Publications & Presentations
The items below are available for download. Florida residents may order one complimentary hard copy of items that are marked with an asterisk (*). Please be aware that some of the contact information in the publications may be dated depending on the publication or revision date. For questions or concerns regarding any of the publications found on our website, please call 850-245-0475 or email your inquiries to BESESupport@fldoe.org.
Notice: Legislation passed in Florida during the 2014 session has repealed the special diploma statute effective July 1, 2015, and requires that the State Board of Education create rules regarding additional ways in which students with significant cognitive disabilities, beginning with the 2014-2015 ninth grade cohort, may earn a standard diploma. Specific information on this change can be found at http://project10.info/files/TransitionRoadmapFinalFormat4Printing_6.6.16.pdf (PDF).
Note: Students with disabilities who entered 9th grade prior to the 2014-15 school year may continue to plan to earn a special diploma authorized in accordance with s. 1003.438, F.S., if this is indicated on their IEP.
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- A Parent and Teacher Guide to Section 504 (PDF) Frequently Asked Questions - A short guide to Section 504 with the most frequently asked questions.
- Guiding Principles for Section 504 Committees on Students with Individual Health Care Plans (IHCPs) (PDF)
Guidelines to assist section 504 committees to make decisions with respect to referral, disability determination/eligibility, and creating Section 504 plans for students on Individual Health Care Plans (IHCPs). - District implementation guide for Section 504: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (2011) (PDF)
A resource guide for school district personnel to assist them with complying with federal and state laws and regulations for students with disabilities. - Section 504 - Accommodation Plan for Postsecondary Adult/Vocational Education Students (May 2004) - (PDF)
Information about Section 504 accommodation plans for students with disabilities who participate in a public school's general education program or postsecondary vocational education program.
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Access Points
- Access Points are alternate achievement standards intended only for students with a significant cognitive disability and parental consent is required. For more information related to the teaching and learning of access points, please visit the Access Project website at http://accesstofls.weebly.com/.
Accommodations
- Selecting Accommodations: Guidance for Individual Educational Plan Teams (PDF)
(2013) - A brief explanation of the process the IEP team should follow to determine which accommodations a student with a disability may need.- Selecting Accommodations: Guidance for Individual Educational Plan Teams (RTF)
(2013) - A brief explanation of the process the IEP team should follow to determine which accommodations a student with a disability may need.
- Selecting Accommodations: Guidance for Individual Educational Plan Teams (RTF)
- Accommodations: Assisting Students with Disabilities (2018) (PDF)
Guide to instructional accommodations to assist school district personnel and parents when making decisions about the use of accommodations for students with disabilities- Accommodations: Assisting Students with Disabilities Hyperlinks (Word)
- Introduction and Table of Contents (PDF)
- Chapter One: Accommodations – A Key to Success (PDF)
- Chapter Two: Selecting, Using and Evaluating Accommodations (PDF)
- Chapter Three: Integrating Accommodations with Instruction (PDF)
- Chapter Four: Types of Accommodations (PDF)
- Appendix A: Online Resources – Accommodations for Statewide Student Assessments (PDF)
- Appendix B: Accommodations – Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
- References (PDF)
Assessments
- Assessments of Functional Skills: Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy (PDF)
Guide used by occupational and physical therapists with recommendations and suggestions for the development and assessment of skills in the educational environment.
