Learning Supports, Special Education, and English Language Learning Resources
Including Resources for ELL/ESL, Special Education, and Reading & Speech Supports
Professional Development Opportunities to Support Accessibility
The National Center on Accessible Education Materials has a series of webinars to help caregivers, parents, and teachers with accessibility for extra learning needs and distance learning. You can return to older webinars and watch the videos.
Special Education Resources
TASH Distance Learning has a great YouTube video and Padlet of resources on "Educators Share Distance Learning Strategies for Students with Significant Support Needs".
Edutopia has a great article on student engagement with remote learning, "Keeping Students with Learning Disabilities Motivated at Home".
Think Inclusive has a blog post Co-teaching In an Age of Remote Learning with a focus on special education and general education tips.
IncludeNYC has some great Tips for Supporting Remote Learning for Elementary Students. And Distance Learning for College Students. And while focused on NYC, they do have Facebook Live and Instagram Live opportunities about remote learning.
Parent Network of Western NY has a number of resources and webinars for caregivers and parents with youth who need extra learning supports. Their website can be translated into 10 languages.
Spanish/English Resources
PBS Learning Media resources in Spanish.
Colorin Colorado is a bilingual site for educators and families of English language learners.
Sesame Street in Communities has a Spanish Resources site.
Designing for Accessibility
Smashing Magazine has a great article about "Designing for Accessibility and Inclusion" as we create more resources for educators and students, even the general public to engage with online.
NYC Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities has some great resources on accessibility and design, for digital resources.
