California Approves Onsite Instruction for Children with Disabilities

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🗓️ 18 August 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Students with disabilities in California will be able to receive face-to-face instruction at schools this fall. Gov. Gavin Newsom and State Board of Education President Linda Darling-Hammond made the announcement Friday and acknowledged that some students with special needs are unable to adjust to distance learning. Families and students with learning disabilities and autism as well as students in foster care struggled when schools shut down last spring. We’ll hear about the unique challenges of remote learning for students with disabilities and what solutions are in the works. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:30.2	school children get special education services such as individual learning plans, medical assistance,
1:36.4	and other support. During the pandemic, these services have fallen away and parents have had to
1:41.5	try to make up for that by filling all the role of teachers,
1:45.1	behavioral therapists, and more. Distance learning has also been challenging, something Governor Newsom
1:50.3	acknowledged Friday when he said that some kids will never adjust to online learning. Now, the state
1:55.5	will allow on-site instruction for children with acute needs, and coming we'll hear how families with kids receiving special education services
2:03.6	are navigating the pandemic and how the state is trying to help.
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2:12.6	Welcome to this morning's forum. I'm Michael Krasny.
2:16.6	Students with disabilities in California
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