Special Education

Because behaviors are specific to context, a BIP developed for school probably isn't going to work at home. Here are strategies that can be used to develop a new behavior management system to be used by parents and teachers as students are completing schoolwork from home.

To make graduation determinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, school administrators and IEP teams will need to understand new diploma flexibilities and whether each student with disabilities met the revised course credit requirements.

Educators and administrators must be clear about confidentiality constraints involved in conducting online counseling sessions and social-skills groups during COVID-19 school closures.

Here are six tips for reducing feelings of distraction and isolation and for ensuring that students with dyslexia don't lose ground in literacy progress.

LRP Media Group, a recognized leader in the special education publishing industry, has released an update to the pamphlet, Athletics, Extracurricular Activities and Students with Disabilities: District Obligations Under the IDEA and Section 504. With it, districts can ensure that they are providing students with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities such […]

Keeping detailed and focused documentation about special education services will show that your district made good-faith efforts to continue individual specialized services during the coronavirus outbreak—plus help in preparing for when in-person schooling resumes.