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 website includes numerous tools and supports specifically for parents and families, schools and educators, and communities. The page also includes ED’s framework for building...
The final rule published in the Federal Register on December 19, 2016, amended the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to help to ensure that States...
This interactive tool discusses the different types of evidence that can be used throughout the project cycle to, for example, support theories of action, choice...
There is a growing evidence base on the relationship between positive learning environments, child development, and academic achievement. OSEP’s second Symposium highlighted core principles relating...
OSEP’s third symposium in the 2017 Symposia Series, “Conveying Our Stories--Displaying Our Data,” focused on how States, districts, and Part D-funded investments can develop engaging...
This PDF contains data on suspension and expulsions and the use of seclusion and restraint across the nation and state-by-state. Data include information on preschools...
Knowing how much to budget for an evaluation requires an understanding of the evaluation process and of the various factors that might influence costs. This...
The Center for Parent Information and Resources serves as a central resource of information and products to the community of Parent Training Information (PTI) Centers...
Webinars are an important venue for sharing information, but they are so frequently used to communicate content, that we sometimes overlook the need for the...
This document is designed to guide the Program Leadership Team around considerations for supporting children, families, and staff as they return to the program. The...
To support educators, as well as state and district leaders, in answering critical data questions, these centers shared how the four essential elements of data...
To successfully launch the 2020-2021 school year for students with disabilities, state education agencies (SEAs) have an essential leadership role to play in supporting local...
How do we provide instruction at school, at home during distance learning and, if needed, pivot between the two environments for students with significant cognitive...
We have talked with many administrators, advocates and teachers and a pressing concern is “How do you collect data for students with significant cognitive disabilities...
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...
Replacing a virtual conference, there will be three symposia held, each with three components. The first component will be pre-work materials posted online by OSEP...
Webinar detailing the statute that requires States to annually collect and examine data to determine whether significant disproportionality based on race or ethnicity is occurring...
Trusting Family Partnerships contribute to positive student outcomes when family members and school staff have respectful, mutually beneficial relationships with shared responsibility for student learning...
This webpage contains guidance for the instruction of students who are culturally or linguistically diverse and for making valid decisions for determining special education eligibility...