Arizona Department of Education AT Short Term Loan Library
Arizona Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services works in partnership with Northern Arizona University Institute for Human Development Arizona Technology Access Program to make available at no cost, a wide variety of assistive technology devices, equipment, software and professional development materials to school personnel to improve access to assistive technology.
Publisher: Arizona Department of Education
Encircle Families
Collaboration between families and professionals results in the best possible outcomes for children with disabilities. Encircle Families is an Arizona nonprofit organization that provides free training and information to parents to help them understand their rights, roles, and responsibilities in their child’s health care and education. Training for pre-service and in-service professionals in education is available to improve collaboration between families and providers and achieve better results for children.
Publication Date: 2025
Publisher: Encircle Families
High-Leverage Practices for Students with Disabilities
This revised and updated guide is relevant for general education and special education teachers. It includes four domains of evidence-based practices: Collaboration, Data-Driven Planning, Instruction in Behavior and Academics, and Intensify and Intervene As Needed. Each domain includes elementary and secondary examples of practice, research updates, and relevant resources for more information.
Publication Date: March 2024
Publishers: Council for Exceptional Children and CEEDAR Center
High-Leverage Practices Videos
These videos accompany High-Leverage Practices for Students with Disabilities and provide revised and updated information supporting the four domains with High-Leverage Practices within each domain and concrete examples to anchor and reinforce both knowledge development and application.
Publisher: CEEDAR Center
Learn the Signs. Act Early. (LTSAE) Digital Toolkit
CDC’s “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” program encourages parents and providers to learn the signs of healthy development, monitor every child’s early development, and act early when there is a concern. The program offers free checklists and other tools to make developmental monitoring practical and easy.
Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Teaching Children With Developmental Disabilities: Classroom Ideas
This article offers strategies for students with developmental delays including providing strong visual cues to guide them through the physical space of the classroom, posting daily schedules, building motivation, making directions and learning goals clearly understood, and providing structured opportunities for social interactions.
Publisher: Intervention Central
Three Core Concepts in Early Development
This three-part video series depicts how advances in neuroscience, molecular biology, and genomics now give us a much better understanding of how early experiences are built into our bodies and brains, for better or for worse.
Publisher: Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University
Watch Me! Celebrating Milestones and Sharing Concerns
This free, online training course offers early care and education providers tools and best practices for monitoring the development of children in their care and talking with their parents.
Publication Date: March 2021
Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
What is Developmental Delay?
This article addresses the most pressing questions about developmental delay, including what it is, what causes it, and what treatment options are available.
Publication Date: December 2024
Publisher: Ability Central