Special Education

Learners who are Culturally and/or Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Suspected of Having Educational Disabilities

The appropriate referral, identification, and placement of learners who are Culturally and/or Linguistically Diverse is necessary to ensure students' civil rights as well as a free and appropriate public education aligned with the individuals with Disabilities Education Act.  Resources, opportunities for trainings and workshops as well as links to other sources of information on this topic are available below.

• CLD Trainers
  • List of Trainers by Region
     
• The Culturally and/or Linguistically Diverse Toolkit will be available Fall 2012
   

Trainings and Workshops:

Save the Date:  Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Toolkit Trainings

The CLD Toolkit is a revised version of the previously known "ELLEN" Toolkit.  The toolkit consists of 6 modules that will help administrators, general educators, ELA teachers and evaluation teams to improve their ability in appropriately determining when CLD students demonstrating academic deficits should be referred for a special education evaluation.

The CLD Toolkit trainings will assist teams in best utilizing the tools and resources included in the 6 toolkit modules.

Team registrations will be staggered for the locations and dates listed below starting in Mid-July:

• Grand Junction, Thursday, August 9, 2012
• Durango, Friday, August 10, 2012
• Cherry Creek, Thursday, September 6, 2012
• Thornton, Thursday, October 11, 2012
• Pueblo, Friday, October 12, 2012

For further information contact Fran Herbert at herbert_f@cde.state.co.us

Links within the Colorado Department of Education

• Response to Intervention (RtI)
• Language, Culture and Equity
• Early Childhood Initiatives
• School View

Resources

• Fast Facts
  • Fast Fact:  Critical Questions about the Special Education Process for Culturally and/or Linguistically Diverse Learners (PDF)
  • Fast Fact:  Cultural Mediators (PDF)
  • Fast Fact:  Dynamic Assessment (PDF)
  • Fast Fact:  CALLA - Implementing Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (PDF)
• Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs - contact person:  Carol Harvey
  • Native American Resources (PDF)
• Can-Do Descriptors for WIDA Levels of English Language Proficiency (PDF)
• Speaking/Writing Rubrics of the WIDA Consortium (PDF)
• English Language Proficiency Standards Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 5 (PDF)
• English Language Proficiency Standards Grade 6 through Grade 12 (PDF)
• World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Resource Guide (PDF)
• World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Performance Definitions (PDF)
• RtI Guidebook (PDF)
• SLD Guidelines (PDF)
• Glossary and Additional Articles (PDF)

Articles

PowerPoint Presentations

• State of the State 2011 (PDF)
• SLD Considerations for Learners Who Are CLD (PPT)
• Cultural Mediation: Building Bridges (PDF)

For more information, please contact:

Fran Herbert, Principal Consultant
Phone: (303) 866-6604

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