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Video Recording in Spanish

Link to presentation in the video above: Google Classrooms for Parents

 

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Video Recording in Spanish

Link to presentation for the above training: English or Spanish 

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Video Recordings from March 24, 2021

Resource from Training

Resolving Issues with Your Child’s School
Dispute Resolution Tips for Parents

Join us as we discuss strategies for resolving conflicts with your child’s school including which school or district personnel you can contact for information to help resolve or address various issues. Keith Swink and Michelle Rosales from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) will provide tips on special education dispute resolution processes, including what issues State Written Complaints can be used to resolve and what some of those resolutions might look like.

Resolviendo problemas con la escuela de su hijo
Consejos para padres de resolución de disputas

Únase a nosotros el mientras discutimos estrategias para resolver conflictos con la escuela de su hijo, incluyendo a qué escuela o personal del distrito puede comunicarse para obtener información que ayude a resolver o abordar varios problemas. Keith Swink y Michelle Rosales de la Agencia de Educación de Texas (TEA, por sus siglas en inglés) brindarán consejos sobre los procesos de resolución de disputas de educación especial, incluidos los problemas que se pueden usar para resolver las quejas escritas del estado y cómo podrían verse algunas de esas resoluciones.

 

Video Recordings from April 21, 2021

Understanding The Transition Process

Transition planning can be overwhelming for students and families. This session will outline the requirements of transition planning and how to make sure it is a meaningful process. Link to Presentation

• Transition Requirements/Process
• Student Involvement
• Family Involvement

 

Center for Parent Information & Resources

Contacts for College Programs for Students with Disabilities 2021 

Council of Learning Disabilities 

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

LifePath Systems

National Library Service

Partners Resource Network

PISD Parenting Workshops 

Region 10 CRCG Resources 

Region 10 Parent Resources

SAGE

Special Education Rules & Regulations

Specially Designed Instruction (SDI)

Special Olympics

Special Education Resource Center

SPED TEX- Special Education Information Center

TEA

Special Education in Texas A-Z Index

Texas Project FIRST

The ARC

The Legal Framework for the Child-Centered Special Education Process

WhyTry

American Psychiatric Association: What is ADHD?

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)

National Institute for Mental Health: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

PISD Parenting Workshops

Autism Resource Center 

Autism Society

Autism Support Network Resources

National Autism Association of North Texas 

Cerebral Palsy Alliance 

Cerebral Palsy Foundation

My Child at Cerebral Palsy .org

United Cerebral Palsy 

Community Resource Guide: This document is updated annually and not endorsed by PISD, rather a document of resources for parents to consider. 

Audiology: ASHA

RDSPD Parent Google Site

Services for Student Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing 

Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas

National Down Syndrome Society

PISD Dyslexia

Tools for Dyslexia (PISD)

PISD Dyslexia Handbook

Scottish Rite Hospital: Dyslexia

Texas Education Agency (TEA) Dyslexia Handbook

Region 10 Dyslexia 

Early Childhood Intervention Services

PISD Early Childhood

PISD Early Childhood Resources

Information for Early Childhood intervention (Collin County ECI 972-562-0331)

Learning Disabilities Association of America

National Center for Learning Disabilities

National Alliance on Mental Illness

National Association of School Psychologists 

National Institute of Mental Health

PISD Parenting Workshops 

Texas Education Agency (TEA): Mental Health Resources

American Speech-Language Hearing Association

PISD Speech Services

Texas Speech-Language and Hearing Association

The State Board of Examiners of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

All Blind Children of Texas 

American Foundation for the Blind

Family Resources for Texas School for the Blind

Perkins School for the Blind 

Texas School for the Blind

Parent's Guide to the Admission, Review, and Dismissal Process- English: "The guide is designed to give you, as the parent of a child who is or may be eligible for special education services, a better understanding of the special education
process..." 

Parent's Guide to the Admission, Review, and Dismissal Process - Spanish

Parent's Guide to Admission, Review, and Dismissal Process - More Languages

Procedural Safeguards (English): Rights of Parents of Children with Disabilities 

Procedural Safeguards (Spanish)

Procedural Safeguards (more languages)

Resource

Link to information about guardianship and alternatives

OSEP Custody Resources  

Interpreter Services

The district must provide the parent with a written or audiotaped copy of the child's IEP translated into the parent's native language. Texas Educ. Code § 29.005(d)(1). 

If you need an interpreter for a meeting, contact your child's case manager and they will follow the district process for requesting an interpreter. 

Technical Assistance: Individualized Education Program (IEP) Development: Will link to PDF developed by Texas Educaiton Agency (TEA)

A Seven-Step Process to Creating Standards-based IEPs

A surrogate or foster parent may be needed to represent a student with a disability during the special education process as outlined by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA).  

