Distance Learning
Supporting Students with Disabilities at School and Home: A Guide for Teachers to Support Families and Students
Distance Learning > How to Provide Distance Learning, Distance Learning > Support for Families, Evidence-Based Practices
This guide highlights five key practices for teachers and families to support all students, including students with disabilities, at school and home. For each practice, the guide provides (a) tips...
Resource Type
Brief
Parents: Supporting Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Distance Learning > How to Provide Distance Learning, Distance Learning > Support for Families
New from the IRIS Center, this learning module offers tips to caregivers for supporting their child’s learning at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. It offers practical tools and easy-to-implement...
Resource Type
Training Module
Providing Transition Focused Activities Online and at Home
Distance Learning > Instructional Resources, Distance Learning > Support for Families
National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT) staff shared tips and resources during this webinar on March 24, 2020. The webinar centered around providing transition focused activities...
Resource Type
Webinar
Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, & Beyond: Social Media for Peer Engagement
Distance Learning
The National Technical Assistance Center on Transition hosted this webinar on March 24, 2020. The webinar focused on using social media for peer to peer engagement. The webinar provided guidance...
Resource Type
Webinar
Employment Preparation and Workbased Learning Experiences in a Virtual World
Distance Learning > Instructional Resources
In this April 7, 2020 webinar recording, "Employment Preparation and Workbased Learning Experiences in a Virtual World," presenters provide guidance, ideas, and resources for engaging students in...
Resource Type
Webinar
Strategies and Resources for Students with Complex Support Needs in Distance Learning Environments
Distance Learning > Instructional Resources, Distance Learning > Support for Families
In this April 14, 2020 webinar recording, presenters discussed the challenges of providing educational and employment support in virtual and distance learning environments for students with complex...
Resource Type
Webinar
Optimizing Distance Learning Begins with Selection
Distance Learning, Evidence-Based Practices, Improvement and Implementation Science
This document provides guidance on applying implementation science concepts to help you select online learning strategies that are possible, probable, doable, and best-matched to the needs of your...
Resource Type
Guidance
Speech-to-Text Services: An Introduction
Distance Learning > How to Provide Distance Learning, Distance Learning > Instructional Resources, Tele-Practice/Tele-Therapy
"Speech-to-text" is an umbrella term used to describe an accommodation where spoken communication, as well as other auditory information, is translated into text in real time. This brief provides...
Resource Type
Brief
Serving Deaf Individuals in Rural Communities
Distance Learning > How to Provide Distance Learning, Distance Learning > Instructional Resources, Distance Learning > Support for Families, Tele-Practice/Tele-Therapy
Deaf individuals who live in rural areas face a different set of challenges from those living in more populated regions. As a result, deaf individuals who live in rural areas require support and...
Resource Type
Guidance
COVID-19 Information Page: National Deaf Center
Distance Learning > How to Provide Distance Learning, Distance Learning > Instructional Resources, Distance Learning > Support for Families, Tele-Practice/Tele-Therapy
Webpage with relevant resources, articles, and links related to COVID-19 and deaf students in education.
Resource Type
Tools
Why Captions Provide Equal Access
COVID-19 Policy Guidance, Distance Learning > How to Provide Distance Learning, Tele-Practice/Tele-Therapy
This brief examines why captions provide essential access for the more than 30 million Americans with a hearing loss. They also benefit emerging readers, visual learners, non-native speakers, and...
Resource Type
Brief
Online Learning Tips for Deaf College Students
Distance Learning > Support for Families
COVID-19 has made colleges and universities around the United States switch to online learning for everyone — including deaf students. This article contains strategies for deaf students to take...
Resource Type
Brief