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.
Positive social and emotional development and learning in the early years provides an important foundation for lifelong learning and development, including mental health. This page...
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...
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...
These engagement guides invite leading experts to share their expertise on implementing these nine educational interventions to promote meaningful engagement and relationships among students with...
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...
This guide is intended to be used in conjunction with the practices guide: Supporting and Responding to Students’ Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Needs: Evidence-Based Practices...
This infographic document outlines how districts can examine discipline data, including exclusionary practices, among subgroups of students, to create "risk ratios."
These high-leverage practices help special educators and teacher candidates use effective practices for collaboration, assessment, social/emotional/behavioral supports, and instruction.
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...
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...
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...
This document outlines the Child Find Self-Assessment best practices (BPs). This section includes content that is not required by the IDEA but can help Part...
The Child Find Self-Assessment (CFSA) is a voluntary toolkit to help state IDEA Part C programs strengthen their child find systems, with the goal of...
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has developed this voluntary Child Find Self-Assessment (CFSA) as a tool for State IDEA Part C programs to...
This bill supports efforts to address teacher shortages in Maryland by allocating funds towards digital outreach efforts for educator recruitment in critical shortage areas. This...