The Texas Education Agency and Education Service Centers host public input and information meetings to gather input on special education services for students with disabilities. The input from this and other public meetings will help the State identify and address areas for improvement and also build on current strengths related to the provision of special education. These public input meetings are a part of the Texas Special Education Continuous Improvement Process (TCIP) and will be held on an annual basis. Stakeholder input is vital to the State’s efforts to improve results for students with disabilities and meet new challenges as a result of the reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA 2004).
Meetings are very structured and focus on specific topics. This is not a place to voice specific grievances regarding your child’s individual education program, but a time to help TEA make systemic improvements on the topics being discussed. We encourage parents to participate in their local education service center public input meeting.
For more information or specific contact information:
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2147497661
Statewide Conferences:
Statewide Positive Behavior Supports
June 25-25, 2013, Houston
http://www.tbsconference.net/
Texas Parent to Parent Conference
July 26-27, 2013, San Marcos
www.txp2p.org
Texas Association of the Deaf Conference
August 1-4, 2013, Galveston
http://deaftexas.org/wp/conference/
Texas Home School Coalition
August 1-3, 2013 The Woodlands
http://www.thsc.org/Categories.aspx?Id=Convention
AbilitiesExpo
August 2-4, 2013, Houston
www.abilitiesexpo.com
Texas Advocates Conference
August 9-11, 2013, Houston
http://arctx.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=TXA_Know_Conference
Statewide Autism Conference
Oct. 17-18, 2013, Corpus Christi
http://autism.esc2.net/conference/index.asp
12th Annual Texas Dyslexia Conference
Council for Educators of Students with Disabilities
Oct. 21-22, 2013, Austin
http://www.504idea.org/Council_Of_Educators/Dyslexia.html
Deaf-Blind Multihandicapped Association of Texas Conference
October 11-13, 2013, Camp John Marc, Meridian, TX
http://www.dbmat-tx.org/annual_conference/a_c.html
8th Annual Texas Chargers Retreat
Nov. 1-3, 2013, Camp Allen Retreat Center, Navasota
www.texaschargers.org
Section 504 Conference
Council for Educators of Students with Disabilities
Nov. 4-5, 2013, Austin
http://www.504idea.org/Council_Of_Educators/Section_504.html
Statewide Parental Involvement Conference
Dec. 5-7, 2013, Galveston
http://www.esc16.net/preview.aspx?name=title1swi_2013Conference.home
TxABA Regional Conference
February 20-23, 2014, San Antonio
http://www.txaba.org/
Texas Transition Conference
Feb. 27-28, 2014, Austin
http://ttc.tamu.edu
2014 Statewide Independent Living Conference
March 30-April 1, 2014, Corpus Christi
http://www.txsilc.org/
2014 CONFERENCE DATES NOT YET AVAILABLE – Check websites for updates:
Inclusion Works
http://www.thearcoftexas.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_inclusion_conference
Region 5 Mobile Mania Conference
https://www.esc5.net/SiteAssets/MobileMania.aspx
Texas Deafblind Symposium
https://www.signup4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=20123930E&TID=gmAtrrm2zKJMqJCoIhfcaw%3D%3D
Attention Deficit Disorders Association – Southern Region
www.adda-sr.org
TAPPestry Conference
www.esc20.net/tappestry
Texas Speech Language & Hearing Assoc. Annual Conference
http://www.txsha.org/convention.aspx
Texas Association for Education & Rehabilitation of Blind & Visual Impaired (TAER) Annual Conference
http://www.txaer.org/
Texas Brain Injury Alliance Annual Conference
http://www.biatx.org/
Statewide Texas Assistive Technology Conference
http://www.texasat.net
Texas School for Deaf/ERCOD – Family Retreat
http://www.texasdhhresources.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=160858&type=d
Coalition for Texans with Disabilities &
Texas Advanced Leadership & Advocacy Conference (TALAC)
http://www.txdisabilities.org/news-events/ctds-35th-annual-convention
2014 Statewide Conference on Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
San Antonio
www.swced.org
Learning Disabilities Association of Texas Conference
http://www.ldat.org
Seizures and Epilepsy Education (S.E.E.) Regional Conference
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/