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Plano ISD Special Education MISSION
We will ADVOCATE and COLLABORATE to help ALL students and staff ACHIEVE their full POTENTIAL, meet INDIVIDUAL needs, and promote GROWTH of the WHOLE CHILD!
This is a site to support parents with students in Special Education.
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Important for all Families
This section includes important resources that are considered to be "top of the list things do to."
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General Information
The sections below provide information regarding special education contact lists, acronyms, evaluations, IDEA, and more. There are also sections that include information you may need in regards to a particular time of year.
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Resources
The resource section provides links for special education, program, and community resources.
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ARD Process
In the Admission, Review and Dismissal (ARD) Process sections you will find links to provide further information about the ARD and Individualized Education Plan (IEP) processes such as the ARD guide and procedural safeguards.
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Transition Support
Transition Support is for all ages (pre-k to adult). Additional information regarding these transitions by age level are linked below.
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Transition Resources
Charmaine Solomon Adult Transition Center
Texas Transition and Employment Guide
Texas Transition and Employment Guide (Spanish)
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.
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Transition and the Law
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Overview and Trajectory
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/
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Educational Planning
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
Tips for Maiking and Following Study Schedules
Develop Good Habits (Study Schedule)
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Self Determination and Self-Advocacy
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.
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Healthcare Transition
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
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Maximizing Supplemental Security Income
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Planning for the Future with Medicaid Waivers
