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Get Ready and G.O.

(Get Organized)!

Bridging Virtual and In-Person Learning

for Special Education Students

By Dr. Michelle Terzini-Hollar, Supervisor of the Child Study Team, Demarest;

Julie Worgul, LDT-C, Demarest; and Sandy Pih, Behavior Consultant

After spending several of the screen. To identify designed to address these executive
months making an earnest possible gaps in the way students functioning challenges. Although
developed to meet the identified
effort to deliver education were being supported, surveys were needs of a specific group of students,
sent to parents and teachers inquiring
and related services to about successes and challenges. we are hopeful that many special
education and general education
students from behind a Overwhelmingly, both cohorts students nationwide can benefit from
spoke about students' executive
computer screen, it was functioning challenges when working the methodology used to develop the
program as well as the program itself.
time for us to undergo across varied learning environments To identify and to operationalize the
(virtual, hybrid, synchronous and
a reality check from asynchronous platforms). In an effort exact subset of executive functioning
stakeholders on both sides to bridge this gap, the Get Ready and skills, a second more detailed survey
was sent separately to parents and
G.O.! (Get Organized) program was
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