Special Education Courses

Every classroom includes students with disabilities. Our special education professional development helps teachers write and carry out IEPs, plan with Universal Design for Learning, support students with autism, ADHD and dyslexia, and use accommodations and interventions so every student can make progress. Renew your teaching license or certificate with a self-paced special education course!

Designed for K-12 teachers, school administrators, and education department leaders.

Aligns with INTASC Standards, including Learner Development, Learning Environments, Content Knowledge, Application of Content, Assessment, Planning for Instruction and Instructional Strategies and also supports McRel Teacher Evaluation Standards, incorporating Teacher Leadership, Content Knowledge, Learning Facilitation, and Analysis and Reflection.

• Accommodating All Students Package (25 Hours)

  

  Topics: Accommodations, Adaptations, Differentiation, IEPs, Cognitive Skills Testing, Training, Documentation, Learning Challenges, Universal Design for Learning and more. In this online course package, teachers are provided with a range of strategies for accommodation, modification, and adaptation of curriculum, materials, and instruction, to appropriately meet the varied needs of students in the classroom. The frameworks provided build on research findings that show how a learner’s level of recognition, strategic, and affective networks can all be taken into account to determine the best way to teach and reach learners Teachers will be shown effective methods to detect students who may have weak cognitive skills, identify tools to strengthen cognition, and implement a Universal Design of Learning (UDL) within the classroom.

  $155 for 25 Hours
  SAVE $40!
  5 Courses (5 hours each)
• Special Needs Package (50 Hours)

  

  Topics: Autism, ADHD, Gifted Learners, Accommodations, Adaptations, Differentiation, IEPs, Documentation, Learning Challenges, and more.

  $300 for 50 Hours
  SAVE $90!
  10 Courses (5 hours each)
• Accommodating All Learners (5 Hours)

  

  Addressing accommodation, modification, and adaptation of curriculum, materials, and instruction to appropriately meet the needs of teachers and a variety of students. This online course for teachers may meet state requirements to renew a teaching license. Check with your state department of education.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• Accommodations through UDL (5 Hours)

  

  Make teaching ALL students a very real possibility with the Universal Design of Learning (UDL) framework. This structure builds on research findings that show how a single teaching approach has very limited results on student learning and highlights the need for a new curricular approach in which a learner’s level of recognition, strategic, and affective networks are all taken into account to determine the best means of teaching.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• Assistive Communication for Every Classroom (5 Hours)

  

  This course also shows teachers how to improve learning using various low-tech and high-tech Assistive Communication devices. It instructs teachers on how to identify and choose suitable devices and how to explore the laws promoting and supporting the use of these devices in the classroom. Teachers will also gain a clear understanding of their role in the evaluation and implementation of Assistive Communication technology in the classroom. The suggestions, ideas and templates provided in the course will help teachers confidently apply these strategies in the classroom.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• Differentiation for Gifted Learners in the Classroom (5 Hours)

  

  Better understand gifted and talented education by learning how to identify, instruct and assess these students. Explore related topics, issues, and resources geared towards our gifted population.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• IEPs: Documentation and Implementation for Teachers (5 Hours)

  

  The goal of this course is to help teachers understand the IEP process and build the teachers comfort level in developing, aligning with and carrying out the IEP through rich examples and templates to help teachers understand and practically use the recommended strategies in a classroom setting.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• Introduction to Autism (5 Hours)

  

  Autism impacts a student’s ability to communicate, form social skills, and manage sensory challenges often affecting their academic potential and learning style in the classroom. A person with autism may experience thinking, remembering events, reacting and communicating in a unique way. In this course, educators will find tried and tested strategies, tips, real-life examples and insights to create more inclusive classroom and help students on the autism spectrum thrive.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• Teaching Students with Special Needs (5 Hours)

  

  Create nurturing, safe and diverse learning environments that enable every child to thrive. Special needs encompass a range of conditions and challenges that affect a child’s academic performance. Students with special needs may need assistance in learning, movement, and/or communication. Support all students’ varying capacities and capabilities regardless of their unique requirements or obstacles.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• Understanding ADHD (5 Hours)

  

  Gain confidence in not only accommodating students with ADHD, but also other students who are energetic, hyperactive or have difficulty paying attention.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• Writing and Dyslexia: Overcoming Challenges (5 Hours)

  

  Reading and writing are crucial aspects of student learning and critical life skills. Teaching students to read and write can be layered and challenging, especially since individual learners require teachers to adapt a range of teaching methodologies and approaches.

  $39 for 5 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• Communication for Special Education and Behavioral Health in Classrooms (10 Hour…

  

  With a focus on autism and assistive communication, teachers benefit from behavioral health training that is culturally responsive and trauma and evidence informed, increasing awareness of laws and practices relating to educating students with disabilities in the classroom, including but not limited to Child Find and inclusive learning environments.

  $79 for 10 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• Core Academic Intervention (10 Hours)

  

  Explore successful strategies to make interventions in teaching practices, including effective ways to evaluate and examine students’ performances, with the ultimate goal of enhancing students’ mastery of the Common Core Standards.

  $79 for 10 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• Special Education and Behavioral Health (10 Hours)

  

  Behavioral health training that is culturally responsive and trauma and evidence informed, increasing awareness of laws and practices relating to educating students with disabilities in the classroom, including but not limited to Child Find and inclusive learning environments.

