Fearing Deportation, Parents Declining Benefits For Kids With Disabilities

Advocates say many immigrant families, nervous about a higher degree of scrutiny in applications, are dropping Medicaid and other benefits for their citizen children with disabilities. Read More >

Special Education and English Language Learners

Resources to assist educators and parents.  http://www.colorincolorado.org/school-support/special-education-and-english-language-learners 

Report offers best practices for identifying ELLs with disabilities

A report from the federal Institute of Education Sciences highlights the challenges and lack of research for identifying English-language learners who also have disabilities. The document outlines policies and best practices from 20 states with high populations of ELL students. Education Week Teacher (tiered subscription model   http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2015/07/ELL_and_special_education.html

How Parents Can Support the Common Core Reading Standards

 

This article from our bilingual Growing Readers parent newsletter introduces parents to the four main areas of the Common Core reading standards, along with things parents can do at home to help their child build skills in these areas. The article is available in English and Spanish.  http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/58939/

Impact: Feature Issue on Educating K-12 English Language Learners with Disabilities (2013)

The Institute on Community Integration’s “Impact: Feature Issue on Educating K-12 English Language Learners with Disabilities” is available online and in print. English language learners with disabilities are a growing part of the K-12 school population in the U.S. The available knowledge on how to effectively educate these students and measure their progress is small but increasing. Many educators and families have pressing questions, and this “Impact” offers responses to some of those questions from people around the country who are helping schools meet the needs of this growing student population.  http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/261/

English Language Learning & Teaching for Students w/ 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 & much more. http://www.miusa.org/publications/books/altformats/awaytopics4