Overview

Best Practice Resources

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

Eligibility Documents

• Report on Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (2005)
• Guidelines for Identification and Education of Children and Youth with Autism (Revised 2011)
  • Worksheet for Determination of Eligibility for Special Education Services Under the Classification of Autism
• Guidelines for Identifying Children with Intellectual Disability 
  • Executive Summary (2006)
  • Full Document (2007)
  • ID Eligibility Documentation Worksheet
  • ID Eligibility Documentation Worksheet
• Guidelines for Identifying Children with Learning Disabilities (2010)
  • Executive Summary (2009)
  • Revised Disability Identification Process (2017)  
  • Key Components of the Guidelines for Identifying Children with Learning Disabilities, PowerPoint used for Changing Roles of School Psychologists Training
  • Key Components of the Guidelines for Identifying Children with Learning Disabilities, PowerPoint used for Changing Roles of School Psychologists Training  
  • Revised 9/14/16: Frequently Asked Questions SLD/Dyslexia
• Resources for Implementing the LD Guidelines  
  • Analysis of Programming Effectiveness
  • Analysis of Programming Effectiveness
  • Assessment Inventory
  • Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
  • Fidelity of Implementation
  • Fidelity of Implementation
  • High-Quality Progress Monitoring
  • High-Quality Progress Monitoring
  • New: Key Components of the Guidelines for Identifying Children with Learning Disabilities, PowerPoint used for Changing Roles of School Psychologists Training (REVISED 2012)
  • New: Key Components of the Guidelines for Identifying Children with Learning Disabilities, PowerPoint used for Changing Roles of School Psychologists Training (REVISED 2012)
  • Literacy Instruction
  • Literacy Instruction
  • School Climate Inventory
• New: Guidelines for Identifying and Educating Students with Emotional Disturbance (updated November 2, 2012) 
• Guidelines for Speech and Language Programs (2008)
  • Speech-Language Eligibility Forms in PDF fill-in format (2008)  
    • Early Intervening Services
    • Evaluation
    • Fluency
    • Language
    • Phonology
    • PPT Report
    • Reevaluation
  • Supplemental Resource Packet for the Guidelines for Speech and Language Programs (2008)

Guidance Documents/Topic Briefs

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

Parent/Family Resources

• A Family Guide: Connecticut's Framework to RTI 
• A Seven-Step Process to Creating Standards Based IEPs
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Resources 
• Helpful CT Resources for Families (2015) [English] (2008; revisions will be posted soon)
• Helpful CT Resources for Families (2015) [Spanish] (2008; revisions will be posted soon)
• Parent's Guide to Special Education in Connecticut (2007) [English]
• Parent's Guide to Special Education in Connecticut (2007) [Spanish]  
• Parent Surveys (SPP Indicator 8) 
• PPT Checklist - English and Spanish
• 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 101
  • PPT Process
• Students with Disabilities and Parental Choice in Connecticut (2003)