Behavior/Discipline
Support your child’s learning and behavior at home with PBIS strategies that strengthen school success through family-school collaboration.
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Transition, New to Special Education
Tips for families of children with disabilities to ease school transitions, from early childhood through high school.
Transition, Graduation
Learn Texas graduation options for students with disabilities, including diploma pathways, adaptations, college impact, and services.
Evaluation, New to Special Education
Explains Texas school district timelines and steps for completing a student's initial special education evaluation after parental consent.
Transition
This guide helps families and students explore options available through Texas Driving with Disability to support safe, informed driving experiences.
Dispute Resolution
Outlines ten guiding principles for effective, child-centered advocacy in special education.
Dispute Resolution
Four multilingual family guides explain dispute resolution options under Part C of the IDEA for families with infants and toddlers with disabilities.
Additional Resources
Learn about the PDSES grant program, application process, online marketplace, and answers to common family questions.
Transition
An overview of Supported Decision-Making Agreements, which let people with disabilities make their own choices with support from others.
New to Special Education, Additional Resources
View the list and map of approved PDSES service providers offering tutoring, therapy, and other eligible services.
New to Special Education, New to Texas, Requesting an Evaluation
Offers information on services for children under 3 with delays/disabilities, including eligibility, referrals, and local program access.
New to Special Education
Discover how ECI supports young children with developmental delays by coaching families to build skills through everyday real-life settings.
Evaluation, New to Special Education
Parent Guide to Special Education: Rights, Evaluation Process, and Available Supports for Students with Disabilities.
Dispute Resolution
Learn how to navigate the Texas Education Agency's special education complaints process.
Understanding Parent Rights, New to Special Education
Shares five practical steps to help parents effectively advocate for their child through emotional awareness, knowledge, and collaboration.
Develop the IEP, Implement the IEP
Find released STAAR test questions from the Texas Education Agency to help students, parents, and educators prepare for state assessments
New to Special Education
In this video, Laura Buckner shares how connecting with other families of students with disabilities can offer support and shared strength.
ARD Committee Meetings, Develop the IEP
Tips for families to actively participate in their child’s early intervention or special education team and support their learning journey.
ARD Committee Meetings, New to Special Education
This document covers some big ideas that will help you be ready for your child’s ARD meeting, even in a phone or virtual environment.
New to Special Education, Additional Resources
View a one‑page overview of the PDSES program, including key eligibility rules, grant details, and how families can get started.
Develop the IEP, ARD Committee Meetings, Implement the IEP
Texas Administrative Code (TAC) document discussing the Commissioner"s rule related to autism.
ARD Committee Meetings, New to Special Education
This video focuses on preparing for an ARD committee meeting. It explains the purpose of ARD meetings and guides families through the process, helping them understand what to expect, how to prepare, and how to participate effectively in planning their child's special education services.
Additional Resources, New to Texas, Transition
MFLC offers military communities confidential counseling, briefings, and presentations from trained professionals near installations.
Transition
This video explains the benefits of the Medicaid Waiver Program for families and how school staff can support families in joining the waiting list.