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Best Practices
Best Practices
If schools are developing plans for online learning for students, they also need to plan for how to provide education and related services for students with disabilities. Failure to do so would not be with keeping FAPE.
For temporary emergency closures, continuity of instruction such as instructional phone calls, homework packets, internet-based lessons, and other available distance-based learning approaches may not be considered a change in placement.
If schools close for an extended period of time, then school officials and the IEP team should determine whether the student is available for instruction and could be provided FAPE through instructional telephone calls, non-digital learning opportunities (materials sent home to students) internet-based lessons, and other distance-based learning approaches.
In the case of an extended absence, conversations related to compensatory education opportunities could be considered.
Considerations
Considerations
The IEP Team should consider whether alternate methods of instruction are appropriate for the student’s educational programming.
The IEP Team may meet by teleconference or other means to determine if some, or all, of the identified services, can be provided through alternate or additional methods.
Schools that move to remote instruction may need to provide appropriate technology and acces to students in consideration of UDL.
Schools may need to ensure that students have required assistive technology needs and provide services (including WiFi access) at home where appropriate
Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired
Seeing AI - Talking camera app for blind/visually impaired Can be used to text-to-speech for worksheets. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/seeing-ai
ClaroPDF - iOs App - make worksheets accessible - hear it, write on it, type on it, record your voice on it. https://www.claro-apps.com/claropdf/
Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Streamer Auditory Sciences- Auditory Sciences is partnering with academic institutions who are preparing for prolonged absences and/or campus closures due to COVID-19. They are offering to create for your school a free captioning, note-taking and translation website that you can use to facilitate off-campus communications with students and faculty.
The Daily Moth- The Daily Moth delivers news in video using American Sign Langugae (ASL). The Deaf host, Alex Abenchuchan, covers trending stories and Deaf topics with a twist of humor and Deaf culture.
ASLized- A site dedicated to “producing teaching and learning materials in ASL.” ASL content includes materials such as stories for young children, articles in the Journal of American Sign Languages & Literatures (scholarly articles published in ASL)
ASL Nook- A place where everyone can learn sign language!
RMDS- Rocky Mountain Deaf School YouTube Channel
DCMP (Described and Captioned Media Program) website (free membership – LOTS of videos to stream – more than those listed below… all captioned and accessible):
https://dcmp.org/ Sign Language Storytelling/Poetry on DCMP: https://dcmp.org/series/188-sign-language-storytelling (Scholastic Story Videos) https://dcmp.org/media/3342-from-a-gator-ride-to-the-dentist-office (Tutorial on ASL Storytelling with Peter Cook, ASL poet and storyteller) https://dcmp.org/media/3234-united-states-of-asl-poetry-and-other-tales (Peter Cook)
ASL eBooks and Resources for Deaf Kids - ASL Stories, eBooks, and Other ASL Educational Resources for Parents & Kids
Virtual Activities for Teachers and Families COVID-19- LiveBinder-
6 Ways to Make the Most of Closed Captions in Google Slides
Convo Communications- COVID-19 Community Resources
DistanceLearningSocialEmotionalLearningDailyCheckIn.pdfSpecial Books for Amazing Kids
Boardmaker Activities to Go- FREE Special Education Curriculum Download (PK-12, adapted) - perfect to reinforce academic skills during academic time each day
Do2Learn- Provides thousands of free pages with social skills and behavioral regulation activities and guidance, learning songs and games, communication cards, academic material, and transition guides for employment and life skills.
Life Skills Online Activities
Life Skills Online Activities
These interactive Everyday Life activities offer an opportunity to experience life's daily challenges without real-world consequences.
Edge exists to provide youth with engaging, impactful customer service training that creates a solid foundation from which to launch a career. These trainings are all available on any device, for free, to flexibly support job attainment, career advancement, and personal development.
FREE Remote Learning experience for our students with moderate and severe disabilities.
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