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Parent Training and Information Centers
Other Parent Training Resources
Your State Education Agency
Community Services:
- Family Supports – What are they? How do I access them?
- Family Resource Guide – Created by UT Texas Center on Disability Studies
- 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 Agrilife Extension
- Centers for Independent Living
- Social Security – How to Qualify & Apply; “Blue Book” Listing of Childhood Disabilities
Accommodations
- Heath Resource Center – Accommodations in College
- College Board – Applying for Accommodations for SAT/ACT
- Educational Testing Service – Test Takers with Disabilities (eligibility, documentation, FAQs)
- Comparison of IDEA, Section 504 & Americans with Disabilities Act (pdf)
Adult Basic Education
Dept. of Aging & Disability Services – Research and Compare companies that provide adult services
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
ADD/ADHD
Assistive Technology
- Texas Technology Access Program – Short Term Loans, Demonstration
- Centers, Computer Access Demonstration Centers
- 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
Blindness or Vision Impairments
- Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services – Services for Blind
College & Career Readiness Standards
Deafblindness
- Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services – Deafblind Services
Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services – Services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Disability & Post Secondary Education
- Academic Achievement Record
- Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
- Comparison of IDEA, Section 504 & Americans with Disabilities Act (pdf)
- U.S. Dept Of Education Transition of Students With Disabilities To Postsecondary Education
- ThinkCollege.net – Post secondary education for students with intellectual disabilities (Info for students, families, professionals).
- The Next Step – Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities
- 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 & Toolkit “Advising HS Students with Disabilities on Postsecondary Options”
- National Center on Learning Disabilities – Transition to College and Work for Teens
- LD Online – College & College Prep
- Texas Guaranteed Tuition Program
- NICHCY – Education/Training Connections
Drivers Education
- Department of Public Safety – Parent Taught Courses
- Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services – Vehicle Modifications
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
- Expert Answer Guide: Helping Young Adults with LD Transition to Employment by SchwabLearning.org
- http://schwablearning.org/articles.aspx?r=1137
- 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
The Future Is Coming – An Overview
- What is Transition?
- Transition: Planning to move from High School to Adulthood
- 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
GED Information
Graduation Requirements
Independent Living
- Listing of Centers for Independent Living (pdf file)
- Texas Association of Centers for Independent Living (TACIL)
- Texas State Independent Living Council (SILC)
- Texas Home of Your Own Coalition
- NICHCY – Independent Living Connections
Mental/Behavioral Health Issues in Education
- Mental Health America of Texas
- 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
Optional Flexible School Day Program for Students age 21-26
People FIRST Language
- Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities People First Language
- Disability is Natural
- When Special isn’t So Special
Related Services & Transition
Training Resources
Transition Resources
Universal Design For Learning
Texas Project FIRST is an activity of the Texas Continuing Improvement Process (TCIP) under the auspices of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and Region 9 Education Service Center, and is focused on helping to fulfill the goals of TEA and the Parent Training Committee
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