate infants and toddlers referred to the IDEA program for infants and toddlers with disabilities...
Family participation is an essential feature of the development and implementation of high-quality educational programming for students with disabilities. Families bring important information related to...
This infographic document outlines how districts can examine discipline data, including exclusionary practices, among subgroups of students, to create "risk ratios."
The Excel spreadsheet application and user's guide are tools to aid states in their assessment of racial/ ethnic disproportionality. The spreadsheet application calculates several disproportionality...
The Significant Disproportionality Calculator is a spreadsheet application that the IDEA Data Center (IDC) created to help states analyze their data, make determinations of significant...
States and LEAs must report five types of disciplinary removals for children and youth with disabilities. The EDFacts IDEA Discipline Data Infographic visualizes the information...
Educational systems cannot be considered effective until they are effective for all student groups. PBIS provides an ideal framework for increasing equity in student outcomes...
This document describes 15 principles for States, school districts, schools, parents, and other stakeholders to consider when developing or revising policies and procedures on the...
This document outlines the Child Find Self-Assessment best practices (BPs). This section includes content that is not required by the IDEA but can help Part...
The Child Find Self-Assessment (CFSA) is a voluntary toolkit to help state IDEA Part C programs strengthen their child find systems, with the goal of...
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has developed this voluntary Child Find Self-Assessment (CFSA) as a tool for State IDEA Part C programs to...
President Bush signed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (Public Law 108- 446: IDEA 2004) on December 3, 2004. This law promotes accountability for...
This page lists resources developed by IDC and IDC partners on the topic of disproportionality, including white papers, presentations, rubrics and other tools.
These materials were identified to augment the Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities. They offer a collection of resources on Universal Design...
