Chicago Resources
The official site of the Hearing Improvement Kids Endowment Fund, Inc. (HIKE). The purpose of the fund is to provide hearing devices for children with hearing losses between the ages of newborn and 20 years whose parents are unable to meet this special need financially.
Children are eligible to receive a grant providing the need is verified by a prescription from an audiologist or physician.
The Child Neurology Foundation provides these tips for students with special services and full-time aides to return to school safely.
Considerations for Young Children and Those with Special Needs as COVID-19 Continues
In this article from JAMA Pediatrics, physicians offer strategies that families can use to help children adjust to new routines and express their emotions.
National Center for Learning Disabilities – COVID-19 Parent Resources
The National Center for Learning Disabilities provides resources to help parents understand key terms, key laws and virtual learning on its website.
As schools close doors in response to COVID-19, parents and caregivers should be aware of key laws that protect your child’s rights to a free appropriate public education (FAPE) and existing frameworks that can support accessibility. The National Center for Learning Disabilities provides this overview of relevant laws and best practices related to accessibility and technology.
Remote Learning and College Students With Learning Disabilities
The Learning Disabilities Association of America provides information on how remote learning may affect college students with learning disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic and what they can do to find the right support.
The U.S. Department of Education Department provides this transition guide to help students with disabilities and their families understand the years-long process and the options available to them as they prepare to leave public education.
The guide includes information on transition planning, transition services and requirements, education and employment options for students and youth with disabilities, and how to support the decisions made by students and youth with disabilities.
Online Learning Supports for Students with ID/ASD During COVID-19
The Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities (DADD) provides an online learning activity portal for students with intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorder.
Remote Learning for Students with Significant Intellectual or Multiple Disabilities
The Illinois State Board of Education provides this resource guide to give some suggestions and ideas related to remote learning opportunities for students who have intellectual or multiple disabilities, including ideas that do not depend on technology. The guide also provides resources for additional information related to services, programming and information intended to enhance learning opportunities and the functional development of students who have intellectual or multiple disabilities.
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) provides these tips for how parents can help children with speech and language disorders succeed in a virtual and or modified in-person learning environment.
ASHA also provides tips for parents on maximizing success of virtual treatment sessions: infographic and video.