September 4, 2023
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An Individualized Education Plan (IEP) is a tool teachers, students and families use to meet the personal learning needs of a student with disabilities and create more inclusive classrooms. The plan has four components: goals and objectives, program statement, present … Continue reading
June 12, 2023
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With a return to in-person learning, the impact of COVID closures on students’ academic and behavioral functioning became starkly apparent. Schools saw many of their students falling below grade and age-level benchmarks. The already-challenging circumstances of remote schooling were exacerbated … Continue reading
April 17, 2023
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The term cultural humility was first coined by Melanie Tervalon and Jann Murray-Garcia in 1998. According to Fisher (2019), it is a lifelong process that involves critical analysis and self-reflection about one’s intersecting identities and how that might influence relationship … Continue reading
December 12, 2022
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As growing social awareness of the systemic injustices perpetuated by our rhetoric prompt changes in discourse and terminology, the way we discuss disability is changing. Following reflections on language’s power in shaping our perceptions, there are many words in the … Continue reading
November 28, 2022
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From New Zealand to Malawi, the United Kingdom (UK) to the United States (USA), Kindergarten to College, learning loss over school breaks is a well-documented phenomenon. Students either forget some of what they learned during the previous school year or their … Continue reading
October 31, 2022
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Even though BIPOC students are overrepresented in special education, most of their teachers are white. In fact, in the 2017-18 school year 79 percent of public school teachers in the United States were white. Further, in schools that were predominantly … Continue reading
October 17, 2022
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A Review of Student Attitudes Toward Inclusion in Physical Education Students with varying disabilities are part of educational systems all around the world. However, ways to improve their experiences in school systems serving predominantly able-bodied peers are seldom talked about. … Continue reading
September 19, 2022
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Since its founding in 2006, Camp Shriver Boston and the CSDE have partnered to bring campers from all backgrounds a high-quality, free, inclusive camp experience. Camp Shriver promotes the social, emotional, and physical well-being of children by fostering an inclusive … Continue reading
September 5, 2022
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The first day of school is around the corner. Students are feeling excited and little bit nervous to meet new friends and new teachers. For children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in particular, the first day of school may feel overwhelming, … Continue reading
August 8, 2022
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Before working at the CSDE I was a special education teacher at a charter school in Brooklyn that primarily served Black and Latinx students. Many of my students struggled to stay focused in the busy classrooms of 30 or more … Continue reading