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Get Ready to Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week 2025

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 5-9, 2025. Exceptional education teachers, paraeducators, and...

Bringing High-Leverage Practices to Every Classroom: A Practical Guide for Special Educators

High-leverage practices (HLPs) are not a new concept—they are the instructional strategies that have...

World Down Syndrome Day: A Parent’s Perspective

For many, World Down Syndrome Day is a day of awareness, education, and advocacy. For Jen and Joe...

Sen. Van Hollen, Reps. Huffman and Thompson Reintroduce IDEA Full Funding Act

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Reps. Jared Huffman (D-CA) and G.T. Thompson (R-PA) reintroduced...

Half the Head Start Field Offices Shuttered, Raising Concerns about Services to Young Children

This week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the closure of half its 10...

HHS Restructures, Reduces Workforce, and Eliminates Disability-Related Office

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a major restructuring...

Committees

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)’s committees are responsible for advising the Board of...

CEC Learning Library

The CEC Learning Library is our on-demand professional learning library of webinars, courses, and...

Meet CEC’s 2023 Professional Award Recipients

The Council for Exceptional Children extends a hearty congratulations to the recipients of our 2023...

TEACHING Exceptional Children 57-1 - Transition

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TEACHING Exceptional Children 56-6 - Professional Development

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CEC Partner Solutions Directory

 
Brolly

Brolly is a software that digitizes special education service tracking and progress monitoring, offering a streamlined, efficient, and accurate approach to IEP management and compliance. 

Topics:
  • Assessment
  • Accountability Systems
  • Classroom Management
  • Compliance and Ethics
  • IDEA
  • Professional Collaboration
  • Specially Designed Instruction
  • Teacher Effectiveness
  • Progress Monitoring
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CEC's Exceptional Teacher Resource Repository

This database of resources is for CEC members to find expert-reviewed resources created by peers that can be used in the classroom. Search for resources supporting various learners in multiple types of formats. 

Topics:
  • Co-Teaching
  • Classroom Management
  • Instructional Planning
  • Literacy Instruction
  • PD Program
  • Professional Collaboration
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University of North Texas

The University of North Texas offers graduate-level training for educators and leaders in special education. This includes an online MEd in Special Education (Autism, Educational Diagnostician, High-Incidence Disabilities, and Bilingual Special Education), certification programs, and in-person PhD in Special Education.

Topics:
  • Autism
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Learning Disabilities
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IRIS Center

The IRIS Center develops free, engaging online resources about evidence-based and high-leverage practices. These interactive resources, designed to bridge the research-to-practice gap, can be used in teacher preparation courses and in professional development and personalized learning activities.

Topics:
  • Classroom Management
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
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The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)'s Partner Solutions Directory is an online resource for special education products, services, and programming support! Search for a topic and quickly receive a list of partners who provide products, services, or programming supporting your work and career.

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