Strategies for Special Populations Success

NAPE provides professional development, technical assistance, and resources of effective strategies for increasing access and success of special population students in career and technical education. Special population students as defined in The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) include:

  • individuals with disabilities
  • people from economically disadvantaged families, including youth and adults with low incomes
  • individuals preparing for nontraditional fields
  • single parents, including single pregnant women
  • out-of-workforce individuals
  • English learners
  • people experiencing homelessness
  • youth who are in, or have aged out of, the foster care system
  • youth with a parent on active duty in the military


NAPE can provide training and technical assistance for State and Local Education Agency staff

  • Special Populations Coordinators
  • Title IX Coordinators
  • MOA Coordinators


NAPE also created a resource to assist State and Local Education Agency staff: Perkins IV Implementation Q&A: Programs and Services for Special Populations and a free resource for educators: Strategies for Special Population Success: Practical Tips and Tools for Educators.