The Special Education Director's CASE
You will find here a variety of links, resources, legal cases, OSEP/OSERS updates, coaching materials, etc. to support you in your daily work as a special education director. Your CASE (Centralized Assets of Special Education) will provide you with all of the information, updates, and tools necessary to successfully navigate the daily challenges of special education.
The list of resources is ever-growing and changing! Come back often to see everything new that is added.
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TRENDING SPED NEWS AND ARTICLES
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OSERS and OESE Offer Joint Guidance for Use of FBAs
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) have jointly released guidance on the use of functional behavioral assessments (FBAs) for all students whose behavior interferes with learning.
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One-time Stipends to Be Given to Oregon Special Education Teachers and Paraeducators
Oregon will divide $8.9 million dollars among the state’s special education teachers, paraeducators and other staff members as one-time bonuses meant to help address the field’s alarming recruitment and retention problems.
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Department of Education Dear Colleague Letter Provides Updated AT Device Guidance
Earlier this year, the United States Department of Education issued a Dear Colleague Letter that specifically addressed special needs students who require assistive technology in order to receive equitable educational opportunities.
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A Nationwide Struggle to Fill Special Ed Teaching Vacancies
Schools struggled to fill teaching positions — especially those focused on serving students with disabilities — even as classes got underway this fall, data shows.
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How much does your school district spend on special education per student?
Special education is consuming a rising share of Washington’s public education budget.
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What Educators Should Know About Dyscalculia, a Math Learning Disability
In this interview series, an educator, a researcher, and two students with dyscalculia share their insights, perspective, and knowledge to help teachers better understand and teach students with the disability.
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Are Schools and Edtech Companies Ready for the Digital Accessibility Deadline?
In April, the U.S. Department of Justice published its final rule for web and mobile accessibility.
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How Stamford Schools and Sacred Heart University aim to solve the special education teacher shortage
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Nation's First Clinic Dedicated to Non-Verbal Learning Disorder
Yeshiva University's Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology launches first-of-its-kind NVLD clinic
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Why children with disabilities are missing school and losing skills
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How does a child qualify for an IEP? What you need to know about the disability categories recognized under IDEA
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New Minnesota law limits districts’ ability to hire special education teachers without training
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Center on PBIS
These free videos and presentations provide educators with comprehensive and expansive knowledge on Behavior, SEL, Mental Health, PBIS, and MTSS Training to enhance their students learning in the classroom every day!
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Has Inclusion Gone Too Far?
Weighing its effects on students with disabilities, their peers, and teachers
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The Better Question: How Can We Improve Inclusive Education?
This article is in response to the article "Has Inclusion Gone too Far?"
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Sunflower Bakery- Caring is our Main Ingredient
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5 Tips to Help Students With Disabilities Feel Like They Belong
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Where are All the Special Educators?
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Wigglewow Employing Epic Chefs
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Recommendations and Resources for Preparing Educators in the Endrew Era
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Many Students Don’t Inform Their Colleges About Their Disability. That Needs to Change.
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Coffee shop hires baristas of all abilities
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U.S. Department of Education Awards More Than $1 Million in Grants to Develop Evidence-Based Models of Family Engagement and Improve Services to Children with Disabilities
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OSERS Most Recent Blogs on Trending Special Education Topics
Dr. Mitch Yell’s Sped Law Corner
Dr. Mitch Yell, PhD, is the Fred and Francis Lester Palmetto Chair of teacher education and a professor in Programs in Special Education at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Yell is a nationally recognized expert in special education law and IEP development. His textbook entitled The Law and Special Education, published by Pearson, is now in its fifth edition. He is the editor and writer of a special issue of Teaching Exceptional Children titled IEPs: Policy and Practice, and co-author of a forthcoming book on developing IEPs, published by Roman Littlefield. Dr. Yell has published 130 articles and 36 book chapters. He has also been awarded $17 million in federal grants.
Dr. David Bateman and Dr. Mitch Yell write a bi-weekly blog on trending legal matters and cases which impact the legal requirements of educating kids with IEPs.
Check Out Dr. Mitch Yell’s Books
SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW
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Senate Bill 3606 Extends Reimbursement Eligibility for Public Special Education Programs
On May 23, 2024, Senate Bill 3606 (“SB 3606”) passed both houses. If signed into law by Governor Pritzker, SB 3606 will amend the Children with Disabilities Article of the Illinois School Code.
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Supreme Court Special Ed Decision Leaves Questions Unanswered
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) guarantees “free appropriate public education” to students with disabilities. The definition of “appropriate,” however, was at issue.
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More Than $17 Million Awarded for 78 Personnel Preparation and Professional Development-Related Grants
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WISD Special Education Millage
On November 5, 2024, voters will be asked to consider renewing a Washtenaw Intermediate School District Special Education Millage.
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Microschools as an Option for Students With Disabilities
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California law shuns ‘emotional disturbance’ term in special education
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Education Department approves all requests to extend ESSER spending deadlines
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Early Hearing Detection and Intervention and Part C Programs
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Early Hearing Detection and Intervention and Part C Programs
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2024 State Implementation IDEA Determination Letters
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Cellphone Ban, More Pay, ‘Disruptive Students’: New State Laws Address Teacher Priorities
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Special Education Case-by-Case Legal Monthly Update with Perry Zirkel
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Special Education Legal Update with Dr. Mitch Yell, Dr. David Bateman, and Dr. Kurt Hulett
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OSEP Fast Facts — Comprehensive Sets of Data, Statistics, and Facts about Special Education
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2023 Determination Letters on State Implementation of IDEA
See how the US DOE evaluates each state with regards to the implementation of IDEA
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WrightsLaw
Special Education Case Law, Legal Opinions, Analysis, Guidance, and Trending Updates
RESOURCES FOR NAVIGATING SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
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The National Center on Intensive Intervention
The National Center on Intensive Intervention is intended to help educators and other building-based personnel find tools and resources to support students with intensive needs, including students with disabilities and those who have not responded to validated intervention programs delivered with fidelity.
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Behavioral Support Resources
The Office of Special Education Program’s (OSEP’s) Technical Assistance Centers have resources to guide the development, support and regular use of evidence-based practices to ensure infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities have a positive school year.
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The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP)
The DCMP, funded by the Department of Education, provides services designed to support and improve the academic achievement of students with disabilities.
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Intervention Central
Intervention Central provides teachers, schools and districts with free resources to help struggling learners and implement Response to Intervention and attain the Common Core State Standards.
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These free websites provide educators with online access to open educational resources
lesson plans, teaching activities, timelines, diagrams, videos, frameworks for developing curricula and more
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AI’s Potential in Special Education: What Teachers and Parents Think
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SPEDTex
Resources that can help you understand your child’s disability, your rights, and responsibilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and facilitate collaboration that supports the development and delivery of services to children with disabilities in our state.
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Sample Lessons from the National Center for Intensive Intervention
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Special Education Discipline Resources, Q and A, Strategies, Guidance, and Tools!
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Comprehensive and Expansive Source of Free Behavior, SEL, Mental Health, PBIS, and MTSS Training Videos and Presentations!
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New Tools and Resources for Transition Supports, Career Readiness, and Post Secondary Education Training and Programming