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The U.S. Department of Education released a new resource: Supporting Child and Student Social, Emotional, Behavioral and Mental Health to provide information and resources to enhance the promotion of mental health and the social and emotional well-being among children and students. This resource highlights seven key challenges…
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) released a Q&A entitled the Return to School Roadmap: Development and Implementation of Individualized Education Programs in the Least Restrictive Environment under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. This second in a series…
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) sent a letter to its state and local partners reiterating its commitment to ensuring children with disabilities and their families have successful early intervention and educational experiences in the 2021–2022 school year. This letter…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (August 13, 2021) – The Office of Special Education Programs released an OSEP Fast Facts and supplemental tool focused on race and ethnicity of children with disabilities served under IDEA served under Part B of…
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services issued a resource entitled Long COVID under Section 504 and the IDEA: A Resource to Support Children, Students, Educators, Schools, Service Providers, and Families. This resource for all stakeholders…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (May 27, 2021) – The Office of Special Education Programs released an OSEP Fast Facts and supplemental tool focused on school aged children aged 5 (in kindergarten) through 21 served under Part B of the…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (April 14, 2021) – The Office of Special Education Programs released two new OSEP Fast Facts about IDEA data files and personnel. The IDEA data files infographic provides an overview of 10 data files using 2018-19 and…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (Jan. 21, 2021)—The U.S. Department of Education submitted its 2020 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) annual report to Congress last week. The 42nd Annual Report to Congress focuses on children and student with disabilities…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (Dec. 17, 2020) – The Office of Special Education Programs released two new OSEP Fast Facts infographics focused on Asian and Hispanic and/or Latino children with disabilities in the U.S. The infographics use data collections authorized under Section…
WASHINGTON (Dec. 16, 2020) – The U.S. Department of Education honored the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) into law at the end of November and beginning of December. The law, which was amended in…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (Nov. 2, 2020) – The Office of Special Education Programs released a new OSEP Fast Facts infographic looking at data related to children aged 3 through 5 with disabilities. The infographic specifically looks at those…
WASHINGTON (Aug. 27, 2020) – The Office of Special Education Programs released two new OSEP Fast Facts infographics looking at data related to Black or African American Students With Disabilities and American Indian and Alaska Native Children With Disabilities. The infographics use data collections authorized…