PACER offers bilingual workshops, individual assistance and translated publications focusing on issues facing families from diverse backgrounds. The following publications have been translated into Spanish.
Special Education: What Do I Need to Know? (Spanish version)
An audio/video (translated in Spanish) overview of special education created to help parents of children with disabilities understand what special education is, how a child might get into special education, how to resolve disagreements, and what role parents play.
Developed by PACER Center, it is funded in part by a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education.
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This presentation is also available in English, Hmong, and Somali learn more >>>>
The ABCs of the IEP (Spanish version)
An audio/video (translated in Spanish) developed by PACER Center and funded in part by a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education.
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Early Childhood Transition Guidebook (Spanish) (download for free)
Helps parents understand the process that guides their child's transition from infant and toddler intervention services to other early childhood services at age three and includes strategies to use for a successful transition. Also available in English and Somali. 2011.
$3.00 | 10+ copies, $2.50 each | PHP-a40s
Thoughts About My Child (Spanish)
Families can organize information about a young child with disabilities: daily routine, likes and dislikes, skills, unique characteristics, birth and health history, needs, names of medical or school professionals, health/human services numbers, etc.
$1.50 | 10+ copies, $1 each | PHP-a17s
Accessible Instructional Materials: Basics for Families (Spanish)
This booklet helps parents decide whether their child needs accessible instructional materials (AIM), what specialized format the student needs, how to access these materials, and what supports the student needs to use AIM. 2011
$2 | 10+ for $1.50 each | STC-23s
| Online Only | BP-23s
IEP Meeting Parent Tip Card (Spanish)
Laminated cards with questions to ask during your child's Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting, as well as questions to ask about the IEP process. 2014.
$0.25 | 100+ copies, $.20 each (please call for shipping and handling pricing) | PHP-a45s
Parent Information Cards (Spanish)
Laminated 3 x 5-inch cards detailing parent rights and responsibilities in special education as well as topics of discussion for IEP development that parents can bring with them to their child's IEP meetings. 2010.
$0.25 | 100+ copies, $.20 each (please call for shipping and handling pricing) | PHP-a39s
Family Fun Reading Activity Cards
These activity cards help your child develop literacy skills that are important for reading and learning success. You can do these fun skill-builders at home, in your neighborhood, and on the go! For children in grades K-3. 2012.
$4 | 10+ copies, $2.50 each | 100+ copies, $2 each | PHP-a43s
Let's Talk and Count! Activity Cards (Spanish)
Let�s Talk and Count! is an easy and fun way for parents to interact and help your child be ready for reading and counting. These cards will help build your child�s vocabulary and speaking skills, as well as increase your child�s early math skills. No special supplies are needed, just you and your child.
$4 | 10+ copies, $2.50 each | 100+ copies, $2 each | PHP-a41s
| A family guide to participating in the child outcomes measurement process (Spanish) | PHP-c299s |
| A Parent’s Guide to School Testing: What You Need to Know (Spanish) | GE-7s |
| A Parent’s Vision and High Expectations are Powerful (Spanish) | GE-6s |
| A place to start: Understanding the present levels of academic achievement and functional performance (PLAAFP) statement (Spanish) | PHP-c186s |
| Academic Progress Tracker (Spanish) | GE-8s |
| Accessing County Children's Mental Health Services For Your Child (Spanish) | PHP-c84s |
| Assistive technology for infants, toddlers, and young children with disabilities (Spanish) | PHP-c212s |
| Attending meetings to plan your child's IEP (Spanish) | PHP-c281s |
| Checklist: Are You a Target? (Spanish) | AreYouATarget-Spanish |
| Checklist: Do You Bully? (Spanish) | DoYouBully-Spanish |
| Checklist: Preparing for and attending mediation (Spanish) | PHP-c200s |
| Child-Centered Assistive Technology (AT) Plan (IEP) - (Spanish) | STC-33b(s) |
| Child-Centered Assistive Technology (AT) Plan (IFSP) (Spanish) | STC-34b(s) |
| Childhood Skills Checklist (Spanish) | PHP-c76s |
| Common Views and Myths about Bullying (Spanish) | BP-1s |
| Communication in the Special Education Process (Spanish) | PHP-c82s |
| Crisis management plan: Support at home for children and youth with mental health needs (Spanish) | PHP-c225s |
| Direct and indirect services (Spanish) | PHP-c180s |
| Encourage your child's positive behavior and school success (Spanish) | PHP-c218a-s |
| Evaluation: What Does It Mean for Your Child? (Spanish - Minnesota Version) | PHP-c2s |
| Examples of Assistive Technology for Young Children (Spanish) | STC-29s |
| Examples of positive behavioral intervention (PBI) strategies (Spanish) | PHP-c215b(s) |
| Explore Assistive Technology and Open New Doors for Your Child (Spanish) | STC-28s |
| From experience to influence: The power of a parent's story (Spanish) | PHP-c121s |
| From needs to services: Parent homework worksheet (Spanish) | PHP-c210s |
| Help for parents: How to prepare for a special education evaluation planning meeting (Spanish) | PHP-c249s |
| Help Your Children Learn with After-school and Summer Programs (Spanish) | GE-4s |
| How to Advocate for Your Child With Special Health Care Needs (Spanish) | HIAC-h28s |
| How to prepare your child with disabilities for kindergarten: Tips for parents (Spanish) | PHP-c179s |
| How to Try Assistive Technology with Your Infant, Toddler, or Preschooler (Spanish) | STC-27s |
| How Will I Know If My Child Is Making Progress? (Spanish - Minnesota Version) | PHP-c78s |
