Additional Resources
Learn about special education updates from legislation passed during the 89th Texas Legislature, Regular Session (2025).
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Dispute Resolution
Explore tips and access links to information about resolving special education disputes through Texas’s Dispute Resolution Processes.
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.
Transition
Help your child build self-advocacy skills and prepare for IEP meetings to support their transition to adulthood.
Transition, New to Special Education
Whether you need resources now or are planning for life after graduation, this document identifies agencies and programs across Texas.
Develop the IEP, Implement the IEP
Overview of Texas student assessments including STAAR, TELPAS, and alternatives, with resources for educators, families, and administrators.
Develop the IEP, Implement the IEP
Learn more about the types of related services that may be included in a student’s IEP to help them benefit from special education.
Transition
Highlights the value of building personal networks to ensure long-term support and improved outcomes for individuals with disabilities.
Behavior/Discipline
Parents offer tips and real-life examples to help children with disabilities develop social skills and build meaningful peer relationships.
Transition
Guides practitioners in supporting families during the transition from early intervention to preschool special education services.
Behavior/Discipline, ARD Committee Meetings
Describes how ARD committees assess if a student’s behavior is caused by their disability during a Manifestation Determination Review.
Develop the IEP, Implement the IEP, Dyslexia and Dysgraphia, Additional Resources
Learn about Texas state assessments and explore tools and resources to support your child’s academic progress.
Develop the IEP, Implement the IEP
Outlines how school nurses support students with special health needs through care planning, health monitoring, and coordination with educators.
Dispute Resolution
Webinar focused on the fundamentals of creating supportive and effective family-practitioner relationships.
Develop the IEP, Implement the IEP
Covers alternate assessments, LRE, IDEA provisions, classroom access strategies, and next steps for families of students with disabilities.
Transition
Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) helps individuals with disabilities prepare for, get, keep, and grow in meaningful careers through the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program.
Transition
An overview of Supported Decision-Making Agreements, which let people with disabilities make their own choices with support from others.
Transition, Additional Resources
Five key strategies to support inclusive education transitions for students with disabilities, families, schools, and districts.
Develop the IEP, Implement the IEP
Explore a library of Assistive Technology (AT) tools tailored to support students’ unique learning needs.
Transition
Important considerations for parents of children with disabilities as they explore options for their child to make legal decisions in adulthood.
Develop the IEP, Implement the IEP
Explains related services—like occupational therapy, counseling, and transportation—that support students with disabilities in accessing special education.
Transition
This video series captures real-life examples and recommendations for transition planning.
Behavior/Discipline
Learn about school-based behavior supports, with tools and strategies to help families and schools support students together.
Transition, New to Special Education
In this video, Laura Bucker talks about getting on interest lists for Medicaid waiver programs early in a student's life.