Jeff Levin-Scherz, MD, MBA is a Managing Director and Population Health Leader of the North American Health and Benefits practice at WTW. He is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.
Rising COVID-19 rates have led many districts that had been providing in-person instruction for several weeks to pivot back to full-time remote learning.
Interventions may include meeting with the student and parent, letting the student fidget, asking the student for help, offering incentives, and helping find an outside therapist if needed.
Here's how teachers and school teams can determine if a student is struggling due to a disability or because of issues with the overall remote curriculum.