Understanding Parent Rights, New to Special Education
Training for surrogate and foster parents on their role in special education, focusing on IDEA rights, responsibilities, and advocacy.
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ARD Committee Meetings, New to Special Education
This video focuses on what happens during an ARD committee meeting. It explains the purpose of ARD meetings and guides families through the process, helping them understand meeting discussions, participate effectively, ask questions, and advocate for their child’s educational needs.
Behavior/Discipline
Support your child’s learning and behavior at home with PBIS strategies that strengthen school success through family-school collaboration.
New to Special Education, New to Texas
Webpage from Texas Health and Human Services provides information on state disability services, benefits, and programs for Texans with disabilities.
Transition
Find Texas special education contacts by topic and region to get guidance, resources, and support for families, educators, and professionals.
Transition
Parents share real-life experiences showing how early planning and support networks ease the transition to adulthood for their children.
Transition
Overview of Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services that help young adults with disabilities prepare for work and independence.
Behavior/Discipline
Tips and questions to help parents understand and reduce challenging behaviors in children through proactive strategies and support.
Behavior/Discipline, Develop the IEP
This resource offers guidance for families and educators on developing proactive behavior intervention plans and reactive crisis plans for students.
Behavior/Discipline
Aids schools in implementing a multi-tiered approach to social, emotional, and behavior support, aiming to enhance outcomes for all students.
Behavior/Discipline
Guides parents in planning school meetings on behavior needs, offering PBIS strategies, communication tips, and ways to understand behavior causes.
New to Special Education, New to Texas, Transition, Understanding Parent Rights
Navigate Life Texas offers resources and support for families of children with disabilities, covering health, education, finances, and more.
New to Special Education, Behavior/Discipline, Transition, ARD Committee Meetings
Video series featuring Texas families sharing insights on raising children with disabilities, offering support, strategies, and encouragement.
New to Special Education, ARD Committee Meetings
A glossary offering standardized Spanish translations of IDEA terms to support families, educators, and service providers.
New to Special Education
Parent Center Hub offers resources for families of children with orthopedic impairments, including education, support, accommodations, and advocacy.
Transition
In this video from Texas Sped Support, Jose reviews the Careers chapter in the Texas Transition and Employment Guide.
Develop the IEP, Implement the IEP
Explore a library of Assistive Technology (AT) tools tailored to support students’ unique learning needs.
New to Special Education
Learn about CADRE’s free Your Journey to Self-Determination series and guide—tools to help adults support youth in building advocacy skills.
Dispute Resolution
Four multilingual family guides explain dispute resolution options under Part C of the IDEA for families with infants and toddlers with disabilities.
New to Special Education, ARD Committee Meetings
A comprehensive glossary offering standardized Spanish translations of IDEA terms to support families, educators, and service providers.
New to Special Education
Glossary of essential special education terms for families, including explanations of IEPs, FAPE, LRE, and other key concepts.
Dispute Resolution, ARD Committee Meetings, Understanding Parent Rights
Provides Texas parents of children with disabilities tools and strategies to advocate for their child’s education and support services.
New to Special Education, New to Texas
Glossary of educational terms and acronyms used in Texas schools, with a focus on special education, curriculum, and student support services.