This guide provides recommended approaches to supporting students with special education needs remotely regardless of cause, informed by educational research and by effective practices used and developed by school boards and school authorities in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic. Framed by expectations outlined in the Ministry of Education Policy/Program Memorandum (PPM) No. 164 (2020) and by the Ministry of Education’s Learning for All (2013), this guide focuses specifically on ways of thinking, planning and doing that centralize the human rights and abilities of all learners to participate fully in remote learning. This guide will help support those engaged in remote learning, whether as a choice, or due to the public health situation requiring a pivot to system-wide remote learning. While in-person learning is the ministry’s priority, it is important to be prepared for all scenarios, and support those who choose remote learning, and ensure they have a positive experience. -- introduction.

Section 1: Tier 1 access considerations -- Section 2: Specific practices for students and educators.