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Funding Classrooms Without Personal Expenses: Using Grants

For special educators—particularly in underfunded schools—this burden can feel overwhelming. Adapted materials, supplemental supports, and inclusive resources are often necessary but not provided. One...

Journal Name:

TEACHING Exceptional Children

Publish date:

12/08/2025

Graph as You Go: Practitioner-Friendly Data Collection and Analysis

Data collection and analysis is a critical skill for all teachers, especially those who provide special education services. In fact, collecting and reporting data on individualized education program...

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TEACHING Exceptional Children

Publish date:

07/30/2025

Thriving: New Special Education Teachers and the First 6 Weeks of School

Whether they have completed formal coursework or followed alternative pathways to prepare them for the “real” life of teaching exceptional children, new SETs are often filled with trepidation and...

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TEACHING Exceptional Children

Publish date:

07/23/2025

Let’s Collaborate! Strategies to Improve Inclusion of Students With Extensive Support Needs

When teachers are experiencing exhaustion and burnout, one of the contributing factors to their feelings is a lack of positive collaborative relationships within their school (Holmström et al., 2023)...

Journal Name:

TEACHING Exceptional Children

Publish date:

06/06/2024

Pushing Past the Paywall: Accessing Open Peer-Reviewed Research

Effective teaching and special education programming should be informed by scientific research published in peer-reviewed journals. However, many peer-reviewed articles, including how-to articles...

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TEACHING Exceptional Children

Publish date:

07/24/2024

Family Engagement: Developing Relationship-Rich Partnerships With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families to Improve Students’ Long-Term Life Outcomes

In addition to the demographic disparities between educators and students, many preservice general and special education teachers report limited exposure to students from culturally and linguistically...

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TEACHING Exceptional Children

Publish date:

07/02/2023

Family Engagement: Developing Relationship-Rich Partnerships With Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families to Improve Students’ Long-Term Life Outcomes

Journal Name:

TEACHING Exceptional Children

Publish date:

07/02/2023

Know What You Need: A Special Educator’s Guide to Locating and Asking for Classroom Curricular Resources

As a special education teacher, there are many factors that can affect one’s intent to continue in the profession or find a new career. In a recent study, Bettini, Gilmour, et al. (2020) used the...

Journal Name:

TEACHING Exceptional Children

Publish date:

01/06/2021

Building a Better Future: Funding, Tech, and the Special Education Workforce

In the inaugural episode of CEC’s new podcast, Rewriting the Narrative , host Ben Tillotson, CEC President-Elect, sits down with Dr. Danielle “Dani” Kovach and Glenna Wright-Gallo for a candid...

Publish Date:

January 07, 2026

The Survival Guide for New Special Education Teachers Book Author Questionnaire

Cover of the Survival Guide for New Special Education Teachers (3rd Edition)

The decision to write a new Survival Guide for Special Education Teachers was driven by the growing demand for qualified special educators and the urgent need to support them as they enter an increasingly complex educational landscape. While the foundational principle of our original guide remains, today’s special education teachers face evolving challenges that require new High-Leverage Practices (HLPs) and technologies.

Publish Date:

April 23, 2025

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