Anorexia Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with anorexia and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: January 2021
Publisher: KidsHealth
Anxiety Disorders Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with anxiety disorders and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: June 2023
Publisher: KidsHealth
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
Binge Eating Disorder Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with binge eating disorder and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: November 2024
Publisher: KidsHealth
Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
This publication discusses what bipolar disorder is, what the symptoms are, how it is diagnosed, what the treatments are, and where families can find help.
Publication Date: Revised 2023
Publisher: National Institutes of Mental Health
Bulimia Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with bulimia and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: November 2024
Publisher: KidsHealth
Eating Disorders: What You Need to Know
This document explains eating disorders are not a choice and are serious illnesses marked by severe disturbances to one’s eating behaviors. Signs and symptoms of anorexia nervosa, binge eating, bulimia nervosa, and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder are included.
Publication Date: Revised 2024
Publisher: National Institute of Mental Health
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
IDEA Disability Category Tip Sheet: Emotional Disturbance
This tip sheet defines emotional disturbance under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), describes how an emotional disturbance may impact students, and shares strategies for success.
Publication Date: February 2025
Publisher: PROGRESS Center at the American Institutes for Research
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with obsessive compulsive disorder and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: July 2021
Publisher: KidsHealth
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: When Unwanted Thoughts or Repetitive Behaviors Take Over
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a common, long-lasting disorder characterized by uncontrollable, recurring thoughts that can lead people to engage in repetitive behaviors. This brochure discusses how symptoms tend to emerge around age 10 and includes signs, symptoms, causes, and treatments.
Publication Date: Revised 2023
Publisher: National Institutes of Mental Health
Quick Guide to Generalized Anxiety Disorder
This article discusses what generalized anxiety disorder is, what the symptoms are, how it is diagnosed, and what the treatments are.
Publication Date: December 2024
Publisher: Child Mind Institute
Schizophrenia
This publication discusses what schizophrenia is, what the symptoms are, how it is diagnosed, what the treatments are, and where families can find help.
Publication Date: December 2024
Publisher: National Institutes of Mental Health
Supporting Child and Student Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Needs
This resource highlights seven key challenges to providing school- or program-based mental health support across early childhood, K–12 schools, and higher education settings, and presents seven corresponding recommendations.
Publication Date: 2021
Publisher: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Watching for Signs of Psychosis in Teens
This article explains psychosis is a condition in which a person loses touch with reality. It shows up in the late teen or early adult years. Included are psychosis symptoms of not wanting to see friends, feeling like people want to hurt them, not showering, and seeing or hearing things that aren’t there.
Author: Juliann Garey
Publication Date December 2024
Publisher: Child Mind Institute