| IEP team meeting planner (Spanish) | PHP-c184s |
| If you have concerns: What and how to request a special education evaluation for your preschool child (Spanish) | PHP-c280s |
| Keys to Success in the Family-School Partnership (Spanish) | GE-1s |
| Learning to communicate: A timeline for typical development (Spanish) | PHP-c69s |
| Making the move from preschool to kindergarten (Spanish) | PHP-c196s |
| Manifestation determination meeting: Special education students (Spanish) | PHP-c285s |
| Manifestation determination meeting: Students with 504 plans (Spanish) | PHP-c286s |
| Meeting the identified needs of your child and family in early intervention (Spanish) | PHP-c297s |
| Mental health and school avoidance: Tips to developing an educational plan for your child (Spanish) | PHP-c269b-s |
| Mental health and school avoidance: What parents need to know (Spanish) | PHP-c269a-s |
| Mental health and special education evaluation (Spanish) | PHP-c287s |
| Natural environments support early intervention services (Spanish) | PHP-c178s |
| Notifying the School About a Bullying Incident - Using a Template Letter (Spanish) | BP-19s |
| Parent and Educator Guide to Using the Student Action Plan Against Bullying (Spanish) | BP-37s |
| Planning for a meeting about your child's behavior needs (Spanish) | PHP-c144s |
| Playing to learn: Tips to develop your young child�s learning skills at home (Spanish) | PHP-c301s |
| Prepare Your Child for Age of Majority and Transfer of Rights in Minnesota (Spanish) | PHP-c63s |
| Preparing for the IEP team meeting to discuss special education recovery services and supports for your child (Spanish) | PHP-c303s |
| Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP) examples (Spanish) | PHP-c253s |
| Promising Practices: Helping Your Child Read and Understand (Spanish) | GE-3s |
| Record keeping supports parent participation in special education planning (Spanish) | PHP-c155s |
| Restrictive procedures in special education: Children with behavioral and emotional needs (Spanish) | PHP-c304s |
| Sample PBIS home plan (Spanish) | PHP-c218b-s |
| School Accommodations and Modifications (Spanish - Minnesota Version) | PHP-c49s |
| School Choice in Minnesota (Spanish) | GE-9s |
| School Conferences: A way to engage in your child�s education (Spanish) | GE-29s |
| School Records and Parents' Rights (Spanish) | PHP-c41s |
| Simple, Inexpensive Devices Can Assist in Communication (Spanish - Minnesota Version) | PHP-c72s |
| Special education placement settings (Spanish) | PHP-c265s |
| Student Action Plan Against Bullying (Spanish) | BP-25s |
| Students with Disabilities and Bullying: Top five things for parents, educators and students to know | BP-18s |
| Tantrums, tears, and tempers: Behavior is communication (Spanish) | PHP-c154s |
| The IEP and Bullying (Spanish) | BP-4s |
| Tips for parents completing a PCA evaluation through MN Choices Assessment (Spanish) | PHP-a66s |
| Tips for Transition Planning (Spanish) | PHP-c80s |
| Tips to support reading and writing for children with significant disabilities (Spanish) | PHP-c206s |
| Tips to support reading and writing: Every child needs a voice (Spanish) | PHP-c207s |
| Tips to support reading and writing: Every writer needs a pencil (Spanish) | PHP-c208s |
| Transition to adulthood for youth with challenging behaviors: Transition planning tips for parents (Spanish) | PHP-c235s |
| Understanding Minnesota special education recovery services and supports (Spanish) | PHP-c302s |
| Understanding the early intervention system (Spanish) | PHP-c137s |
| Use Positive Strategies to Protect Your Child with Disabilities from Bullying (Spanish) | BP-16s |
| Want to Help Your Child Succeed in School? (Spanish) | GE-2s |
| What is a Functional Behavioral Assessment and how is it used? An overview for parents (Spanish) | PHP-c215a(s) |
| What is service coordination? (Spanish) | PHP-c274s |
| What is the Difference Between an IFSP and an IEP? (Spanish) | PHP-c59s |
| When parents should be concerned about their preschool child's social-emotional development (Spanish) | PHP-c294s |
| Writing goals and objectives for an early childhood IEP (Spanish) | PHP-c260s |
| You and Your Elementary School-aged Child (Spanish) | GE-5s |
| Youth tips for parents: How to talk to your teenager about their mental health (Spanish) | PHP-c216s |
Minnesota Dispute Resolution Options: Complaint Processes
Some dispute resolution options in Minnesota place the decision regarding how a dispute between parents and the school district is resolved in someone else�s hands, through different kinds of complaint processes. This comparison chart provides a side-by-side overview of special education complaints, due process complaints and hearings, and discrimination complaints.
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Minnesota Dispute Resolution Options: Special Education Meetings
Other dispute resolution options in Minnesota give parents and the school district the opportunity to work together to make decisions about how a dispute is resolved, through different kinds of special education meetings. This comparison chart provides a side-by-side overview of Conciliation Conferences, Facilitated Team Meetings, and Mediation.
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Child Development Booklets
This series of five booklets teach and encourage parents of young children (birth to age 5.) All are simply worded and beautifully illustrated with photos of children and families of various ethnic/cultural groups. 2000. (See Translations for Hmong and Spanish.)
$5 | 10+, $4.50 each | 100+, $4 each
Written in the child's voice, engaging booklets with focus on development.
Special Education Record Keeping Folders
Parents can keep important papers related to their child's education plus helpful tips on working with your child's school. 2004.
1-10, $10 each | 11-100, $8 each | 101-500 copies, $7 each | 501+ copies, $5 each | PHP-a5s
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