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 practice guide is a research-based tool aimed at helping early childhood programs eliminate suspensions and expulsions by addressing the underlying root causes. The guide...
In this presentation from the 2023 OSEP Leadership and Project Directors’ Conference, presenters provide an example of a student’s use of the tool, share how...
In this presentation, practitioners will learn about how Charting the LifeCourse, a valuable person-centered planning tool, can enhance a student's transition plan in school and...
Belonging is experienced when students are present, invited, welcomed, known, accepted, involved, supported, heard, befriended, and needed. This resource provides reflection questions to assist practitioners...
School should be a place of belonging for each and every student. Belonging is easy to affirm, but much harder to define. This research-based resource...
Removing students from the classroom and placing them in remote instruction for their behavior is an emerging form of discipline (Jones, 2020). The purpose of...
To support educators who are returning to in-person instruction this school year, The TIES Center is refreshing selected articles from the Distance Learning (DL) series...
This brief provides considerations for conducting and implementing functional behavior assessments (FBAs) and behavior intervention plans (BIPs) using virtual technology.
This guide highlights 5 key practices for teachers and families to support all students, including students with disabilities, at school and home. For each practice...
Recognizing the growth of technology use in early learning settings, the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services collaborated in...
Institutional education plays a critical role in reducing recidivism and increasing post-release success for youth in correctional facilities. Because education is so important, correctional facilities...
This brief adapts the suggestions and strategies provided in Improving Attendance and Reducing Chronic Absenteeism to guide practice during remote instruction.
Youth with disabilities are disproportionately represented within correctional facilities, with nearly four times as many students requiring special education and related services in the adjudicated...
Overview and key principles of practice as they relate to facility-wide practices for juveline justice. Historically, juvenile correctional facilities have operated under a deficit- or...
Promoting family involvement of youth with disabilities in juvenile corrections is critical to improving educational outcomes, providing successful transition and reentry into homes and communities...
As a condition of receiving Federal funds under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), States must demonstrate to the U.S. Department of Education that...
This toolkit includes evidence- and research-based practices, tools, and resources that educators, families, facilities, and community agencies can use to better support and improve the...