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Your State Education Agency                                                                                              Update 1.31.12

Your Regional Education Service Center

The Special Education Process:

What To Know, Who To Call Special Education Step-By-Step ARD Agenda  (Simple 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 Support 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 (SNAP),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 Community Coordination Resource Groups Texas AgriLife Extension Centers for Independent Living Social Security – How to Qualify & Apply; “Blue Book”  Listing of Childhood Disabilities

Accommodations vs. Modifications

Accommodations and Modifications for those with Dyslexia or Reading Disabilities (ESC 10) TEA Accommodation Resources NICHCY – Supports, Modifications and Accommodations for Students NICHCY Evidence for Education – Assessment and Accommodations

ADD/ADHD

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Americans with Disabilities Act – Government website

Assessment Resources

TEA Special Ed Guidance on Assessment

Assistive Technology

Texas Assistive Technology Network (ESC 4) – Training modules, AT resources, Useful links 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 ESC 4 Universal Design Wikispace Learning Interventions Additional Resources

Autism

Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism (ESC 13)– Links to Conference, TARGET Manual, Trainings, etc. Strategies For Consideration for Students with Autism (autism supplement) Commissioner’s Rules on IEP development for students with autism Guidance on the Commissioner’s Rules related to Autism (TAC 89.1055 (e)) Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services – Autism program for ages 3-8

Behavior

Behavior Intervention Plans Texas Education Agency Texas Behavior Support Initiative (online training) Texas Collaborative for Emotional Development In Schools Solving the Behavior Puzzle by Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism NICHCY Resources – Behavior Assessments NICHCY Resources – Behavior at School Center for Social & Emotional Foundations for Early Learning - Promoting Social and Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children – Training modules, Role Play, Videos

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 Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Information for parents, Downloadable Braille Materials, Instructional Strategies & Tools, Assessments, Resources, etc.) Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services – Services for Blind and Visually Impaired

Bullying

Charter Schools

Curriculum

Daycare Options

Child Care Centers and the Americans with Disabilities Act Commonly Asked Questions about Child Care Centers and the Americans with Disabilities Act

Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Education Resource Center on Deafness TEA Services to Students who are Deaf or Hard or Hearing Region 11 Education Service Center Statewide Leadership on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Deafness 101 Online Course – Region 20 ESC Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services – Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Additional Resources

Deaf Blindness

Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Information for parents, Downloadable Braille Materials, Instructional Strategies & Tools, Intervener Resources etc.) TEA – Services to Students who are DeafBlind Additional Resources

Diagnosis vs. Disability Label – Defining Eligibility

Guidance on the Commissioner’s Rules related to Eligibility (TAC 89.1040) NICHCY – Specific Disabilities Resources for Teachers By Disability (Includes Instructional strategies and accommodations) Additional Resources

Discipline

Office of Special Education Programs – Discipline Regulations TEA Discipline Flowchart for Students with Disabilities TEA Guidance on Discipline & School Removals Texas Appleseed – When My Child Is Disciplined at School Texas Appleseed – Navigating the Juvenile Justice System: A Handbook for Juveniles and Their Famlies 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 IEPs Complaints Mediation Due Process TEA Dispute Resolution Systems Handbook NICHCY Options for Dispute Resolution Training Module 18 CADRE: Familes & School Working Together to Resolve Disputes

Dyslexia (ESC 10)

Dyslexia – An Overview by GreatSchools.net  http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/990

Evaluation - Overview

Pre-Referral/Response to Intervention Referral Process Evaluation Procedures Eligibility, Independent Evaluations NICHCY Intro. To Evaluation and Initial Evaluation Training Modules 9 & 10 NICHCY Evaluating Children for Disability Reevaluation Process

Extended School Year Services

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 Kindergarten Preparing to Transition to Middle School/Junior High Futures Planning training by Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism Self Advocacy Self Determination Person Centered Planning Guardianship and Alternatives to Guardianship A Parent Perspective – Scarlett O’Hara vs. Nike

TEA Guide To The ARD Process

Health Services – Coordinated School Health Model

Highly Qualified Teachers

NICHCY – Highly Qualified Teachers Training Module 7 TEA NCLB Highly Qualified Teachers information TEA Guidance On Highly Qualified Teachers TEA Educator Certification (Teacher Assignment Chart, SBEC rules on hiring, etc.) State Board of Educator Teacher Certification information

Home School information

Inclusion

Why Inclusion Begins In Kindergarten (pdf)

