A Teacher's Guide to Cystic Fibrosis
This guide will help teachers provide reassurance to both parents and students by working with them and CF health care professionals to maximize a student's overall learning experience, while helping to maintain his or her health.
Publisher: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
ADHD Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with ADHD and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: February 2022
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: May 2019
Publisher: KidsHealth
Apraxia of Speech Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with apraxia of speech and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: October 2020
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
Asthma Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with asthma and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: September 2017
Publisher: KidsHealth
Cancer Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with cancer and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: September 2020
Publisher: KidsHealth
Cardiomyopathy Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with cardiomyopathy and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: November 2019
Publisher: KidsHealth
Celiac Disease Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with celiac disease and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: June 2018
Publisher: KidsHealth
Cerebral Palsy Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with cerebral palsy and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: March 2021
Publisher: KidsHealth
Classroom Strategies for Teaching Students with ADHD
This article explores evidence-based classroom strategies teachers can use to support students with ADHD. These classroom management techniques will help improve focus, manage behavior, and promote academic success while contributing to a more inclusive, supportive learning environment for all students.
Author: Rachel Barron
Publication Date: August 2024
Publisher: Effective Students
Comprehensive Overview of Other Health Impairments
This overview focuses on conditions and diseases that can significantly affect a child’s health and ability to function successfully in school. To be served under the OHI category, the student’s health condition must limit strength, vitality, or alertness to such a degree that the student’s educational progress is adversely affected.
Executive Functions (Part 1): Understanding Why Some Students Struggle
This module explores executive functions and explains why many students struggle with cognitive processes related to learning. It then examines why it's critical for teachers to explicitly teach these students when, where, and how to use effective study strategies to help them succeed academically.
Publication Date: 2022
Publisher: IRIS Center Peabody College Vanderbilt University
Executive Functions (Part 2): Strategies to Improve Students’ Academic Performance
This companion to the Executive Functions (Part 1) module reiterates the importance of teachers providing explicit instruction to students with executive function difficulties on the use of effective strategies. It then overviews a number of these strategies: graphic organizers, note-taking, mnemonics, organizing materials, time management, comprehension strategies, and self-regulation strategies.
Publication Date: 2022
Publisher: IRIS Center Peabody College Vanderbilt University
Cystic Fibrosis Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with cystic fibrosis and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: June 2018
Publisher: KidsHealth
Diabetes Fact Sheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with diabetes and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: June 2018
Publisher: KidsHealth
Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel
This comprehensive online resource is designed to educate school personnel about how they can help students manage their diabetes effectively. The guide provides tools and resources that promote a supportive environment and equal access to educational opportunities for students with diabetes.
Publication Date: 2016
Publisher: National Diabetes Education Program
Hemophilia Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with hemophilia and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: January 2021
Publisher: KidsHealth
How Teachers Can Help Kids with OCD
This article provides some things to do to help students with OCD—and the class as a whole—focus on learning. Included is a video of ways to support students with OCD.
Author: Jerry Bubrick
Publication Date: Updated December 2024
Publisher: Child Mind Institute
IDEA Disability Category Tip Sheet: Other Health Impairment
This tip sheet defines other health impairment (OHI) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA) and shares strategies for success, describes how an OHI may impact students, and shares strategies for success.
Publication Date: February 2025
Publisher: PROGRESS Center at the American Institutes for Research
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: January 2020
Publisher: KidsHealth
Legal Rights of Children with Epilepsy in School and Child Care - An Advocate’s Manual
This manual provides detailed practical guidance for parents to understand the rights of children with epilepsy and for schools and childcare providers to understand their responsibilities with regard to students with epilepsy.
Prepared by: Leslie Seid Margolis
Publication Date: 2011
Publisher: Epilepsy Foundation of America
Managing Asthma A Guide for Schools
This guide helps schools address the serious threat that asthma poses to the health and education of our children. It offers practical information and tools to help guide school staff of every position in planning, implementing, and maintaining an asthma management program that connects with the community.
Publication Date: Revised December 2014
Publisher: National Institutes of Health
Navigating Tourette Syndrome | An Educator’s Guide to Planning and Support
This tool kit is designed to assist educators and support staff in recognizing complex symptoms and serve as a guide towards developing effective support plans to allow children with Tourette Syndrome (TS) and Tic Disorders to thrive both socially and academically. It provides an overview of Tourette Syndrome, how to manage tics in the classroom, 504 Plans and IEPs, possible accommodations, and suggestions for assistive technologies.
Publisher: Tourette Association of America
Other Health Impairment
This fact sheet covers special help for children, specific health impairments, other health impairments not mentioned in idea’s definition, addressing medical issues, life at school, and planning for transitions.
Publication Date: July 2024
Publisher: Center for Parent Information and Resources
Sickle Cell Disease Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with sickle cell disease and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: August 2018
Publisher: KidsHealth
The Role of Speech Therapy in ADHD Management
This webinar will explore the critical role of speech therapy in supporting individuals with ADHD. It highlights the various ways speech therapy can improve social communication, language processing, executive function, literacy, and self-awareness.
Author: Letizia Hendrickson
Publication Date: March 2025
Publisher: CHADD
There's Much More to OCD Than You Think
Emily Kircher-Morris and Natalia Aíza, a therapist and advocate, talk about the complexities of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). They discuss common myths and misconceptions, the OCD cycle, identifying the various types of OCD, and understanding how it often coexists with other neurodivergent conditions like ADHD and autism.
Publication Date: March 2025
Publisher: The Neurodiversity Podcast
Tips for Teachers Video Series
This four-part video series offers tips for tailoring homework to make a difference, creating a positive dialogue with parents, and identifying classroom accommodations, interventions, and executive function.
Publisher: CHADD’s National Resource Center
Tourette Syndrome Factsheet (for Schools)
This factsheet provides information on what teachers should know about students with Tourette syndrome and how to support their learning in the classroom.
Publication Date: May 2018
Publisher: KidsHealth
Universal Design for Learning for Children with ADHD
The goal of this study is to analyze the impact that Universal Design for Learning, an individualized approach that combines current neuroscientific knowledge, creating personalized teaching based on the strengths and weaknesses of the student, has on basic learning abilities.
Authors: Alessandro Frolli, Francesco Cerciello, Clara Esposito,
Maria Carla Ricci, Rossana Pia Laccone, and Fabio Bisogni
Publication Date: August 2023
Publisher: National Library of Medicine
What Is Cystic Fibrosis?
This article explains cystic fibrosis systems, diagnosis, causes, treatments, and living with the disease.
Publication Date: March 2022
Publisher: National Institutes of Health
Your Student Has a Bleeding Disorder… Now What?
This flow chart offers information and distinguishes the course of action schools should take when the bleeding disorder limits any major life activities at any time and if it has caused an educational delay.
Publication Date: 2017
Publisher: Hemophilia Federation of America