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How to Serve Students With Special Needs From Afar

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About 14 percent of all public school students receive special education services, and for many of them the switch to remote learning has been difficult on families and the schools that teach them every day. What is Universal Design for Learning? How are schools adjusting? What resources are they turning to?

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With Innovation and Empathy, Remote Learning Becomes Accessible for All Students

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In an earlier essay, we discussed how teachers are leaning into SEL to adapt student services and unlock opportunities that, just months ago, may have seemed impossible. Special educator Kareem Neal uses empathy as a tool to improve communication and connection with the students in his self-contained classroom and their families.