by Dan DeMarle | May 1, 2021 | Accessibility, Assistive Technology, Classroom, College, Covid-19, Distance Learning/ELearning, Special Education, Technology
In spring 2020, the emergency pivot to remote learning significantly increased the number of roadblocks for students with disabilities. A year later, many higher education institutions are still struggling to achieve universal design. A growing share of online...
by Dan DeMarle | Apr 10, 2021 | Distance Learning/ELearning, Dyslexia, Learning Disability, Parents/Guardians, Special Education
The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on the needs of students with dyslexia, but also made it more difficult to support them. Some students have found that their support services, such as one-on-one or small-group reading sessions, have been disrupted by the need for...
by Dan DeMarle | Mar 29, 2021 | Classroom, Covid-19, Distance Learning/ELearning, Parents/Guardians, Teaching, Teaching
Federal money coming to support networks Tali Arbel – ASSOCIATED PRESS – in the D&C on 3/15/21 on page A6 When the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools, educators had to figure out how to get kids online. Fast. In a patchwork approach born of...
by Dan DeMarle | Mar 14, 2021 | Autism, Autism Research, Covid-19, Distance Learning/ELearning, Parents/Guardians
Parents of children with autism are opening up about their struggles during the coronavirus pandemic. Tobi Rates is the mother of 16-year-old Jake, a high school student in Portland. Rates said her son has autism and is non-verbal. Rates told KATU her son is not...
by Dan DeMarle | Mar 14, 2021 | ADHD, Classroom, Distance Learning/ELearning, Other Health Impairment, Teaching
Well, the kids are finally back to school, which is to say the roll out of bed and sit down at the table in front of their computer. As the pandemic continues to spread, most schools are starting the new year online and easing into a hybrid schedule. For children with...
by Dan DeMarle | Feb 28, 2021 | Covid-19, Distance Learning/ELearning, Parents/Guardians, Teaching
They’ve also dealt with a broken oven, busted furnace recently Rachel Ettlinger and Seth Harrison – Middletown Times Herald-Record USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 2/17/21 on page A4 Note: This story is part of the third installment of Learning Curve,...
