State Special Education Technical Assistance Advisories

• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Special Education Technical Assistance Advisory 2021-1: COVID-19 Compensatory Services and Recovery Support for Students with IEPs — Updated 9/3/2020

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2020-3: Recommended Advance Planning for a Student with an IEP Accepted for Enrollment in a METCO District

• COVID Special Education Technical Assistance Advisory 2020-2: Implementation of Special Education Timelines During the COVID-19 State of Emergency

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2020-1: Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS)

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2019-1: Transition from Early Intervention Programs to Early Childhood Special Education

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2018-4: Guidance on Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Pre-Employment Transitions Services

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2018-3: Addressing the Communication Needs of Students with Disabilities through Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2017-2: Calculating and Providing Proportionate Share Services — Withdrawn July 2017 — Replaced by Administrative Advisory 2018-1.

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2017-1: Characteristics of High Quality Secondary Transition Services

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2016-2: Promoting Student Self-Determination to Improve Student Outcomes

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2016-1: Time-out and Seclusion

  • Question and Answer Guide Related to Implementation of 603 CMR 46.00 the Regulations for the Prevention of Physical Restraint and Requirements if Used and Conforming Amendments to 603 CMR 18.00 Program and Safety Standards for Approved Public or Private Day and Residential Programs

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2014-5: Charter School Responsibilities for Students with Disabilities Who May Need an Out-of-District Program - 603 CMR 28.10(6)

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2014-4: Transition Assessment in the Secondary Transition Planning Process

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2014-3 (revised): Identifying the Need for Paraprofessional Support

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2014-2: Children's Behavioral Health Initiative

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2014-1: DSM-5 Changes and the Impact on Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

  • IRIS Information Brief: Comparison of the Diagnostic Criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder Across DSM-5, DSM-IV-TR, and the Individuals with Disabilities Act Definition of Autism.

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2013-1: Postsecondary Goals and Annual IEP Goals in the Transition Planning Process

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2012-2: Improving Data and Practices Regarding Disciplinary Removals of Students with Disabilities

  • Disciplinary Removal Self-Assessment Inventory

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2012-1: Certain IEP Services Not Provided by the Department in DYS Institutional Settings — Revised August 2018 to address all host agency settings (DYS, DMH, DPH, CHC)

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2011-2: Bullying Prevention and Intervention

  • Addressing the Needs of Students with Disabilities in the IEP and in School Bullying Prevention and Intervention Efforts

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2011-1: Annual Fiscal Calculations

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2009-2: Observation of Education Programs by Parents and Their Designees for Evaluation Purposes

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2009-1: Transition Planning to Begin at Age 14

• Technical Assistance Advisory SPED 2007-1: Autism Spectrum Disorder

Content retrieved on 11/27/2020 from: http://www.doe.mass.edu/sped/advisories/?section=tech.