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 Accommodations Placement IEP Planning Matrix "NEW" IEP Annual Goal Development Q&A  Document by Access to the General Curriculum (ESC 20) Standards Based IEP Training Module (Presentation, Handouts, Video) – Access to the General Curriculum (ESC 20) TEA Guidance on Standards Based IEPs NICHCY Individualized Education Programs Training Modules 12-14

It’s A New Idea – The Arc of Texas & Disability Rights Texas

Least Restrictive Environment  (LRE)

LRE Question & Answers – Access to the General Curriculum (ESC 20) NICHCY – LRE Decision Making Training Module 15 NICHCY – Placement Issues

Math

Texas Math Initiative US Dept of Education – Helping Your Child Learn Math Teaching Math to Students with Visually Impairments 3 Tier Math Model – Vaughn Gross Center Supplemental Educational Services (Tutoring) NICHCY Evidence for Education – Effective Math Instruction ESC 4 Universal Design Wikispace Math Resources Math Disability in children: An overview by Greatschools.net http://www.greatschools.org/special-education/LD-ADHD/526-math-disability-in-children-an-overview.gs?page=1

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 America of Texas – Publications National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - 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 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Association 40 Developmental Assets for School Age Children – Search Institute

Modifications vs. Accommodations

Moving – Within Texas; To Texas

No Child Left Behind

Parent Survey – ESC 9 Parent Coordination Network Leadership

People FIRST Language

Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities People First Language Disability is Natural When Special isn’t So Special

Positive Behavior Supports

Positive Behavior Supports (pdf) from the Texas Autism Resource Guide (Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism – ESC 13) Texas Education Agency Positive Behavior Supports (online training) Texas Collaborative for Emotional Development In Schools Technical Assistance Center on Social/Emotional Intervention - PBIS OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports

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

Procedural Safeguards

NICHCY Introduction to Procedural Safeguards Training Module 17 Partners Resource Network – Online training

Reading

Vaughn Gross Center for Reading & Language Arts – Materials, Training Materials, Research US Dept of Education – Helping Your Child Learn Reading Supplemental Educational Services (Tutoring) ESC 4 Universal Design Wikispace Reading Resources

Related Services

Therapy Services In Schools

Research Based Instruction

TEA Best Practices Clearinghouse What Works Clearinghouse – Reviews of research on topics in education (Beginning Reading, Adolescent Literacy, Early Childhood Education, Elementary & Middle School Math, Character Education & Drop Out Prevention) NICHCY – Research Based Resources on Specific Disabilities

Response To Intervention

RtI Guidance Document – TEA Division of Curriculum Texas Assistive Technology Network Meadows Center – Response to Intervention: What Parents Need to Know National Center for Learning Disabilities: A Parents Guide to Response to Intervention NICHCY – Early Intervening Services and Response to Intervention Training Module 6

Restraint, Seclusion & Timeout

See Procedural Safeguards– Section on Texas rules regarding Restraint, Seclusion & Timeout

Revocation of Consent

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

Sensory Integration

Sensory Assessment pdf) from the Texas Autism Resource Guide Sensory Processing Interventions (pdf) from the Texas Autism Resource Guide (Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism – ESC 13)

Social And Relationship Skills

Social Skills Assessment (pdf) from the Texas Autism Resource Guide Navigating the Social Maze training by Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism NICHCY Evidence for Education – Social Skills and Academic Achievement

Specific Learning Disabilities

Learning Disabilities – An Overview by GreatSchools.net http://www.greatschools.net/LD/identifying/learning-disabilities-in-children.gs?content=664   NICHCY – Identification of Students with Specific Learning Disabilities Training Module 11 National Research Center on Learning Disabilities – Resource Kit LD Online Additional Resources

Statewide Assessments

STAAR testing information STAAR Modified NEW!! STAAR Alternate NEW!! Difference between STAAR Modified and TAKS Modified  NEW!! TAKS Resources TAKS-M TEA - Frequently Asked Questions about the Texas Assessment Program

Supplementary Aids & Services

Supplemental Aids Project – ESC 13 Teaching Aids by Subject Area The Legal Framework – Supplemental Aids and Services

Supplemental Educational Services (Tutoring)

US Dept of Education – Supplemental Education Services: Quick Reference for Parents

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

Therapy Services in Schools

Training Resources

Traumatic Brain Injury

TEA Guidance on Traumatic Brain Injury Brain Injury Assoc. of Texas Resources for Teachers By Disability (Includes Instructional strategies and accommodations)

Universal Design for Learning

Texas Assistive Technology Network National Center on Universal Design for Learning National Center on Learning Disabilities – Parents Guide To Universal Design ESC 4 Universal Design Wikispace