Technical Assistance and Training

CalSTAT Techincal Assitance and Training

Additional Resources

Research-Based Practices Web sites | Augmentative Communication | Cognitive Research | Collaboration Between General and Special Education | Collaboration Between Parents and Professionals | Cooperative Learning | Deaf | Deaf/Blind | Disabilities: Mild/Moderate | Disabilities: Moderate/Severe | Inclusion | Instruction: Direct | Math/Science | Multicultural Special Education | Reading and Writing | School Reform | Schoolwide Discipline | Transition | Visually Impaired | Workforce Preparation | For Your Information

  • California Department of Education (CDE)
    http://www.cde.ca.gov/
    Includes information and links to the California State Educational system. Includes test performances, standards, and plans for schools and school districts.
  • California Department of Education (CDE) - California Parent Organizations
    http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/qa/caprntorg.asp
    Web page on the CDE Web site that provides information about Parent Training and Information Centers (PTIs) and includes information on the Core programs and grant monies available.
  • California Department of Education Educational Conference Calendar
    http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/ca/cc/
    Supplies the dates and topics for the Educational Conferences throughout the state. To add a statewide or national education conference, please use the online form:
  • California Department of Education/Special Education Department (SED)
    http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/
    Web page for the CDE SED provides information and resources for persons with disabilities for both academic and nonacademic skills.
  • Department of Developmental Services Early Start (Birth to Three Services)
    http://www.dds.ca.gov/EarlyStart/?Home.cfm
    Provides information regarding early intervention services for infants and toddlers through California Early Start including regional services and online resources.
  • National State Personnel Development Network networking site at the Western Regional Resource Center (WRRC)
    http://signetwork.org/
    The SIG network is your one-stop connection to resources about: Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD), State Improvement Plan (SIP) and State Improvement Grant (SIG).
  • SEEDS Project
    http://www.scoe.net/SEEDS
    The SEEDS Project assists the California Department of Education in providing technical assistance to early childhood special education programs.
  • Special Education Early Childhood Administrators Project (SEECAP)
    http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/seecap
    Furnishes information on training and support programs for administrators of early childhood special education programs.

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Research-Based Practices Web sites and General information

  • Access Center
    http://www.k8accesscenter.org/
    Includes information about TA (technical assistance) systems, States, districts, and schools, to help students with disabilities learn from the general education curriculum.
  • What Works Clearing House
    http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/
    What Works provides educators, policymakers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education.

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Augmentative Communication

  • California State University Northridge Center for Students with Disabilities
    http://www.csun.edu/cod/
    The Center is committed to providing outstanding student services to students with disabilities, and to making a contribution to the field of disabilities in general and to those who provide services to people with disabilities by the dissemination of information through training programs, conferences, workshops, seminars, and electronic media; and may also conduct applications-oriented research as a means of improving the lives of persons with disabilities and the professional skills of those who work with them.
  • The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
    http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/digestlist.html
    The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearing House on Disabilities and Gifted Education provides a Web site that has a list of digests that provide information on many topics, including different forms of communication.

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Cognitive Research

  • School Improvement in MaryLand
    www.mdk12.org
    Using MSDE’s 10-step process, this site will guide a school team through the school improvement process.

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Collaboration Between General and Special Education

  • California Association of School Administrators
    www.acsa.org
    ACSA supports California’s educational leaders to ensure all students have the essential skills and knowledge needed to excel.
  • American Association of School Administrators
    http://www.aasa.org/
    Provides the list and links to the 24 approaches for reform from the Educators' Guide to School-wide Reform.
  • Regional Resource Center Program (RRCP) - Western Regional Resource Center (WRRC)
    http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/wrrc
    Provides technical assistance to State Education Agencies and assists and supports in the systemic improvement of policies, procedures and practices which will result in quality programs and services for children with disabilities and their families.
  • Article: “Educating Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms: A Summary of the Research”
    http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/content/view/242/47/
    This document shares current research on achievement and successful practices, related to educating students with disabilities in inclusive general education classrooms
  • New Horizons for Learning at John Hopkins University, School of Education
    www.newhorizons.org
    New Horizons for Learning is an international network of people, programs, and products dedicated to successful, innovative learning.
  • Temple University, College of Education, Institute for School and Society
    http://www.temple.edu/education/crhde/
    The Temple University Institute for Schools and Society (formerly known as the Center for Research in Human Development and Education [CRHDE]) is devoted to the study of emerging educational problems and challenges facing children and their families.
  • The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
    http://www.eric.ed.gov
    The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature.

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Collaboration Between Parents and Professionals

  • Learning Point Associates
    www.learningpt.org
    Learning Point Associates is dedicated to providing high-quality, research-based resources designed to develop students’ skills and abilities to educators and policymakers.
  • Article: “Critical Issue: Constructing School Partnerships with Families and Community Groups”
    http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/famncomm/pa400.htm
    Article discussed ways that schools can create partnerships between educators and families in their children's education.

