Ages 5 to 11

Your State Education Agency                                                                      Update 8.20.10

Your Regional Education Service Center

The Special Education Process:

Community Services:

Accommodations vs. Modifications

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Assessment Resources

    •  TEA Special Ed Guidance on Assessment

Assistive Technology

ADD/ADHD

Autism

Behavior

Blindness or Vision Impairments

Daycare Options

Diagnosis vs. Disability Label – Defining Eligibility

Deaf Services

Deaf Blindness

Discipline

Dispute Resolution Process - Overview

Dyslexia (ESC 10)

Evaluation - Overview

Extended School Year Services

Functional Behavior Assessments

The Future Is Coming – An Overview

TEA Guide To The ARD Process

Highly Qualified Teachers

Home School information

Inclusion

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) – Overview

It’s A New Idea– The Arc of Texas & Advocacy, Inc.

Least Restrictive Environment  (LRE)

Math

Medicaid Services – Parental Consent

Mental/Behavioral Health Issues in Education

Modifications vs. Accommodations

Moving – Within Texas; To Texas

No Child Left Behind

People FIRST Language

Positive Behavior Supports

Private Schools

Procedural Safeguards

Reading

Restraint, Seclusion & Timeout

Related Services

Research Based Instruction

Response To Intervention

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

Social And Relationship Skills

Specific Learning Disabilities

Statewide Assessments

Supplemental Educational Services (Tutoring)

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

Traumatic Brain Injury
     •  TEA Guidance on Traumatic Brain Injury

Universal Design for Learning
     •  National Center on Universal Design for Learning
     •  National Center on Learning Disabilities – Parents Guide To Universal Design

 

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