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3 ways telepractice helps combat burnout in special education

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Some of the hardest hit are students with unique needs that require services from qualified professionals, such as speech-language pathologists, sign-language interpreters, teachers for the vision and hearing impaired and special education teachers. School administrators are taking a hard look at how to prevent burnout.

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Schools, at halftime, need to put funding into play for the second half of the year

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As we enter into another winter season living with the pandemic, special education services are not where schools hoped they would be, with many feeling that they are still falling behind rather than beginning to catch up. New York City recently announced delays to its academic recovery program for students with special needs.

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Racism is a subtle, silent enemy of STEM classrooms

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Implicit bias can also be seen in the overrepresentation of students of color in special education vs. underrepresented students in gifted and talented education. As educators, it is vital that we recognize the biases we carry so that this does not have an adverse impact on the students that we are serving.

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Presence Introduces New Therapy Platform to Enrich the Clinician Experience

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Special education caseloads in schools have continued to rise, increasing backlogs, and driving clinician burnout. The resulting platform is a combination of their expertise and 13 years of our own data on how special education providers and students engage in therapy and evaluations.”.

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Special Ed Teletherapy Provider PresenceLearning Gets a $27 Million Boost

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Speech and other special-education professionals were already in short supply even when classes were in session. In California, where PresenceLearning is based, acute shortages in licensed special educators have continued even as the percentage of special-needs students has grown. Her team has made some strides.

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SchoolStatus Selects 2024-25 Customer Advisory Board 

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Johnson has a Bachelor’s degree from Jacksonville State University in Special Education, a Master’s degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Special Education, an Ed.S. from the University of Montevallo in Educational Leadership, and an Ed.D. from Samford University in Educational Leadership.

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37 predictions about edtech’s impact in 2023

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With the release of the Nation’s Report Card and ongoing school staffing shortages, states and professional organizations will need to rethink the benefits of technology in supporting students in special education programs. As such, educators will need to focus intently on building these skills in young readers.

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