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Assistive Technology

 

  • ABLEDATA: provides objective information about assistive technology products and rehabilitation equipment available from domestic and international sources.
  • Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd)
  • CITEd: supports leadership at state and local education agencies to integrate instructional technology for all students to achieve high educational standards. CITEd provides this support through identification of best practices, innovative online technical assistance tools, professional development, and communities of practice.
  • The Family Center on Technology and Disability (FCTD): FCTD is a resource designed to support organizations and programs that work with families of children and youth with disabilities.
  • NIMAS Development and Technical Assistance Centers: NIMAS guides the production and electronic distribution of digital versions of textbooks and other instructional materials so they can be more easily converted into accessible formats.
  • Vermont Assistive Technology Program (VATP): VATP is funded by the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, (as amended), to increase statewide access of assistive technology to people of all ages and abilities.
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Developmental Disabilities

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Early Childhood Development

National links:

  • Zero to Three: ZERO TO THREE is a national nonprofit, multidisciplinary organization that supports the healthy development and well-being of infants, toddlers and their families by focusing on educating the adults who influence young children’s lives.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics: The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and its member pediatricians dedicate their efforts and resources to the health, safety and well being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
  • March of Dimes: March of Dimes has a mission to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality, which is carried out through research, community service, education and advocacy.
  • Brazelton Touchpoints Center: Brazelton Touchpoints™ is based upon the research and practice of internationally recognized pediatrician, T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.; it is a set of values, principles and practices for professionals who are committed to creating strong partnerships with families of young children.
  • The National Association for the Education of Young Children: The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with a particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8.
  • Childrens Defense Fund: CDF is a national advocate that champions policies aimed at lifting children out of poverty; protecting them from abuse and neglect; and ensuring their access to health care, quality education, and a moral and spiritual foundation.
  • Bright Futures: Bright Futures is a national health promotion initiative dedicated to the principle that every child deserves to be healthy, and that optimal health involves a trusting relationship between the health professional, the child, the family and the community as partners in health practice.
  • Administration for Children and Families: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well being of families, children, individuals and communities.
  • National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies: NACCRRA, the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies works with more than 700 state and local Child Care Resource and Referral agencies nationwide, to help ensure that families in 99 percent of all populated ZIP codes in the United States have access to high-quality and affordable child care.
  • Parent to Parent USA: Parent to Parent USA (P2PUSA) is a national nonprofit organization committed to promoting access, quality and leadership in parent to parent support across the country.
  • Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health: Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health uses a family and youth-driven approach, where children and youth with emotional, behavioral and mental health challenges and their families are provided with the support and services they need to help their children lead healthy and fulfilling lives.
  • Family Voices: Family Voices aims to achieve family-centered care for all children and youth with special health care needs and/or disabilities. They provide families with tools to make informed decisions, advocate for improved public and private policies, build partnerships among professionals and families, and serve as a trusted resource on health care.
  • Exceptional Parent: EP Global Communications provides practical advice and the most up-to-date educational information focusing on families of children and adults with disabilities and special healthcare needs, as well as the physicians, allied health care professionals, and educational professionals who are involved in their care and development.
  • Disability Resources: Disability Resources, Inc. is a nonprofit organization established to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information that can help people with disabilities live, learn, love, work and play independently.

Vermont specific links:

