The novel (new) coronavirus is providing educators with novel challenges as schools move to online modes of education. For many educators, the jump to exclusive eLearning is new territory. How do you keep the progress you’ve already made in the school year while making new lessons? We have many activity templates that are great idea prompts for activities, along with extensive how-tos on the best evidence-based practices.
For more resources and templates relevant during this pandemic, please see our Covid-19 Page.
New for YOU:
To support educators at these uncertain times, we are rolling out a set of elearning opportunities to meet your professional development needs. The courses will be available via IU’s canvas LMS and stay FREE for the duration of the school closures and quarantine.
Upon the successful completion of a course, you will get a certificate of completion that you can submit towards your CE.
Make sure you have your IU Guest Account ready when you go to join a course!
- What is Autism: Characteristics, Considerations, Recommendations
In this course, you will learn about characteristics of autism spectrum disorder, strengths and challenges of individuals with ASD, as well as the impact ASD has on individual lives.
Duration: 1 hr Cost: Free ENROLL - Evidence-Based Practices: the What, the Why, and the How
In this training, you will learn how to be a good steward of EBPs, using data to inform the decision of which EBPs to utilize and also tracking progress once the intervention is put into place.
Duration: 1 hr Cost: Free ENROLL - Foundations of Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plan
- Setting up for Success: Implementing Physical and Visual Structure
- Visual Schedules: From Designing to Implementation
- Prompting for Success: Any Skill Level, Any Setting
This course discusses the use of prompts to teach skills and help individuals with ASD develop independence. We will also discuss the use of positive attention, block and ignore, and their use in a variety of settings.
Duration: 1 hr Cost: Free ENROLL - Foundations of Effective Goal Writing
- Team Collaboration: Practical Strategies for Collaboration
- Strategies for Paraprofessionals: A Practical Guide for Classroom Support
The set of modules addresses the foundational knowledge and skills that will help paraprofessionals best support individuals with ASD and others with social, communication, and behavioral challenges to be successful in a classroom/school setting. The course includes the overview of autism, visual and physical structure, development and use of visual supports, use of effective strategies and approaches for skills teaching.
Duration: 6 hrs Cost: Free ENROLL - I HEART Data: Effective and Practical Data Strategies
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Academia Series:
Our Academia template series focuses on activities that teach useful skills to students while demonstrating helpful techniques to educators. All are FREE to download through our shop. (see 3 examples below).
Outside Resources:
The following are materials or guiding documents that you may find helpful at this time.
- IDOE:
- DOE: Q&A on Providing Services to Children with Disabilities During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak
- CDC: Interim Guidance for Administrators of US K-12 Schools and Childcare Programs
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