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Behavior
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CAPE
Career and Technical Education
- Program Options for Students with Disabilities Career and Technical Education (PDF)
- Program Options for Students with Disabilities Career and Technical Education: What Students and Families Need to Know (PDF)
Caregivers
Child Abuse Prevention
Communication Plan
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- Dare to Dream for Adults (PDF)
- Databook: 2016 (2014-15 Data) (PDF)
- * Disability History and Awareness: A Resource Guide 2010 (PDF)
- Disability History and Awareness Bookmark (PDF)
Diverse Classroom
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ESE - Exceptional Student Education
- Evaluations for Special Education Services: Information for Parents – 2010 (PDF)
- * What is Exceptional Student Education for Children with Disabilities? – 2015 (PDF)
- * What is Exceptional Student Education for Children Who Are Gifted? - 2011 (PDF)
ESY - Extended School Year
- IEP team worksheet: Extended School Year Services: Determination of Need for Students with Disabilities (Word)
- Webinar presentation: Avoiding ESY Landmines - Making Appropriate ESY Determinations (PDF)
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FASD - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders - A Resource Guide for Florida Educators (PDF)
FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Florida Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support: Multi-Tiered System of Supports
Florida Statutes and State Board of Education Rules
- Florida Statutes and State Board of Education Rules - Hyperlinked Index (PDF)
- Florida Military Family Resources
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Gifted
- Acceleration of Gifted Students (PDF)
- Challenge Grant for the Gifted - 2005-2006 Summaries, Collaborative Curriculum Projects (PDF)
- For Parents of Students Who Are Gifted - An Introduction to Gifted Education - 2004 (PDF)
- Governor's Summer Program for Gifted and High Achieving Students (PDF)
- Procedural Safeguards for Exceptional Students who are Gifted - 6A-6.03313
- *What is Exceptional Student Education for Children Who Are Gifted? - 2017 (PDF)
- ¿Qué es la Educación de Estudiantes Excepcionales para los Niños Dotados? 2017 - Spanish (PDF)
GROW to 5
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IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Individual Education Plan (IEP)
- * Getting Ready for Your Student’s Individual Educational Plan (IEP) Meeting – 2016 – (Booklet) (PDF)
- Getting Ready for Your Student’s Individual Educational Plan (IEP) Meeting – 2016 (PDF)
- Cómo prepararse para la reunión del Plan de Educación Individual (IEP) de su estudiante – 2016 (PDF) (*print copy available in booklet only)
- Prepare w pou Reyinyon pou Plan Edikasyon Endividyèl (IEP) Elèv ou an – 2016 – (PDF) (*print copy available in booklet only)
- Developing Quality Individual Educational Plans (PDF)
- Inclusion - Brief (PDF)
- Parent Information for Students Receiving Intensive Interventions (PDF)
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Juvenile Justice Education
- Developing Effective Educational Programs in Department of Juvenile Justice Programs (PDF), (Annual Report)
- Multiagency State Plan: Career Education for Youth in Department of Juvenile Justice Educational Facilities - April 2007 (PDF)
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- Leading Action Research in Schools (PDF)
- Legislative History of Florida's Exceptional Student Education Program (PDF)
Links to other government document sources:
- Federal Register - GPO documents
- Florida Legislature - "On-line Sunshine"
- U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Legislation and Policy
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Matrix of Services
- 2017 Matrix of Services (PDF)
- * Measuring Adaptive Behavior - Important Information for Parents (RTF)
Multi-Tiered System of Supports
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Parent
- Notice of Procedural Safeguards for Parents of Students with Disabilities in English and 10 of the top languages in Florida Revised 05/2014
