Resources

Texas Education Agency - Special Education
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

 

TEA Resources

Provides families with information regarding IDEA, Dyslexia, MTSS and Section 504

https://tea.texas.gov/academics/special-student-populations/special-education/resources

Legal Framework
https://fw.esc18.net/display/Webforms/ESC18-FW-LandingPage.aspx

Transition Supports and Services

Secondary Transition Guidance

 http://tea.texas.gov/index2.aspx?id=2147496883

On this page, you will find information about transition from the school settings to post-school settings. This transition process should begin as early as possible but formally begins when a student with a disability turns 14 (19 TAC §89.1055(g)(1-9) and 34 CFR §300.320(b)).

 

Transition in Texas https://4.files.edl.io/bf96/03/21/22/155418-6923c754-fb6b-4e2c-994b-39bcc82101bc.pdf       

 

Texas Transition and Employment Guide https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/2018%20Texas%20Transition%20and%20Employment%20Guide%20rev2.pdf

A website or students, parents, educators, and agencies

 

Achievement Center of Texas: http://achievementcenteroftexas.org/

 

ARC of Dallas: https://arcnorthtexas.org/

 

Dallas County Community College District Disability Services: https://www.dcccd.edu/SS/OnCampus/DisSvs/Pages/default.aspx

 

Texas Workforce Commission: https://twc.texas.gov/partners/programs-people-disabilities

 

Launch ability: http://www.launchability.org/Metrocare http://www.metrocareservices.org/Our-Services/Mental-Retardation-Authority.aspx

 

Workforce Solutions-Greater Dallas: http://www.wfsdallas.com/

   

Links

Metrocare Services

Department of Assistive & Rehabilitation Services (DARS)

American Speech-Language Hearing Association

Texas Speech-Language Hearing Association

Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism Training

VI - Texas Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired

VI - Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

SPEDTex

Think College