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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 Cooperative ExtensionCenters for Independent Living
- Social Security – How to Qualify & Apply; “Blue Book” Listing of Childhood Disabilities
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Assistive Technology
- 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)
Disability & Post Secondary Education
- Comparison of IDEA, Section 504 & Americans with Disabilities Act (pdf)
- U.S. Dept Of Education Transition of Students With Disabilities To Postsecondary Education: A Guide for High School Educators
- 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
- National Center on Learning Disabilities – Transition to College and Work for Teens
Drivers Education
- Department of Public Safety – Parent Taught Courses
- Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
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
Independent Living
The Future Is Coming – An Overview
- What is Transition?
- Transition: Planning to move from High School to Adulthood
- Self Advocacy
- Self Determination
- Person Centered Planning
- Guardianship and Alternatives to Guardianship
- A Parent Perspective – Scarlett O’Hara vs. Nike
Mental/Behavioral Health Issues in Education
- 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 Texas
Training Resources
- 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
- 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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