Special Education
Explore and share tips, strategies, and resources for supporting students with special needs.
Supercharge Your Quizizz Use
Even if you’ve used Quizizz for years, power users have pro tips for taking your assessments, lessons, and differentiation to the next level.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.Improving Collaboration Between Special Education and General Education Teachers
Teachers can use these strategies for deeper communication to establish an inclusive learning environment for students.248Your 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.Supporting All Students With Special Needs
By setting high standards and encouraging a growth mindset, teachers can help all students learn to their fullest potential.294Your content has been saved!
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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!
Go to My Saved Content.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.
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.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.17.9kYour 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.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!
Go to My Saved Content.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.334Your content has been saved!
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Teacher-tested ideas to help students quietly fidget.15kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Apps for Students With Special Needs—As School Buildings Shutter
The coronavirus creates a unique challenge for students with special needs—educators share recommendations for apps to support learning at home.9.7kYour content has been saved!
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