Online ISSN: 2325-7466
2006
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National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET)
United States

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Individual Education Plan Considerations for Online Learning: Accommodations

  • Carolyn L. Berenson, M.Ed. (Author) i-Pedagogy LLC
    Carolyn L. Berenson holds a M.Ed. in elementary education from The George Washington University, a certification in special education from the University of New Hampshire, and a graduate certificate from Lesley University in advanced online instruction. Berenson has taught general education in the Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia and special education in the School Administrative Unit (SAU) 16 in New Hampshire, where she also served as Learning Area Leader and Inclusion Facilitator. Berenson was awarded Educator of the Year by the Vienna, VA, branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and a year-long sabbatical by the Exeter Region Cooperative School District (ERCSD), SAU 16, NH, to pursue her research interests in special education and online learning. Berenson, a member of iNACOL, AASEP and NHSTE, has presented on online and blended learning for students with disabilities. She is the founder of i-Pedagogy LLC which continues her mission to promote online learning as an exciting and effective way to learn for anyone, anytime and anywhere and as a way to build stronger communities of learners.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.64546/jaasep.432
Abstract
This article provides guidance for including students with disabilities (SWDs) in online learning. Federal special education law and research are currently outpaced by practice as students with disabilities participate in K-12 online learning in increasing numbers. While online learning has the flexibility to present content in multiple ways and to offer students multiple means for expression, IEP accommodations assigned to onground learning are often incongruent with online learning. Accommodations should be reconsidered for online learning by delineating learning profile skill deficits and filtering them through three lenses that characterize important features of online learning: synchrony in computer-mediated communication (CMC); World Wide Web (web) and technology; and curriculum.
Keywords
Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Legislation, Electronic Learning
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Berenson, C. L. (2020). Individual Education Plan Considerations for Online Learning: Accommodations. Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 15(2), 160-174. https://doi.org/10.64546/jaasep.432

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