COVID-19 and Special Education

State & Federal Guidance 

This section organizes guidance provided by the U.S. Department of Education, State Of Colorado Agencies including the CDE Exceptional Student Services Unit. 

Special Education During
Covid 19

Learning Supports for Students With Disabilities

This section provides resources across a wide multitude of disability topics. 

Learning Supports for
Students with Disabilities

Resources for Families of Students with Disabilities During COVID-19

This section provides access to resources for families and caregivers of children with disabilities, as they support their children during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

COVID-19 Resources for Families
of Students with Disabilities

Parent/Family
Frequently Asked Questions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Autism & COVID Resources

Brain Injury & Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

• Online Learning for Students with Brain Injury/FASD

Deaf and Hard of Hearing

• Accessibility for Deaf and Hard of Hearing 

Facility Schools Information

• Facility Schools & COVID-19 Updates

IEP Tele-Facilitation

• Tele-Facilitation & Alternative Dispute Resolution

Serious Emotional Disability, Social Emotional Learning, Mental Health & Behavior

• Remote Learning Resources for SEL, Mental Health and Behavior

Significant Support Needs

• Significant Support Needs & COVID-19

Speech & Language

• Speech & Language Resources

Transition Age

• Providing Secondary Transition Services During COVID-19

Visual Impairment, Including Blindness

• Visual Impairment, Including Blindness COVID-19 Resources

Beginning August 12, 2022, Brooke Carson and the ASD team will host office hours during the school year Fridays from 12:30 - 1:30 PM on the following Fridays: 

• August 12, 19, 26
• September 9, 16, 23, 30
• October 7, 14, 21, 28
• November 4 & 11
• December 2, 9, 16
• January 6, 20, 27

School Year ASD
Zoom Meetings

Meeting ID: 816 3285 8576

Tanni Anthony will be offering Sound Bite sessions, a Virtual Monthly Professional Learning /Conversations this Fall.

Sound Bites are 2022-23 opportunities for personnel trained to work with learners with visual impairment, including blindness to gather once a month for professional learning and conversations on improving educational assessment and programmatic practices. Some sessions will be restricted to teachers of students with visual impairments (TVIs).

The dates are as follows from 3:30 to 5:00 PM.

• October 19, 2022
• November 16, 2022
• January 18, 2023
• February 15, 2023
• March 15, 2023
• April 19, 2023
• May 17, 2023

Register Sound Bites/
BVI Office Hours

All participants must register no later than two weeks in advance for each session.

The Director Mentors, Frances Woolery-Jones & Mary Gomez will host virtual opportunities for new or near-new directors of special education directors members to ask questions, stay up to date on various topics and network with each other. 

Lunch Connect Meetings are scheduled for 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM on the following dates: 

• September 23, 2022
• October 21, 2022
• November 18, 2022
• January 13, 2023
• February 17, 2023
• March 17, 2023
• April 21, 2023 
• May 12, 2023 

Krista Klabo will resume office hours in fall 2022. 

Office hours will be the third Tuesday each month from 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM.

The content will focus on Coaching and Consultation as a Related Service Provider. 

Session dates & topics of focus are: 

• September 20, 2022 - Intro Coaching and Consultation as a Related Service Provider
• October 18, 2022 - Coaching and Consultation with Families
• November 29, 2022 - Adult Learning Principles    
• January 17, 2023 - Coaching and Consultation with General Education Teachers
• February 21, 2023 - Implementation Science
• March 21, 2023 - Coaching and Consultation with Support Professionals and Other School Staff
• April 18, 2023 - Coaching and Consultation with Administrators 

Register for School-Based
Mental Health Office Hours

Registration for the School-Based Mental Health will close two weeks prior to each session.

Gail Lott will offer Secondary Transition office hours on the second Tuesday of each month from 3:30- 4:30 PM on the following days: 

• October 11, 2022
• November 8, 2022
• December 6, 2022
• January 10, 2023
• February 14, 2023
• March 14, 2023
• April 11, 2023
• May 9, 2023

Register for Secondary
Transition Office Hours

All participants must register no later than two weeks in advance for each office hour.

• October 4, 2022 - New FBA and BIP
• November 1, 2022 - Data Collection/Progress Monitoring
• December 6, 2022 - Serious Emotional Disability VS Social Maladjustment 
• January 3, 2023 - PTR-Early Childhood
• February 7, 2023 - Gifted and Twice Exceptional 
• March 7, 2023 - Alternative to Suspension
• April 4, 2023 - Manifestation Determination Review
• May 2, 2023 - Restraints and Seclusion 

Register for SED, SEL
& Behavior Office H ours

All participants must register no later than two weeks in advance.

Gina Herrera will host office hours/SSN Power Hour on the first Wednesday of each month from 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM.

All participants must register no later than two weeks in advance for each power hour.

• September 7, 2022
• October 5, 2022
• November 2, 2022
• December 7, 2022
• January 4, 2023
• February 1, 2023
• March 1, 2023
• April 5, 2023
• May 5, 2023
• June 7, 2023

• Register for SSN Power
  Hour Office Hours

Beginning in October, Shani O'Brien will hold monthly office hours from 9:00 am - 10:00 am on the following Mondays: 

• October 10, 2022
• November 21, 2022
• December 19, 2022
• January 9, 2023
• February 13, 2023
• March 13, 2023
• April 10, 2023
• May 8, 2023

Register for SLP
Office Hours

All participants must register no later than two weeks in advance.