Special Education

Finding Our Calm: Co-Regulating Through the End-of-Year Whirlwind

Finding Our Calm: Co-Regulating Through the End-of-Year Whirlwind

The end of the school year can be stressful for teachers and students alike. By practicing co-regulation—managing emotions together—educators can help maintain a calm, focused, and safe learning environment through the final days of the year.

Marisa Crapella

April 27th, 2026

How Much One-to-One Instruction is Too Much?

How Much One-to-One Instruction is Too Much?

This post explains why relying only on one-to-one instruction is limiting and how teaching expected behaviors, using small groups and centers, and planning strategically can help students in low-incidence classrooms learn more across the day.

Kari Kessler

December 3rd, 2025

Designing Sustainable Programs: Classroom Structure and Visual Supports. Photo of a classroom as the background.

Designing Sustainable Programs: Classroom Structure and Visual Supports

This session brought special education administrators together to explore how intentional classroom design, technology, and visual supports can build sustainable programs that better support students with low-incidence disabilities and the staff who serve them.

Kari Kessler

September 23rd, 2025

Literacy for Complex Needs FI

Learning Series: Literacy Instruction for Students with Complex Needs

Explore how to build a comprehensive literacy program that will develop reading and writing skills in students that have limited verbal skills and other complex needs.

Julie Ortlieb

September 22nd, 2025

Image with text 'UNDERSTANDING POUR: The Foundation of Digital Accessibility' and a person typing on a laptop

Understanding POUR: The Foundation of Digital Accessibility

Cassie Brusch

April 22nd, 2025

Embracing Neurodiversity: Where Autism Fits on a blue background with multicolored paper and an infinity symbol .

Embracing Neurodiversity: Where Autism Fits

This post highlights how autism aligns with the principles of the neurodiversity movement and offers ideas for educators to create inclusive learning spaces that recognize every learner’s unique brain differences.

Kari Kessler

April 10th, 2025

From Awareness to Acceptance: Rethinking “Light It Up Blue” on World Autism Day with a background transitioning from blue to red

From Awareness to Acceptance: Rethinking “Light It Up Blue” on World Autism Day

This post explores the controversies surrounding the “Light It Up Blue” campaign and highlights how those within the autistic community advocate for more inclusive and meaningful representations during Autism Acceptance Month.

Kari Kessler

April 2nd, 2025

ASERT Bringing autism resources together. Presented by Kate Hooven with her Headshot featured. May 13th 7pm Virtual. Autism rainbow infinity sign Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Justice System, Autism Services, Education, and Resources Virtual training for Parents and Professionals Register: Learn.mciu.org/ASERT

ASERT | Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Justice System: Autism Services, Education, and Resources

Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Justice System, Autism Services, Education, and Resources Virtual training for Parents and Professionals

Cassie Brusch

March 19th, 2025

PEAK Teacher and Student sitting together working in a book. PEAK Logo

PEAK

PEAK is a comprehensive ABA-based assessment and curriculum designed for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) or other developmental disorders.

Kari Kessler

March 18th, 2025

WCAG: What Educators Need to Know Laptop with someone typing on it

WCAG: What Educators Need to Know

WCAG introduces new accessibility standards that educators must implement to ensure digital learning materials comply with Title II of the ADA, with enforcement expected by April 2026.

Cassie Brusch

February 28th, 2025

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