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Special education

Bus transportation for special needs students in a pandemic

Melissa Ezarik -
Here are several guidelines to follow related to students with disabilities accessing school bus transportation, covering factors such as mask wearing, social distancing, hand sanitizer use and ventilation.

New resource offers foundation for crafting key parent notifications

LRP Media Group -
Crafting Compliant Parent Notifications to Facilitate Family Engagement provides key entry points to engaging parents and informing them of their children's rights and opportunities in education.

Designing instructional cohorts for students with disabilities

Kara Arundel -
Here are four do's and one don't for using pods or cohorts within special education to help maintain social distancing and minimize outbreaks.

Restraint and seclusion during a pandemic

Cara Nissman -
A school attorney offers advice on following behavior intervention plan protocols when a special education student needs to be restrained or secluded for their own safety or for the safety of others.

Mental health: To screen or not to screen?

Cara Nissman -
Here are 3 options for uncovering new student mental health needs—conducting universal screening, acting on referrals or looking for trends.

Ruling roundup: Special education during the pandemic

DA Staff -
Catch up on 14 key judicial and administrative rulings in specific topic areas related to IDEA and FAPE.

Mass. coalition cites 16 areas to improve before schools reopen

Chris Burt -
The coalition of nurses, teachers and other support staff in Massachusetts recommend no in-person learning in schools until many issues are addressed or resolved

Social distancing, wearing masks: Help students with autism follow rules

Cara Nissman -
Many students with ASD are known as keen rule followers, but they may need extra support in following rules associated with safety that are in place because of COVID. Here are eight ideas to try.

5 steps for teaching students with autism through VR

Cara Nissman -
Here's why this school year is a good time to start using virtual reality to help educate students on the autism spectrum, and how schools can get started.

These states, areas rank best for early childhood education

Chris Burt -
Experts also weigh in on critical areas of need during WalletHub's 2020 early education study.

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