SCHOOL RELATED RESOURCES
School Toolkit
- State of Ohio Guidance
- Federal Guidance
- UCCEDD’s Decision Making Tool, In English, In Spanish
- UCCEDD’s School Re-Entry Factsheet, In English, In Spanish
- Disability Rights Ohio’s “Back to School: Special Education and COVID-19 Webinar
General School Related Resources
- CCHMC: Returning to School
School Decision Making Supports
- School Decision Making Tool
- School Decision Making Tool, in Spanish
- Back to School Checklist, Florida
- Back to School Checklist, Florida, in Spanish
School Related Webinars
- Maintaining a Summer of Possibility
- Re-Energize Your Summer Skills Retention Plan: Professional Panel
- Planning for the Start of School During COVID-19
- DRO’s Back to School: Special Education and COVID-19 Webinar
School Guidance & Recommendations
- CDC: 10 Public Health Strategies to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19
- AAP COVID-19 Planning Considerations: Guidance for School Re-Entry
- Healthy Children: Return to School During COVID-19
- CDC: Preparing K-12 School Administrators for a Safe Return to School in Fall 2020
- CDC: Considerations for Schools
- CDC: Considerations for K-12 Schools: Readiness and Planning Tool (checklist)
ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TOOLS
- Plain Language Information on Coronavirus
- When I Have to Stay Home – This book is intended to help explain the reasons for staying home instead of attending adult day programming during the COVID-19 epidemic.
- Green Mountain Self-Advocates – Plain language tips for working with support staff during COVID-19
- AssistiveWare – Keep augmentative and alternative communication devices germ free during the Coronavirus
- What is Coronavirus?
- COVID-19 from the CDC
EDUCATION RESOURCES
- Understood – Information on the legal FAQs on the Coronavirus, school closures, and special education.
- Share My Lesson – Information and resources regarding teaching during the COVID-19 epidemic, as well as an online community.
- National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools – Information on how COVID-19 may impact students with disabilities
- U.S. Department of Education – A Q&A on providing services to students with disabilities during the COVID-19 outbreak.
MEDICAL CARE & HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
- National Library of Medicine – Provides information for medical researchers and public health researchers on COVID-19.
MENTAL HEALTH & COPING STRATEGIES
- National Institute on Drug Abuse – Information about the potential implications of COVID-19 for individuals with substance use disorders
- Resource for Families – Talking to kids about Coronavirus, Managing Stress & Anxiety, Resources for Crises or Extra Support
CARETAKING & SUPPORTIVE STRATEGIES
- AssistiveWare – Keep augmentative and alternative communication devices germ free during the Coronavirus
- Green Mountain Self-Advocates – Plain language tips for working with support staff during COVID-19
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Online toolkit for those supporting individuals with autism during COVID-19 epidemic
REGIONAL RESOURCES
Cleveland – Homeless and Missing Youth Program Community Resources, University Hospitals Resource Guide