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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 PartnershipsCommunity 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 Rehabilitation Services – Blind Services, Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services, Rehabilitation
Services
• Dept. of State Health Services Community Mental Health – Find services
• Social Security – How to Qualify & Apply; “Blue Book” Listing of Childhood Disabilities
• Texas Cooperative ExtensionAccommodations vs. Modifications
• Accommodations and Modifications Training Module – Access to General Curriculum (ESC 20)Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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)Autism
• Strategies For Consideration for Students with Autism
• 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 3-8Daycare Options
• Child Care Centers and the Americans with Disabilities Act
• Commonly Asked Questions about Child Care Centers and the Americans with Disabilities ActDiagnosis vs. Disability Label – Defining Eligibility
• Guidance on the Commissioner’s Rules related to Eligibility (TAC 89.1040)Dispute Resolution Process - Overview
• Complaints
• Mediation
• Due Process
• TEA Dispute Resolution Guidance Document
• TEA Complaint Process Frequently Asked QuestionsDual Enrollment
• Guidance on the Commissioner’s Rules related to Dual Enrollment (TAC 89.1096)Evaluations
• Full Individual Evaluation (FIE)
• NICHCY Intro. To Evaluation and Initial Evaluation Training Modules 9 & 10
• Reevaluation ProcessThe Future Is Coming – An Overview
• What is Transition?
• Preparing to Transition to Preschool
• Key Elements of Early Childhood Transition (checklist)
• Preparing to Transition to Kindergarten
• Self Advocacy
• Self Determination
• Person Centered Planning
• Guardianship and Alternatives to Guardianship
• A Parent Perspective – Scarlett O’Hara vs. NikeInclusion
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
• TEKS-Based IEP Development Questions & Answers Document by Access to the General Curriculum (ESC 20)
• TEKS Based Instruction Training Module (Presentation, Handouts, Video) – Access to the General Curriculum (ESC 20)
• NICHCY Individualized Education Programs Training Modules 12-14It’s A New Idea – The Arc of Texas & Advocacy, Inc.
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
• NICHCY – LRE Decision Making Training Module 15Mental/Behavioral Health Issues in Education
• Texas Collaborative for Emotional Development In Schools
• 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 TexasPositive Behavior Supports
• Positive Behavior Supports – what are these?
• Texas Education Agency Positive Behavior Supports
• NICHCY Resources – Positive Supports
• NICHCY Resources – Using Positive Methods
• OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavior Intervention & SupportsPreschool Program for Children with Disabilities (PPCD)
• TEA Preschool Program for Children with DisabilitiesSection 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
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
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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