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 webinar challenges current thinking about how to set appropriately ambitious and measurable behavioral goals in light of the 2017 Endrew F. v. Douglas County...
Schools need meaningful data to identify a variety of needs and determine effectiveness of supports provided across tiers. This session will describe the various data...
The PBIS Evaluation Blueprint provides guidance regarding the evaluation process, tools, and outcomes that guide both initial adoption and sustained use of PBIS. A goal...
In this brief, we describe experiences of three school districts in various U.S. geographic regions as they installed screening tools as part of their screening...
In this CPIR webinar, Renee Bradley, of OSEP, is joined by representatives from Parent Centers, protection and advocacy agencies, and state directors of special education...
This document is designed to guide the Program Leadership Team around considerations for supporting young children, families, and staff as they return to the program...
This resource list has been compiled expressly for Parent Centers (and others) and the Native families and communities they serve. You can use the list...
This document presents a five-step process for Individualized Educational Program (IEP) teams, 504 plan committees, general and special education teachers, administrators, and district level assessment...
The Online Accommodations Bibliography allows users to search a compilation of empirical research studies on the effects of various testing accommodations for students with disabilities...
These materials were developed through projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Many were developed by projects affiliated specifically with the Department’s Office of...
The Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing Students With Disabilities includes information about the Department’s investments, papers on large-scale assessment, technical assistance (TA) products, and...
This document provides further resources on teaching and assessing students with disabilities. This resource is a part of the Tool Kit on Teaching and Assessing...
This paper reviews the research and related literature on secondary students who have difficulty reading and identified four factors necessary for students to become proficient...
Has alternate assessment helped revamp special education services and practice for students with significant cognitive impairments? The following paper includes true stories from teachers and...
This report addresses issues on how to make informed decisions about the best instruction and assessments for students with cognitive disabilities. It also includes an...
The purpose of this document is to provide a conceptual overview of responsiveness to intervention (RTI)—including hypothetical examples of how RTI might operate within a...
When teachers use systematic progress monitoring to track their students progress in reading, mathematics, or spelling, they are better able to identify students in need...
This paper focuses on issues most closely related to the participation methods. The paper discusses the learning and behavioral characteristics of students likely to be...