With school closures and shutdowns, COVID-19 added additional anxiety and stress, a reality felt most acutely by students with disabilities with intersectional needs. The COVID reality is that schools must become even more trauma informed by prioritizing socio emotional wellness. A primary challenge is supporting our students, particularly middle school students with disabilities who may […]

This webinar will examine the intersection of students with disabilities and English learners, providing an overview of relevant research and the separate, but overlapping policies that govern the identification of and services provided to these students.

This webinar will describe the national context about the challenges for English learners and students with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this discussion, Turnaround for Children Founder and Senior Science Advisor, Pamela Cantor, M.D,. and Gretchen Livesey, Vice President of Partner Impact, will explain the neurobiology of stress and trauma and how educators can design the environments, experiences and relationships that build the vital skills or “muscles” for all students to surmount the current crisis […]

Join us for a webinar, with Dr. Brittany Greiert, who discussed how to utilize your school psychologist during remote learning to support students with disabilities. This webinar discussed the role of a school psychologist, remote learning resources offered through the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), and strategies that can be implemented to support the […]

Digital Promise works at the intersection of educators, researchers, and edtech developers. In this webinar, Vic Vuchic, chief innovation officer, will discuss how Digital Promise is helping teachers and parents understand their learners and what is important to look for in edtech products to support them and their individual needs. He also will share a […]

Join us for a webinar with Debra Herburger, Senior Program Associate with the WestEd Special Education Policy & Practice Team. This webinar will provide a brief background and purpose of the HLPs for Special Education, how the HLPs are categorized, the alignment between the HLPs and evidence-based practices for general education. We will also explore […]

As a result of the current health crisis, many schools have closed and moved to distance learning. Now more than ever, students need opportunities to develop critical social-emotional skills for well-being. Social-emotional learning (SEL) is a critical part of every child’s education and can be nurtured even when students are not in school. SEL is […]

This session focused on the legal obligations of schools in light of school closures due to COVID-19 and their impact on educators of students with disabilities. Since COVID-19 has turned the lives of the majority of the nation’s students and educators upside down, state and federal entities are left with the task of finding solutions […]

This session focused on ways that challenges to student privacy are playing out during the COVID-19 crisis. It is not proving to easy to maintain traditional confidentiality protections under FERPA and HIPAA in the sudden shift to online education and in some of the other hastily-assembled practices that many schools and district have switched to […]