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The Special Education Process:
- What To Know, Who To Call
- Special Education Step-By-Step
- ARD Agenda
- Portfolios
- Communication With People at School
- Creating Family/School Partnerships
Community Services:
- Family Supports – What are they? How do I access them?
- Family Resource Guide – Created by UT Texas Center on Disability Studies
- Which Waiver does What? – Imagine Enterprises
- Department of Aging & Disability Services Interest List Information – CBA, CLASS, MDCP, HCS, DBMD
- Department Of Aging & Disability Services – How To Apply for Services
- Texas Health & Human Services Commission – Medicaid, CHIP, Family Services, Food Stamps, Temporary Assistance For Needy Families
- Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services – Blind Services, Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services, Rehabilitation Services
- Dept. of State Health Services Community Mental Health – Find services
- Texas Cooperative Extension
- Centers for Independent Living
- Social Security – How to Qualify & Apply; “Blue Book” Listing of Childhood Disabilities
Accommodations vs. Modifications
- Accommodations and Modifications Training Module – Access to General Curriculum (ESC 20)
- Accommodations and Modifications for those with Dyslexia or Reading Disabilities (ESC 10)
- TEA Accommodation Resources
- NICHCY – Supports, Modifications and Accommodations for Students
ADD/ADHD
After School Care
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Americans with Disabilities Act – Government website
Assistive Technology
- Texas Assistive Technology Network (ESC 4)
- Texas Technology Access Program – Short Term Loans, Demonstration Centers, Computer Access Demonstration Centers
- NICHCY - National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standards (NIMAS) training module 8
- National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standards (NIMAS)
- Specialized Telecommunications Assistance Program (STAP) – Dept. of Assistive & Rehabilitative Services – Voucher program for equip. or services to help access telephone networks
Autism
- Strategies For Consideration for Students with Autism (autism supplement)
- Texas Statewide Leadership on Autism (ESC 13) – Links to Conference, TARGET Manual, Trainings, etc.
- Commissioner’s Rules on IEP development for students with autism
- Guidance on the Commissioner’s Rules related to Autism (TAC 89.1055 (e))
Behavior
- Behavior Intervention Plans
- Texas Education Agency Texas Behavior Support Initiative
- NICHCY Resources – Behavior Assessments
- NICHCY Resources – Behavior at School
- Wrightslaw – When Schools Have Children Arrested for School-Related Behavior Problems by Pete Wright, Esq.
Blindness or Vision Impairments
- Region 11 Education Service Center Statewide Leadership for Blind and Visually Impaired
- Educating Students with Visual Impairments in Texas: Guidelines and Standards (pdf)
- Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Downloadable Braille Materials, Instructional Strategies & Tools, Assessments, Goals & Objectives,etc.)
- Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services – Services for Blind and Visually Impaired
- Education Resource Center on Deafness
- Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services – Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Downloadable Braille Materials, Instructional Strategies & Tools, Assessments, Goals & Objectives,etc.)
Diagnosis vs. Disability Label – Defining Eligibility
- Guidance on the Commissioner’s Rules related to Eligibility (TAC 89.1040)
Discipline
- Office of Special Education Programs – Discipline Regulations
- TEA Discipline Flowchart for Students with Disabilities
- Advocacy Incorporated Discipline – An Interactive Guide through the Process
- Texas Appleseed – When My Child Is Disciplined at School
- Texas Appleseed – Navigating the Juvenile Justice System: A Handbook for Juveniles and Their Famlies
- National Mental Health Association – Family Guide for Surviving Juvenile Justice System
- Wrightslaw – When Schools Have Children Arrested for School-Related Behavior Problems by Pete Wright, Esq.
