This guide, prepared under the direction of the Special Education Division of the California Department of Education (CDE), provides educators with policy and practice for most appropriately and effectively supporting the educational advancement of student with disabilities who are also English learners.
California Department of Education. 2019. California Practitioners’ Guide for Educating English Learners with Disabilities. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education.
This guide, prepared under the direction of the Special Education Division of the California Department of Education (CDE), provides educators with policy and practice for most appropriately and effectively supporting the educational advancement of student with disabilities who are also English learners.
California Department of Education. 2019. California Practitioners’ Guide for Educating English Learners with Disabilities. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education.
This is a padlet with resources developed by the Imperial County SELPA and curated from existing resources to support and improve outcomes for English Learners with Disabilities. The padlet includes: 1. Resources developed as part of SELPA Content Leads in the California Statewide System of Support. 2. California Practitioners Guide for Educating English Learners with Disabilities and PowerPoint presentation 3. ELD Standards 4. Unpacking ELPAC Task Types and Additional ELPAC Resources 5. Accessibility Resource Graphics 6. Alternate ELPAC 7. Serving the needs of ELs with Disabilities 8. Blueprints for Effective Leadership and Instruction for our English Learners' Future (B.E.L.I.E.F.) modules.
Imperial County SELPA. 2021. Improving Outcomes for English Learners with Disabilities. Imperial County SELPA.
https://padlet.com/dmontoya18/ImprovingOutcomesELsSWD
The Imperial County SELPA has built a website full of resources dedicated to support the statewide system by offering collaborative consultation services to SELPAs who have identified needs associated with improving outcomes for English learners with Disabilities.
Imperial Special Education Local Plan Area, (2022).
This fact sheet provides national data about demographics of English Learners (EL), including trend data and data disaggregated by disability, placement of EL students with disabilities, and high school completion.
Office of Special Education Programs. 2022. OSEP Fast Facts: Students With Disabilities Who Are English Learners (ELs) Served Under IDEA Part B
https://sites.ed.gov/idea/osep-fast-facts-students-with-disabilities-english-learners (accessed September 16, 2022).
This guide emphasizes the importance of respecting and being responsive to student and family culture and language when developing programs, services, and instruction for English learners in the state who may have a disability that impacts their ability to learn.
California Department of Education. 2019. California Practitioners’ Guide for Educating English Learners with Disabilities. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education.
