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.
Research tells us that high-quality, supportive early childhood programs have a positive effect on the lives of infants, young children, and families. Recent data show...
This article describes the efforts of one state to address unacceptably high rates of child care expulsion. The primary policy initiative involved the funding of...
Preschool expulsion denies comprehensive services that nurture social and emotional development to children in need of them. This website provides a collection of resources (policies...
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 webpage is a compilation of resources on expulsion and suspension in early childhood. The resources include federal guidance; resources from national centers and associations...
The Children's Equity Project webpage provides critical information to early care and education systems and programs about the disparities within exclusionary discipline practices and strategies...
This Guide provides early care and education systems and programs with a framework for addressing exclusionary discipline practices. The Guide includes a review of the...
Family participation is an essential feature of the development and implementation of high-quality educational programming for students with disabilities. Families bring important information related to...
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 webiste provides resources to support school-wide implementation of PBIS, as a multi-tiered framework that focuces on three critical features – systems, practices, and data...
This website provides initial steps everyone can take to get started with PBIS, whether you are a classroom teacher, school leader, or a district or...
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...
AACTE conducted surveys in April 2020, October 2020, and September 2021, asking members about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their educator preparation programs...
Information for States to ensure that school districts continue to provide free and appropriate public education (FAPE) consistent with the need to protect the health...
This information is intended for child care programs that remain open and should be used in conjunction with CDC’s guidance for administrators of child care...
The purpose of this guidance is to answer questions that school officials may have had concerning the disclosure of personally identifiable information from students’ education...