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State of the Profession
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)'s State of the Special Education Profession Survey Report is a groundbreaking survey of more than 1,460 special education teachers, commissioned by the CEC Pioneers Division and supported by CEC. The results of...
Florida CEC Nancy Givens Instructional Grant
The Florida Council for Exceptional Children is continuing its Instructional Grant Awards for exceptional teachers who are CEC members. Teachers may be in any type school—vocational, secondary, elementary, preschool, special center, private, or hospital...
DADD Instructional Support Mini-Grant
The Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities (DADD) invites K-12 educators and service providers to apply for one (of five) $100 grants designed to enhance the quality of life of children, youth, and adults with autism, intellectual disability...
DEC Instructional Support Mini-Grant
The North Carolina Division for Early Childhood invites Early Intervention and Pre-K service providers to apply for one (of five) $100 grants designed to promote policies and the application of evidence-based practices that support families and enhance the...
Teaching Students with Disabilities—and All Students Who Need a Learning Boost
Read this paper for concrete guidance on how special and general education teachers working together can implement two critical HLPs: Explicit instruction and Feedback. Resources teachers can use to improve their use of high leverage practices are also...
Practice Review: High-Leverage Practices and Teacher Preparation in Special Education
This practice review focuses on the use of high-leverage practices (HLPs) in special education teacher preparation programs. It describes the rationale embedding HLPs and practice-based opportunities to implement HLPs into the core curriculum of teacher...
High-Leverage Practices and Evidence-Based Practices: A Promising Pair
This brief describes how high-leverage practices (HLPs) and evidence-based practices (EBPs) can be used together to advance educator preparation and practice, as well as outcomes for students with disabilities. It includes examples of how educator...
Learning to Teach: Practice-Based Preparation in Education
This special issues brief from the CEEDAR Center supports state education agencies, educator preparation programs, and local districts in improving teacher preparation by outlining essential features for providing high-quality, structured, and sequenced...