SLC Spring 2013

English Language Learners & Special Education

Resources for educators who work with dual eligible learners

Articles, Books, and Reports

One School's Implementation of RTI With English Language Learners: ''Referring Into RTI'' by Michael John Orosco and Janette Klingner. http://ldx.sagepub.com/content/43/3/269 Addressing the Disproportionate Representation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Special Education through Culturally Responsive Educational Systems by Janette K. Klingner et al. http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/epaa/article/view/143 The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman Addressing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Student Overrepresentation in Special Education: Guidelines for Parents National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems. http://ea.niusileadscape.org/docs/FINAL_PRODUCTS/LearningCarousel/Address ing_CLD_Students_Overrepresentation_SpEd_Parent_Guide_ENGLISH.pdf Language and Reading Interventions for English Language Learners and English Language Learners with Disabilities Center on Instruction http://ea.niusileadscape.org/docs/FINAL_PRODUCTS/LearningCarousel/ LangandRdngInterventionsforELLs.pdf Disability, Culture, and Equity (forthcoming Spring 2013) Edited by Alfredo J. Artiles and Elizabeth B. Kozleski http://tcpress.com/disability_culture_equity.html

Useful Websites
*Equity Alliance* http://www.equityallianceatasu.org/ *National Center on Educational Outcomes* http://www.cehd.umn.edu/nceo/defa ult.html *National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities* http://nichcy.org/ *Institute on Community Integration* Their Spring Newsletter, Impact, has not yet been released but will focus on the topic of ELLs with disabilities. http://ici.umn.edu/products/newslett ers.html

For further information, contact:

Nicholas Koch kochx366@umn.edu * Maureen Martin mart2403@umn.edu * Dana Stack stack110@umn.edu * Beth Tofte etofte@umn.edu