Publications

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• Draft Guidelines for Health Screenings: Vision, Hearing and Scoliosis

  The purpose of the Guidelines for Health Screenings is to provide information on the rationale, proper procedures and recommendations for implementation of screening programs for vision, hearing and postural concerns.

• Guidelines for Identification and Education of Children and Youth with Autism

  These guidelines address critical issues and current research important to individuals who are concerned about children and youth with autistic spectrum disorders.

• Connecticut's K-3 Literacy Strategy

• Guidelines for Alternative Education Settings

  These guidelines are designed to support the operation of alternative education settings (schools or programs) offered by local and regional boards of education. The purpose of the guidelines is to ensure improved program designs and greater outcomes for students in alternative education settings.

• Guidelines for Identifying and Educating Students with Emotional Disability

  Guidance for making appropriate decisions regarding eligibility and specialized services for students with emotional disability as defined in the IDEA 2004.

• Literacy/English Language Arts

  Curriculum and Instruction, Surveys, and Assessments for English Language Arts.

• Standards for Educational Opportunities for Students Who Have Been Expelled

  Connecticut law requires LEAs to offer an “alternative educational opportunity” to students who have been expelled in certain circumstances and further provides that LEAs may offer such an opportunity to any expelled student.

• Learning and Diabetes

  Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in school-aged children, affecting approximately 215,000 young people in the United States, or about 1 in every 400 to 500 young people under 20 years of age.

• Connecticut Assistive Technology Guidelines - Section 1: For Ages 3-22

  This document provides a framework for making decisions about the assistive technology needs of students with disabilities.

• Matoneo y Acoso en Connecticut

  Guía para padres y tutores

• Parents Guide to Bullying and Harassment in Connecticut

  Questions and answers about bullying in Connecticut schools

• Reducing Chronic Absence in Connecticut's Schools

  School district administrators can use this framework to plan and implement preventions and interventions that will help reduce chronic absence in prekindergarten through Grade 12.

• Connecticut Assessment Resource Guide for Specific Learning Disabilities in Reading and Written Expression

  The Connecticut Assessment Resource Guide for Specific Learning Disabilities in Reading and Written Expression, previously known as the Specific Learning Disability (SLD)/Dyslexia Assessment Resource Guide, was created in response to requests from educators and administrators from local education agencies and families seeking information about appropriate assessment options for the identification of SLD/Dyslexia and other reading-related learning disabilities.

• Teaching Native American Studies

  We hope these materials assist you in the teaching of Native American studies. The resources that are included were provided by the five state-recognized Eastern Woodland tribes.

• Promising Practices to Reduce Chronic Absence