  • Agency of Human Services: The Agency of Human Services (AHS) has the widest reach in state government and a critical mission: to improve the conditions and well-being of Vermonters and protect those who cannot protect themselves. Whether helping a family access health care or child care, protecting a young child from abuse, supporting youth and adults through addiction and recovery, providing essential health promotion and disease prevention services, reaching out to elder Vermonters in need of at-home or nursing home assistance, enabling individuals with disabilities to have greater independence, or supporting victims and rehabilitating offenders, AHS serves Vermonters with compassion, dedication and professionalism.
  • The Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children: VAEYC is an affiliate of the National Association for Education of Young Children, the nation’s largest membership organization for early childhood professionals, they work to improve the education and care of young children in Vermont.
  • Kids Are Priority One Coalition: The Kids Are Priority One Coalition is Vermont’s statewide early childhood coalition. Since 2000, it has brought together organizations, businesses and individuals who are committed to ensuring that all Vermont’s children get a good start, to make certain that they are healthy, nurtured and ready for success in school and life.
  • The Vermont Coalition for Disability Rights (VCDR): VCDR is a cross-disability advocacy organization that seeks to increase awareness of disability issues and effect systemic change through legislative and administrative processes. VCDR staff work closely with member organizations to empower people with disabilities, thus enabling them to directly participate in legislative decisions which will expand their civil rights.
  • Vermont Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies: VACCRRA member agencies, made up of twelve child care resource and referral agencies throughout Vermont, share a common commitment to the development and support of quality child care options for Vermont children and their families.
  • Vermont Department of Children and Families: The goal of the Child Development Division is to increase accessibility of high-quality childcare and child development services, this is achieved by working with programs within communities to coordinate and deliver services that meet families’ needs.
  • Building Bright Futures: Building Bright Futures is a place for parents and childcare providers to get answers to questions about childcare, early education, school-age care and the services available to help ensure that high-quality childcare is available to every Vermont child in need.
  • Voices for Vermont’s Children: Voices for Vermont’s Children addresses the full spectrum of child, youth and family issues – from child care and access to health care coverage for children and youth, to juvenile justice and child welfare.
  • Vermont Children’s Aid Society: Celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2009, Vermont Children’s Aid Society is a private non-profit organization with a variety of programs and services to support and strengthen families while promoting safe, stable and nurturing environments for children.
  • HowardCenter: HowardCenter provides developmental, mental health, substance abuse, and child, youth and family services to 15,000 people a year. They are dedicated to empowering people to live full, rich and satisfying lives.
  • Visiting Nurse Association: The Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties is a 103-year-old nonprofit home health agency in Vermont. They care for 5,000 people and families each year with programs that span a lifetime – from prenatal care to care for young families to rehabilitation, long-term care, adult day services and end-of-life care.
  • Lund Family Center: Annually serving more than 4,000 individuals throughout the State of Vermont, Lund Family Center is Vermont’s oldest and largest private non-profit adoption agency. They are a Parent Child Center that delivers a continuum of services in the most accessible ways possible to children and families throughout Chittenden County.
  • Prevent Child Abuse-Vermont: In order to eliminate child abuse, PCAV utilizes parent education, support and public awareness to promote and support healthy relationships between children and the people who care for them.
  • Vermont 211-United Ways of Vermont: Vermont 2-1-1 is a simple number to dial for information about health and human service organizations in your community. Callers will speak with a real person every time, who can problem solve and refer callers to government programs, community-based organizations, support groups and other local resources.
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Health

MEDICAL

PERSONAL CARE SERVICES

AGENCIES

  • Agency of Human Services:
    The Agency of Human Services (AHS) has the widest reach in state government and a critical mission: to improve the conditions and well-being of Vermonters and protect those who cannot protect themselves. Whether helping a family access health care or child care, protecting a young child from abuse, supporting youth and adults through addiction and recovery, providing essential health promotion and disease prevention services, reaching out to elder Vermonters in need of at-home or nursing home assistance, enabling individuals with disabilities to have greater independence, or supporting victims and rehabilitating offenders, AHS serves Vermonters with compassion, dedication and professionalism.
  • Autism Speaks has grown into the nation’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism; increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders; and advocating for the needs of individuals with autism and their families. http://www.autismspeaks.org
  • Green Mountain Self Advocates is a statewide self-advocacy network run and operated by people with developmental disabilities http://www.ddas.vermont.gov/ddas-programs/programs-gmsa-default-page
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. http://www.nami.org/
  • Vermont Center for Independent Living is a statewide nonprofit organization that works for dignity, independence and civil rights of individuals with disabilities. http://www.vcil.org
  • Vermont Federation for Families exists to support families and children where a child or youth, age 0-22, is experiencing or at risk to experience emotional, behavioral, or mental health challenges. http://www.vffcmh.org/

FUNDING

  • Social Security – Benefits for Children with Disabilities: This booklet is for the parents, caregivers or representatives of children younger than age 18 who have disabilities that might make them eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments. http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10026.pdf
  • Social Security – A valuable resource for information about all of Social Security’s programs. www.socialsecurity.gov
  • Flexible Family Funding Program Guidelines reflect an acknowledgement that families, as caregivers, offer the most natural and nurturing home for children and many adults with disabilities. Flexible Family Funding has assisted families to continue to support people with developmental disabilities at home. http://www.ddas.vermont.gov/ddas-policies/policies-dds/fff-guidelines
  • Green Mountain Care is a family of health insurance plans offered by the State of Vermont and its partners, including plans such as Catamount Health, Vermont Health Access Plan (VHAP), Dr. Dynasaur, Medicaid, and a number of pharmacy assistance and premium assistance programs. http://www.greenmountaincare.org/

SIBLING SUPPORT

  • The Sibling Support Project is a national effort dedicated to the life-long concerns of brothers and sisters of people who have special health, developmental, or mental health concerns. http://www.siblingsupport.org/

BEREAVEMENT

HEALTH CARE REFORM

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Mental Health

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Parent Involvement In School

