ARD/IEP Supports

Child Find, ARD/IEP Supports

Standards-Based Individualized Education Program (IEP) Process Training

Gain knowledge of the SB IEP process, covering student data gathering, FIE, PLAAFP statement creation, measurable annual goals drafting, and implementing a data collection system to monitor progress.

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State Guidance, Early Childhood, Child Find, ARD/IEP Supports, Evaluation

Connecting to Community Supports

Information for Parents About the Local Intellectual and Developmental Disability Authority (LIDDA)

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ARD/IEP Supports

ARD 101

Best practices of a compliant ARD committee meeting and process.

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Deaf/Hard of Hearing, ARD/IEP Supports, Child Find

Eligibility for Special Education: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

Provides information about determining the presence of a DHH disability and educational need.

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Evaluation, ARD/IEP Supports

Writing Effective Impact and Need Statements in the Full and Individual Evaluation

Guidance for writing effective impact and need statements related to the student’s disability to develop the PLAAFP and draft an appropriate IEP.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Behavior, Instruction, ARD/IEP Supports, Inclusion

Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Complex Access Needs

This rubric highlights best practices to facilitate learning for students with complex access needs. The document should be used as a guide by a campus/district team as they engage in reflection of their current practices and plan for program growth (T-TESS Dimension 4.2). To aid administrators in

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ARD/IEP Supports, Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Evaluation

Student Input

This video shows how one educator gathered information from her students of different ability levels.

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ARD/IEP Supports, Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Autism, Behavior, Evaluation, Instruction

Data Collection: Trial by Trial Recording

Trial-by-trial data collection is used often for academic tasks. Record data for each opportunity, or trial, the student is given. The data may be reported in trials or in percentages, depending on how the goal is written.

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Inclusion, ARD/IEP Supports

Accommodations and Modifications - Texas SPED Quick Learns

The Texas SPED Quick Learns is part of the TEA Microlearning Series featuring Accommodations and Modifications. In this video, educators and instructional leaders will understand how to define and differentiate between accommodations and modifications to support diverse student needs.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, ARD/IEP Supports, Instruction

Building a Foundation

The purpose of this series is to create a standard of high-quality instruction for students with significant cognitive disabilities across the state of Texas. Each course in the series explores a Quality Indicator from the Rubric of Effective Practices.

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ARD/IEP Supports

Standards-Based Individualized Education Program (IEP) Process Training

Connecting to Community Supports

ARD 101

Eligibility for Special Education: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

Writing Effective Impact and Need Statements in the Full and Individual Evaluation

Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Complex Access Needs

Student Input

Data Collection: Trial by Trial Recording

Accommodations and Modifications - Texas SPED Quick Learns

Building a Foundation

Texas ARD/IEP Supports Contacts

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