The Provision of School Psychological Services to Bilingual Students NASP Position paper

NASP affirms the critical role that culturally and linguistically responsive school psychologists play in helping to close achievement gaps and decrease overrepresentation and underrepresentation of ELLs in special and gifted education...more

White Paper: the Provision of School Psychological Services to Dual Language Learners

School psychologists are increasingly tasked with assessing, supporting, and intervening with dual language learner (DLL) students, their teachers, and their families. Understanding the assets of bilingualism along with multiple issues associated with comprehensive practice with DLL has become paramount.... more

Comparative Language Development in Bilingual and Monolingual Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review (PDF study)

Best Practices in Collaborating With Interpreters: Lessons Learned

In the United States, approximately 4.6 million public school students (9%) participate in English language learner programs (Musu-Gillette et al., 2016). Many of these students' families lack opportunities to learn English, making direct communication with families potentially challenging.....more

Sonoma County Office of Ed now has been printing out red cards for our immigrant families.  We have been putting them in backpacks of their children and some of my parents have asked for extras.  It is something tangible that we can do to support our families - making sure they understand their rights, so that if ICE comes to pick them up, they can present a card that lets ICE know that they understand their rights.  We have heard that this is having  a positive outcome in some situations.  If you have heard differently, or have your own experience to share, please let us know and we can disseminate to the group.  Typically the cards will have English on one side and Spanish on the other.  We use red tagboard and print them at school.  Here are two websites that you can use if you want to introduce these to your schools.  There are also over a dozen other languages you can print them in. 

• Printing your own red card - for families

• 2025 Immigration Resources Google Folder

• Immigration Legal Resource Center (ILRC); Community resources (easy to navigate)

• Immigration Preparedness Toolkit

• Role playing skits in English and Spanish (to practice exercising your rights) 

• Know your Rights videos: (in multiple languages); ACLU videos

• Free immigration legal resources for students in CA higher ed: 

  1. 1. community college students; 

     2. for CSU students; 

     3. for UC students

• For CA, these orgs provide free or reduced cost services (including referrals for immigration attorneys) 

• Immigration consultation (search for a potential legal service provider (free or low cost provider list)

• If you are trying to find someone who has been detained

• San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network - SFILEN 

• Public Charge Safe to Use List: “Public Benefits Programs that do NOT trigger public charge and are safe to use” 

• California Rapid Response Networks