- NICHCY – Key Issues in Discipline Training Module 19
Dispute Resolution Process - Overview
- Facilitated IEP Meetings
- Complaints
- Mediation
- Due Process
- TEA Dispute Resolution Guidance Document
- TEA Complaint Process Frequently Asked Questions
Drivers Education
- Texas Education Agency Information for Teen Drivers & Parents
- Texas Education Agency In School Driver Ed & Traffic Safety
- Department of Public Safety – Parent Taught Courses
- Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
Dyslexia (ESC 10)
- The Dyslexia Handbook (pdf)
- Dyslexia – An Overview by Greatschools.net
http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/990
Employment
- Department Of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
- Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy
- Healthy and Ready To Work National Resource Center
- Making Self Employment Work, Griffin-Hammis Associates
- Imagine Enterprises Work Incentives and Benefits Planning
- Social Security Administration – Employment Support
- Gulf Coast Benefits Planning Services – Benefits planning for 13 county area for people who wish to work
- Transition to Employment For Young People with LD by Greatschools.net www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/2979
- National Collaborative on Workforce & Disability for Youth – The 411 on Disability Disclosure
- Employability Skills 2000 – Critical skills needed in the workplace
- Rural Institute of Montana – Work Experience Guide
- NICHCY – Employment Connections
- Pre-Referral/Response to Intervention
- Referral Process
- Evaluation Procedures
- Eligibility, Independent Evaluations
- NICHCY Intro. To Evaluation and Initial Evaluation Training Modules 9 & 10
- Reevaluation Process
Functional Behavior Assessments
- Functional Behavior Assessments (pdf) from the Texas Autism Resource Guide (Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism – ESC 13)
- NICHCY Resources – Behavior Assessments
The Future Is Coming – An Overview
- What is Transition?
- Preparing to Transition to Middle School/Junior High
- Preparing to Transition to High School
- Self Advocacy
- Self Determination
- Person Centered Planning
- Guardianship and Alternatives to Guardianship
- A Parent Perspective – Scarlett O’Hara vs. Nike
Graduation - Overview
- Academic Achievement Record
- Course Of Study – Minimum, Recommended, & Distinguished Plans
- Diplomas
- Graduation Options
- Transition Goals and Objectives
- Summary of Performance
- Participation in Graduation Ceremonies (SB 673)
Highly Qualified Teachers
- NICHCY – Highly Qualified Teachers Training Module 7
- TEA NCLB Highly Qualified Teachers information
Home School information
Inclusion
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) – Overview
- Developing an IEP: Who? What? When? Where? And Why?
- Present Levels of Academic and Functional Performance
- Goals and Objectives
- Transition Goals & Objectives
- Accommodations
- Placement
- IEP Planning Matrix
- Standards Based IEP Development Questions & Answers Document by Access to the General Curriculum (ESC 20)
- Standards Based IEP Training Module (Presentation, Handouts, Video) – Access to the General Curriculum (ESC 20)
- NICHCY Individualized Education Programs Training Modules 12-14
- NICHCY – Transition Goals in the IEP
- Rural Institute of Montana – Planning for Your Transition from High School to Adult Life Workbook
It’s A New Idea– The Arc of Texas & Advocacy, Inc.
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
- LRE Question & Answers Document by Access to the General Curriculum (ESC 20)
- NICHCY – LRE Decision Making Training Module 15
Math
- Texas Math Initiative
- US Dept of Education – Helping Your Child Learn Math
- Teaching Math to Students with Visually Impairments
Medicaid Services – Parental Consent
Mental/Behavioral Health Issues in Education
- Texas Collaborative for Emotional Development In Schools
- Emotional & Behavioral Assessment (pdf) from the Texas Autism Resource Guide
- Children’s Mental Health Action Network – Resource Guide: A Parent’s Road Map
- Mental Health Association of Texas
- Mental Health American in Texas – Publications
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - Texas
- Systems of Care – SAMHSA grant projects in Texas
- Finding Help When You’re in Trouble with the Law, a Handbook for persons with Mental Illness and their Families – Texas Appleseed and Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
Modifications vs. Accommodations
Positive Behavior Supports
- Positive Behavior Supports (pdf) from Texas Autism Resource Guide
- Texas Education Agency Positive Behavior Supports
- NICHCY Resources – Positive Supports
- NICHCY Resources – Using Positive Methods
- Technical Assistance Center on Social/Emotional Intervention - PBS
- OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports
Postsecondary Education
- U.S. Dept Of Education Transition of Students With Disabilities To Postsecondary Education: A Guide for High School Educators
- Office of Civil Rights – Students with Disabilities Preparing for Post Secondary Education: Know Your Rights & Responsibilities
- ThinkCollege.net – Post secondary education for students with intellectual disabilities (Info for students, families, professionals).
