Support for Students with Disabilities

As parents, we are our children’s first and most influential teacher. Training parents to provide appropriate interventions for their children at home is crucial. Investing in and supporting parent education, advocacy efforts, and early intervention is imperative if we want our students with special needs to succeed.

During this pandemic, dozens of families have experienced a serious disruption to their children’s support services. Without additional support, children with special needs cannot access the same curriculum as their peers, which leads to disparate outcomes. We must commit to closing the gap between the services that are required and those that were delivered. We are morally obliged and federally mandated to provide these supports!

As we shift into a new phase of school reopening, we need to prioritize minimizing schedule disruption and changing teachers for this group of students. Special education teachers and aides need advance notice to plan for a smooth transition.