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.
In this introductory brief, three model demonstration projects describe their work implementing various tiered instructional models focused on language and literacy at schools with high...
This website is a hub of information focused on Family Engagement. Sections of the site include information on: how to support families from diverse backgrounds...
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...
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...
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...
This Voices From the Field piece shares lessons learned from Justyn Poulos, director of MTSS at the Office of the Superintendent of Public Education (OSPI)...
Social media can provide opportunities to clearly communicate policies and procedures to families during remote learning, and this resource provides tips on how to ensure...
Many educational materials are not purchased, but created by educators and staff as they are needed. This resource focuses on five practices for getting started...
The shift to remote and hybrid learning have highlighted the importance of accessibility as a way to ensure educational equity for all learners. This resource...
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...
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...
