Related Resources

Connecticut Resources

• Connecticut New Accountability System (ESEA and ESSA)
• Statewide Report
• Using Accountability Results to Guide Improvement
• Two-page FAQ
• Sample district communication presentation
• Commissioner’s Letter
• Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)

Immigration Guidance

• Immigrant Children and Youth (Letter to PSIS Contacts from Ajit Gopalakrishnan, Chief Performance Office, October 18, 2017)
• Recent Request for Information Regarding Federal Grant for Immigrant Students (Letter from Dr. Dianna R. Wentzell, Commissioner, October 16, 2017)
• Letter to Parents and Guardians (October 18, 2017)
  • English
  • Arabic
  • Chinese
  • Creole
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish   

Reducing Chronic Absenteeism in Connecticut Schools

Supports for Displaced Students

• Homeless Liaison Toolkit (The National Center for Homeless Education)
• Information on the Rights of Unaccompanied Children to Enroll in School and Participate Meaningfully and Equally in Educational Programs (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Press Release: Malloy Administration Issues Guidance to School Districts Regarding Enrollment of Displaced Children from Puerto Rico 

Transgender

• Guidance on Civil Rights Protections and Supports for Transgender Students (CSDE)

Trauma, Violence, and Grief

• Advancing Educational Effectiveness: Interconnecting School Mental Health and School-Wide Positive Behavior Support (CDHI)
• Building Effective Trauma-Informed School-Based Mental Health Systems for Youth (CHDI)
• Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut (CHDI)
• Creation of a Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed School Based System of Care (CHDI)
• School Safety and Security (CSDE)

Whole Child Systemic Approaches

• Addressing the Needs of the Whole Child: Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Physical Health, as well as Academic Achievement in Connecticut's SRBI Process (Topical Brief 3)

• Connecticut Suicide Prevention Plan 2020-2025

• Empirical Research Studies Supporting the Value of School Counseling (ASCA)
• Mastery-Based Learning Resource Center (CSDE)
• Partners in Education: A Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnership (SEDL)
• Preventing Teen Dating Violence & Promoting Healthy Relationships (CSDE)
• School Counseling Analysis, Leadership and Evaluation (SCALE) Research Center
• Special Education (CSDE)
• Statewide K-12 Sexual Assault & Abuse Prevention & Awareness Program Guidelines
• Student Success Plans
• Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (CSDE)