EALA

Disability: Writing Disabilities

  • Supporting Communities During the Pandemic

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    This case study highlights how a community organization stepped in to improve families’ access to community resources. It details specific resources that were made available to families and children and how the community organization worked with school districts to make sure students’ basic needs were being met.

  • Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships

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    This resource from Dr. Karen Mapp provides a framework for building such a relationship between families and schools.

  • Indiana Institute on Disability and Community Resources

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    Resources for educators, other professionals, parents, students, transitioning individuals with disabilities, and policymakers on topics including assessment, behavior, and communication.

  • Leading by Convening: A User Guide

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    The Leading by Convening (LbC) framework is used to engage stakeholders in improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities.

  • Flexible Mindsets to Change: Navigating the Challenges of Shifting Contexts for Learning

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    Three staff members of a charter management organization discuss how they implemented and continue to update a plan to provide a comprehensive learning environment for all students. They discuss the importance of a flexible mindset, their efforts to create a sense of culture for students and staff, and how they approach challenges with translating special…

  • The Opportunity for Stronger Connection to Your School Community

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    A high school special education teacher who teaches in a self-contained classroom discusses positive changes to his practice and classroom community during distance learning. He describes practical tips for strengthening communication in classrooms where the first language of many parents is not English, while also improving overall relationships with your classroom community.

  • Uplifting Student Voices: Using Accessible Templates and Tools for Virtual Presentations

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    This case study describes a middle school special education teacher’s creative solutions for pushing students to create and virtually present using Google Slides in a self-contained classroom. Students present projects they develop and are proud of during the time of distance learning. The use of paced Google Slides templates, word banks, sentence starters, select-to-speak tools,…

  • The Push-In Model in a Virtual Classroom

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    This case study describes a speech-language pathologist’s transition from face-to-face push-in sessions to an online push-in format in virtual classrooms. Technology resources and new strategies are trialed with a middle school–age student working on writing and comprehension at a school for students with language-based learning differences. Screen sharing, breakout rooms, chat feature, whiteboard features, and…

  • Transforming the Parent-Teacher Relationship in Remote Learning

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    Brittany Moser, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) coach at Neighborhood Charter Schools, shares a resource aimed at partnering families and schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this case study, Brittany shares how her resource, “Tips and Tricks for Remote Learning,” became a foundational launchpad for supporting families in educating their children remotely. 

  • Virtual Writing Lesson for an Inclusive Classroom

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    This case study describes distance learning with an inclusive classroom for writing at the 2nd grade level. The strategies and approach described reflect the Universal Design for Learning approach to inclusive education design and were designed to explicitly build student knowledge, skills and engagement in navigating the new virtual classroom. The use of Book Creator,…