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• Connecticut Labor and Working Class History

  Lesson plans, resources, and materials for teachers about the history of labor and business in Connecticut.

• Connecticut Assistive Technology Guidelines - Section 2: For Infants and Toddlers under IDEA Part C

  The purpose of this document is to help service providers ensure that all infants and toddlers who require assistive technology (AT) as indicated under IDEA Part C receive the appropriate devices. This document also assists parents in understanding how assistive technology is incorporated into early intervention services in Connecticut.

• 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.

• Concussion Education Plan and Guidelines for Connecticut Schools

  These guidelines provide accurate information, resources, and guidance for school districts to implement concussion education plans.

• Coaching and Self-Reflection Tool for Competency in Teaching English Learners

  Aligned to Connecticut’s CCT Rubric for Effective Teaching, this tool is for professional development and growth as well as guiding observations and discussions.

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

• Guidelines for Managing Life-threatening Food Allergies in Connecticut Schools

  These guidelines assist Connecticut schools in managing the health and safety needs of children with life-threatening allergic conditions. Management of the health and safety needs of students with glycogen storage disease (GSD) is also included.

• Guidelines for Adapted Physical Education

  The purpose of these guidelines is to clarify and to underscore the importance of physical education—in the context of meaningful physical participation within a community of peers—for students with disabilities in a school environment.

• Practice Guidelines for Delivery of School Social Work Services

  Guidelines for professionals developing and implementing school social work services for Connecticut students

• Full, Equal and Equitable Partnerships with Families

  Connecticut's definition and framework for family engagement