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.
October 1, 2019
This tool can be used to assist in determining the level at which MTSS has been implemented in a school.
October 1, 2019
This rack card provides information about the use of time trials as a practice procedure to build fluency and automaticity.
August 1, 2019
This guide provides educators and administrators with an overview of information to assist in understanding Pennsylvania’s system of behavioral health services for children and their families.
August 1, 2019
School leaders are responsible for ensuring that each student is making significant progress toward Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals. This issue of Special Education Leader focuses on Educational Benefit Review (EBR), the process used to randomly sample IEPs and critically review them to determine whether the IEPs meet procedural compliance and are reasonably calculated to enable students to make progress.
August 1, 2019
Do you have a student in your classroom who is deaf or hard of hearing? If so, then you probably have many questions. What are this student’s needs? How can you address them to maximize learning? How do you prepare the other students in your classroom to work and socialize with this student? What is your responsibility as a member of the student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) team? These guidelines have been created for you. Within these pages you will find basic information presented in a concise, user-friendly format.
June 1, 2019
This booklet describes Schoolwide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS), provides an SWPBIS model and a Response to Intervention model, and explains why an SWPBIS system is necessary.
June 1, 2019
Creating, defining, and teaching a set of schoolwide expectations to all students lays the foundation for creating a positive school climate by acknowledging and celebrating students for meeting those expectations. This publication focuses on one of the nine critical features of the development of an effective schoolwide behavior (PBIS) system: Clearly defined behavioral expectations.
May 24, 2019
This document has been developed to clarify for local educational agencies (LEAs) the important liability issues that may be present when providing sign language interpreters in settings that involve the sharing of confidential information by a student who is deaf or hard of hearing (e.g., when interacting with outside agencies, crisis response and management, in-school therapy and counseling).
May 1, 2019
This publication focuses on "clearly defined and consistently implemented systemic procedures for dealing with misbehavior," a critical feature of an effective schoolwide behavior system (PBIS).
April 1, 2019
This fact sheet outlines the vision, mission, membership, and responsibilities of PACES-BVI.
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