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New Website Offers Tips for Teachers About Virtual Special Education

April 14, 2020

17 April 2020, COVID, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Ed Source] Teachers can share ideas online for serving students with disabilities during the pandemic To help teachers better serve special education students during the school closures, a coalition of more than 30 disability and education groups has created a digital one-stop…...

April 14, 2020

17 April 2020, COVID, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: NCLD.org] During this unprecedented situation, two things are clear: students with disabilities still have their right to a free appropriate public education (FAPE), and educators and families must work together to ensure students with disabilities keep learning. It isn’t easy, and…...

April 13, 2020

17 April 2020, COVID, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: The National Center for Learning Disabilities] COVID-19 has catapulted us all into a new reality: Workplaces are closed, social distancing is the “new normal,” and kitchen tables have replaced classrooms. The sudden shift from in-person to online learning has not been…...

April 13, 2020

17 April 2020, COVID, News, Newsletter

[Source: Education Week] The messy transition to remote learning in America’s K-12 education system as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has been marked by glaring disparities among schools, according to nationally representative surveys of U.S. teachers and school district leaders administered…...

April 13, 2020

17 April 2020, COVID, News, Newsletter, Special Ed

[Source: Greenville News, via AP] The hardest part of being out of school for Diquaris Johnson has been adjusting to a new routine. Routines are important to Di, a 16-year-old student at the Washington Center who has autism and a developmental disorder.…...

April 13, 2020

17 April 2020, COVID, News, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Ensure Future COVID-19 Legislation Recognizes the Needs of Audiologists, SLPs, and Those They Serve! Tell Congress that any future COVID-19 legislation should provide: an additional $12.8B in funding for IDEA; a solution to ensure that budget neutrality for the Medicare Physician Fee…...

April 13, 2020

17 April 2020, COVID, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Speech Therapy PD.com] In collaboration with the California Speech Language Hearing Association, please learn all you need to know about Teletherapy in “Teletherapy Bootcamp!” Teletherapy Bootcamp is a 7-hour web conference addressing all things Teletherapy for Speech-Language Pathologists – Early Intervention,…...

April 9, 2020

10 April 2020, Job, Newsletter, OT

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 PediaStaff is interviewing now for anticipated 2020-2021 school needs. For 14 years, our trusted clients have looked to PediaStaff to help them serve special needs children. When schools reopen, whether for summer school,…...

April 8, 2020

10 April 2020, COVID, News, Special Education

[Source: Edutopia] Around the nation, K–12 schools are frantically trying to adapt to abrupt closures during the coronavirus. But while all teachers are struggling with the new normal, special education teachers in particular are facing unparalleled challenges transitioning both their teaching—and their students…...

April 8, 2020

10 April 2020, Job, Newsletter, School Psych

Call Today at 866-733-4278 or text us at 662-524-9099 PediaStaff is interviewing now for school-based therapy jobs for 2020-2021 school year. For 14 years, our trusted clients have looked to PediaStaff to help them serve special needs children. When schools reopen,…...