Students With Disabilities Often Overlooked In Gifted Programming

"Twice exceptional" children face unique challenges: Their disability can mask their smarts, leaving their talents undiscovered at school. Read More >

Kids In Special Ed Were Shifted Back Online. Is It A Move To The Virtual Basement?

 

Distance learning left lots of students with disabilities far behind. Advocates say moving their pandemic recovery services online could well make things worse. Read More >

Parents Decry 'Excessive' Use Of Restraint

 Restraints are only supposed to be used to protect a child or others from harm, but advocates say school staff excessively use the practice, at times as a form of discipline or out of frustration. Read More >

Students With Disabilities Struggle In Remote Classes

 Months into the school year, students with disabilities in one district's remote study program are still grappling with nonexistent or slow-to-arrive accommodations and services. Read More >

Students With Special Needs Acutely Affected By Bus Driver Shortage

 A nationwide school bus driver shortage is leading to longer-than-usual rides and off-schedule pickups, cutting short schooling for students entitled to transportation as part of their IEPs. Read More >

'Sesame Street' Expands Autism Resources

 "Sesame Street" is offering up a host of new resources designed to help children with autism and their families. Read More >

Parents Of High-Risk Students Face Tough Decisions Amid Delta Surge

 With many schools making masks optional, parents of children with disabilities and other health issues that put them at high risk for COVID-19 are left with few options to keep their kids safe. Read More >

Passion Drives Special Ed Teacher To 55-Year Career Helping Kids

 Joy Chastek is 78 years old and still works up to 15 hours a day. An educator for 55 years, Chastek has devoted the last 40 to special education students and has no plans to stop. Read More >

Ed Department Wants Feedback On Discipline Of Students With Disabilities

 Students with disabilities often face more disciplinary action at school than other kids and federal officials say they're looking for ideas about how to put an end to the disparity. Read More >

A Video Game Makes Math And English Classes A Full-Body Experience

 An online platform created to help kids in special ed combines physical activity with a virtual world featuring bright colors and animated characters to engage even the shyest students. Read More >

Lawsuit: Officers Handcuffed, Jailed 11-Year-Old With Autism For Scratching Classmate

 School resource officers allegedly left a boy with autism in a patrol car for two hours and booked him in jail for scratching a classmate with a pencil. His parents had to post a $25,000 bond. Read More >

Across US, Most Counties Have No Behavior Therapists

 Access to behavior therapists is woefully lacking in many places, with a new study finding that more than half of the nation's counties don't have a single one. Read More >

Teacher Creates Social Justice Curriculum For Students With Special Needs

 After George Floyd died last summer, one teacher couldn't find a curriculum that dealt with social justice issues that was written for students with disabilities, so she created her own. Read More >

COVID-19 Year Is Especially Hard On Students With Special Needs

 

With school districts eliminating some special education services or offering them virtually, families say the pandemic is setting their children back. Read More >

University Program Aims To Mint More Adaptive PE Teachers

 Public schools are federally mandated to offer developmental physical education to students with disabilities, but teachers aren't required to be licensed in that area in order to teach it. Read More >

Online Program Addresses Autism In Spanish For Hispanic Families

 Cultural barriers, limited English, economic status and stigma can prevent Latino parents from knowing how to act early and find help for their kids. A new program is looking to change that. Read More >

Amid Pandemic, 'Sesame Street' Aims To Help Children With Autism Adapt

 "Sesame Street" is turning its attention to helping kids with autism cope with change, something that has become all too familiar during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read More >

Virtual Learning Comes With Added Curve For Special Ed Students

 

The pandemic school year that has frustrated so many is proving almost impossible for special education students, but even still, there are success stories. Read More >

Lawmakers Want Investigation Into Effects Of School Closures On Kids With Disabilities

 Nearly a year after schools shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, some members of Congress are calling for an investigation into the impact of the closures on students with disabilities. Read More >

Is The Pandemic A Chance To Reimagine Special Education?

 Special education was imperfect before the coronavirus crisis. As districts contend with the fallout from slapdash online classes for kids with disabilities, will the pandemic prompt a reckoning? Read More >