A Texas school district has signed a contract for online speech language therapy. Dallas Independent School District is using services provided by PresenceLearning to support 515 elementary and secondary students from 30 campuses in the district through "teletherapy."
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/07/20
A reading interventionist at a Washington state school recently received a grant to acquire audiobooks for her elementary students.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 02/13/20
A British school that works with people who have severe autism is turning to virtual reality to help its students try out new experiences.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 02/11/20
A Missouri district has gone public with its use of a robot specifically designed to work with autistic students. Moberly School District in Missouri has adopted Milo from RoboKind for use in K-2 classes.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/04/19
The room features a swing structure with multiple swings, a touch wall for tactile input, a squishy corner, multiple sensory bins, light-up bubble tubes and an outdoor garden area.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/22/18
A special education teachers shares her best practices for connecting with challenging students and helping them develop the social skills they need.
Over the next five years the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation expects to invest almost $1.7 billion for K-12 education. Most of that funding will be targeted at four areas.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/02/17
Fifty-six percent of respondents told researchers the number of students classified as special education was appropriate, and only 21 percent said somewhat fewer students should be classified within their system. Seventeen percent said somewhat more students should receive classification.
Two Cornell University graduates have introduced a data collection platform specifically for special education teachers working with students who have autism.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/31/17
A new assessment has found that students in rural areas are rapidly catching up on Advanced Placement (AP) testing compared to their urban and suburban peers.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 08/24/17