Reports & Publications
Here you will find important documents to assist you in your personal advocacy efforts. Documents are sorted based on the age of the individual with a disability or by general or specific relevance. For example, some documents pertain only to Jefferson County schools. Other documents pertain to a more general audience. We believe these documents contain some real helps and supports, so please take a look.
General Advocacy
- Tips for Advocacy Assistance
- Social Security Explained
- How Social Security and SSI Disability benefits differ
- Individual Private Accounts Effect
- Civil Rights Fact Sheet
- Children's Health Insurance Program SCHIP
- Rocky Mountain ADA Center
Educational Issues - General
- 99 Ways to Encourage a Child
- Accessing Students' Educational Records
- Administering Medications at School
- Communicating at IEP Meetings
- Discipline of Students under IDEA
- Discipline--Applying the School Conduct Code
- Discipline--Behavior Assessments, Behavior Support Plans & Manifestation Determinations
- Getting Off to a Good School Start
- Helping the Middle Schooler Get Organized
- Hot Tips for IEP Meetings
- How Objective is the IEP?
- How to Use a Resource List
- Parental Consent and the IEP Process
- Planning for a Successful Meeting
- Preparing for an IEP
- Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
- SLS Family Guide
- Transitions within School
- Understanding Extended School Year
- Understanding Sensory Integration Issues
- What are "related services"?
Education--Specific to Jefferson County
- Charter Schools and Special Education
- Comparison between School and Adult Services
- Glossary of Special Education Terminology
- Schools of Choice
Components of an IEP Power Point slides from training for parents, presented by The Arc in Jefferson County and Jeffco Public Schools Exceptional Students Services Directors
Adult Issues
- Conservatorship
- Guardianship
- What's Wrong with "Mental Retardation"?
- Direct Care Workers Fact Sheet
- Employment Fact Sheet
- Housing Fact Sheet
- Long Term Care Fact Sheet
- Medicaid Fact Sheet
- Voting
- Emergency Management
ArcJC Newsletters
- Arc Independent August/September 2009
- Arc Independent October 2008
- Arc Independent April 2008
- Arc Independent Oct/Nov 2007
- Arc Independent August 2007
- Arc Independent June 2007
- Arc Independent April 2007
- Arc Independent Feb/March 2007
- Arc Independent Dec 2006/Jan 2007
- Arc Independent Oct/Nov 2007
- Arc Independent July/August/Sept 2006
- Arc Independent May/Jun 2006
- Arc Independent Mar/Apr 2006
- Arc Independent Jan/Feb 2006
- Spring 2005
- Winter 2004
- Fall 2003
- Summer 2003
- Spring 2003