Cultural & Linguistic DiversityLearning Support :

Here users can access resource materials to assist parents and special educators in working with students who are culturally, linguistically and/or racially diverse and who may be in need of special education services. Access the English Language Learners Companion to Reducing Bias in Special Education Evaluation, the English-Hmong Dictionary of Special Education, translations of the special education due process forms in multiple languages. For these forms in English, click on English Due Process Forms.

For general information concerning programs for English Language Learners (ELL), and to access a searchable database of interpreters for Spanish, Hmong, Somali and other world languages, click on this link: http://education.state.mn.us/InterpreterDB/

Specialist Contact: Elizabeth Watkins, 651-582-8678, e-mail: Elizabeth Watkins