Special Populations/Special Needs

English Language Learners Brochure
Strategies for Improving CareerTech Instruction

• Supplemental Fact Sheet Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Preschool, Elementary and Secondary Schools While Serving Children with Disabilities

• U.S. Department of Education’s Questions and Answers on Providing Services to Children with Disabilities During the Corona Virus Disease 2019 Outbreak
  

• National Center for Systemic Improvement’s COVID-19 Resources for Supporting Students with Disabilities
  

• CTE Policy Watch Blog: COVID-19 Resources, Laws, Updates for CTE Programs
  

• Student Privacy and Special Education: An Educator’s Guide During and After
  

• Guidance for K-12 School Administrators on the Use of Cloth Face Coverings in Schools
  

• Guidance for Direct Service Providers Caring for People with Disabilities
  

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• Supporting CTE Special Populations Grant Application. Each and every year billions of dollars are awarded to schools, teachers and organizations!!!
  

• Office of Special Education Programs Technical Assistance Network
  

• OkACTE-Education Services-Special Populations Division - ESSP
  

• ESSP Mission: Provide and enhance the learning of all students that attend Career and Technology Education including those students from special populations.

• ESSP Purpose:
  -   Updating ESSP members on trends, plans, and policies, and current
       happenings of the Oklahoma Association of Career and Technology
       Education
  -   Enhancing the professional attitudes and competencies of the membership
  -   Promoting interagency collaboration

• Strategies for Special Population Success: Practical Tips and Tools for Educators – National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity

• Transition to Postsecondary Education Student with Disability Guide & Career Development Checklist

• Postsecondary Accommodation Guide

• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services A Transition Guide to Postsecondary Education and Employment for Students and Youth with Disabilities
• Oklahoma ABLE Tech: Oklahoma ABLE Tech provides assistive technology services, including loan of equipment, services and accessible educational materials.
  

• Bookshare: Bookshare helps people read in ways that work for them. They can listen to books, follow along with highlighted text, read in braille or large text, and customize their experience.

• U.S. Department of Labor, Disability Resources: Provides resources for people with disabilities who are in the workforce and includes laws, regulations, job search, responsibilities and rights.

• Casy Cundiff Scholarship 

• Postsecondary Education For A Child with A Disability Parent Guide

• Oklahoma Parents Center 

• Special Education Resolution Center: The Special Education Resolution Center offers innovative programs that assist school districts and parents in settling disputes regarding the individualized education programs of students with disabilities. The programs are provided at no cost through a partnership with the Oklahoma State Department of Education

Each and every year billions of dollars are awarded to schools, teachers and organizations!!!

New Carl Perkins Innovation Supplemental Grants - Things to know:

• All grants will be on a two-year award cycle to match the Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment timeline.  To be eligible for awards recipients will be required to complete and submit their Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment.

• Grant recipients will have to show progress towards goal completion by the end of the first year of funding to receive 2^nd year funding.  These Benchmarks will be developed in collaboration with the Program area innovative grant leads and the recipients.

• There will be 6 Innovation Grant initiatives that all eligible recipients can apply for: