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Learning disabilities in the classroom: What’s next?

May 28, 2025 by Bonnie Contreras, Ed.S., NCSP, Presence
Schools have the opportunity to reimagine how they meet the surging demand for evaluations and services for students with special needs.
While the recent months have been a flurry of news around education, we’re becoming distracted from the very real challenges students are facing in the classroom.
Students with Special Needs

Crafting technology-driven IEPs

January 24, 2025 by Shannon Keenan, Special Education Teacher
Technology-driven IEPs create more student-centered learning experiences by implementing digital tools and enhancing collaboration.
Individualized Education Plans (IEP) have been the foundation of special education for decades, and the process in which these documents are written has evolved over the years.
Students with Special Needs

Kids in special education are struggling–it’s time to rethink their education

October 10, 2024 by Gail Ewell, Hope Technology School
Centering inclusivity can ensure every neurodiverse student's needs are met--without compromising on the quality of education.
Relatively common diagnoses for which there is insufficient mainstream educational or behavioral support, such as autism and ADHD, have risen enough that now fully 15 percent of the…
Students with Special Needs

Early screening and intervention are the key to math success

October 8, 2024 by Dr. Chelsi Brosh and Dr. Sandra Elliott, TouchMath
Students with dyscalculia struggle with critical skills such as memorizing math facts, estimating quantities, and steps to solve problems.
Educators and reading specialists have known for many years about dyslexia, which is why schools regularly use screening tools that can identify students with this reading disability and…
Students with Special Needs

3 strategies to improve attendance for students with disabilities

July 29, 2024 by Dr. Kara Stern, SchoolStatus
In building an equitable blueprint to address chronic absenteeism, an inclusive school experience for students with special needs is critical
For too many students with disabilities, chronic absenteeism prevents them from accessing the equitable education they deserve. Recent data shows students with disabilities miss substantially more school compared…
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Cecilia Cruse Joins MiEN Company as a Special Needs Consultant

April 10, 2024 by ESchool News Staff
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Students in special education make up 15% of the K-12 student population, and that number has ... Read more
Students with Special Needs

Mobile app helps students with special needs self-monitor behavior

August 9, 2023 by Abigail Durkin, University of Missouri
A nearly $520,000 grant will help a U. Missouri researcher improve students self-regulation and independence of students with special needs.
When Sara Estrapala started her career as a high school paraeducator supporting students with disabilities such as autism, Down syndrome, learning disorders and challenging behaviors, she quickly recognized…
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PresenceLearning and Highlights Partner To Support Children With Special Needs

April 21, 2022 by ESchool News Staff
NEW YORK, April 21, 2022— PresenceLearning, the leading provider of online therapy solutions for schools and clinicians, unveiled a new ... Read more
AR & VR in the Classroom

How AR can help students with special needs

December 7, 2022February 9, 2021 by Ciarán Mather, contributing writer
AR can be a stepping stone to a more inclusive learning experience for students with special needs
According to the World Health Organization, around 15 percent of the world's population lives with some form of disability or special educational needs—and of that 15 percent, 2…
Newsline

Class Solver Reduces COVID-19 Outbreaks through Class List Management

October 26, 2020 by ESchool News Staff
Class Solver the most flexible program for creating and managing class lists, has developed an algorithm that’s been proven to reduce ... Read more
eClassroom News

Can audiobooks be the great equalizer for students with learning differences?

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 by Valerie Chernek
A boy in a beanbag chair reading along to an audiobook.
Low reading ability is a major contributor to learning inequality in our schools. An estimated 26 million students have learning differences, including tens of thousands of students with…
eClassroom News

Strategies for changing challenging behaviors of students with autism

January 4, 2019 by Eileen Belastock, CETL
“Every individual should be able to access things that they like,” said Monica Fisher, M.Ed., BCBA/COBA, director of the behavior department at Monarch Center for Autism during an…
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7 steps to success in work and life for all students

June 19, 2018 by Amy Schuiteboer
As educators, we have a responsibility to all students to not only help them achieve academically, but to also prepare them for life as productive, contributing, global citizens.…
eClassroom News

10 apps for students with special needs

May 30, 2018 by Laura Ascione
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High-quality, effective teachers know how to use technology to engage students and elevate their learning–-and they also know students of all abilities can use technology to assist with…
District Management

If you give a kindergartner a Chromebook…

October 16, 2017February 10, 2017 by Laura Ascione
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Although even the youngest children are considered tech-savvy today, there exists a difference between a child who knows how to use a tablet to watch videos and a…
Ancillary

PresenceLearning’s fall webinars to focus on closing achievement gap for students with special needs

August 16, 2016 by Laura Ascione
PresenceLearning, provider of telemedicine/telehealth services in education and health care, is launching a free, three-part webinar series for special education ... Read more
District Management

Improving online accessibility for students a major issue for schools

March 27, 2015 by By Bridget McCrea
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As schools make recorded lessons available to students online, they may not be making them accessible for students with disabilities. For some, that decision is causing serious consequences.
District Management

New app helps students with special needs

April 13, 2014April 10, 2014 by From wire reports
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District Management

New Common Core resource aids students with special needs

January 23, 2014January 23, 2014 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>
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One of the best non-profits for the advancement of education technology has developed a new, free Common Core website for educators that offers customizable resources to improve teaching…

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