Publications

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• Draft Guidelines for Health Screenings: Vision, Hearing and Scoliosis

  The purpose of the Guidelines for Health Screenings is to provide information on the rationale, proper procedures and recommendations for implementation of screening programs for vision, hearing and postural concerns.

• Guidelines for Identification and Education of Children and Youth with Autism

  These guidelines address critical issues and current research important to individuals who are concerned about children and youth with autistic spectrum disorders.

• Connecticut's K-3 Literacy Strategy

• Connecticut Labor and Working Class History

  Lesson plans, resources, and materials for teachers about the history of labor and business in Connecticut.

• Concussion Education Plan and Guidelines for Connecticut Schools

  These guidelines provide accurate information, resources, and guidance for school districts to implement concussion education plans.

• Coaching and Self-Reflection Tool for Competency in Teaching English Learners

  Aligned to Connecticut’s CCT Rubric for Effective Teaching, this tool is for professional development and growth as well as guiding observations and discussions.

• Field Trips: Guidance for School Nurses

  These guidelines provide school nurses and school districts with information, resources, and guidance needed to develop safe plans for the health care needs all students on field trips. School nurses should use these guidelines in conjunction with their individual school district policies and procedures.

• Education Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Lead Poisoning in Children

  These guidelines address lead prevention; early identification of students exposed and affected by lead; and educational programming in response to lead exposure in order to mitigate existing or potential deficits.

• Guidelines for Blood Glucose Self-monitoring in Connecticut Schools

  Recommendations for developing policies that help students with diabetes monitor their blood glucose levels in school settings.

• Teaching the Holocaust and Genocide

  Lesson ideas and resources to help teach the Holocaust and genocide in in the secondary grades.

• Clinical Procedure Guidelines for Connecticut School Nurses

  These guidelines are intended to help school nurses develop the procedural aspects of individual health care plans for students with special health care needs and in providing task-specific training for other school personnel, when indicated.

• Standards for Educational Opportunities for Students Who Have Been Expelled

  Connecticut law requires LEAs to offer an “alternative educational opportunity” to students who have been expelled in certain circumstances and further provides that LEAs may offer such an opportunity to any expelled student.

• Connecticut Assessment Resource Guide for Specific Learning Disabilities in Reading and Written Expression

  The Connecticut Assessment Resource Guide for Specific Learning Disabilities in Reading and Written Expression, previously known as the Specific Learning Disability (SLD)/Dyslexia Assessment Resource Guide, was created in response to requests from educators and administrators from local education agencies and families seeking information about appropriate assessment options for the identification of SLD/Dyslexia and other reading-related learning disabilities.

• Teaching Native American Studies

  We hope these materials assist you in the teaching of Native American studies. The resources that are included were provided by the five state-recognized Eastern Woodland tribes.

• Promising Practices to Reduce Chronic Absence