Supports for Students with Special Educational Needs

Edgenuity’s online courses and learning solutions are built using research-based methods that are designed to support the unique needs of all students, including those who have special educational needs.

Supports for Students with Special Educational Needs

Online Learning that Meets the Needs of All Students

Our courses, curriculum, and online learning solutions feature instructional strategies, evidence-based practices, and learning tools and scaffolds designed to support the unique needs of all learners, including your students with special educational needs. User-friendly customization tools make it easy to make accommodations and modifications as needed for students, and our Special Education Coordinators partner with educators to give students all the support they need to succeed.

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Scaffolds and Supports for Students with Special Educational Needs

Online and blended learning offers the flexibility and individualized instruction that isn’t always available with traditional classroom instruction, allowing students to complete their work at their own pace in a setting that works best for them.

  • Embedded tools provide read-aloud support, transcripts and captions, definitions, language translations, and highlighting to help students access and organize content.
  • The eNotes tool helps students synthesize information and record questions and observations in a digital notebook.
  • Course customization tools enable you to remove or reorder content, create new writing prompts and projects, and customize assessment settings for test time completion, passing threshold, and more.
  • Guided Notes for select middle and high-school courses are printable worksheets designed to help students take a more active role in their learning and reduce the cognitive load while working through lessons.
  • Videos of expert, on-screen teachers deliver direct instruction, orient students to lesson goals, and offer clear and concise explanations of subject matter. On-screen teachers model and explicitly teach students a wide variety of learning strategies such as self-monitoring, self-evaluation, goal setting, questioning, and self-explanation.
  • Embedded tools provide read-aloud support, transcripts and captions, definitions, language translations, and highlighting to help students access and organize content.
  • The eNotes tool helps students synthesize information and record questions and observations in a digital notebook.
  • Course customization tools allow you to remove or reorder content, create new writing prompts and projects, and customize assessment settings for test time completion, passing threshold, and more.
  • Course customization tools enable you to remove or reorder content, create new writing prompts and projects, and customize assessment settings for test time completion, passing threshold, and more.
  • Guided Notes for select middle and high-school courses are printable worksheets designed to help students take a more active role in their learning and reduce the cognitive load while working through lessons.
  • Videos of expert, on-screen teachers deliver direct instruction, orient students to lesson goals, and offer clear and concise explanations of subject matter. On-screen teachers model and explicitly teach students a wide variety of learning strategies such as self-monitoring, self-evaluation, goal setting, questioning, and self-explanation.

See our sample Guided Notes for select middle and high school courses

Special Education Coordinators

Special Education Coordinators available with Edgenuity Instructional Services provide support to students, teachers, and schools who want to offer online courses to students who have an IEP or 504 Plan, or are homebound. Special Education Coordinators are licensed special education and/or ELL teachers who have experience with the complex needs of students with learning plans. By working directly with your ESE/SPED teachers, school districts, and Edgenuity’s virtual instructors, Special Education Coordinators ensure that your students’ needs are being met.

Special Education Coordinators assist with recommendations for:

  • Course customization
  • Monitoring and reviewing performance
  • Providing input on how IEPs translate into the Edgenuity platform
  • And more
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Accelerate Learning and Achievement

Edgenuity gives schools and districts the flexibility to offer the right courses for your students’ needs, including courses and learning solutions for students who want to challenge themselves. Our honors, AP®, elective, CTE, and world language courses empower students to work on more difficult or focused material at their own pace, pursue other interestsand prepare for college or career choices after high school.

HONORS COURSES

Our honors courses feature additional instruction and more challenging assignments to extend learning.

AP® COURSES

Advanced Placement® courses include rigorous coursework, an array of multimedia activities and assignments, and an online platform for in-depth discussion.

WORLD LANGUAGES

Edgenuity’s world language courses help students build a strong foundation in Spanish, French, German, Chinese, or Latin.

ELECTIVES

General electives and CTE courses give students the opportunity to explore interests and exciting careers to help plan for their futures.

Read our special education issue brief

Partner with Edgenuity to provide learning opportunities for your special education population.

Partner with Edgenuity to provide learning opportunities for your special education population.