PACER Offers Spanish Edition of PACER.org to Serve the Latino Community

PACER is offering a Spanish-language website that went online earlier this year. PACER.org/es features an original five-part video series called “Entendiendo Conductas Desafiantes” (“Understanding Challenging Behaviors”) along with a listing of 50 Spanish-language websites that serve as a portal to other resources for the Latino community. The website includes all PACER resources that have been translated into Spanish, including handouts for download, and books and other publications that may be ordered.

Spanish Glossary of Special Education Terms

Between 2010-2011, the US Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) funded the development of an online and print Spanish Glossary. The OSEP Spanish Glossary was developed by SPAN, New Jersey’s Parent Training and Information Center.

It is essential that all families participate actively in decisions related to their child’s education. The language and terminology that exists within Early Intervention and Special Education law is very complex and can be difficult to understand even in its original language of English.

The OSEP Spanish Glossary includes a set of agreed upon translations from English to Spanish of more than 200 education and disability related terms. http://www.neparentcenters.org/glossary/glossary.html