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Free Subscriptions to TpT School Access for Affected Schools in the U.S.

April 14, 2020

17 April 2020, COVID, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Teachers Pay Teachers] Starting today, we’re offering free subscriptions to TpT School Access for U.S. schools affected by coronavirus. TpT School Access is a school-wide subscription that gives teachers access to a library of more than 3 million teacher-created, teacher-tested educational…...

April 14, 2020

17 April 2020, Article, COVID, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

[Source: Activity Tailor] Don’t get me wrong, I love nearly everything within my field that comes my way, but my true sweet spot is early language skills and social skills for children of any age. When it comes to working on social skills, I…...

April 14, 2020

17 April 2020, COVID, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop] As schools remain closed due to COVID-19, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is weighing whether they should be temporarily freed of some of their special education obligations. DeVos must decide in the coming weeks whether to recommend that…...

Speech Therapy at Home! Mr. Potato Head

April 14, 2020

17 April 2020, Art Therapy, Autism, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Newsletter, OT, SLP, Speech Delay, Tip or Resource, Vocabulary

Editor’s Note: In addition to Shareka’s GREAT ideas featured here, check out this second blog post on our dear friend Mr. Potato head by Allison Fors Don’t have Mr. Potato Head, or is he missing pieces? Buy him or her through our affliate…...

April 14, 2020

17 April 2020, COVID, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: Ed Source] Teachers can share ideas online for serving students with disabilities during the pandemic To help teachers better serve special education students during the school closures, a coalition of more than 30 disability and education groups has created a digital one-stop…...

April 14, 2020

17 April 2020, COVID, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: NCLD.org] During this unprecedented situation, two things are clear: students with disabilities still have their right to a free appropriate public education (FAPE), and educators and families must work together to ensure students with disabilities keep learning. It isn’t easy, and…...

April 13, 2020

17 April 2020, COVID, Newsletter, Tip or Resource

[Source: The National Center for Learning Disabilities] COVID-19 has catapulted us all into a new reality: Workplaces are closed, social distancing is the “new normal,” and kitchen tables have replaced classrooms. The sudden shift from in-person to online learning has not been…...

April 13, 2020

17 April 2020, COVID, News, Newsletter

[Source: Education Week] The messy transition to remote learning in America’s K-12 education system as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has been marked by glaring disparities among schools, according to nationally representative surveys of U.S. teachers and school district leaders administered…...

April 13, 2020

17 April 2020, COVID, News, Newsletter, Special Ed

[Source: Greenville News, via AP] The hardest part of being out of school for Diquaris Johnson has been adjusting to a new routine. Routines are important to Di, a 16-year-old student at the Washington Center who has autism and a developmental disorder.…...

April 13, 2020

17 April 2020, COVID, News, Newsletter, SLP, Tip or Resource

Ensure Future COVID-19 Legislation Recognizes the Needs of Audiologists, SLPs, and Those They Serve! Tell Congress that any future COVID-19 legislation should provide: an additional $12.8B in funding for IDEA; a solution to ensure that budget neutrality for the Medicare Physician Fee…...