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3 districts that developed innovative programs targeting at-risk students

By Steven Blackburn

Here are three K-12 districts being honored as Districts of Distinction runners-up for developing innovative programs that target at-risk students.

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How personalized learning powers special ed

New compliance book sheds light on legal backbone of retaliation issues

Special Education Stories

March 04, 2020

New resource is trainer's ready-to-use toolkit to teach paraprofessionals how to apply instructional strategies that bolster student independence

LRP Media Group, a recognized leader in the special education publishing industry, has released The Special Ed Administrator’s Training Toolkit: Professional Development for Paraprofessionals — Applying Instructional Strategies to Develop Student Independence. This training binder identifies up-to-date instructional concepts that paraprofessionals can use with students. Strategies addressed include using cues and prompts, modeling, shaping, wait […]

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March 03, 2020

New book available for educators serving English Learners with Disabilities

LRP Media Group, a recognized leader in the special education publishing industry, has released a 160-page guide that explains how federal laws covering English Learners and students with disabilities intersect. It’s also designed to help educators avoid inadvertent missteps that can lead to over- or under-identifying EL students for special education services. Written by two […]

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February 26, 2020

New resource offers practical, step-by-step guidance on independent educational evaluations

LRP Media Group, a recognized leader in the special education publishing industry, has released Your District’s Step-by-Step Guide to Navigating IEE Requests and Responses. This practical new guide breaks down the IEE process from the district’s perspective and gives administrators and IEP team members a concrete idea of each step and their role in it. […]

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February 07, 2020

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.

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February 07, 2020

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.

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February 03, 2020

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 functional behavioral assessments. The book, When and How to Conduct Functional Behavioral Assessments for Students With Disabilities, details circumstances that trigger an FBA under the […]

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January 21, 2020

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.

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3 districts that developed innovative programs targeting at-risk students

How personalized learning powers special ed

New compliance book sheds light on legal backbone of retaliation issues

Special Education Stories

New resource is trainer's ready-to-use toolkit to teach paraprofessionals how to apply instructional strategies that bolster student independence

New book available for educators serving English Learners with Disabilities

New resource offers practical, step-by-step guidance on independent educational evaluations

How a teacher codes with special needs students who are deaf

Why coding for special education students computes

Special educators have a new resource on functional behavioral assessments

Twice-exceptional students: What districts need to know