New CT SEDS information
This area will contain useful links for the new software platform that was implemented on July 1, 2022.
This link takes you to a quick start guide for parents.
This link includes a comparison between the former IEP document and the new CT SEDS-format IEP.
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SDE/Special-Education/New-IEP/IEP_SideBySide.pdf
Here is a link to a YouTube video about the new IEP by CPAC (CT Parent Advocacy Center).
- Procedural Safeguards, Revised March 2021 This provides information about the legal processes and protections for students, parents and guardians.
- Parent’s Guide to Special Education
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SDE/Special-Education/Parents_Guide_SE.pdf
This guide has been updated as of September 2021. If you have a previous version, please visit the website or contact the office for a printed copy.
- Helpful Resources Document This document lists agencies and organizations.
- Parental Choice in CT This document contains information Charter Schools, Magnet Schools, Technical High Schools, and Parochial Schools and discusses special education services in each.
- Referral Form to request a meeting/evaluation for special education
- Preparing for a Planning & Placement Team Meeting
- Notice of Restraint and Seclusion. This document is required by the state of Connecticut and it outlines the laws regarding behavioral and physical management of students, whether they have disabilities or not.
- Parental Choice in CT
- Executive Summary of 2009 report regarding Learning Disabilities https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SDE/Special-Education/2009_LDguide_ExSum.pdf
- Procedures Practices Manual Eastford
Revised August 2021; includes procedures and links to helpful forms for schools and families.