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Special Education

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Translated Materials

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Vermont Department of Education: Information from the Vermont Department of Education about Parents Rights in Special Education available in: Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, English, French, Nepali, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, and Vietnamese.http://education.vermont.gov/new/html/pgm_sped.html

PACER Center: Translated materials in Somali – information about special education, assistive technology, evaluations, emotional and behavioral disorders, preparing for kindergarten and more. http://www.pacer.org/publications/somali.asp

PACER Center: Translated materials in Spanish – information about special education, assistive technology, evaluations, emotional and behavioral disorders, preparing for kindergarten and more. http://www.pacer.org/publications/spanish.asp

National Parent Technical Assistance Center: Translated materials in Hmong, Spanish and Somali – information about special education, transition planning, evaluations and more. http://www.parentcenternetwork.org/national/resources/translated-materials.html

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY): NICHCY offers a wealth of information on disabilities. They serve the nation as a central source of information on disabilities in infants, toddlers, children and youth. Information is available in English and Spanish. http://nichcy.org/

HEALTH

Healthy Roads Media: Health, well being, and mental health information available in video, audio and written formats. Languages available include: Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, English, Farsi, French, Hmong, Karen, Kirundi, Korean, Kurdish, Liberian English, Laotian, Nepali, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, and Vietnamese. http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/index.htm

Medline Plus: Health information in multiple languages. A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH). Languages available: Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, ASL, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chamorro, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Chuukese, Croatian, Farsi, French, German, Gujarathi, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Hmong, Ilocano, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Kirundi, Korean, Kurdish, Laotian, Marshallese, Navajo, Oromo, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tigrinya, Tongan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/languages/languages.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Information for families, health care providers, early childhood educators and others about children’s development and milestones. Website is available in English and Spanish. Free materials available in: Arabic, Korean, and Portuguese. http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/index.html

USC University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities: USC UCEDD faculty, staff, and trainees have translated the CDC “Learn the Signs. Act Early” Autism Fact Sheet into multiple languages to reach underserved populations in CA. The Autism Fact Sheet provides a one-page tool for clinicians to share with families, to raise awareness about developmental delay, which may be related to autism or other developmental disabilities. The fact sheet encourages parents who have concerns about their child’s development to speak with their doctor. The Autism Fact Sheet is available in: Arabic, Armenian, Farsi, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese. http://uscucedd.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=455&Itemid=426

EDUCATION

The Center for the Improvement of Student Learning (CISL):  The Center for the Improvement of Student Learning (CISL), in partnership with the Migrant and Bilingual Education Programs at the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction released the in-depth English/Spanish glossary of education terms in June of 2007. This valuable resource for educators and parents helps to alleviate confusion when translating or reading education documents. When sending a document to a translation service, provide the translator with a link to the appropriate glossary. This will ensure clearer and more consistent translations. http://www.k12.wa.us/CISL/FamilyEngagement/Communicating/Glossaries.aspx

U.S. Department of Education offers a variety of resources in other languages. Resources include, How to File a Complaint, Ensuring Equal Access to High-Quality Education, and a Complaint Form. Available in: Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Hmong, Korean, Laotian, Punjabi, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Urdu and Vietnamese. http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/howto-index.html

 

U.S. Department of Education Resources in Spanish. http://www2.ed.gov/espanol/bienvenidos/es/index.html

 

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Cultural Competence Resources

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND SPECIAL EDUCATION

IDEA Partnership: Provides links to resources related to English Language Learners and education, for example: non-discriminatory assessments, culturally responsive classrooms, preventing disproportionate representation in special education and outreach to parents. http://ideapartnership.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=274&Itemid=111

Learning Disabilities Online: Overview for considering evaluating English Language Learners for learning disabilities. http://www.ldonline.org/spearswerling/Learning_Disabilities_in_English_Language_Learners

Project Forum: English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities. http://www.projectforum.org/docs/ells.pdf

Center for Applied Linguistics: “A Summary of English Language Learners with Special Education Needs” – considerations when working with ELLs in special education. http://www.misd.net/Bilingual/ellsandspedcal.pdf

National Symposium on Learning Disabilities in English Language Learners: There is widespread anecdotal evidence suggesting that ELL students may be either bypassed for consideration as a child with a disability because teachers assume the child is not achieving solely because of his or her language difference, or over-represented on special education rosters due to inappropriate placement based upon inaccurate measures and ill-conceived procedures. In response to these concerns, three federal agencies jointly organized a National Symposium on Learning Disabilities in English Language Learners, held October 14-15, 2003 in Washington, D.C. The goal of this symposium was to determine how best to apply knowledge about identifying and assessing learning disabilities in native English-speaking students to the identification and assessment of learning disabilities in ELL students. In addition, symposium participants discussed ways to distinguish between actual learning disabilities and the challenges associated with learning a new language. http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/upload/ELL_summary.pdf

