Special Education Publications

Overview

Best Practice Resources

• Best Practices for School Counseling in Connecticut (2001) (PDF)
• Connecticut's Framework for RTI - Using Scientific Research-Based Interventions (SRBI): Improving Education for All Students (Executive Summary) (PDF)
• Connecticut's Framework for RTI - Using Scientific Research-Based Interventions (SRBI): Improving Education for All Students (Full Document) (PDF)
• Developing Quality Programs for Pupil Services: A Self-Evaluative Guide (1999) (PDF)
• Resource Directory of Educational Programs and Practices (2001) (PDF)
• Resource Directory of Specialists: Educating Students with an Intellectual Disability in the General Education Environment (2005) (PDF)

Eligibility Documents

• Report on Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (2005)
• Guidelines for Identification and Education of Children and Youth with Autism (Revised 2011) (PDF)
  • Worksheet for Determination of Eligibility for Special Education Services Under the Classification of Autism (PDF)
• Guidelines for Identifying Children with Intellectual Disability 
  • Executive Summary (2006) (PDF)
  • Full Document (2007) (PDF)
  • ID Eligibility Documentation Worksheet (PDF)
  • ID Eligibility Documentation Worksheet (Word Document)
• Guidelines for Identifying Children with Learning Disabilities (2010) (PDF)
  • Executive Summary (2009) (PDF)
  • Revised Disability Identification Process (PDF) (2017)
  • Revised 9/14/16: Frequently Asked Questions SLD/Dyslexia
• Resources for Implementing the LD Guidelines  
  • Analysis of Programming Effectiveness (PDF)
  • Assessment Inventory (PDF)
  • Cultural and Linguistic Diversity (PDF)
  • Fidelity of Implementation (PDF)
  • Fidelity of Implementation (Word Document)
  • High-Quality Progress Monitoring (PDF)
  • High-Quality Progress Monitoring (Word Document)
  • New: Key Components of the Guidelines for Identifying Children with Learning Disabilities, PowerPoint used for Changing Roles of School Psychologists Training (REVISED 2012) (PDF)
  • New: Key Components of the Guidelines for Identifying Children with Learning Disabilities, PowerPoint used for Changing Roles of School Psychologists Training (REVISED 2012) (PPT Document)
  • Literacy Instruction (PDF)
  • Literacy Instruction (Word Document)
  • School Climate Inventory (PDF)
• Guidelines for Identifying and Educating Students with Emotional Disability (updated July 2022) 
• Guidelines for Speech and Language Programs (2008) (PDF)
  • Speech-Language Eligibility Forms in PDF fill-in format (2008)  
    • Early Intervening Services (PDF)
    • Evaluation (PDF)
    • Fluency (PDF)
    • Language (PDF)
    • Phonology (PDF)
    • PPT Report (PDF)
    • Reevaluation (PDF)
  • Supplemental Resource Packet for the Guidelines for Speech and Language Programs (2008)

Guidance Documents/Topic Briefs

• Guidelines for Assistive Technology (Updated December 2013) 
  • NEW: Assistive Technology Resource Guide 
• Topic Brief: Extended School Year (PDF) 
• Guidelines for Feeding and Swallowing Programs in Schools (2008) (PDF) 
  • Feeding and Swallowing Forms in PDF fill-in format (2008)
    • Consultation Report (PDF)
    • Plan (PDF)
    • Referral Form Concerns (PDF)
    • Referral Swallow Study (PDF)
    • Services Questionnaire (PDF)
• Guidelines for Health Screenings: Vision, Hearing and Postural (2004) (PDF)
• 2017 Guidelines for Occupational Therapy in Schools 
• Guidelines for Training and Support of Paraprofessionals (2012) (PDF)
• Guidelines for Adapted Physical Education (2012) 
• Guidelines for Developing Policies and Procedures for Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect (2000) (PDF)
• A Guide to Comprehensive School Counseling Program Development (2008) (PDF)
• Guidelines for the Practice of School Psychology (2004) (PDF)
• Guide for the Training, Use and Supervision of Speech-Language Pathology Aides and Assistants in Connecticut (1999) (PDF)
• Topic Brief: Questions and Answers Regarding Parentally Placed Students in Private Schools (PDF)

Parent/Family Resources

• A Family Guide: Connecticut's Framework to RTI
• A Seven-Step Process to Creating Standards Based IEPs (PDF)
• Helpful CT Resources for Families (2015) [English] (PDF)
• Helpful CT Resources for Families (2015) [Spanish] (PDF)
• Parent's Guide to Special Education in Connecticut (2007) [English] (PDF)
• Parent's Guide to Special Education in Connecticut (2007) [Spanish] (PDF)
• Parent Surveys (SPP Indicator 8) PPT Checklist - English and Spanish (PDF)
• Revised (12/15): The "IEP Guide - Page by Page" - a resource to understand each page of the IEP and prepare for PPT meetings 
• Promoting School Success for Children with Disabilities 
  • Least Restrictive Environment  
  • PPT 101 (PPT Document)
  • PPT 101 (PDF)
  • PPT Process (PDF)
• Students with Disabilities and Parental Choice in Connecticut (2003) (PDF)