EALA

Topic Area: Self Advocacy

  • NCLD’s Action Center

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    NCLD’s Action Center enables you to contact your Members of Congress and make your voice heard on issues important to students with disabilities.

  • Centering Youth Voice in Education Webinar

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    The Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) takes an inside look at the Youth Action Project, a collaborative initiative dedicated to closing the gap in meaningful participation for disabled and neurodivergent youth. This webinar features leaders from three pilot sites: Social Optics, Transition Academy, and LiberatED.

  • School To Prison Pipeline

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    Missouri’s school discipline is inequitable. For years, the disproportionate discipline of students of color and students with disabilities has prevented these students from achieving their educational potential.

  • Youth Action Project Resources

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    Youth-led pilot projects demonstrate the power of community-connected learning to help students navigate their futures with confidence and purpose. Centering student voice and storytelling, these initiatives show how education can evolve when youth are trusted as change-makers and supported with care.

  • NCCSD Posters and Brochures

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    On this page you’ll find materials that NCCSD produces that you may freely print for your use, or hand out to others. The posters and brochures below are available for free. You can download these to your computer and print them out.

  • Six Principles of IDEA the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

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    IDEA gives eligible children with disabilities rights to the specially designed instruction and individualized services and supports they need to benefit from public education. It has six foundational principles, which are outlined in this resource.

  • College Readiness Toolkit

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    This toolkit has guidance for teens (along with a section for parents) on how to get a good start in college and deal with some of these challenges during this critical period of building independence.

  • Seeds of Possibility: Connecting Policy to Practice Across Learning Ecosystems

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    This report spotlights eight diverse learning ecosystems to show how communities are creatively linking policy to concrete practices that advance learner agency, out-of-classroom learning, credit earning, and an expanded definition of an educator.

  • Reducing Seclusion in Minnesota Schools: A Community-Led Advocacy Success

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    This case study examines a specific challenge and success story in education advocacy: the defense of a critical policy in Minnesota aimed at reducing the use of seclusion in schools. We will explore how EdAllies, a Minnesota-based organization, mobilized a community-led coalition to protect a recently enacted ban on seclusion for young students, highlighting transferable…

  • Cultivating a Strong Assistive Technology Program

    Cultivating a Strong Assistive Technology Program

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    This resource from The Arc provides practical guidance on developing and sustaining strong assistive technology (AT) programs in schools and districts. It highlights best practices for evaluating student needs, integrating AT into instruction, training staff, and partnering with families to ensure students with disabilities have the tools they need to access learning and thrive.