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 webpage provides resources to support early childhood mental health and social and emotional development. Resources are organized for parents and caregivers; early care and...
The STEMIE webpage provides early care and education systems and programs with resources to effectively engage young learners with disabilities in STEM exploration and learning...
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 fact sheet summarizes current research findings about suspension and expulsion of children—particularly children of color—from early childhood settings. Recommendations and suggestions are offered for...
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...
Adult and organizational well-being is critial to the well-being of young children. When adults and systems implement wellness in a meaningful way they are better...
The SISEP website helps state and local leaders to support implementation of evidence-based practices and spread of those practices to schools and districts that can...
Our November 15–16, 2022 SPP/APR Summit brought together data quality influencers from across the country for a chance to connect and collaborate with their peers...
Early childhood education programs play a vital role in supporting the social and emotional and mental health of children and families. This support is particularly...
In this presentation from the 2023 OSEP Leadership and Project Directors’ Conference, presenters provide an example of a student’s use of the tool, share how...
Belonging is experienced when students are present, invited, welcomed, known, accepted, involved, supported, heard, befriended, and needed. This resource provides reflection questions to assist practitioners...
School should be a place of belonging for each and every student. Belonging is easy to affirm, but much harder to define. This research-based resource...
This blueprint was designed with input from in-person and remote educators, leaders, researchers, professional learning providers, and technical assistance providers — it details the indicators...
This resource describes characteristics associated with White dominant culture as compared to those rooted in an intentional equity mindset. This resource can be used to...
This infographic document outlines how districts can examine discipline data, including exclusionary practices, among subgroups of students, to create "risk ratios."
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 fact sheet was developed to raise awareness of the issue of implicit bias and preschool suspensions/expulsions. The purpose is to provide information to change...
The purpose of the District Systems Fidelity Inventory (DSFI) is to guide District Leadership Teams in the assessment, development, and execution of action plans that...
The use of school and class-wide PBIS shows promise in helping educators integrate evidence-based practices for the benefit of all students, including those diagnosed with...