Innovative Approaches to Addressing Special Education Shortages

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Presence.The webinar recording can be accessed here.The new school year has started, and despite continual alarm ringing about school staffing shortages over the past few years, positions in the critical area of special education remain unfilled—at dire cost to our students in need. Given the growing consensus that student success in school depends on holistic factors that contribute to their overall well-being, how can practitioners, policymakers, school leaders, and communities work together to fill in these longstanding gaps?This edWeb podcast explores new and often-ignored strategies to reshape the future of special education support in schools. Presenters uncover a range of innovative approaches that have proven successful in addressing staff gaps while maintaining high-quality support for students’ diverse needs. This session delves into:Recent data on practitioner shortages in special educationLessons learned from pandemic-era virtual instruction and hybrid service deliveryStrategies to strengthen the practitioner pipelineTools that allow practitioners to save time, manage caseload demands, and facilitate connections with studentsPotential policy solutions to expand practitioners’ abilities to practice across the countryFiscal solutions to expand schools’ abilities to pay for more students’ servicesThis edWeb podcast is of interest to elementary through high school teachers, school and district leaders, and education technology leaders.PresenceSolutions to empower all who serve children with diverse needs.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Learn more about viewing live edWeb presentations and on-demand recordings, earning CE certificates, and using accessibility features.