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.
As early childhood programs work on re-opening, they can use these online communication and phone scripts to help guide your conversations with families.
Here are tips and ideas for helping children identify emotions when your face, your most expressive feature, is covered by a mask. Use these strategies...
Use this tip sheet to help practitioners of infants and toddlers intentionally plan and think about how to reconnect, help children transition back to the...
Need key strategies on educational and transition planning for deaf students? A flexible, positive approach along with resources, tip sheets, and toolkits can support for...
This one stop shop for all resources to support deaf students during COVID pulls together NDC technical assistance and dissemination activities on issues related to...
Educational activities and routines to do at home. It provides ideas and resources to help children who are deaf-blind learn and have fun while schools...
Resources on how to provide instruction to students with deaf-blindness from a distance. It specifically focuses on students who are proficient communicators.
Useful, relevant resources from state deaf-blind projects, NCDB, OSEP, and other sources to inform distance TA while schools are closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Includes...
Provides guidance on applying the principles of development and learning when considering if, how, and when to use technology and new media with young children.
Tip Sheets for Families, Caregivers and Early Learning Educators: Made specifically for families, caregivers and early educators, these US Department of Education-created resources provide research-based...
This website streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Videos can include captions as desired.
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has deeply impacted early childhood programs, children and families, and their communities. This resource, jointly created by the Office of...
This website provides research-based strategies to teachers, parents, administrators, librarians, childcare providers, and anyone else involved in helping a young child become a strong, confident...
This page links to resources, tips, and materials to ensure that online instruction is accessible and meaningful for students who are deaf or hard of...
Bookshare is a leading provider of print materials for students with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers, these pages provide resources to continue...
