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Classroom-based interventions

Classroom-based interventions are activities designed for use in classrooms, ranging from early childhood through high school settings. Interventions may have one or more purposes related to enhancing development and learning, e.g., improving social development or social skills, encouraging language development, improving academic learning, preventing behavior problems.

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Services and Programs

  • Britt Henderson Training Series
    This annual series of workshops provides training for general and special education teachers, with the goal of improving the quality of education for students with diverse learning needs in inclusive settings.
  • Providing Access to the Visual Environment (PAVE)
    PAVE provides technical assistance for teachers of students with low vision, as well as for parents, and direct instruction for children. PAVE assists any child with low vision, age 3 to 21 in Lead Education Agencies in Tennessee, private schools, or the Tennessee School for the Blind.
  • Services for Educators
    Includes outreach programs for educators.

Printable Resources and Materials

  • Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL)
    The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL) is a national resource center for disseminating research and evidence-based practices to early childhood programs across the country.
  • Council for Exceptional Children
    The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) works to improve the educational success of individuals with disabilities and/or gifts and talents.
  • National Research Center on Learning Disabilities
    The National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD) conducts research on the identification of learning disabilities; formulates implementation recommendations; disseminates findings; and provides technical assistance to national, state, and local constituencies.
  • Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
    The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts.
  • The IRIS Center
    Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), the IRIS Center develops training enhancement materials to be used by faculty and professional development providers for the preparation of current and future school personnel.

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