April 2023

RESOURCES

What is Child Find?

Child Find is legally required and is an important first step to finding children with disabilities and getting them the support and services they require to be successful in school. Schools are required to identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities living in their area who may need special education and related services. Learn more here.

Key Steps in the Special Education Process

There is a lot to know about the process for identifying children and youth in need of special education and related services because of a disability. Partners Resource Network has simplified the process into 10 basic steps. Once you can see the big picture of the process, it’s easier to understand the many details under each step. Click here to read.

UPCOMING EVENT

Supporting Independence for Your Child With the Next Steps Checklist

Join us for this free statewide webinar on April 26th, 2023, at 12:15 p.m. (CST). The Next Steps to Independence checklist, available on the Texas Transition website, provides a framework to develop skills for self-determination in adulthood for individuals with disabilities. This tool highlights critical developmental milestones organized by age: birth-age 3, age 3-5, elementary school, middle school, high school, and age 18-22. This webinar will review how to use the Next Steps checklist to support your child’s development at any age. Click here to register.

SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES (SSES)

What is SSES?

Supplemental Special Education Services (SSES) are $1,500 one-time

online grants for eligible parents/caregivers of eligible students served by special education that have been impacted by COVID-19 school closures. Families of eligible students can use the online accounts to obtain educational materials, resources, and/or services such as additional speech therapy or other specific services. Watch the video below to learn more.

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ABOUT SPEDTEX

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.