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:
Inclusion Works
Feb. 1-4, 2012, Austin
http://www.thearcoftexas.org/site/PageServer?pagename=events_inclusion_conference
Texas Transition Conference
Feb. 20-22, 2012, Austin
http://ttc.tamu.edu
Attention Deficit Disorders Association – Southern Region
24th Annual Conference
Feb 17-18, 2012, Houston
www.adda-sr.org
TAPPestry Conference 2012
February 25, 2012 San Antonio
www.esc20.net/tappestry
Texas Speech Language & Hearing Assoc. 56th Annual Conference
March 8-10, 2012, San Antonio
http://www.txsha.org/convention.aspx
Texas Association for Education & Rehabilitation of Blind & Visual Impaired (TAER) Annual Conference AND Texas FOCUS
March 29-30 and March 30-31, 2012, Houston
http://www.txaer.org/
2012 Statewide Independent Living Conference
April 22-24, 2012, Dallas
http://www.txsilc.org/
Statewide Texas Assistive Technology Conference
June 12-14, 2012, Houston
http://www.texasat.net
Brain Injury Association of Texas Conference
June 14-17, 2012, Austin
http://www.biatx.org/
Statewide Positive Behavior Supports
June 25-27, 2012, Houston
http://www.txbsi.org
Texas CEC Annual Conference
June 28-30, 2012, San Antonio
http://www.tcecweb.org/conference.htm
Texas School for Blind & Visually Impaired Active Learning Conference
June, 2012, Austin
www.tsbvi.edu
Texas School for Deaf/ERCOD – Family Retreat
June 2012, Austin
http://www.tsd.state.tx.us/outreach/family_parent_involvement/fwr_program_details.html
Texas Association of the Deaf Conference
June 2012, Port Aransas
http://deaftexas.org
Texas Parent to Parent Conference
June 29-30, 2012, San Marcos
www.txp2p.org
Texas Statewide Youth Leadership Forum
July 2012, Austin
http://txylf.tamu.edu/
Texas Home School Coalition
August 2-4, 2012 The Woodlands
http://www.thsc.org/Categories.aspx?Id=Convention
Statewide Conference on Education of the Deaf
July 30 - Aug 1, 2012, Houston
www.swced.org
AbilitiesExpo
Aug. 3-5, 2012
www.abilitiesexpo.com
Texas Advocates Conference
Aug. 2012
http://arctx.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=TXA_homepage
Statewide Autism Conference
Oct. 11-13, 2012, Austin
http://autism.esc2.net/conference/index.asp
11th Annual Texas Dyslexia Conference
Council for Educators of Students with Disabilities
Oct 2012, Austin
http://www.504idea.org/Council_Of_Educators/Dyslexia.html
Deaf-Blind Multihandicapped Association of Texas Conference
October, 2012, Camp John Marc, Meridian, TX
http://www.dbmat-tx.org/annual_conference/a_c.html
7th Annual Texas Chargers Retreat
Nov 2-4 2012, Camp Allen, Navasota
Camp Allen Retreat Center
www.texaschargers.org
Section 504 Conference
Council for Educators of Students with Disabilities
Nov. 2012, Austin
http://www.504idea.org/Council_Of_Educators/Section_504.html
Statewide Parental Involvement Conference
Nov 29 - Dec 1, San Antonio
http://www.esc16.net/default.aspx?name=title1swi_Conference.home
DATES NOT AVAILABLE – Check websites:
Learning Disabilities Association of Texas Conference
http://www.ldat.org
Seizures and Epilepsy Education (S.E.E.) Regional Conference
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/