Distance Learning for Students with Disabilities

Remote learning requires adjustment for all students, but students with disabilities face additional challenges during the COVID-19 quarantine. In this episode of AIR Informs, Allison Gandhi describes some of these obstacles, as well as strategies to help students, schools, and families make the most of this time.

This webpage for special educators includes webinars for special education administrators, a toolbox to support families with children with disabilities, a remote learning plan for special education students, a service documentation tracker, and a FAQ for districts and schools regarding special education.

In this webinar, leaders in special education present current information on COVID-19, how special education administrators are navigating these challenges, and options for meeting the needs of families and students. 

As instruction shifts to an online format, teachers need strategies to provide differentiated instruction for students with disabilities. In this webinar, veteran online instructors identify strategies for adapting lessons already in motion to this new format. 

This FAQ provides links to resources and examples from Washington, New York, Colorado, Illinois, and Michigan on methods to provide online instructional support to students with disabilities. 

This webinar available via Facebook highlights communication, collaboration and regular routines as among the keys to successful online education for students with disabilities.

This short guide highlights four actions educators can take to support their students with disabilities during the transition to online learning.

This list of resources focuses on how best to meet the needs of students with disabilities in an online environment.