Transition
Guides practitioners in supporting families during the transition from early intervention to preschool special education services.
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New to Special Education
The Center offers Head Start programs tools and resources to support mental health, strengthen emotional development, and reduce challenging behavior.
Transition
Details the Texas tuition waiver for youth formerly in DFPS foster care or adopted from DFPS, supporting access to public college education.
Transition, Develop the IEP, New to Special Education
A guide to help families understand and navigate early intervention and special education services for young children.
ARD Committee Meetings, New to Special Education, New to Texas
Guide to legal requirements and practices for ARD meetings, IEP development and review, and parents’ rights.
Dispute Resolution
Explores how apologies influence communication and negotiation, emphasizing cultural perspectives and conflict resolution.
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
A parent shares real-life experiences, hopes, and reflections about their child’s future, offering insight into planning beyond school.
Dispute Resolution
Explore tips and access links to information about resolving special education disputes through Texas’s Dispute Resolution Processes.
Additional Resources, New to Texas
A statewide network supporting child abuse victims through coordinated investigation, healing services, and community protection.
New to Texas, Transition, Additional Resources
Provides resources and guidance to support military-connected families in easing school transitions and helping students succeed academically.
Dispute Resolution
Four multilingual family guides explain dispute resolution options under Part C of the IDEA for families with infants and toddlers with disabilities.
Transition, Graduation
This video captures real-life experiences in transition planning and shares strategies for life after high school.
Dispute Resolution
Discover how families and educators support students with disabilities through open communication, collaboration, and shared educational goals.
Implement the IEP
This tutorial provides evidence-based guidance on family–school partnerships for children’s literacy through an interactive online experience.
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.
Behavior/Discipline
This short video provides a scenario for behavior-specific praise in elementary school in two ways.
New to Texas, Transition, Additional Resources
Supports Army Families with quality child and youth programs that ease the balance between mission readiness and parental responsibilities.
ARD Committee Meetings, New to Special Education
This introductory video about ARD committee meetings explains their purpose and guides families through the process.
ARD Committee Meetings, New to Special Education
Provides step-by-step instructions for parents to request an ARD meeting to review or revise their child's special education services.
Evaluation, ARD Committee Meetings, Consent to Evaluate
Provides an overview of the timelines and steps Texas schools must follow when processing a parent's request for a special education evaluation.
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.
Transition
Provides information and tools to support students with disabilities and families in planning transitions.
Transition
Find Texas special education contacts by topic and region to get guidance, resources, and support for families, educators, and professionals.