- Parent Information for Students Receiving Intensive Interventions (PDF)
Phonological Awareness
- Assessment and Instruction in Phonological Awareness (PDF)
- Education Alert! Phonological Awareness (PDF)
- What Every Teacher Should Know about Phonological Awareness (PDF)
Prekindergarten Children with Disabilities
Procedural Safeguards
- * Notice of Procedural Safeguards for Parents of Students with Disabilities (PDF) Revised 05/2014
- Aviso de Salvaguardas Procedimentales para Padres de Estudiantes con Discapacidades (Spanish) (PDF) Revised 05/2014
- Avi konsènan Mezi Pwoteksyon pou Paran ak Elèv Andikape yo (Haitian Creole) (PDF) Revised 05/2014
(Russian) (PDF) Revised 05/2014- Mitteilung über Verfahrensgarantien für Eltern von Studenten mit Behinderungen (German) (PDF)
- Phân B Thông Báo Các Biên Pháp Bào Vê Theo Thù Tu cho Cha Me cùa Hoc Sinh Khuyêt Tât (Vietnamese) (PDF)
(Arabic) (PDF) Revised 05/2014
(Chinese) (PDF) Revised 05/2014- Notification relative aux garanties de procedures pour les parents d'élèves handicaps (French) (PDF) Revised 05/2014
- Aviso de salvaguardas procedimentais para pais de estudantes com deficiências (Portuguese) (PDF) Revised 05/2014
- Bahagi B Pabatid tungkol sa mga Pansanggalang sa Mga Pamamaraan para sa Mga Magulang ng Mag-aaral na May Kapansanan (Tagalog) (PDF) Revised 05/2014
- ถ้อยคำแถลงความคุ้มครองตามวิธีพิจารณาความแบบป้องกันสำหรับผู้ปกครองของเด็กนักเรียนพิการ (Thai) (Word)
- Procedural Safeguards for Exceptional Students who are Gifted - 6A-6.03313 (PDF) Revised 05/2014
- Program Options for Students with Disabilities Career and Technical Education (PDF)
- Program Options for Students with Disabilities Career and Technical Education: What Students and Families Need to Know (PDF)
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- Read to Learn (PDF)
- 2011 Resources for Florida’s Teachers (PDF)
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Seclusion and Restraint
- * Documenting, Reporting, and Monitoring the Use of Seclusion and Restraint on Students with Disabilities, Information for Parents Brochure (PDF)
- Documenting, Reporting, and Monitoring the Use of Seclusion and Restraint on Students with Disabilities, Information for Parents (RTF)
- * Documentación, Divulgación y Observación del Uso del Aislamiento y Restricción de los Estudiantes con Discapacidades, Información para los padres (Spanish) (PDF)
- Documentación, Divulgación y Observación del Uso del Aislamiento y Restricción de los Estudiantes con Discapacidades, Información para los padres (Spanish) (RTF)
- * Kijan yo Dokimante, Rapòte ak Swiv Izolman ak Metrize Elèv Andikape yo, Enfòmasyon Pou Paran yo (Haitian Creole) (PDF)
- Kijan yo Dokimante, Rapòte ak Swiv Izolman ak Metrize Elèv Andikape yo, Enfòmasyon Pou Paran yo (Haitian Creole) (RTF)
Sensory Impairments
Service Animals Guidelines
- DPS: 2015-60 - Updated Guidelines for the Use of Service Animals by Students with Disabilities, 2015 (PDF)
- Summaries of Due Process Hearings in Exceptional Student Education
Surrogate Parents for Exceptional Students
- Get in the Game: Join the ESE Team as a Surrogate Parent for an Exceptional Student (PDF)
- Get in the Game: Become a Surrogate Parent for an Exceptional Student in Our Community (PDF)
Student Support Services
- Supporting Student Achievement in Florida's Public Schools - Brochure (PDF)
- Florida’s School Counseling Framework (PDF)
- Guiding Tools for Instructional Problem Solving - Revised (GTIPS-R)
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- Teaching Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: A Resource Guide for Florida Educators (PDF)
- TAPs - Technical Assistance Papers
Transition Planning
- Transition: A Booklet to Help Children and Families Transition from Early Steps at Age Three to Other Community Programs -2018 (PDF)
- Transición: Un folleto para ayudar a los niños y las familias a hacer la transición de Early Steps a otros programas de la comunidad a los 3 años de edad - 2018 (Spanish) (PDF)
- Tranzisyon: Yon ti liv pou ede timoun ak fanmi yo fè tranzisyon pou soti nan Early Steps epi antre nan lòt pwogram kominotè lè yo gen twazan - 2018 (Haitian Creole) (PDF)