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 resource is intended as a goal writing tool to assist both regular and special educators to meet the needs of students who are identified as English learners (EL) and may possibly need to be identified or are currently identified for special education.
Ventura County Special Education Local Plan Area, (2019).
This article details results of a qualitative research study completed with black and mixed-race students from a large urban middle school in the Southeast United States. It is unique in that it is one of few studies that allows first person student voice and perspective in the discussion of disproportionate disciplinary procedures. Educators may wish to use this article to reflect on students’ perceptions of exclusionary discipline to compare and contrast them with their own.
Kennedy-Lewis, Brianna L, and Murphy, Amy S. 2016. “Listening to “Frequent Flyers”: What Persistently Disciplined Students Have to Say About Being Labeled as “Bad.” Teachers College Record 1(18).
The book explores how practitioner's beliefs about non majority students can limit student’s educational trajectories. It is an important book for practitioners to read because it provides insight into how prejudices, stereotypes and other biases can hinder educational growth of students.
Delpit, L. D. Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom. New York, NY: New Press, 1995.
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.
