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Resource Format: Web-based Content

  • Special Olympics: School of Strength Workout Videos

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    Special Olympics has developed a series of fitness videos designed to get people with disabilities moving at home. They’re led by six Special Olympics athletes and feature WWE star Becky Lynch.

  • Fact Sheet: Impact of COVID-19 on Assessments and Accountability under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

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    This fact sheet from the US Department of Education discusses the potential implications of COVID-19 on state assessment and accountability systems. This fact sheet also addresses other considerations regarding the use of federal funds under ESEA.

  • Case Manager Closeout

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    IEP case managers who need to wrap up their responsibilities for this unusual school year—and plan for next year—can use this checklist to be sure that students are sent to their next setting with all the information the team needs. Steps for compliance, student transfer, and caseload planning are included.

  • Reading Strategies for Students Who Are Visually Impaired

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    This resource is a teacher’s guide to reading strategies for students who are visually impaired. Guidance on the three types of media students will encounter: (1) Paper Strategies which include: regular print, enlargement of small amounts of text, large print text, handheld magnification, video magnification and paper, Braille; (2) E-Text Strategies which include: plain e-text…

  • Providing Supports to Students With Low-Incidence Disabilities

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    Educators and families of students with low-incidence disabilities face barriers in maintaining important structure and routines when schools are closed. This resource includes a discussion of family partnerships, communication with students, and instructional delivery strategies.

  • Math Literacy for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

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    This resource provides strategies for building math literacy for students who are blind or visually impaired, many of which can be adapted for remote learning and/or shared with families. Mathematical literacy includes numeracy, a basic number sense and a grasp of simple mathematical concepts – all concepts that blind or visually impaired students do not…

  • Texas Autism Circuit Toolkit

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    Educators of students with autism can use these downloadable, ready-made visual supports and tools. There are evidence-based tools in four categories: behavior, communication, social, and classroom organization.

  • Distance Learning Engagement

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    A framework for supporting all students (including those with significant cognitive disabilities) to actively engage with classmates, learn grade-level general education curriculum, and learn other essential skills in distance learning.

  • How to Support Diverse Learners at Home: Essential Guidance for Parents & Caregivers

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    This resource contains recommendations for educators to assist parents in better understanding the learning needs of their children and how to best support them at home with remote learning. Available in English and Spanish.

  • Collaborative Teaching Virtual Instruction Tips

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    Co-teaching pairs are taking their collaborative practices from traditional classrooms to virtual formats. Get suggestions for how various models of co-teaching can be used in distance learning for both general and special education.