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Special education

Why parents are suing over special education

With tight budgets and unfunded special education mandates, many school districts struggle to provide appropriate individualized programs services for students with disabilities.

How a teacher codes with special needs students who are deaf

Elementary-age students at the Marie Philip School at The Learning Center for the Deaf near Boston are programming robots to learn the engineering design process.

Why coding for special education students computes

Coding and STEM activities for special education students create career pathways that some learners are uniquely suited for.

Special educators have a new resource on functional behavioral assessments

LRP Publications, a recognized leader in the special education publishing industry, announced that it has a released a book designed to help educators better address student behavior by conducting compliant […]

Twice-exceptional students: What districts need to know

As special education needs continue to increase, a challenge for district leaders is identifying and then managing accommodations and supports for gifted students who have learning difficulties, also known as twice-exceptional (2E) students.

Leadership inspiration and ideas from FETC’s Administrator track

Here are takeaways from two superintendent speakers on leading districts through technology innovation today.
Fri Jan 17th, 2020

Inclusion and special education from the tech perspective

Special education educators and administrators—and mainstream educators with an interest in helping students with special needs—had many options to choose from at FETC. 
Wed Jan 15th, 2020

How sensory gardens bring learning alive

A Delaware student’s question about how strawberries are made inspired the creation of a school garden designed to stimulate learners’ senses of sight, sound, taste and smell.
Mon Jan 13th, 2020

New publication offers special educator recruitment and retainment approaches

LRP Media Group, a recognized leader in the special education publishing industry, has released a new publication: Recruit and Retain Special Educators With Real-Life Lessons From Local, District, and State […]
Mon Dec 23rd, 2019

New resource offers guidance on providing FAPE to twice-exceptional students

LRP Media Group, a recognized leader in the special education publishing industry, has released a new pamphlet designed to help educators understand how federal special education laws apply to gifted […]
Fri Dec 20th, 2019

New edition shares fresh behavioral and academic interventions for students with autism

LRP Media Group, a recognized leader in the special education publishing industry, has released a second edition of Academic and Behavioral Interventions That Work for Students With Autism. The 2019 […]
Wed Dec 18th, 2019