IRIS Center ELL Learning Module: http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/ell/chalcycle.htm

Think Cultural Health: Advancing Health Equity: https://www.thinkculturalhealth.hhs.gov/

DISTINGUISHING LANGUAGE DIFFERENCES FROM DISABILITY

Vermont Department of Education: English Language Learners in Vermont: Distinguishing Language Difference from Disability – A Resource Guide – from the Vermont Department of Education. http://education.vermont.gov/new/pdfdoc/pgm_esl/educ_ell_sped_resource_guide.pdf

Project Forum: English Language Learners with Disabilities: Identification and Other State Policies and Issues (in depth policy analysis). http://www.projectforum.org/docs/EnglishLanguageLearnerswithDisabilities-IdentificationandOtherStatePoliciesandIssues.pdf

FAMILY AND YOUTH SERVICES

Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services: Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services has a variety of webinars, resources, links, publications, events, information about refugees, promising practices, information about family strengthening, youth programs and more.

National Center for Cultural Competence: Publications about cultural competence. Topics range from: guides for planning and implementing culturally competent policies, cultural competency in family support organizations, linguistically appropriate services for children with special health needs and their families, promising practices, and many more.

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services: Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services, includes publications and links

Working with culturally & linguistically diverse families

Resource Guide for Serving Refugees with Disabilities The Resource Guide for Serving Refugees with Disabilities is written as a how-to for caseworkers and advocates who serve refugees with disabilities. It was developed in an effort to improve access to services for newly arrived refugees with disabilities. With an increasing number of refugees with disabilities resettled in the U.S., there is a greater need for effective and coordinated care. Funding for this project was provided through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement.

HEALTH CARE

Agency for Health Research and Quality: Agency for Health Research and Quality provides tools, events, podcasts, articles, best practices, and research findings related to cultural and linguistic competency in health care.

The Cross Cultural Health Care Program: Resource guides and links from an organization dedicated to building cultural competency in health and human services.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services : The Office of Minority Health has created “A Patient-Centered Guide to Implementing Language Access Services in Healthcare Organizations.” The guide is intended to help healthcare organizations implement effective language access services to meet the needs of their limited-English-proficient patients, and increase their access to health care.

Actionable Health Information Now Available in Spanish

FEDERAL REGULATIONS

Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services: Federal Requirements to Provide Interpretation/Translation in the Schools.

Limited English Proficiency Official Website: Federal guidelines, policy requirements, information about interpretation, translation and resources.

Migration Policy Institute (MPI): The Migration Policy Institute and the National Center of Immigration Integration Policy’s website includes valuable resources around language assistance and language access. Includes a searchable database of resources used to provide services to limited English proficient (LEP) individuals as well as recent research on assessments, translation and interpretation policy, interpretation and translation in health, education, legal, public safety and social service fields.

BEST PRACTICES IN EDUCATION FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS

The Education Alliance at Brown University: The teacher’s guide to diversity – invites professional developers, teacher educators, and teachers to examine their beliefs, perceptions, behaviors, and educational practices with respect to diversity in education. http://www.alliance.brown.edu/pubs/teach_guide_diversity/

National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction: Educational Programs The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition collects, coordinates and conveys a broad range of research and resources in support of an inclusive approach to high quality education for ELLs. http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/

The National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt): NCCRESt provides technical assistance and professional development to close the achievement gap between students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and their peers, and reduce inappropriate referrals to special education. The project targets improvements in culturally responsive practices, early intervention, literacy, and positive behavioral supports. http://www.nccrest.org/index.html

Center for Applied Linguistics: The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is dedicated to “improving communication through better understanding of language and culture.” The Center for Applied Linguistics has leading tools and methods based on the latest research related to English Language Learners, Foreign Language, Testing/Assessment, Literacy Education, Dialects, Refugee Integration and International Development. Publications, technical assistance, online resources, links, databases and directories are available on the CAL website. http://www.cal.org/index.html

The Equity Alliance: The Equity Alliance at ASU (Arizona State University) believes in equity “in learning, for life”. The Equity Alliance provides opportunities to network and learn. Website includes research based publications (by category), data maps, equity related frequently asked questions, tools for strengthening equity through policies, professional development and data driven decision-making. http://equityallianceatasu.org/

Communique Online: An online newsletter from the National Association of School Pyschologists (NASP), dedicated to helping children achieve their best. In school. At home. In life. http://www.nasponline.org/publication/cq/39/8/index/aspx

