EALA

Disability: Writing Disabilities

  • Changing and Learning Together

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    In this case study, a principal describes critical strategies to surface and learn about the experiences of staff, students, and families during distance learning. Learnings about strengths and challenges of the online approach during closure are discussed, along with plans for transition back to face-to-face, hybrid, or further online learning.

  • Sample IEP Snapshot

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    This template can be used to aid planning by providing an overview of the contents of a student’s IEP.

  • Sample Student Schedule

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    This spreadsheet can be customized with individualized student information.

  • Sample IEP Meeting Agenda

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    This template can be personalized with virtual IEP meeting details.

  • Planning Alternative Futures With Hope: Connecting Students to Their Goals and Dreams at a Distance

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    Checking in with students is extra important during distance learning and the pandemic. This case study describes how educators can turn the act of checking in with students into a deeper and more tangible empathy-building opportunity. This practical guidance can help ensure that we meet the social and emotional needs of students while also making…

  • Good Day/Bad Day Template

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    This resource provides further information to help elicit information from a student who may be reluctant to share the challenges they are facing.

  • PATH Process

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    The PATH Process is a person-centered planning process designed to empower people with disabilities as they co-plan their way forward with their network of community/support.

  • Empathy Interviews

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    This interview guide provides information about the structure of one method of interviewing parents and students to gain a better understanding of the challenges they may be facing.

  • Chemistry at Home: Accessible Experiments and Science Literacy

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    This case study describes an inclusive highschool chemistry classroom, and use of Google Forms, Newsela and video tutorials to support all students learning from home. Practitioners describe an accessible weekly approach to distance science learning that emphasizes hands-on experimentation, the use of common house-hold materials, student explanation, and the development of science literacy.

  • Video: Being a Scientist With Dyslexia

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    Watch as Dr. Gabrielle Rappolt-Schlichtmann talks about her personal struggles, why she was drawn to science and how she ended up working to help kids with dyslexia.