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 fact sheet illustrates ways to improve communication and collaboration between schools and families to support students’ needs. Strategies include engaging families in decision-making processes...
The IRIS Center develops and disseminates free, engaging online resources that help educators, leaders, and families use evidence-based instructional and behavioral practices to support the...
These high-leverage practices help special educators and teacher candidates use effective practices for collaboration, assessment, social/emotional/behavioral supports, and instruction.
This fact sheet describes approaches to create effective, evidence-based school discipline policies that focus on responsive rather than punishment-based discipline practices. It includes steps and...
Bullying, agression, non-compliance and other concerning behaviors present educators with significant, immediate challenges in supporting students. Rather than waiting for these behaviors to occur and...
This document provides program leadership teams with guidance to support their efforts to eliminate suspension and expulsion and promote equitable, inclusive and culturally responsive practice...
Removing students from the classroom and placing them in remote instruction for their behavior is an emerging form of discipline (Jones, 2020). The purpose of...
On the Parent Center eLearning Hub, there are 3 capacity-building self-paced modules created by CITES for CPIR and for Parent Center staff. Reserved for Parent...
This CPIR brief expands upon OSEP’s Dear Colleague Letter on the Use of School Resource Officers (SROs) in Schools, released September 8, 2016. Includes a...
The System Framework: Quick Start Guide is designed to help state leaders scan their system and determine which component(s) of the System Framework might be...
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...
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...
This reporting Educational Environments resource is a suite of tools, with a technical guide updated with 2017-18 reporting clarifications as its foundation. State Part B...
A national initiative with partners across early care and education working to develop indicators that address inclusive policies and practices at the state, local program...
