EALA

Topic Area: Building Partnerships with Families

  • Bouncing Back: The Pandemic’s Impact on Students with Disabilities & How to Advocate for Them

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    In this webinar, presenters from the Center for Learner Equity will share findings from their recent report on how the pandemic has impacted students with disabilities. They will share an overview of the evidence to date of how the pandemic has impacted students with disabilities’ outcomes and experiences, share insights from the parent perspective, and…

  • Centering Learners with Disabilities within Advancing Digital Equity for All

    Centering Learners with Disabilities within Advancing Digital Equity for All

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    Join the Educating All Learners Alliance for the second in the “Advancing Digital Equity for All” Inside Look Series. In this webinar, we will examine the “Advancing Digital Equity for All” resource with the lens of intentional support for learners with disabilities or learning differences. Hear directly from co-collaborators on this resource, from the Office…

  • She Had Us at “Hello”

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      This personal story details a family’s experience with their daughter’s new school.

  • Advice on Important College Topics for Students With Learning Disabilities or ADHD and Their Families

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    News and advice on important college topics for students with Learning Disabilities or ADHD and their families

  • What is it like to have Dyslexia?

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    This short video highlights the stories and experiences of ten students with dyslexia to help answer most parents’ question: What is it like to have dyslexia?

  • Wunder by Understood

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    The first community app for parents of kids with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia

  • Planning Your Future: A Guide To Transition

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    In 2022, with support from the Educating All Learners Alliance, the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) hosted listening sessions with young adults, parents, educators, transition specialists, transition service providers, college disability services staff, and researchers in the field. A common theme expressed by all of these stakeholders was the lack of resource and knowledge sharing…

  • Student-led Conferences

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    Student-led conferences are meetings between students, parents, and teachers where the student actively leads the conversation by reflecting on their progress toward goals and sharing examples of their work. Allowing students to pick examples of their work that illustrate their progress helps their Motivation and Metacognition about their own learning. Having students reflect on their…

  • Raising the Whole Child: Social-Emotional Development in Deaf Children

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    This resource from Gallaudet University offers a research review on social-emotional development in children from birth to 12th grade, focusing on children who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing (DHH). The document includes recommendations for parents and educators.

  • How Schools Can Meet the Moment With Programs to Teach the Whole Child

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    The emergence of COVID-19 variants is impacting schools working through exactly how to spend the federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) stimulus funds. On the one hand, these American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds give school leaders a chance to incorporate research-based whole child teaching and learning that focuses on each student’s learner variability, unique…