In the last episode of the season, Fred and new NJCIE team members Lindsay Watkins and Julie Lang reflect on what they’ve witnessed and learned in education during the COVID-19 pandemic and why they joined NJCIE.

Fred and Sara Jo Soldovieri, Manager of Inclusive Education Programming at the National Down Syndrome Society, discuss inclusion, COVID-19, and how NDSS is helping families across the country push for more inclusive placements.

NJCIE Inclusion Facilitator Katherine Vroman, Ph.D., chats with three pre-service educators (Rachel Geiser, Isabella Knapp, and Sandy Krajc) on their experiences with student teaching trying to navigate remote instruction during the COVID-19 school closures and how this time has informed their teaching philosophies.

Fred and Sol Heckelman, Ph.D.; John Lestino, M.A., LPC; and Barry Barbarasch, Ed.D., NCSP discuss the role of school psychologists during COVID-19 and beyond.

Fred and inclusive education consultant Cheryl M. Jorgensen, Ph.D., and NJCIE Inclusion Facilitator Katherine Vroman, Ph.D., discuss inclusive education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fred and Dr. Francesca Ciotoli discuss the impact on education from COVID-19 for teachers and parents and how school may change moving forward.

Dr. Ciotoli is a faculty member at a local college, a parent of a child with a disability, former NJCIE staff member, former teacher at a leading performing arts school, part-time opera singer, and guru on inclusive education.

Fred and special guests David Reisenfeld, Noah Coston, and Oskar Saransky discuss remote learning in urban environments why one school is bucking the trend on student attendance.

Introduction to NJCIE's new weekly podcast on inclusive education during the COVID-19 pandemic.