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

CDE Resources

Documents

• Technical Assistance: Critical Questions about the Special Education Process for Culturally and/or Linguistically Diverse Learners (PDF)
• Technical Assistance: Cultural Mediators (PDF)
• Technical Assistance: Dynamic Assessment (PDF)
• Technical Assistance: CALLA - Implementing Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (PDF)
• Glossary and Additional Articles (PDF)

PowerPoint Presentations

• Office of Language, Culture and Equity State of the State 2014, Colorado English Learners (PDF)
• SLD Considerations for Learners Who Are CLD (PPT)
• Cultural Mediation: Building Bridges (PDF)

Offices

• MTSS - Office of Learning Supports
• Office of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education
• Office of Literacy (READ Act)
  • READ ACT and English Learners
• Indian, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native Education - Title VII Programs

Other Resources

• Colorado Bilingual School Mental Health Network

Colorado Bilingual Network mission: Advocating for the mental health and special education needs of bilingual students in the school system, providing professional development related to best practices with bilingual students, and facilitating networking for school professionals working with bilingual students. 

Email Colorado Bilingual Network

• Colorado Bilingual SLP Network

Email Colorado Bilingual SLP Network 

• Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs - Email Ernest House (Contact Person for the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs)

World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Resources

• 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 (WIDA) (PDF)
• English Language Proficiency Standards Grade 6 through Grade 12 (WIDA) (PDF)
• World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) - Resource Guide (PDF)
• World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) - Performance Definitions (PDF)