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9 More Free Professional Learning Opportunities for Educators
We’ve shared free professional learning opportunities for educators before. Here are nine more! Watch these edWeb webinar recordings, and you may be able to earn continuing education credits in 60 minutes or less. (All webinars are free, but you may … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Development
Tagged addictions, classroom strategies, COVID-19, early childhood education, gifted students, mental health, mindfulness, online education, SEL, special education, special needs students, teacher burnout, teacher's self-care, trauma, twice-exceptional learners, virtual teaching
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How to Safely Support Students Receiving In-Person Services During the Pandemic
By Andrew Hawk Pandemic fatigue is a term I’ve recently added to my vocabulary. It describes the exhaustion that results from incorporating many pandemic-based precautions into one’s life over time. While people around the world fight the COVID-19 virus, they … Continue reading
Posted in Elementary Angle
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, learn from home, special education, special needs students
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More Resources! Help for Special Education Students Doing Online Learning
By Lisa M. Kiss, M.Ed., contributing author Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in Today’s Classroom: How Every Teacher Can Help Struggling Students Succeed (Revised & Updated 3rd Edition) As the COVID-19 pandemic forced me and many other educators to enter … Continue reading
Posted in Learning Disabilities, Teaching Strategies
Tagged children with special needs, coronavirus, COVID-19, ed tech, education technology, engagement, Free Spirit author, learn fromhome, learning difficulties, learning disabilities, special education, special needs students, Technology, work from home
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10 Ways to Support Special Education Students During the Pandemic
By Andrew Hawk Students who are identified as being eligible for special education services may exhibit challenges ranging from physical aggression to learning disabilities. Wherever students fit in the special education world, nearly all exceptionalities exhibit characteristics that can make … Continue reading
Meeting the Needs of Students with IEPs During the Coronavirus
By Benjamin Farrey-Latz, author of I Can Learn Social Skills! Poems About Getting Along, Being a Good Friend, and Growing Up Before last March, had you ever heard of Zoom? How about Seesaw or Google Classroom? We have all been … Continue reading