Special Education Resource Library
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The Special Education Resource Library is intended to provide guidance and professional development resources on behalf of students with disabilities.
Disclaimer:
The resources on this web site are supplemental materials. They are not a substitute for agency bulletins and accompanying documents; chapter 392-172A WAC; 34 CFR Part 300; and, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Posted presentations and materials are for guidance and are not intended as legal advice.
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Accommodations
- Guidelines on Tools, Supports, and Accommodations for State Assessments
- Institute on Community Integration University of Minnesota
- Smarter Balanced Accessibility and Accommodations
- Testing Students in Washington State
Accessibility
- Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP)
- National Center on Accessible Educational Materials (AEM)
- National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE)
- National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS)
Accountability
- Accountability Index -Washington SBE
- Federal Data Collection Forms
- State Performance Plan (SPP)/Annual Performance Report (APR) Data Sources
Annual Determinations
Assessment
- 1% Alternate Assessment Cap
- A Guide to Assessment in Early Childhood: Infancy to Age Eight
- Guidance for Individualized Education Program Teams: Student Participation in Statewide Assessments for Accountability and Graduation
- Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium
- State Testing - OSPI
- WA-Access to Instruction & Measurement (WA-AIM)
Assistive Technology
- Special Education Technology Center (SETC) Services (State Needs Project)
- Washington Assistive Technology Act Program
Autism
- Autism Guidebook for Washington State: A Resource for Individuals, Families, and Professionals (WA DOH 2010)
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- El Espectro del Autismo
- Evidence-Based Practices for Children, Youth, and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Connie Wong, Samuel L. Odom, Kara Hume, Ann W. Cox, Angel Fettig, Suzanne Kucharczyk, Matthew E. Brock,
Joshua B. Plavnick, Veronica P. Fleury, and Tia R. Schultz
Autism Evidence-Based Practice Review Group
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - FPG's Center on Secondary Education for Student's with Autism Spectrum Disorders (CSESA)
- The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder
Behavior
- Best Practices Guide to Intervention: Teaching Students with Severe Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (OSPI Connecting IDEAS Project)
- Classroom Management (Part1) (IRIS Center STAR Legacy Module)
- Dear Colleague Letter: Restraint and Seclusion of Students with Disabilities from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights; December 2016
- Early Childhood Behavior Management: Developing and Teaching Rules (IRIS Center STAR Legacy Module)
- Fact Sheet: Restraint and Seclusion of Students with Disabilities from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights; December 2016
- OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
- U.S. Department of Education Restraint and Seclusion: Resource Document
Blind/Visually Impaired
- American Foundation for the Blind
- Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc.
- College Accessibility for Visually Impaired Students
- Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP)
- Washington State School for the Blind (WSSB)
- Washington State Department of Services for the Blind
- Washington Talking Book & Braille Library
Certification
Child Count
Child Find
Common Core Essential Elements (CCEE)
- CCEE/CCSS side by side for English Language Arts
- CCEE/CCSS side by side for Mathematics
- WA-AIM Access Point Frameworks linked to CCSS and CCEE in mathematics, English Language Arts and Science
Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
- CCSS: English Language Arts
- CCSS: Mathematics
- Common Core and Special Education Presentation
- Common Core State Standards Initiative
- Common Core State Standards - Washington
- The Hunt Institute CCSS videos
- WA-AIM Access Point Frameworks linked to CCSS and CCEE in mathematics, English Language Arts and Science
Data
- Federal Data Collection Forms
- OSPI School Report Card
- Special Education Child Count and Placement Data
- Special Education Data
Directory
Disabling Conditions
- Categories of Disability under IDEA
- WAC 392-172A-01035 Child with a disability or student eligible for special education
Discipline
- Behavior and Discipline - Guidance for Families
- OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
- TAP #2: Discipline Requirements for Students Who Receive Special Education Services
Disproportionate Representation
- Determining Special Education Eligibility for the Bilingual Exceptional Student
- Disproportionality and Program Review
Dispute Resolution
- Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE)
- Dispute Resolution in Washington
- Legal Assistance List for Special Education Disputes
- Resolution Session Information Sheet with Forms (2019)
- Special Education Parent Liaison
Early Childhood
- Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems
- Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO)
- Child Outcomes
- Early Childhood Behavior Management: Developing and Teaching Rules (IRIS Center STAR Legacy Module)
- Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA)
- Enhancing Recognition of High-Quality, Functional IFSP Outcomes and IEP Goals
- Guide to Assessment in Early Childhood: Infancy to Age Eight
- Training Slides
- Training Slides
- National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
- Pre-K Early Literacy - Action Research Project Brochure
- Preschool LRE (Indicator 6)
- Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF)
Eligibility
Equity and Discrimination
Evaluation
Evidence-Based Practices
- Evidence-Based Practices for Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Evidence-Based Practices (Part 1):Identifying and Selecting a Practice or Program (IRIS Center STAR Legacy Module)
- Evidence-Based Practices (Part 2):Implementing a Practice or Program with Fidelity (IRIS Center STAR Legacy Module)
- Evidence-Based Practices (Part 3):Evaluating Learner Outcomes and Fidelity (IRIS Center STAR Legacy Module)
Family Engagement
- Center for Parent Information and Resources (CPIR)
- Family Engagement
- Improving Relationships and Results: Building Family/School Partnerships
- Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER)
- Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC)
- Washington PAVE
- Washington State PTA
Forms
Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
Funding
- How Special Education is Funded in Washington State
- How to Apply for Safety Net Funding
- School Apportionment and Financial Services
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Individualized Education Programs (IEP)
- All About the IEP
- Evaluation and IEP Technical Assistance Module
- IEP: Documenting Your Student's Educational Needs and Services
- IEP Definition, Membership, Review and Revision (WAC 392-172A-03090-03110)
