Special Education
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A Guide to Special Education Terms
The number of students in special education has increased steadily in the last four decades. Here are some of the common terms used.
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Quality Counts 2004: Count Me In
Special Education in an Era of Standards
Special Education Video Supporting Students with Learning Differences during CoronavirusParents of students with learning differences express their concerns for the social and emotional well-being of their children during the pandemic.
Special Education Video Advocating for Children with Learning Differences during CoronavirusIn this series, parents of students with learning differences share their experiences during the coronavirus pandemic.
Special Education Video Parenting Children with Learning Differences during CoronavirusIn this series parents of students with learning differences share their experiences during the coronavirus pandemic.Special Education Bureau of Indian Education Shortchanges Students With DisabilitiesInadequate monitoring and a lack of qualified staff left the bureau unable to ensure that thousands of special education students received the services they were due under federal law, a Government Accountability Office reports finds.
Special Education Q&A Virtual IEP Meetings: A 6-Step Guide for Parents and TeachersA new resource offers tips on how to keep Individualized Education Program meetings focused and on-schedule.
Special Education Serving Special Needs Students During COVID-19: A Rural Educator's StoryJust because a rural school system has internet doesn’t mean everyone can afford it. That’s why James Barrett delivers paper work packets, along with meals, to his students during the COVID-19 crisis.
Special Education From Our Research Center Will Months of Remote Learning Worsen Students' Attention Problems?Many children have trouble concentrating on school work, but problems with sitting still, focusing, or organization are especially hard for some—and experts predict the disruption and stress of the pandemic will make it worse.
Special Education Opinion This Pandemic Is No Time to Backtrack on Special EducationIt's worth remembering how far we've come on educating students with disabilities, writes Nebraska's education commissioner Matthew L. Blomstedt.Special Education Just in Time: a Resource Hub on Remote Learning for Special Education StudentsNearly 30 disability rights and education advocacy organizations have launched a new resource hub and online network designed to help special educators during the coronavirus crisis.
Special Education How to Handle IEPs During the Coronavirus Crisis? Some Expert AdviceVery carefully, experts say, while understanding that federal laws governing special education were not written with online education in mind.
Special Education As Schools Close to Coronavirus, Special Educators Turn to Tele-TherapyHow can you keep occupational or speech therapy going online? Schools struggle to figure that out.Special Education Amid Confusion, Feds Seek to Clarify Online Learning for Special Education StudentsThe Education Department says federal law should not be used to prevent schools from offering online learning to all students, including those with disabilities.
Special Education How Will Schools Provide Special Education During the Coronavirus Crisis?With the coronavirus pandemic pressing tens of thousands of the nation's school districts into extended closures, education administrators across the nation are wrestling with a complex and legalistic problem: how to keep services flowing for students with disabilities.Special Education What the Research Says Disabilities More Common in Rural AreasChildren in rural areas are more likely to have developmental disabilities and are less likely to receive special education or early-intervention services than children living in urban areas, says a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Special Education FDA Bans Use of Shock Therapy at School for Students With Special NeedsThe FDA estimates that between 45 and 50 students at a Massachusetts school for students with autism, emotional disturbances, and intellectual disabilities are subjected to electrical shocks through electrodes attached to their skin.
