The number of students with disabilities, ages 3-21, could jump by about 1 million students between 2021 and 2025 if the current rate of increase continues, according to federal data and an analysis by The Advocacy Institute. By comparison, it...

Inclusion Series- Building and Sustaining Inclusive Educational Practices Introduction This issue of NASET’s Inclusion Series is taken from the U.S. Department of Education. On January 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education released the...

Improving Transitions from Early Intervention (EI) to School: Strategies to Decrease Caregiver Stress and Increase Collaboration Between Families and School Professionals Return to Main Early Intervention Series Page To return to the main page...

Education Through Music: Teaching Music and Social Skills to Students with Severe Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Elementary Public Schools (Part 3) To return to the main page for NASET’s Autism Spectrum Disorder Series - Click Here Username...

Researchers in the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education have published a new study that provides unique insights into how emotional well-being is evaluated among individuals with intellectual disabilities. Emotional well-being...

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April 2025 - Special Educator e-Journal Table of Contents Buzz from the Hub Special Education Legal Alert. By Perry A. Zirkel Update from the US Department of Education How Family Expectations Influence the Educational Outcomes of Children with...

Gwiazdowski has medical and physical disabilities and was, for many years, a full-time wheelchair user. A federal law protects against the kind of discrimination Gwiazdowski says she experienced, and she invoked that law – the Individuals with...

Schools of Excellence 2025 Selection as a NASET School of Excellence is the highest honor a private special education school can achieve through our professional association. The recognition is bestowed on private special education schools that...

California resident Katie Prather remembers thinking that her son, who has autism, could have mastered math skills if he had less work to complete in elementary school. By middle school, she thought he would fare better if he had more social...