In cases where the child has no parent(s), none can be located, or the child is a ward of the state, a surrogate parent must be appointed to make educational decisions on behalf of the child and to protect the child’s rights in matters relating to identification, evaluation, and placement in special education. 

Surrogate/foster parents are provided with required training by the campus Special Education Department 

Flow Chart

Charmaine Solomon Adult Transition Center

Project Search

Transition Texas (Texas Transition and Employment Guide (English and Spanish) can be found on this website)

Texas Workforce Commission and Legal Framework- Transition

The National Parent Center on Transition and Employment provides information on Middle and High school planning, postsecondary education, employment, benefit programs and support, independent and community living, Laws and Rights, Health and Transition and Assistive Technology. 

Got Transition aims to improve transition from pediatric to adult health care through the use of new and innovative strategies for health and professionals and youth an family.

Family Voices National Center for Family/Professional Partnerships is an organization of families and friends of children and youth with special health care needs and disabilities. 

Great Schools.org provides information on school quality, supporting advocacy and parenting information.

Texas Youth 2 Adult provides information specific to the individual diagnosis and age of the student.

Next Steps provides a multimedia reference tool about transition IEP process.

I’m Determined focuses on providing direct instruction models and opportunities to practice skills associated with self-determination and transition.

Bridging Apps is a website that searched for apps that are reviewed using standards-based assessment tools. Learn to use mobile devices to effectively target skill development.

Charting the Life Course is a framework that was developed to help individuals with disabilities and families at any age or stage of life think about what they need to know, identify how to find or develop supports, and discover what it takes to live the lives they want to live. Individuals and families may focus on their current situation and stage of life but may also find it helpful to look ahead to start thinking about what they can do or learn now that will help build an inclusive productive life in the future. 

Transition and the Law Document

Link to information about guardianship and alternatives

Transition is a process and a journey; not an event.  Transition planning leads to interdependence, allowing the person to recognize strengths, interests and needs.  According to the American’s with Disability Act of 1990, “Independence is not measured by the number of tasks a person can do without assistance but the quality of life a person can lead with assistance. Past experiences influence and support future outcomes. Envisioning what you and your child want to see in the future, and what you want to avoid can create a trajectory for planning.  This vision will change based on life experiences. Parents can create opportunities to support future learning and students can learn by experiencing success and perceived failures (Dignity of Risk Document).” 

Charting the LifeCourse provides tools to support your child’s transition. http://www.lifecoursetools.com/principles/ 

Transition age Trajectory Worksheet

Educational Planning for students projected to attend post-secondary education (College, Trade School or Military)

Checklist for Transition Planning

Resources for Educational Planning:

Pacer’s National Parent Center on Transition and Employment

Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education from the US Office of Civil Rights  

Lexile levels for postsecondary education 

Think College   

wikiHow Study Schedules

Tips for Maiking and Following Study Schedules 

Develop Good Habits (Study Schedule)

Self Determination and Self-Advocacy

Self-advocacy is the ability to speak up for yourself and the things that are important to you.  It includes asking for the things you want and need and express your feelings and ideas. Self-determination means that the person recognizes their strengths and needs in order to determine a goal, create and evaluate a plan of action while using identified supports.   Self-determination can be expressed at all ages and in many ways. A young child shows self-determination by choosing a toy, a shirt to wear, or a snack. This can be expressed by crying and throwing themselves on the floor or by having a choice presented. The parent can help the child by teaching self-determination and decreasing the emotional outbursts.

Skills associated with self-determination include choice making, self-advocacy and self-management and having self-awareness and self-knowledge. 

Click HERE to view skills associated with Self Determination and Self-Advocacy.

Trajectory Early Childhood

Trajectory Elementary

Trajectory Secondary

Agency Supports List 

Healthcare Transition

Healthcare transition is the process of getting ready for healthcare as an adult. During childhood, parents usually help with medical needs—they call for appointments, fill out forms, and keep track of medications. As youth get older, managing medical needs becomes their own responsibility. Achieving this independence requires an organized transition process to gain independent healthcare skills, prepare for an adult model of care, and transfer to new providers. There are several steps you can take to make sure the transition to adult healthcare goes smoothly. Be sure to also check out our resource section for additional information.

Link to Got Transition

Maximizing Supplemental Security Income

Planning for the Future with Medicaid Waivers

Early Childhood Trajectory 

 Elementary Trajectory

Secondary College Outcome Trajectory 

Sample Trajectories (Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, Secondary/College) HTML version

Transition age Trajectory  (Worksheet)