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Our work around Special Education has spiked since the Covid-19 shutdown and subsequent remote learning! For that reason and more, we are creating this Special Ed Parent Resource Page for Remote Learning– a work in progress– where you can find the latest additions to our RYH-developed Special Education parent supports, as well as links to other resources we have collected for Remote Learning. Published September 2020.
Special Ed Basics
Connect with RYH and other Parents in the RYH Special Ed Parents and Supporters Facebook Group.
RYH Special Ed Community Zoom Calls: March-August 2020
Links to help with Remote Learning (from our advocacy partners & others)
Remote Learning
Get to Know My Child Draft Letter to Teacher Re Remote Learning
Teacher’s guiding questions re remote learning
CPS/ODLSS Supplemental Remote Learning Resources for Diverse Learners
Possible Accommodations/Modifications for Academic Work
Creating Visual Prompts, Schedules, etc. to Use at Home
How to sign up for a free 30-day trial of Boardmaker Online?
Social/Emotional-Specific Resources
Social Express: Social Learning Made Easy (Sign up as a teacher for free access)
Take Care. That is the Curriculum - Claimed Blog
Mind the Bump - Mindfulness and how the brain works
Anxiety Canada Home: a resource for teens and adults who suffer from anxiety
Advocate Partners and Links
Family Resource Center on Disabilities
Contact our Helpline at 1-866-KIDS-046 (1-866-543-7046) or specialed@equipforequality.org
Legal Council for Health Justice
CPS Help Links
CPS Assistive Technology Service Request
Autism Specific Resources
Easterseals Serving Chicagoland & Rockford | Autism Resources