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Cooperative Learning

  • California Services for Technical Assistance and Training
    www.calstat.org
    CalSTAT works in partnership with schools and families to provide training, technical assistance, and resources to special education, general education, and families in support of collaborative efforts to appropriately educate all children, particularly those with disabilities.

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Deaf

  • U.S. Department of Education - Deaf Students Education Services
    http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/hq9806.html
    U.S. Department of Education’s Web page, through the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), provides information about Deaf Students Education Services.
  • Mainsteam Amplification Resource Room Study (MARRS) – Archived Information
    http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EPTW/eptw12/eptw12d.html
    Mainsteam Amplification Resource Room Study (MARRS). Sound field amplification Technology used to enhance instruction, lessen teacher voice fatigue, and improve academic achievement in reading and language arts for students in grades K-6.
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Library
    http://www.library.unlv.edu/services/disablty.html
     UNVL Library Services to Patrons with Disabilities. The library provides services to patrons with disabilities that encourages independent use of the library to the fullest extent possible.
  • National Dissemination Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
    http://nichcy.org/disability/specific/hearingloss
    We serve the nation as a central source of information on disabilities in infants, toddlers, children and youth. This Web page provides information specifically for Deafness and Hearing Loss.

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Deaf/Blind

  • National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB)
    http://www.nationaldb.org/
    NCDB is a national technical assistance and dissemination center for children and youth who are deaf-blind, funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). The consortium focuses to promote academic achievement and results for children and youth (from birth to age 26) who are deaf-blind, through technical assistance, model demonstration, and information dissemination activities that are supported by evidence-based practices.
  • INSITE Model – Archived Information
    http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/EPTW/eptw12/eptw12b.html
    A home-based program to help parents and others identify children from birth to age 5 who are multi-disabled with sensory impairment to receive home programming to facilitate their optimal development.
  • National Dissemination Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
    http://nichcy.org/disability/specific/deafblindness
    We serve the nation as a central source of information on disabilities in infants, toddlers, children and youth. This Web page provides information specifically for Deaf-Blindness.

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Disabilities: Mild/Moderate

  • Regional Resource Center Program (RRCP) - Western Regional Resource Center (WRRC)
    http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/wrrc
    Provides technical assistance to State Education Agencies and assists and supports in the systemic improvement of policies, procedures and practices which will result in quality programs and services for children with disabilities and their families.
  • Article: “Educating Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms: A Summary of the Research”
    http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/content/view/242/47/
    This document shares current research on achievement and successful practices, related to educating students with disabilities in inclusive general education classrooms
  • Publication: “Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities”
    http://nichcy.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/nd25.pdf
    NICHCY publication, News Digest, Volume 25 – July 1997, has articles related to reading and writing. Bibliography to go with above publication:
    http://nichcy.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/bib14.pdf

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Disabilities: Moderate/Severe

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Inclusion

  • WestEd Least Restrictive Environment
    http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/pj/204
    Managed by the California Department of Education and WestEd, the Least Restrictive Environment Resources Project develops resources for use by districts and sites to improve services for all students.
  • American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
    http://www.aasa.org/search.aspx?query=The+School+Administrator
    Issue of The School Administrator, September 2008, Number 8, VOL 65, "Inclusion and Intervention: School Districts Apply the Latest Special Education Thinking." The issue contains many articles and resources on Inclusion and Intervention.

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Instruction: Direct

  • American Association of School Administrators
    www.aasa.org
    AASA's mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to the highest quality public education for all children.
  • American Federation of Teachers
    www.aft.org
    This site is designed to improve the lives of our members and their families through knowledge, advocacy, and support.
  • School Improvement in Maryland
    www.mdk12.org
    Using MSDE’s 10-step process, this site will guide a school team through the school improvement process.

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Math/Science

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Multicultural Special Education

  • National Dissemination Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)

    http://nichcy.org/
    We serve the nation as a central source of information on disabilities in infants, toddlers, children and youth.  You will also find easy-to-read information on IDEA, the law authorizing early intervention services and special education. The Web site is also available in Spanish: http://nichcy.org/espanol.

  • The Education Resources Information Center
    http://www.eric.ed.gov/
    The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. Enter “multicultural special education” in keyword search to gather results.
  • Council for Exceptional Children – Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
    http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Cultural_and_Linguistic_Diversity&
    Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=36&ContentID=55
    The CEC has created this resource it includes information on strategies to teach students from diverse backgrounds as well as research, and current issues concerning cultural and linguistic diversity.

