Resources
The New Jersey Department of Education has released 14 interactive resource guides on topics specific to supporting unique student populations. Each “New Jersey Partnership for Student Success Resource Document for Specialized Populations” offers general information, supportive research, data insights, and promising practices relevant to specialized populations that can be utilized by educators and families to better support students.
Accessible Versions of NJPSS Resource Documents
NJPSS Resource Documents for Specialized Populations:
- Ensuring Equity to Close Achievement Gaps (PDF)
- Learning Acceleration (PDF)
- Mental Health Supports for Students with Disabilities (SWD) (PDF)
- Preschool Students with Disabilities (PDF)
- Reducing Barriers for Students Experiencing Homelessness (PDF)
- Speech Services: Prevention and Scaffolding (PDF)
- Strategies to Improve Communication (PDF)
- Supporting Inclusion with Culturally Responsive Teaching (PDF)
- Supporting Learning Acceleration for Multilingual Learners (PDF)
- Supporting Migrant Students (PDF)
- Supporting Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (PDF)
- Supporting Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (PDF)
- Transition to Adult Life (PDF)
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL) (PDF)
Note
The resources provided in this section are for informational purposes only. All resources must meet the New Jersey Department of Education’s (NJDOE) accessibility guidelines. Currently, the Department aims to conform to Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1). However, the Department does not guarantee that linked external sites conform to Level AA of the WCAG 2.1. Neither the Department of Education nor its officers, employees or agents specifically endorse, recommend or favor these resources or the organizations that created them.