Teaching English Language Learners with Special Needs in Urban Multicultural Settings
This project is a collaboration between the RIDE Office of Special needs, Rhode Island College, and several urban school districts in Rhode Island. The project provides on site training to teachers currently employed in the urban districts that results in a graduate degree and full certification.
A Leadership Institute on Building Your Capacity to Educate English Language Learners with Special Education Needs- April 28, 2005. This event is designed for district leaders, school of education faculty, parent advocates and leaders of community organizations.
Leadership Institute Contact ListELL Resources
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Developing Culturally Competent Educators
- English Language Proficiency Standards
- NASP Bilingual Spanish/English Resource for your Work with Children and Youth
- Suggested References on Cross-Cultural Competence in Education (PDF)
- Key Issues in Bilingual Special Education Work Papers
- National Association of School Psychologists
- Culturally competent practice
- Parent Handouts in Spanish
- Position Papers
- Center for Children and Families
- Use of interpreters: Guidelines for school psychologists
- Special Education Rights of Non-Native English Speakers to Translation, Interpreter, and other Culturally Appropriate Services
- Bibliography of Related Books and Materials (PDF)
Identifying English Language Learners with Special NeedsQuality Programs for English Language Learners
- Essential Teacher: an online magazine for language teachers and administrators in varied ESL and EFL workplaces
- Washington State Guide to Evaluation and Assessment (Word Document)
- Effective Language Translation and Interpreting: Key to Academic Success for English Language Learners
- A suggested guide to the special education pre-referral process for bilingual learners. Salem, MA: Salem Public Schools (PDF)
- Resources pertaining to special education
- Office for Civil Rights Self-Assessment Guide – Special Education (Equal Opportunities for Limited English Proficient Students District Self-Assessment Guide)
- Student Study Team and Special Education Identification Process for Primary or Home Language Other than English (PHLOTE) Students (Word document)
- Bibliography of Related Books and Materials (PDF)
- Is this Child Mislabeled? – Assessment/Placement Decisions/Cultural and Linguistic Diversity (PDF)
- Resource List – Accurately Identifying English Language Learners with Special Needs (PDF)
- Systematic Planning for English language Learners Who May Have a Disability 3-Tier Model; 8 Step Process for the Identification, Assessment, Placement, and Monitoring of English Language Learners Who May Have a Disability. META Associates, 2004 (PDF)
Comprehensive Resources on ELLs with Special Needs
- Early Childhood Programs for Language Minority Students
- The effects of instructional conversations on the language and concept development of Latino students with learning disabilities
- An Investigation of Collaboration Among School Professionals in Serving Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Exceptionalities (PDF)
- Distinguishing Language Difficulties from Disabilities
- Serving English Language Learners with Disabilities: A Resource Manual for Illinois Educators 2002 (PDF)
- Mathematics for Students with Learning Disabilities from Language-Minority Backgrounds: Recommendations for Teaching
- Sheltered Instruction (SDAIE)
- National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY) Native Language and Limited English Proficiency
- Evaluation and Assessment in Early Childhood Special Education: Children Who Are Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (PDF)
- Bibliography of Related Books and Materials (PDF)
- State of RI Education Publications (PDF)
- NCEO Report on Inclusion of ELLs with Disabilities in State Assessments
- Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
- Publications related to Diversity
- Center for Applied Linguistics Online GuideNational Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs (OELA)
- Bibliography of Related Books and Materials (PDF)
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