Special Education

Interventions are important when students engage in challenging behaviors—but build a strong foundation of preventative strategies, and you’ll probably find that fewer students need behavior interventions. Today’s blog post is…

Today’s blog post shines a light on five essential thinking skills that the most effective teachers have. A quick glance at the list will tell you these are all skills…

Positive and productive communication between school and home can be a big contributing factor to a student’s success. But even with the best of intentions on both sides, conflict sometimes…

Every learner has the right to communicate and have their needs met. For students with severe disabilities—as with all students—effective and meaningful communication means more than having a basic ability…

To ensure the best outcomes for learners with disabilities this year, your whole school team—including the student and their family—needs to agree on a clear vision for the student’s future…

Teachers who are responsive, emotionally available, and sensitive to the needs of every student are invaluable allies to children. But there’s no doubt about it: there are times when the…

Not very long ago, postsecondary education was a dream out of reach for students with developmental disabilities. While we still have a long way to go, more and more colleges…

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time for reflecting on the importance of mental health to a child’s development and thinking about new ways to support this critical dimension…

As we approach the end of another school year, take a minute to think about the behavior challenges you’ve encountered in your classroom since September. What strategies worked best for…

Tests—especially high-stakes assessments—can strike fear into the hearts of all learners. To succeed during test time, kids need to master so much more than the academic content: they also need…