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Reading and Writing

  • Publication: “Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities”
    http://nichcy.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/nd25.pdf
    NICHCY publication, News Digest, Volume 25 – July 1997, has articles related to reading and writing. Bibliography to go with above publication:
    http://nichcy.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/bib14.pdf
  • California Services for Technical Assistance and Training (CalSTAT)
    www.calstat.org/readingmessages.html
    CalSTAT is a special project of the California Department of Education that helps schools and families educate children and young adults with special needs. The site provides information on the Core Message Area of Reading/Literacy, as approved by the California Department of Education.
  • American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
    www.aft.org/newspubs/reports/
    This site is designed to improve the lives of teachers and their families through knowledge, advocacy and support. It provides a link to the report, “Reading IS Rocket Science: What Expert Teachers of Reading Should Know and Be Able to Do.”

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School Reform

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Schoolwide Discipline

  • The Education Resources Information Center
    http://www.eric.ed.gov/
    The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world's premier database of journal and non-journal education literature.
  • American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Discipline and School Safety
    www.aft.org
    The AFT has a page dedicated to Discipline and School Safety. The pages provide information on strategies to create and maintain a safe school environment.

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Transition

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Visually Impaired

  • Texas School for Blind and Visually Impaired
    http://www.tsbvi.edu
    The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) serves as a special public school in the continuum of statewide placements for students who have a visual impairment within the State of Texas.  The site provides resources for parents and professionals of the visually impaired.
  • Texas School for Blind and Visually Impaired, Resources for Parents and Professionals
    http://www.tsbvi.edu/resources
    The resource page at TSBVI is designed to provide information on visually impaired individuals for parents and professionals.
  • Instruction Resource: Teaching Students with Visual and Multiple Impairments (MIVI)
    http://www.tsbvi.edu/instructional-resources/1707-teaching-students-with-visual-and-multiple-impairments
    The resource page for Teaching Students with Visual and Multiple Impairments, it provides a list of resources for instruction.
  • Information Sheet:  Cortical Visual Impairment Pediatric Visual Diagnosis Fact Sheet
    http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/fall98/cortical.htm
    Fact sheet with information about Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) reprinted with permission from Blind Babies Foundation.
  • Article: “Hand-Over-Hand Guidance: What Lesson Do We Teach?”
    http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/fall98/hand.htm
    Article by Andrea Story, discussing literature and visually impaired children. (Originally published in The National Newspatch, November 1997.)
  • Article: “IEPs for Consult Students - A Helpful Note”
    http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/winter99/consult.htm
    Brief article by Chrissy Cowan, discussing students who are delegated as “consult”.  Reprinted with permission from VL Connection, Fall 1998, Region XIII Educational Service Center.
  • Article:  "Looking at Self-Stimulation in the Pursuit of Leisure of I'm Okay, You have a Mannerism"
    http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/archive/mannerism.html
    Article by Kate Moss, Family Specialist and Robbie Blaha, Teacher Trainer TSBVI, Texas Deafblind Outreach, discussing leisure behavior in visually impaired individuals.
  • Transcript:  "The Roles of Perception and Cognition in Controlling the Mobility Task"
    http://www.tsbvi.edu/orientation-a-mobility/90-the-roles-of-perception-and-cognition-in-controlling-the-mobility-task
    Transcript from presentation by Emerson Foulke discussing perceptual systems and mobility, presented at International Symposium on Orientation and Mobility, Trondheim, Norway, 1996

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Workforce Preparation

  • California Dept of Education, Workability I
    http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/sr/wrkabltyI.asp
    Web site provides information and links to the California Department of Education's Workability program. The program called, "A California Transition Program - Students Learn to Earn" is designed to help youth with disabilities gain work experience.
  • National Collaborative of Workforce and Disability (NCWF) for Youth
    http://www.ncwd-youth.info/
    NCWD for Youth is your source for information about employment and youth with disabilities. Our partners — experts in disability, education, employment, and workforce development — strive to ensure you will be provided with the highest quality, most relevant information available.
  • U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), Youth
    http://www.dol.gov/odep/categories/youth/
    The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), in collaboration with the National Collaborative on Workforce Disability for Youth, has identified Guideposts for Success. The Guideposts reflect what research has identified as key educational and career development interventions that can make a positive difference in the lives of all youth, including youth with disabilities.

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For Your Information

  • U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs
    http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html
    The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts.
  • U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs
    http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html
    The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts.M
  • U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
    http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/index.html
    The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) is committed to improving results and outcomes for people with disabilities of all ages.
  • U.S. Department of Education, Other Sites: Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
    http://www2.ed.gov/about/contacts/gen/othersites/specedrs.html
    Web page at the U.S. Department of education that provides a list of Web sites that provide information on topics ranging from collaboration and school improvement to rehabilitation centers.
  • Council for Exceptional Children Web site
    http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
    The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.
  • National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
    www.nces.ed.gov
    Collects and analyzes data related to education in the United States and other nations.
  • The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities – School Age Children, 3 - 22
    http://nichcy.org/schoolage
    We serve the nation as a central source of information on disabilities in infants, toddlers, children and youth. The School Age children page is provides information on Special Education in Schools, IDEA, Parents Rights, and much more.

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Last updated: 11/16/2011