Colorado Coalition of Adoptive Families

Special Education

Colorado Department of Education (CDE)

Exceptional Student Services Unit: http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/index.htm
The Exceptional Student Services Unit advocates for children/youth with disabilities and provides support and technical assistance to their families and to the educators who serve them. Information on this section of CDE’s Special/Gifted/Pre-K Index Page includes:

• State Recommended Individual Education Plan (IEP) Forms & Instructions
• Transition Services (from Secondary Education)
  Included are: a Transition Toolkit that provides resources, forms, and surveys to be utilized with students by parents and educators, an Options Handbook that provides information regarding in-state colleges, universities, and trade schools, and the disability services they offer. The site also provides contact information.
• Information on Specific Disabilities
• Laws and Regulations

Map of Colorado Education Regions (including regional Special Education Coordinators): http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeedserv/rgmapage.htm

Colorado School Districts (including information on special education services at the district level): http://www.cde.state.co.us/utility/k12schls.htm#districts

Post-Secondary Colorado Educational Resources

• University of Colorado at Boulder Disability Services
  303.492.8671 (Voice/TTY)
  email: dsinfo@spot.colorado.edu
  web site: http://www.colorado.edu/disabilityservices
• Colorado State University Resources for Disabled Students
  970.491.6385 (Voice/TDD)
  web site: http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/RDS/index.html
• Front Range Community College Services for Students with Disabilities
  web site: http://www.frontrange.edu/pub_index.cfm?cid=2337
• Auraria Higher Education Center Disability Services Office
  Serving the Metropolitan State College of Denver & the University of Colorado at Denver
  303.556.8387 Voice 303.556.8484 TTY
  web site: http://www.ahec.edu

Page Last Updated: January 2, 2004