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 🌟 NEW AT NASET🌟 

• We've migrated to a new newsletter platform! This week you will receive 2 newsletters from us and starting next week you will receive just this one. Be sure to add [email protected] to your email contact list today!

• The Practical Teacher Series: A National Universal Design for Learning Curriculum: Advancing Access and Equity for Students With Disabilities: written by Melissa Beck Wells, EdD, BCASE, BCISE.
  Universal Design for Learning (UDL), an educational framework grounded in cognitive neuroscience and learning variability, offers a research-backed solution. While UDL has gained traction in isolated districts and postsecondary institutions, a nationally mandated UDL-based curriculum is needed to ensure consistency, access, and high-quality education for students with disabilities across all learning environments. The purpose of this article is to present a compelling case for this national implementation, drawing from current statistics, DSM-5 classifications, and recent peer-reviewed research—including three studies the author conducted on UDL strategies in virtual and tertiary education settings.
  READ MORE HERE! →

📰 SPECIAL ED NEWS LINKS

• Supreme Court to Rule in Case that Could Upend Rights of Students with Disabilities

• AI Shows Racial Bias When Grading Essays — and Can't Tell Good Writing from Bad

• Contaminants Found in Baby Formula May Hurt Brain Development, Experts Say

• Spanking and Other Physical Discipline Lead to Exclusively Negative Outcomes for Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

• Marijuana Use While Pregnant Linked to Preterm Birth, Low Birth Weight

• Judge Reverses Ed. Dept.'s Abrupt End to States' Time to Spend COVID Relief

• As Federal Dollars for Head Start Slow, Rural Parents Left without Other Options

• With VR Goggles, Students in Detention Centers Gain Career Training

• To Improve Accessibility, Closed Captioning Gets an Overhaul

• Chicago Public Schools' Black Student Success Plan Under Investigation Over DEI

• Meeting the Needs of Early Childhood Educators with Critical New Resources

• Athletes with ADHD Take Longer To Recover From Concussion

• Schools Brace for Tariff-Related Price Increases of Chromebooks and iPads

• Education Researchers Sue Trump Administration, Testing Executive Power

• $1B to Support Student Mental Health is Gone. Schools Fear What's Next.

💼 LATEST JOB OPPORTUNITIES

• Teacher for the Visually Impaired @ St. Jude (Memphis, TN) - $60K - $105K / year

• ESN SPED Teacher (Santa Barbara, CA)

• 2025-2026 Special Education Teacher @ Premier Charter School (St. Louis, MO) - $60 - $61K / year

• Special Education Teacher @ Elevation Ability Services (Aurora, CO) - $60 - $80K / year

• Elementary ESE Teacher @ CRF School (Miami, FL)

• Multi-Intensive Special Education Teacher @ Rocky Mountain Prep (Denver, CO) - $62 - $92K / year

• Special Education Teacher ($2K Signing Bonus!) @ Imagine Coolidge Elementary School (Coolidge, AZ) - $50K - $70K

• Special Education Teacher @ Conductive Education Center of Arizona (CECA) - $58K - $72K

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🧩 EXCEPTIONAL TRIVIA CHALLENGE!

Shout Out to Last Week’s Winners Who Correctly Guessed, “Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)”: Theresa McGee, Rachael Bechtold, Karen, Frantz-Fry, Jessica Quinn Brenda Eagan-Johnson, Kelly Duenckel, Eugene Perry, Monica Donley, Leslie Hopp, Lori Benson Adams, Jane Tilleman, Jill Crawford, Corinn Mildenberg, Bryan Teeter, Rene Valentine, Cynthia Turcotte, Ginny Simons, Destiny Garner, Velma Brockman, Krista Godinez, Manda Meckstroth, Cathy Cardenas, Stacey Harrison, Nancy Maxwell, Kelly Jacobsen, Gayle Mollerstuen, Patsy Jo Ray, Autumn Matthews, Bonnie Baldwin, Lauro Esquilona III, Ellen Kay, Cindi Maurice, Titus Jeffrey Arreola, Tracey Christilles, and Kalley Malone

This Week's Question: Under IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), what is the term that is defined as: “transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services as are required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education, and includes speech-language pathology and audiology services, interpreting services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, including therapeutic recreation, early identification and assessment of disabilities in children, counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling, orientation and mobility services, and medical services for diagnostic or evaluation purposes”?

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💭 QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Q: What's the best way to communicate with parents who might be overwhelmed? 

A: Establish a consistent, simple communication system (weekly email updates, communication notebook, or app), focus on positives first before challenges, use plain language instead of educational jargon, and offer flexible meeting times including virtual options.

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💡 RESOURCE ROUNDUP

• How Educators Can Account for Student Anxiety During Lessons

• A Restorative Alternative to Out-of-School Suspensions

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😊 SELF-CARE CORNER

Between classes or tasks, take 5 minutes to reset your mental state. Close your eyes, take three deep breaths, and mentally "close the file" on the previous activity before opening a new one. This small buffer prevents stress from cascading throughout your day and helps maintain your energy.

🎓 CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS

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• Board Certification for Advocacy in Special Education (BCASE)

• Board Certification in Inclusion in Special Education (BCISE)

• Board Certification in IEP Development (BCIEP)

• Board Certification in Classroom Management (BCCM)

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• Board Certification in Special Education (BCSE)

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📣 QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson