Public Input Meetings
On State Performance Plan
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).
For more information or specific contact information:
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed/tcip/index.html
Statewide Conferences:
Texas Advocates Conference
Aug 7-9, 2009, Irving
http://www.thearcoftexas.org/ta/conferences/texasadvocatesconf
Self Determination Conference
Sept 15-16, 2009, Houston
Employment Symposium
Sept 17, Houston
www.selfdetermined.org
Deaf-Blind Multihandicapped Association of Texas Conference
October, 2009 Camp John Marc
http://www.dbmat-tx.org/annual_conference/a_c.html
NAMI – Texas 25th Anniversary Conference
Oct 22-24, 2009, Houston
http://texami.org
Council for Educators of Students with Disabilities 8th Annual Dyslexia Conference
Oct 26-27, 2009 Austin
http://www.504idea.org/fall_dyslexia.html
Council for Educators of Students with Disabilities 13th Annual Section 504 Conference
Nov 16-17, 2009 Austin
http://www.504idea.org/fall_dyslexia.html
No Child Left Behind
Nov 19-21, 2009, Houston
http://www.esc16.net/dept/isserv/title1swi/stateconference2009.htm
Statewide Autism Conference
Dec. 3-5, 2009, Corpus Christi
http://www.autism.esc2.net
Inclusion Works
Feb. 10-13, 2010, Austin
http://www.thearcoftexas.org/conferences/inclusionworks.asp
Texas Transition Conference
Feb. 15-17, 2010, Austin
http://ttcc.tamu.edu
Texas Association for Education & Rehabilitation of Blind & Visual Impaired (TAER) Annual Conference
March 25-27, 2010, San Antonio
http://www.txaer.org/
Statewide Texas Assistive Technology Conference
June 15-18, 2010, San Antonio
http://www.texasat.net
Statewide Positive Behavior Supports
2010
http://www.txbsi.org
Texas Parent to Parent Conference
June 2010, San Marcos
www.txp2p.org
Statewide Conference on Education of the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Conference
July 22-24, 2010 Fort Worth
www.taped.org
Learning Disabilities Association of Texas Conference
http://www.ldat.org /
Brain Injury Association of Texas Conference 2010
http://www.biatx.org/
Seizures and Epilepsy Education (S.E.E.) Regional Conference 2010
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/local/efcst/events.cfm
Texas Association for Deaf Conference
June 2011, Corpus Christi
http://deaftexas.org/wp/conference