Supporting Students with Disabilities in K-12 Online and Blended Learning (Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute)

Description:

Appropriately supporting students in online and blended learning environments requires a great deal of instructional planning and preparation. When enrolling students with disabilities in online or blended learning programs, additional planning may need to occur so students can be supported with additional programs and services determined by the student’s Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) or from an accommodations plan resulting from a Section 504 meeting. Either way, these added programmatic concerns often require extra levels of consideration, implementation, and evaluation to determine the appropriateness of the online interventions and accommodations. The intent of this document is to supply educational teams content that will provide support for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs and services for students with disabilities enrolled in online and blended learning environments.