Resources
Overview
Learning Resources from SERC
Using the search tool at left, use this page to find a wealth of learning resources collected by SERC, from a variety of sources. These sources include SERC Professional Development, to Connecticut State Department of Education official documents, to classroom-ready downloadables spanning a wide variety of topics.
Resources are available in a variety of formats, including web articles, videos and multimedia presentations, printable .PDFs, and downloadable presentations, spreadsheets, and document files.
These resources and many more are available:
Dyslexia Help
Useful Resources on the identification, intervention, and instruction of students with SLD/Dyslexia from the University of Michigan
IEP Rubric
SERC has developed an Individualized Education Program (IEP) Rubric that measures the quality of IEP development for students with disabilities. The rubric is constructed on the premise that all students are entitled to the general education curriculum within…
Connecticut’s Early Childhood SRBI: Supporting All Children - 2010
This document, focusing on Early Childhood SRBI, offers a framework for supporting and ensuring that needs are met for all of our youngest children, regardless of their range of experience or current skills, abilities and interests. Many key components of…
Connecticut CORE Transition Skills
16 key areas were determined to be critical to the post-school success of any student with a disability. These “standards” are referred to as the CT CORE Transition Skills. In English and Spanish.
Developing Quality Programs for Pupil Services: A Self-Evaluative Guide
This compilation of standards has been developed to guide school districts in their efforts to ensure that the programs and services provided by their pupil services staff are of the highest caliber and provide optimal benefit to the school community. The…
Accommodations & Modifications
In this web module, we are going to talk about accommodations and modifications for students disabilities. We will focus on the importance of accommodations and modifications as supports for students as they access the curriculum, participate and make…
Literacy Data Teams: Analyzing Literacy Data for Tiers of Instruction
This SERCWorks issue describes some of the highlights of the Analyzing Literacy Data for Tiers of Instruction project, which helps school-based data teams establish and enhance the systems necessary to inform instruction and raise the literacy achievement of…
Co-Teaching: An Evolving Role for Speech-Language Pathologists
This article discusses the value of speech-language pathologists in the modern co-taught classroom.
Guidelines for Identifying and Educating Students with Emotional Disturbance - Updated 2012
These guidelines provide educators, parents, guardians, surrogates and mental health professionals in Connecticut with recommended practices concerning eligibility determination, assessment and program services for students with emotional disturbance (ED).…
2017 CT Secondary Transition Symposium: Documents and Downloads
Session handouts, agendas, and other related documents from the June 21, 2017 Secondary Transition Symposium are available for download.
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