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Student-centered everything: ClassVR in special education

eSchool News

Students will be able to experience social situations from specific viewpoints, and the intent is for teachers or clinicians to guide the implementation and elicit feedback from students in the moment, as they’re immersed in the experience. The first step in achieving this was continuing to leverage our on-campus experts.

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

John Fisher College of Education and brings almost 30 years of diverse experience in the field of education. Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. Lecture is a common passive learning practice.

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Managing rising student needs under IDEA

eSchool News

Persistent teacher shortages and the cost and time required to fill special education roles often exacerbate the strain. Adding to the complexity, Parts B and C of the IDEA mandate that all children with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (LRE).

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SEL Can Help Special Educators Address Rapidly Evolving Remote Learning Requirements

Edsurge

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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Tobii Dynavox launches Boardmaker 7 – the new platform for special education

eSchool News

Tobii Dynavox, the global leader in assistive technology for communication, today announced the new generation of its special education platform Boardmaker. Boardmaker provides a fully inclusive education environment for parents, special education teachers and schools to millions of students around the world.

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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

Faculty Focus

Create community guidelines for discussions that include intention and impact/anti-bias language. Ask a colleague to informally observe your teaching and provide constructive feedback on your work of being an inclusive teacher. Thank you for your work towards broadening access to higher education! Jennifer E. Garland, Ph.

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Engaging distance learning starts (and continues) with collaboration

eSchool News

Lessons learned from family and student feedback. Its 18,000 pre-K–12 students speak 100 different languages, and 10,000 of them have a first language other than English. Some 13,000 students qualify for free and reduced lunch, and the district serves 3,000 special education students.