Facilitating Students’ Transition to Middle School During COVID-19: Creating and Modelling the Use of Accessible Technology Integrated Resources for Students with Special Needs and Their Parents

• In Event: K-12 Teachers' Online Teaching During COVID-19

Short Description

This presentation will examine the conversations, processes, and subsequent actions taken by a team of K-12 special education resource specialists to develop accessible, technology integrated resources to facilitate students’ progress from elementary to middle school in the wake of COVID-19. The presenters will discuss how the entire design process beginning with their needs analysis and ending with the dissemination of the completed resources to staff in each of the district’s 11 middle schools.

Authors

• Presenter: Paige Hale, Fayette County Schools

• Contributor: Tracy DeSpain, Fayette County Schools (KY)

• Contributor: Rebecca Dahlstrom, Fayette County Schools (KY)