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3 strategies to optimize virtual learning in special education

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Special education was one of the areas hit hardest, with 45 percent of schools needing to fill positions. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 37,600 yearly openings for special education teachers over the next decade. Unfortunately, this trend is expected to continue, as the U.S.

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This Program Is Building a Pipeline of Special Education Teachers

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The program exposed her to strategies for working with children with special needs, which she is now applying both at home and in her new role as a certified teacher assistant at the Kennedy Children’s Center , a public special education preschool in New York City.

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SEL Can Help Special Educators Address Rapidly Evolving Remote Learning Requirements

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A third challenge resulting from the pandemic has been how teachers should address the rapidly evolving requirements for remote learning—from what goals to teach to, to logging instructional hours, addressing absenteeism and cataloging evidence of learning—for their students with special education needs.

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Students Are Slipping Through the Cracks of Special Education. Schools Must Do Better.

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Originally students were provided special education services based on the discrepancy model. A significant discrepancy between expected and actual achievement resulted in placement in special education services. Special education services often included classes separate from the regular classroom.

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Where Does Personalized Learning End and Special Education Begin?

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Dually certified in special education and English Language Arts, I teach an ELA inclusion class to 11th and 12th graders, which means I serve students with and without Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) in the same setting. There are different types of learning environments that serve students with special needs.

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‘We’re Everywhere Now’: How a Speech Language Pathologist Has Seen Her Work Evolve

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Debi Ryan insists that bad days are few and far between in her line of work as a school-based speech language pathologist. Ryan has worked in a public school setting for about two decades, following a stint in the medical track of speech language pathology. She wasn't involved in the day-to-day educational interventions like we are.

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Sources of Hope for Education Technology in 2018

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I find myself without strong enthusiasm for the task of writing a conventional set of predictions about education technology in 2018. The most urgent needs of the most vulnerable children in this nation involve other technologies. These back-office tools can make a big impact.