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Students with Disabilities Are Thriving in Virtual School with Founder Barb Southwick
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In this episode, I focus on virtual school in special education as a variable with Barbara Southwick. She discusses how virtual school in special education is an untapped resource that opens up possibilities in students with disabilities.
In 2021, I published a study comparing third grade reading proficiency levels in virtual schools and face-to-face schools for the state of Florida. Data showed that since 2015, students with disabilities that attended a virtual school outperformed students in a face-to-face schools by 13.9 percentage points.
I was so passionate about getting the information out to parents and educators to change the lens in which we view distance education, that I wrote the book, America's Embarrassing Reading Crisis: What We Learned from COVID to get the information out into the world.
Special Education teacher, Barbara Southwick heard the message, which confirmed what she was experiencing in her classroom. She made a decision to take action.
In the fall of 2022, she founded the nonprofit organization, Spectrum Education, Inc. a virtual learning community of dedicated parents and educators offering virtual education for children in grades 3-12 with unique abilities. What she saw in student growth is heartwarming and gives hope for families. Her work is innovative and groundbreaking for students needing instruction with a modified curriculum.
Call to action: Support Distance Education as a viable option to better serve student's learning needs through flexibility and personalization.
To learn more, go to www.spectrumeducator.org.
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Capítulos
1. Students with Disabilities Are Thriving in Virtual School with Founder Barb Southwick (00:00:00)
2. Barb's Background (00:02:45)
3. COVID impact on instructional methods (00:04:15)
4. leap of faith to start Spectrum Education, Inc (00:10:01)
5. What makes Spectrum Education different (00:14:26)
6. student and family benefits (00:21:25)
7. Strategies for parents (00:26:22)
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