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NEEDirectorio
Spanish special education page
http://paldos.rediris.es/needirectorio/
A Planner's Guide: Infusing Principles, Content and Themes Related to Cultural Competence into Meetings and Conferences
Georgetown University Child Development Center, National Center for Cultural Competence
2000
http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/files/products_publications/Planners_Guide.pdf
EXPOSING THE GAP: Why Minority Students Are Being Left Behind In North Carolina's Educational System
North Carolina Justice & Community Development Center
2000
http://www.ncjustice.org/media/library/67_gapstudy.pdf
Spanish-language Special Education website
US Department of Education
www.ed.gov/espanol/bienvenidos/es/index.html
Collision Between Two Cultures
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Anne Fadiman, Mary Steen, Ed.
League of Women Voters Newsletter
March 1999
www.fape.org/diversity/collision.html
Improving Opportunities: Strategies From The Secretary Of Education For Hispanic And Limited English Proficient Students
US Department of Education DDEL (Division for Diverse Exceptional Learners) News
Fall 1998
www.fape.org/diversity/improve_opportunities.html
Preparing For Another Day on the Road: And Hope For the Best
PAVE Pipeline
July 1999
Rosita Castillo
www.fape.org/diversity/preparing.htm (English)
www.fape.org/diversity/preparandome.htm (Spanish)
Where Is school Along the Path to Prison?
Educational Leadership
1999
www.fape.org/idea/How_it_works/juv_where.htm
Schools can help keep their students out of the juvenile justice system by attending to their needs early. This article explains ways that schools can help students who display antisocial behavior.
Juvenile Justice and Youth with Disabilities: Vulnerabilities, Unmet Needs, And Hopeful Approaches
PACER Center
1999
www.fape.org/idea/how_it_works/juv_vulner.htm
Looks at vulnerabilities of youth with specific disorders who are in the juvenile justice system and their rights to special education services. Includes approaches used by professionals.
Special Education Advocacy Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) For Children in the Juvenile Delinquency System
University of the District of Columbia School of Law Juvenile Law Clinic
1998
www.fape.org/idea/how_it_works/juv_advocacy.htm
Children who are marginalized and considered to be delinquent are often also children with education-related disabilities. Typically, children in the delinquency system "failed" in the education system before entering the delinquency system. This manual can assist advocates in moving children from delinquency systems back into educational systems. This move can, in turn, can lead those children away from delinquency to jobs and, when appropriate, to higher education.
First Steps to Prevent Antisocial Behavior
TEACHING Exceptional Children
March/April 1999
www.fape.org/idea/how_it_works/juv_firststeps.htm
Although we see the effects of neglect of students with antisocial behavior in our schools today, this paper o utlines a way to intervene so that these troubled students are not beyond our reach.
Kev hloov kho hauv Tsab cai kawm ntawv ntawm tib neeg tsis taus, xyoo 1997: Cov cai tswj hwm raws txoj cai muaj tawm tuaj lawm
(Amendments to IDEA '97: Final Regulations Released in Hmong)
www.fape.org/idea/How_it_works/hmong_idea.html
Overheads on Part B IDEA Regulations - Native Language, Limited English Proficiency , and Transportation
OSEP
www.nichcy.org/regohs/partb_oh.htm
Overheads available in text and PDF format.
The American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center's "Parents Manual"
American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center
2001
www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/justchildren.pdf
This handbook is designed to give parents a general understanding of their children's rights to receive financial assistance, medical assistance, and educational services. The handbook also explains a child's rights in relation to disciplinary actions at school, encounters with the police, and confinement in detention facilities
Resources for Transition for Incarcerated Youth with Disabilities
Transition/Aftercare, The National Center for Education, Disability and Juvenile Justice
www.edjj.org/
As students with disabilities leave a correctional facility, they need support to transition to post-school activities and to help them avoid re-offending. The links at this site describe promising practices for developing and implementing transition plans for students with disabilities in the juvenile justice system.
Youth with Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System
OSEP
www.cec.sped.org/law_res/doc/resources/files/youthinjjsystem.pdf
Discusses the importance of preventing antisocial behavior, providing appropriate special education services, and helping the transition process for students with disabilities in the juvenile justice system. Students with disabilities are at risk for entering this system.
Youth Crime/Adult Time: Is Justice Served?
Building Blocks for Youth
November 2000
www.fape.org/justice/blocks.htm
This study reveals disturbing trends in the transfer of youth, especially minority youth, to the adult criminal court. It raises serious questions about the fairness and appropriateness of prosecuting youth in adult court.
Education as Crime Prevention: Providing Education to Prisoners
The Center on Crime, Communities & Culture
The Open Society Institute-New York
Criminal Justice Division
1977
www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/
Discusses the impact of education on crime and crime prevention, and examines the debate on providing higher education to inmates.
Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report: Minorities in the Juvenile Justice System
Juvenile Justice Bulletin
US Department of Justice
1999
www.ncjrs.org/html/ojjdp/9912_1/contents.html
Minority juveniles are over- represented in the juvenile justice system. This report explores the complex factors that are at the root of this problem.
National Center on Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice (EDJJ)
www.edjj.org
The National Center on Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice is a new collaborative research, training, technical assistance and dissemination program designed to identify and promote more effective responses to the needs of youth with disabilities in the juvenile justice system or those who are at-risk for involvement with the juvenile justice system
Sharing Information: A Guide to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and Participation in Juvenile Justice Programs
Office of Juvenile Justice and US Department of Education
1997
www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/163705.txt
This guide is for educators, law enforcement personnel, juvenile justice professionals, and community leaders who are interested in developing interagency information sharing agreements to fully involve the schools in a holistic approach to intervention and delinquency prevention. Educators and other youth-serving professionals will find clear directions here on how to share information while complying with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
Research to Practice: Effective Teaching Strategies for Youth with Disabilities in Correctional Settings
EDJJ (National Center on Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice) News
March 2002
PDF Version www.edjj.org/edjjnotes/volume1number4.pdf
Word Version www.edjj.org/edjjnotes/volume1number4.doc
Article discusses how regular and planned use of specific teaching strategies can be effective to help youth with learning disabilities in juvenile correctional educational settings. Statistically, there are four times as many youth with LD in juvenile correction facilities as there are youth with LD in the public school system. Examples of teaching devices given in the article are diagrams, study guides, tables, advance organizers, and stories depicting major concepts of themes.
Civil Rights Project: Minority Issues in Special Education
Civil Rights Project, Harvard
November 2000
www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu
Information on assessment, overrepresentation, and under servicing of minority students.
Guiding Principles for Promising Female Programming: An Inventory of Best Practices
US Department of Justice, Office of Justice and Delinquency Prevention
1998
www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/principles/contents.html
A review of gender-specific needs of at-risk girls, an exploration of risk and protective factors, and a description of effective gender-specific programming strategies.