- National Association of School Nurses
GREAT collection of resources for COVID/Re-Opening by the NASN - The National Bullying Prevention Center
COVID-19, Distance Learning, and Bullying Prevention, a set of infographics directed to school-aged students and their parents - National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Experts from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network offer recommendations for how to support students during difficult times. - Virtual Meetings: Strategies, Tips, and Resources: Many types of special education meetings can occur virtually, including IEP meetings, mediations, resolution sessions, and due process hearings. While each of these types of meetings is unique, virtual meetings share common traits and considerations. Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education [CADRE] has collected resources, tips and strategies for meaningfully participating in a virtual meeting.
- The National Center on Deaf-Blindness offers an online community for teachers and related service providers who work with students who are deaf-blind. The National Deaf-Blind Educator Network provides an opportunity for professionals to exchange ideas and best practices, problem solve, and support one another. It tackles topics such as literacy, communication, interveners and effective educational practices. For more information, contact Kristi Probst, NCDB’s Interveners and Qualified Personnel Lead (kristi.probst@hknc.org)
- The PROGRESS Center is an OSEP funded technical assistance center focused on promoting progress for students with disabilities by supporting local entities including public, charter, and private schools in developing and implementing high-quality educational programs for students with disabilities. Learn more about the Center in this short video, visit the Center’s new website at promotingprogress.org/ to find tools, resources, updates, and more, and connect with the Center by joining its email list and following the Center at @k12progess on Facebook and Twitter.
- Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® Inclusion for All toolkit In response to the call for equality and inclusion that is so important and relevant in today’s climate, Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® has put together an “Inclusion for All” toolkit to be used as a resource and discussion tool. This collection of resources can be used to address the questions and conversations about inequality, racism, and exclusion that youth leaders may have. While Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® is just one voice in an ocean of voices, it is our responsibility to foster this change and these conversations. The goal of these resources is to support youth as they are finding their own voices and to think critically and responsibly as part of the Unified Generation. To access the Inclusion for All toolkit, click here.
- Excellent resources on social justice standards and a framework for anti-bias education from Teaching Tolerance
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Workforce of Tomorrow: CASEL and Civic analyzed employer surveys to identify skills that are sought after, but difficult to find in the current workforce and found that employers frequently name underlying skills and attitudes that align with CASEL’s five core competencies. The report, Preparing Youth for the Workforce of Tomorrow: Cultivating the Social and Emotional Skills Employers Demand, emphasizes that state and local leaders should partner with businesses to create an integrated education-to-work pipeline that deeply embeds SEL into classrooms and workforce development to develop future-ready students.
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State Support for SEL During COVID-19: Based on survey data from state education agencies in 37 states and a scan of their COVID-19 response plans, we found: 67% of state respondents identified SEL as a top priority, 84% said SEL has increased in priority since the pandemic, and 78% said district SEL requests had increased since COVID-19. The report, From Response to Reopening: State Efforts to Elevate Social and Emotional Learning During the Pandemic, co-published with Committee for Children, offers six policy recommendations for states to continue support for SEL as schools transition to the summer and prepare for the fall. Infographic with key data available here.
