The Special Educator's Guide to Distance Education: Adapting Your Instruction for the Virtual ClassroomBy the time they start their first job, special education teachers should be equipped with evidence and research based strategies to teach content and assess learning. While many of today's special education teachers have skills in using instructional and assistive technologies, few are prepared to be distance educators for students with disabilities. The need for distance education services in special education is not new, and the field of special