CULTURAL AWARENESS AND DIVERSITY

Channel 17 “Cultural Diversity Series”: Discussion on Diversity and Awareness. http://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/discussion-diversity-and-awareness

Partnerships for Action Voices for Empowerment: Partnerships for Action Voices for Empowerment includes extensive links, resources, national and international resources. http://www.wapave.org/

Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information & Exchange (CIRRIE): CIRRIE offers a database of international research, educational resources related to culture and disability, and lists of conferences, workshops and other events of interest. Among the educational resources, CIRRIE offers a series, “The Rehabilitation Provider’s Guide to Cultures of the Foreign-Born”, which provides specific information on cultural perspectives of foreign-born persons in the U.S., especially recent immigrants. http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/

Teaching Tolerance: A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, includes an online magazine, professional development tools, classroom activities, teaching kits, a blog, and recommended resources. www.teachingtolerance.org

Do Cultural Competency Interventions work? This new Technical Brief from the National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (NCDDR), “Do Cultural Competency Interventions Work? A Systematic Review on Improving Rehabilitation Outcomes for Ethnically and Linguistically Diverse Individuals with Disabilities” is available online: http://www.ncddr.org/kt/products/focus/focus31/

Syracuse University opens Disability Cultural Center: Syracuse University will open the doors to a Disability Cultural Center in the fall of 2011. The Disability Cultural Center will function as an umbrella organization under which social, cultural and educational programming related to disability and disability culture will take place. For more information go to: http://insidesu.syr.edu/2011/05/17/disabilities-2/

State Level Findings: Boosting the Nation’s Economy by Improving High School Graduation Rates among Students of Color and Native Students: The Alliance for Excellent Education, with support from State Farm®, has developed an economic model that demonstrates the economic benefits – including increased earnings, home and vehicle sales, job growth, and tax revenue – of improving high school graduation rates among students of color and Native students: http://www.all4ed.org/files/EdEconBrief_sebsoc.pdf

The Educational Experience of Young Men of Color: A new initiative from The College Board seeks to identify existing — and needed — research around the Educational Experience of Young Men of Color. The College Board has conducted an extensive data and literature review to determine what is known about the situation currently facing young men of color; it has also engaged young men directly to understand how they view their experiences, and to add their voice to the discussion of how to better meet their needs. For more information go to: http://youngmenofcolor.collegeboard.org/

Long Term Gains in Minority Education: An Overlooked Success. This blog discusses achievement gains of white, Latino, and African American students on the long-term National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The blog points out that while general trends show a mixed picture of achievement gains over the last four decades, Latino and African American students have made great gains. The blog can be accessed at http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=Jennings%5FHuffingtonBlog%5F050811%2Epdf. A table showing the changes in long-term NAEP reading and math scores since the 1970s can be accessed here: http://www.cep-dc.org/cfcontent_file.cfm?Attachment=NAEPTable%5FHuffingtonBlog%5F050811%2Epdf

Striving to Achieve: Helping Native American Students Succeed (National Caucus of Native American State Legislator) This report assesses the achievement of Native American students in the United States and provides recommendations for policymakers to promote higher levels of educational achievement. The report points to findings from a study of Montana schools, in which “the factor most correlated with higher achievement was the school’s effort to engage parents, families, and communities in the school.” For more information go to:http://www.ncsl.org/Portals/1/documents/statetribe/strivingtoachieve.pdf

English Language Learning and Teaching for Students with Disabilities: The June 2011 issue of the AWAY, a journal of the National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange focuses on English language learning and teaching for students with disabilities – what works, tips on inclusion in the classroom and much more: http://www.miusa.org/publications/books/altformats/awaytopics4

Federal Requirements to Provide Interpretation/Translation in the Schools: Many school districts and refugee/immigrant-serving agencies are in need of clarification as to when interpretation and translation services are to be provided in public schools. This tool, which is part of a larger schools toolkit, highlights this topic along with “promising practices” and a list of highlighted resources was developed by Bridging Refugee Youth and Children Services (BRYCS). For more information go to: http://www.brycs.org/clearinghouse/clearinghouse-resource.cfm?docnum=4139

 Language Portal: A Translation and Interpretation Digital Library. The Language Portal maintains a digital library of over 600 state and local agency language access documents for use by social service and public safety agencies, educators, policymakers, and government administrators to assist with decisions and programs for Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals. The database offers information on language and translation topics for health, education, social services, and public safety such as fire, police, disaster planning, court system, and employment concerns. For more information go to: http://www.brycs.org/clearinghouse/clearinghouse-resource.cfm?docNum=2508

 

 

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