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  • 3 Questions to Ask Your Special Education Professionals

    A special education district administrator uses these questions to understand how the well-being of teachers affects their work.
    Theresa Melito-Conners
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  • The Sensory Room: Helping Students With Autism Focus and Learn

    Imagine a safe space where students with autism can go to calm their bodies and then get back to the business of learning.
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  • Creating Effective and Efficient Breaks for Students During the School Day

    Short breaks allow students who struggle with regulation time to regroup, which improves their learning outcomes.
    387
  • Katie Papaccoli teaches a class of first graders with autism at the P186X school in District 75 in the Bronx. March, 2019. Edwin J. Torres for Edutopia.

    New Strategies in Special Education as Kids Learn From Home

    In special education, teachers say that schedules, sensory supports, and close collaboration with families can help smooth the transition to remote learning.
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    How to Improve Distance Learning for Students With IEPs

    Strategies for parental involvement and synchronous and asynchronous activities can help students with individualized education programs.
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  • Supporting Students With Dysgraphia

    While there's not a lot of research on dysgraphia yet, there are a few signs you should look out for, and some evidence-based tactics to help kids with the writing condition.
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  • Illustration of a book with a girl on the cover looking away

    The Missing Autistic Girls

    In the past two decades, autism diagnoses have soared—but new research shows that girls have frequently been overlooked, leaving them without crucial support.
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  • Apps for Students With Special Needs—As School Buildings Shutter

    The coronavirus creates a unique challenge for students with special needs—educators share recommendations for apps to support learning at home.
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  • 5 Ways to Support Kids With ADHD During Remote Learning

    Without the rules and structure of the classroom, students with ADHD are struggling. Here’s how teachers can help.
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  • A ‘Small Wins’ Approach to Special Ed Challenges

    A veteran teacher approached a severe special education challenge with an incremental strategy that led to big payoffs.
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  • Do Dyslexia Fonts Actually Work?

    Specialized fonts for students with dyslexia are gaining in popularity. But they’re based on a key misconception, experts warn.
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  • Preparing Families for the New School Year

    A few tips for ensuring that students—particularly those with disabilities and English learners—and their families get the year off to a good start.
    446
  • How Dyslexia Can Impact an Elementary Student’s Performance in Math

    Young students with dyslexia may need more story contexts to truly understand the four basic operations.
    514
  • Sensory Room 101

    After we published a video about a special room designed to help autistic kids calm and focus themselves, you had questions. Here’s what it takes to create this kind of space.
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  • The Necessity of Having High Expectations

    Conveying compassion for students while holding them to high standards can help improve equity in education.
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