- IEP/IFSP facilitation: Practical Insights and Programmatic Considerations from CADRE
- IEP Model Forms
- IEP Training Modules (CPIR)
- Parent's Guide to Developing Your Child's IEP
- Module: Evaluation and IEP Technical Assistance Module
Instructional Materials
- Building the Legacy: A Training Curriculum on IDEA 2004
- Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP)
- FAQ - NIMAS/NIMAC
- National Center on Accessible Educational Materials (AEM)
- National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS)
- Procedures Matrix
- Text Alternatives
- Textbook Conversion Resources
- Washington NIMAS/NIMAC Flowchart
Instructional Strategies
- Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
- Florida Center for Reading Research
- IRIS Center: Online Learning Modules, Case Studies and More, Funded by the Office of Special Education Programs
- National Center on Universal Design for Learning
- Text Alternatives
- Textbook Conversion Resources
Interagency Agreements (between OSPI and other state agencies)
- DEL, DOH, DSB, DSHS, HCA and OSPI IDEA, Part C, Interagency Agreement (3/2013 - 6/2018)
- DEL and OSPI Interagency Agreement on IDEA Part C to B Transition (7/2017 - 6/2022) (PDF)
- DSHS Agency Agreement (10/2011-9/2021)
- DSHS Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery Agreement (4/16-3/21)
- OSPI, DSHS-DVR and DSB Program Agreement (10/17-9/20)
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
Mediation/Due Process/Resolution Implementation
- Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE)
- Dispute Resolution
- Legal Assistance List for Special Education Disputes
- Mediation in Special Education
- Sound Options Group
Medicaid
Medication Administration
Monitoring
Monthly Update
National Information and Technical Assistance Centers
- Active Implementation Hub
- American Foundation for the Blind
- American Psychiatric Association Telepsychiatry Toolkit
- Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
- Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE)
- Center for Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes
- Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems
- Center for Parent Information and Resources
- Center on Online Learning and Students with Disabilities (COLSD)
- Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
- Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP)
- Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTA)
- IDEA Partnership: Collaborative Work of Technical Assistance Providers, and National, State and Local Organizations
- IRIS Center: Online Learning Modules, Case Studies and More, Funded by the Office of Special Education Programs
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET)
- National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Inc. (NASDSE)
- National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials (NIMAS)
- National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE)
- National Center on Education Outcomes (NCEO)
- National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII) at American Institutes for Research
- National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
- National Center on Response to Intervention
- National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)
- National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER)
- National Deaf Center
- National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC)
- National Post-School Outcomes Center (NPSO)
- National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT)
- OSEP Ideas that Work
- OSEP's Results Driven Accountability (RDA)
- Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER)
- Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: Effective Schoolwide Interventions (OSEP Technical Assistance Center)
- PowerUp What Works
- State Implementation and Scaling Up of Evidence Based Practice Center
- Technical Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) Network
- The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorder
- U.S. Department of Education's IDEA
Nonpublic Agency
Paraeducators
Parent Participation
- Center for Parent Information and Resources
- Family Engagement
- Improving Relationships and Results: Building Family/School Partnerships
- Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER)
- Parents and Families
- Washington PAVE
- Washington State PTA
Placement
Pre-endorsement
Privacy
Prior Written Notice
- Understanding Prior Written Notice
- Prior Written Notice About Your Student's Special Education Program
Procedural Safeguards
Professional Development
- eLearning for Educators
- Haring Center at the University of Washington's College of Education
- IRIS Center: Online Learning Modules, Case Studies and More, Funded by the Office of Special Education Programs
- Learning Forward
- Special Education State Needs Projects
- Special Education Support Center
- Special Education Technology Center
- Teacher Certification in Washington State
- Washington State Teacher/Principal Evaluation Project
Program Improvement
Records Retention
Reevaluation
Response to Intervention (RTI)
Safety Net
Special Education Advisory Council (SEAC)
Secondary Transition
- Center for Change in Transition Services
- Indicator B-13 Data Collection Changes
- National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT)
Special Education Teacher Certification/Endorsement
- Adding an Endorsement
- eLearning for Educators
- Pre-endorsement Waivers
- Teacher Certification in Washington State
Specific Learning Disability
State Forms
State Needs Projects
State Agencies and Organizations
- Association of Washington School Principals
- Braille Access Center/Instructional Resource Center Web site
- Learning Disabilities Association of Washington
- Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB)
- Special Education Support Center (SESC)
- Special Education Technology Center
- State Board of Education (SBE)
- Washington ASCD
- Washington Assistive Technology Act Program
- Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA)
- Washington Education Association (WEA)
- WA Learning Forward
- Washington PAVE
- WA Speech and Language Association
- Washington State Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF)
- Washington State Department of Services for the Blind
- Washington State PTA
- Washington State School Directors' Association (WSSDA)
Surrogate Parent
- Appointment, Training, and Role of Surrogate Parents
- The Role of the Surrogate Parent - Template for School Districts
Technical Assistance Papers
- TAP #1: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: A Review of the Basics
- TAP #2: Discipline Requirements for Students Who Receive Special Education Services
- TAP #4: Information Regarding How the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Affects School Districts When Requesting Medical Records
- TAP #5: Evaluation Procedures Under Part B of IDEA
Technical Assistance and Helpful Links
- Evaluation and IEP Technical Assistance Module
- See National Information and Technical Assistance Centers
- Technical Assistance by Indicator
- Tips from the Special Education Section
Washington Access to Instruction & Measurement (WA-AIM)
- 1% Alternate Assessment Cap
- WA-AIM
- WA-AIM Access Point Frameworks linked to CCSS and CCEE in Mathematics, English Language Arts, and Science