ARD Guide

Procedural Safeguards

Texas Transition and Employment Guide

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• Texas Transition and Employment Guide Korean

• Texas Transition and Employment Guide Vietnamese

Special Education Family Support

The in-home and parent training team host several information sessions and resources for parents. Learn more about what special education In-Home and Parent Trainers do to support special education students and their families. From social stories to Sibshops and parent trainings, all parents are bound to find a helpful resource.

Private/Home-Schooled Students

Students are eligible to access certain special education services provided by Frisco ISD under the district’s Proportionate Share Plan if they:

• Live within the boundaries of FISD and attend a non-profit private school within the boundaries of FISD

• Live outside the boundaries of FISD but attend a non-profit private school within the boundaries of FISD

• Live within the boundaries of FISD and are currently homeschooled

Learn about Proportionate Share for Private/Home-Schooled Students.

Required Notices

Senate Bill 139

• Updates on Special Education

• Actualizaciones sobre educación especial

TEA Resources on Special Education in Texas

• TEA Resources on Special Education in Texas

Delayed or Denied Evaluations & Compensatory Services

• Delayed or Denied Evaluations & Compensatory Services Overview

• Resumen de evaluaciones retrasadas o denegadas y servicios compensatorios

TEA Resources on Dyslexia 

• The Dyslexia Handbook: Procedures Concerning Dyslexia and Related Disorders (2021 Update)

• The Dyslexia Handbook 2021 Update: IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR FAMILIES TO UNDERSTAND

• Actualización del manual de dislexia 2021: CAMBIOS IMPORTANTES QUE LAS FAMILIAS DEBEN ENTENDER

State, Region and Local Non-Profit Special Education Resources

• The Special Education Information Center (SPEDTex) provides resources and interactive features for increasing family awareness of disabilities and special education processes, with the goal of improving partnerships between schools and families.
  
  Contact information:
  Phone - 1-855-773-3839
  Email - inquire@spedtex.org
  Live Chat - www.spedtex.org
  
  

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Language Development Resources

• ATPA Section on Pediatrics Fact Sheet 

• Center for Parent Information Resources 

• Denton County MHMR

• Early Detection of Speech, Language and Hearing Disorders 

• Handwriting Without Tears 

• Lifepath 

• Navigate Life Texas 

• Parent Companion 

• Partners Resource Network 

• Region 10 APE Overview 

• Region 10 Occupational & Physical Therapy Overview 

• Region 10 Special Education Parent Resources 

• RISE Adaptive Sports

• Significant Disproportionality State and Federal Activity Updates Disproportionality 

• Special Education Legal Framework for the Child Centered Process 

• Speech/Articulation Referral Guidelines for Pediatrics 

• Special Olympics Texas 

• TEA SpedTEX Parent Resources

• Texas Driving with a Disability Program

• Texas Health and Human Services Children with Special Health Care Needs Program 

• Texas Parent 2 Parent

• Texas Project FIRST  

• Texas Transition Student-Centered Transition Network