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 summarizes current research findings about suspension and expulsion of children—particularly children of color—from early childhood settings. Recommendations and suggestions are offered for...
NCSI presented a multi-part webinar series sharing best practices for state special education leaders to make the best use of available resources during the coronavirus...
Due to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the candidate pool of career changers to enter the teaching workforce is greater than ever. This...
Families can use this resource to make a family schedule, choose family expectations, and make a plan to teach, remind, reward, and respond to behavior...
RSA published this final notification of interpretation to clarify current policy regarding the permissibility of using funds reserved for pre-employment transition services for auxiliary aids...
As part of its charge to provide training and technical assistance that will enable State VR agency personnel to manage available resources, improve effective service...
The Rehabilitation Act and its regulations require VR agencies to enter into formal interagency agreements with SEAs describing how the entities will collaboratively plan and...
The VRTAC-QM and NTACT-C developed this guide for the development of policies and procedures for VR agencies in the provision of pre-employment transition services.
RSA issued this frequently-asked questions document related to how VR agencies may use the reserve requirement for the provision of pre-employment transition services to students...
VRTAC-QE hosted a webinar to explore how youth apprenticeships can be used by vocational rehabilitation practitioners in the VR process and how they interact with...
Universal behavior screening data can be used with other school data to provide educators with valuable information about the overall level of students’ performance at...
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...
Racial and ethnic inequities in school discipline are widespread and persistent, even in schools implementing PBIS with fidelity. Yet integrating components of a multicomponent equity-centered...
Research shows that disproportionality in school discipline is related to implicit (unconscious) bias. This presentation provides an overview of this concept and describes a training...
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...
This CPIR-produced training module explains what disproportionality is, which students are most often affected, and the consequences disproportionality can and does have, especially on students...
This training module introduces the Taxonomy of Intervention Intensity and describes how it supports the DBI process by helping provide explicit guidance on how to...
The purpose of this training is to gain foundational knowledge of how all behavior serves a purpose or function. This foundational knowledge is core to...
The purpose of this module is to gain foundational knowledge of what behavior is, how behavior is defined, and what environmental factors influence behavior. This...