In the fourth issue of volume 39, we are pleased to begin a special topic series addressing the issue that has altered our world in 2020 in unprecedented ways: the global COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. Never before in our history has the world been so affected by health, educational, social, and economic outcomes as those associated with COVID-19. The articles in this special series were written during a time when practitioners, families, administrators, and researchers were grappling with how to maintain the delivery of special education services in rural regions when schools were closed to in-person services. Little research literature was available to provide guidance because an event of this magnitude has never happened in our recent history. Therefore, schools were required to analyze their local circumstances and innovate mostly “on the fly” as to how they could deliver effective nontraditional instructional services. The articles in this special series speak to the commitment and resilience of the authors and the communities in which they work to ensure that students with disabilities living in rural regions continue to receive quality educational services.

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专题系列：对COVID-19的回应

在第39卷的第四期中，我们很高兴地开始着手一个特殊的系列丛书，以前所未有的方式解决这个已在2020年改变我们世界的问题：全球COVID-19新型冠状病毒大流行。在我们的历史上，世界从未像COVID-19一样受到如此健康，教育，社会和经济成果的影响。这个特殊系列的文章是在从业人员，家庭，管理人员和研究人员为学校在不提供面对面服务的情况下如何在农村地区保持特殊教育服务而苦苦挣扎的时候撰写的。很少有研究文献可以提供指导，因为在我们最近的历史中从未发生过如此大规模的事件。所以，要求学校分析当地情况，并主要“动态”地进行创新，以提供有效的非传统教学服务。本系列丛书中的文章充分体现了作者及其工作所在社区的承诺和韧性，以确保生活在农村地区的残疾学生继续获得优质的教育服务。