- The Next Step – Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities video
- Resource Guide on Higher Education for People with Disabilities – Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities
- George Washington University Heath Resource Center – Online clearinghouse on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with disabilities.
- National Center on Learning Disabilities – Transition to College and Work for Teens
Private Schools
- Procedural Safeguards – See section on Voluntary Private School Placements by Parents
- NICHCY – Children enrolled by their Parents in Private Schools Training Module 16
- NICHCY Introduction to Procedural Safeguards Training Module 17
Reading
- Vaughn Gross Center for Reading & Language Arts – Materials, Training Materials, Research
- Commissioners List of Reading Assessments
- TEA – Middle School Diagnostic Reading Assessment
- US Dept of Education – Helping Your Child Learn Reading
Restraint, Seclusion & Timeout
- See Procedural Safeguards– Section on Texas rules regarding Restraint, Seclusion & Timeout
Research Based Instruction
- TEA Best Practices Clearinghouse
- What Works Clearinghouse – Reviews of research on topics in education (Beginning Reading, Adolescent Literacy, Elementary & Middle School Math, Character Education & Drop Out Prevention)
- National Center for Learning Disabilities: A Parents Guide to Response to Intervention
- NICHCY – Early Intervening Services and Response to Intervention Training Module 6
- RtI Guidance Document – TEA Division of Curriculum
- Meadows Center – Response to Intervention: What Parents Need to Know
Restraint, Seclusion & Timeout
- See Procedural Safeguards– Section on Texas rules regarding Restraint, Seclusion & Timeout
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
- Sensory Integration & Motor Activities
- Sensory Assessment pdf) from the Texas Autism Resource Guide
Social And Relationship Skills
- Social Skills Assessment (pdf) from the Texas Autism Resource Guide
Specific Learning Disabilities
- Learning Disabilities – An Overview by Greatschools.net http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/2025
- NICHCY – Identification of Students with Specific Learning Disabilities Training Module 11
- National Research Center on Learning Disabilities – Resource Kit
- LD Online
- STAAR testing information NEW!!
- TAKS
- TAKS-Accommodated
- TAKS-M
- TAKS-ALT – What is this? Who Can Take TAKS-ALT?
- TEA - Frequently Asked Questions about the Texas Assessment Program and Frequently Asked Questions About TAKS-ALT
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
Therapy Services in Schools
Training Resources
- Statewide Parent Training & Information Center
- Other Parent Resources
- Partners in Policymaking E-Learning Courses by MN Gov. Council on Developmental Disabilities
- Partners in Time – History of society’s treatment of people with disabilities
- Partners in Education – Understand the benefits of special education and inclusion
- Making Your Case – How to communicate with public officials
- Partners in Employment – How to write resume, participate in interview, plan career
- Partners In Living – Self determination, family support & community living
Transition Planning
- Texas Statewide Transition Network (ESC 11)
- National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)
- National Alliance for Secondary Education and Transition
- National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC)
- Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center Transition Outcomes Project Materials
- University of Montana Rural InstituteTransition Projects
- Health Care Transitions - Institute for Child Health Policy at Univ. of Florida
- NICHCY – Transition to Adulthood
Universal Design for Learning
• National Center on Universal Design for Learning
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