• Sensory Impairments and Specific Learning Disabilities
    This 2-page TEA guidance document provides answers to questions from the field regarding considerations when evaluating students who are visually impaired, deaf or hard of hearing, or deafblind for a potential learning disability.
    Type: Resource General
  • Special Education Acronym Quick Reference Guide
    Special educators use a variety of acronyms during ARD meetings and when partnering with families and general educators. Many times they don't know what these acronyms mean and can't participate fully in conversations. Dispell the mystery by downloading this quick reference guide and making it available to others when discussing special education topics.
    Type: Resource General
  • Foster Care and Student Success Resource Guide
    In collaboration with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, the Supreme Court of Texas, and the Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families (Children's Commission), TEA has developed a resource to support Texas schools in addressing the education of students in foster care: Texas Foster Care & Student Success Resource Guide (2022). This e-guide and…
    Type: Resource General
  • Discipline Flowchart for Students Identified with or Suspected to Have a Disability Under IDEA
    The purpose of this flowchart is to assist administrators and special educators in understanding the processes and federal and state discipline requirements when a student protected under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or IDEA violates a code of student conduct and the disciplinary consequence considered involves a day of removal from the current educational setting. The chart…
    Type: Resource General