Publications
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At PaTTAN, our goal is to provide educators with a breadth of publications that are grounded in proven best practices and a deep research base, reflecting a commitment to school improvement. PaTTAN offers publications on a variety of topics, all focused on improving educational results for students with and without disabilities.
Whether you are just starting out in the field of education, or you want to improve upon the work you and your team are already doing, let PaTTAN support you with the expertise of our educational consultants. Pennsylvania educators, school administrators, and families can view, download, and order PaTTAN publications mailed to their school or home.
September 16, 2021
This BSE/OVR MOU publication describes the benefits of OVR’s Pre-employment Transition Services for students with disabilities. Spanish version. Also available in English.
August 19, 2021
This fact sheet provides strategies for teaching literacy in all content areas.
August 19, 2021
This rack card provides information about response cards, which are used to provide students with opportunities for active responses in the practice stage of information acquisition. A question is posed and students hold up a card with their response on it.
July 19, 2021
Academic vocabulary is the vocabulary critical to understanding the concepts of the content taught in schools. This fact sheet provides research and instructional models regarding academic vocabulary.
July 7, 2021
This publication focuses on attendance attendance strategies for students regarding increasing graduation rates and decreasing dropout rates.
Also available in Spanish.
July 7, 2021
CAPS School Attendance: Strategies (Spanish) La asistencia escolar Estrategias para las escuelas, las familias y los jóvenes.
Also available in English.
July 7, 2021
School leaders provide essential supports to classroom instruction by providing all teachers with access to resources that support instruction for all students. This issue of special education leader focuses on Classroom Diagnostic Tools (CDT), a set of online assessments designed to provide diagnostic information to guide instruction, intervention, and enrichment.
May 27, 2021
This resource provides information for educators, families, caregivers, and other stakeholders about removing barriers interfering with attendance, as well as strategies to improve school engagement and attendance for students with disabilities.
May 27, 2021
All meetings and training events, live or virtual, must have captions and use microphones for auditory information. This checklist will help you ensure hearing accessibility when planning your live and virtual events.
May 25, 2021
This fact sheet was developed for families involved in Early Intervention supports and services, and provides an overview on how Early Intervention supports and services are provided for infant, toddlers and preschool age children and their families in Pennsylvania. Spanish version.
Also available in English.
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Thank you for your interest in PaTTAN publications!
PaTTAN is committed to ensuring that its publications and digital content are accessible to all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, in accordance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA, and applicable Pennsylvania law, including the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. PaTTAN regularly reviews its publications and digital content to identify and remediate accessibility barriers and to support compliance with applicable accessibility standards.
PaTTAN is engaged in an ongoing effort to ensure that all of its publications conform to current accessibility standards. During this process, certain documents may not yet fully conform to all applicable standards. If you encounter any content that is not accessible to you, please contact us using the information provided below so that we may promptly provide the information in an alternative, accessible format.
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PaTTAN Publications
Email: publications@pattan.net
Phone: 800-441-3215
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