Special Education
Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for supporting students with special needs.
How Special Education Students Can Benefit From an Adapted ’Circle of Control’
A high school special education teacher explains how a simple visual prompt became an indispensable part of her classroom.288Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The Sensory Room: Helping Students With Autism Focus and Learn
Imagine a safe space where students with autism can go to calm their bodies and then get back to the business of learning.1MYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.5 Interconnected Ways for School Leaders to Uplift Special Education Teachers and Staff
These strategies build real, sustainable trust between principals and special education staff and help limit burnout.It’s Important to Talk About Learning Accommodations With Your Students—Here’s How to Do It
From metaphors for elementary school kids to mindset shifts and graphic organizers for teens, here are teacher-tested tips for normalizing learning accommodations across grade levels.Using Creative Play to Support Autistic Students in Preschool
Whether teachers know or simply suspect that they have an autistic student, these ideas support learning for them and the whole class.259Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Do Fidgets Help Students Focus?
Don’t let the devices run amok in your classroom, experts warn. Here’s the right—and wrong—way to handle them.
New Strategies in Special Education as Kids Learn From Home
In special education, teachers say that schedules, sensory supports, and close collaboration with families can help smooth the transition to remote learning.18.2kYour content has been saved!
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How to Improve Distance Learning for Students With IEPs
Strategies for parental involvement and synchronous and asynchronous activities can help students with individualized education programs.15.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Strategies for Running a Truly Student-Centered IEP Meeting
Art pieces, artifacts, and interest questionnaires can make a world of difference.256Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Supporting Students With Dysgraphia
While there's not a lot of research on dysgraphia yet, there are a few signs you should look out for, and some evidence-based tactics to help kids with the writing condition.17.5kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Boosting the College Readiness of Students With Disabilities With a Focus on Self-Efficacy
Seeing that they can overcome challenges and achieve goals helps these students feel better prepared for the transition to college.212Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.5 Ways to Support Neurodivergent Students
An academic coach for neurodivergent students shares how to help neurodivergent students reach their potential throughout the school year.
The Missing Autistic Girls
In the past two decades, autism diagnoses have soared—but new research shows that girls have frequently been overlooked, leaving them without crucial support.17.6kYour content has been saved!
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17 Ways to Help Students With ADHD Concentrate
Teacher-tested ideas to help students quietly fidget.15kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How to Plan and Then Run a Seamless IEP Meeting
A longtime special education teacher passes along his step-by-step guide for all parts of the IEP process.282Your content has been saved!
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