  $79 for 10 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• Core Academic Intervention (1 CEU - Ashland University)

  

  Explore successful strategies to make interventions in teaching practices, including effective ways to evaluate and examine students’ performances, with the ultimate goal of enhancing students’ mastery of the Common Core Standards.

  $99 for 1 CEU
  1 Certificate
  1 Year Access
• Supporting Special Needs in the Classroom (1 CEU - Ashland University)

  

  Equip yourself with a basic understanding of the warning signs of early-onset mental illness as well as ideas and successful strategies to work with affected students. Gain confidence in accommodating students with ADHD, and other students who are energetic, hyperactive or have difficulty paying attention.

  $99 for 1 CEU
  1 Certificate
  1 Year Access
• Instructional Strategies for Students with Disabilities (15 hours)

  

  Teaching students with special needs can be both rewarding and challenging, even on the best of days. Students with disabilities have unique requirements, learning preferences, strengths, and social skills. In today’s inclusive classrooms, these students can make significant progress in their social, emotional, and academic growth.

  $119 for 15 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• Students with Disabilities (15 hours)

  

  Every student is unique and has different needs, learning levels and abilities. As teachers, it is certainly challenging to teach each and every student effectively. This online course presents reaching students with special needs as a real possibility. It prepares teachers to plan for IEPs (Individualized Education Plans), reveals the Universal Design of Learning framework, and shares Assistive Communication tools and technologies to help all students attain their maximum educational potential.

  $119 for 15 Hours
  1 Certificate
  3 Year Access
• Academic Interventions (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - University…

  

  This course introduces teachers to STEM and student-centered learning to create and implement a standards-based curriculum. Teachers are then able to customize and differentiate curriculum for each learner acting more as facilitators, coaches and mentors.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195
• Instructional Strategies for Students with Disabilities (1 semester credit - Uni…

  

  Teaching students with special needs can be both rewarding and challenging, even on the best of days. Students with disabilities (SWD) have unique requirements, learning preferences, strengths, and social skills. This course explores a range of special needs, how they manifest in the classroom—including neurodevelopmental conditions like ASD and ADHD. Differences in communication for children with such conditions, as well as their common struggles and challenges are discussed.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195
• Students with Disabilities (1 Graduate Professional Development Credit - Univers…

  

  Every student is unique and has different needs, learning levels and abilities. As teachers, it is certainly challenging to teach each and every student effectively. This online course presents reaching students with special needs as a real possibility. It prepares teachers to plan for IEPs (Individualized Education Plans), reveals the Universal Design of Learning framework, and shares Assistive Communication tools and technologies to help all students attain their maximum educational potential.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $55 university credit
  Total Price = $195
• Academic Interventions: STEM Across the Curriculum (1 semester credit - Cal Poly…

  

  This course introduces teachers to STEM and student-centered learning to create and implement a standards-based curriculum. Teachers are then able to customize and differentiate curriculum for each learner acting more as facilitators, coaches and mentors.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $100 university credit
  Total Price = $240
• Instructional Strategies for Students with Disabilities (1 semester credit - Cal…

  

  Teaching students with special needs can be both rewarding and challenging, even on the best of days. Students with disabilities have unique requirements, learning preferences, strengths, and social skills. This course explores a range of special needs, how they manifest in the classroom—including neurodevelopmental conditions like ASD and ADHD. Differences in communication for children with such conditions, as well as their common struggles and challenges are discussed.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $100 university credit
  Total Price = $240
• Students with Disabilities (2 semester credits - Cal Poly Humboldt)

  

  Every student is unique and has different needs, learning levels and abilities. As teachers, it is certainly challenging to teach each and every student effectively. This online course presents reaching students with special needs as a real possibility. It prepares teachers to plan for IEPs (Individualized Education Plans), reveals the Universal Design of Learning framework, and shares Assistive Communication tools and technologies to help all students attain their maximum educational potential.

  Pay $240 today
  Pay $200 university credit
  Total Price = $440
• Academic Interventions (1 semester credit - Ashland University)

  

  This course introduces teachers to STEM and student-centered learning to create and implement a standards-based curriculum. Teachers are then able to customize and differentiate curriculum for each learner acting more as facilitators, coaches and mentors.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $140 university credit
  Total Price = $280
• Instructional Strategies for Students with Disabilities (1 semester credit - Ash…

  

  Teaching students with special needs can be both rewarding and challenging, even on the best of days. Students with disabilities (SWD) have unique requirements, learning preferences, strengths, and social skills. This course explores a range of special needs, how they manifest in the classroom—including neurodevelopmental conditions like ASD and ADHD. Differences in communication for children with such conditions, as well as their common struggles and challenges are discussed.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $140 university credit
  Total Price = $280
• Students with Disabilities (1 semester credit - Ashland University)

  

  Every student is unique and has different needs, learning levels and abilities. As teachers, it is certainly challenging to teach each and every student effectively. This online course presents reaching students with special needs as a real possibility. It prepares teachers to plan for IEPs (Individualized Education Plans), reveals the Universal Design of Learning framework, and shares Assistive Communication tools and technologies to help all students attain their maximum educational potential.

  Pay $140 today
  Pay $140 university credit
  Total Price = $280