Resources

Working Effectively with Interpreters

In this webinar, we collaborated with the Office of Education Ombuds and Interpreter Fanny Cordero to provide best practices and tools for communicating with families via spoken language interpreters.

Family Engagement Report on Language Access in Schools (January 2021)

In this report, we detail the feedback we heard from families on their experiences with schools. Listening sessions were held with families speaking the following languages: Amharic, Cantonese, Mandarin, Somali, Spanish, and Tigrinya. 

Addressing Opportunity Gaps for Youth of Color with Disabilities: Serving as a Liaison between Families and Schools

In this blog post, we provide a guide to working with families who may require an interpreter and want to access Continuous Learning Plans for their students.

Post-meeting Interpreter Surveys

ODMF developed this tool to receive family feedback on the quality of interpretation after a meeting. Have this printed out and share with the family immediately after the meeting to provide an opportunity for the family to tell you how well they understand the meeting.

HB1153: A Community Based Approach to Increasing Language Access in Washington’s K-12 school system

In this article, we detail our approach to community-led policy change in support of Language Access in Washington state K-12 schools. The article includes an overview of new legislation due to the passage of House Bill 1153.

This article originally appeared in the June 2022 edition of WSSDA’s Policy & Legal News. It is reproduced here with permission.

Transition Guide

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Download "Life After High School: A Guide for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families of Youth with Disabilities".