Returning to School: Considerations for Students with the Most Intensive Behavioral Needs. A Guide to Supporting Students With Disabilities, Their Families, and Educators
Returning to School: Considerations for Students with the Most Intensive Behavioral Needs. A Guide to Supporting Students With Disabilities, Their Families, and Educators
This guide is a set of strategies and key practices with the ultimate goal of supporting students with the most intensive behavioral needs, their families, and educators in their transitions back to school during and following the global pandemic in a manner that prioritizes their health and safety, social and emotional needs, and behavioral and academic growth. It provides recommendations for leadership teams and support staff, which involves general educators as they develop and implement supports for students with intensive needs, including students with disabilities, in their (in-person or remote) classrooms, groups, and other settings. These recommendations are also for special educators as they collaborate with families and other specialists to develop intensive individualized supports for students in the fall. This guide is a companion to the recently published Center on PBIS’s guide Returning to School During and After a Crisis.
This guide was originally released in Fall 2020 but has been revised as of April 2021.
Returning to School: A Guide to the Guide
In this "Guide to the Guide" Dr. Lee Kern and Dr. Joe Wehby provide an overview of the guide and explain how it can be used to help students and educators plan for a variety of school environments.
Related Resources
Find additional resources for educators and families support students at home
Returning to School During and After a Crisis.