Special Education Leadership Meeting
April 18, 2024
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Agenda
Welcome | April Estrada |
Texas SPED Support (9:00 am) | Kim Brannan (TEA) |
What Drives Winning/Principal to Special Education Director Q&A | Brett Ledbetter/Katie Barrett, Jana Everett, Jamie Fletcher |
Walsh Gallegos Firm (10:00 am) | Meredith Walker |
Leadership and Compliance | Betsy Gilchrist, Kandice Burke, Elaine Young, Jennifer Wright |
Special Education Review and Support | Evan Heckmann, Kandice Burke, Beth Garcia |
Let’s Discuss | Table Talk |
Chapter 89 Updates | Special Populations Team |
Dyslexia and Inclusive Services | Amie Davenport, Lorna Salgado, Cheri Mouden, Jessica Garrett |
Transition Amy Reeves | Amy Reeves |
School, Family, and Community Engagement | Sarah Untersee |
Evaluation and Child Find | Amy Smith, Latisha Stephenson, CIndy Lee |
LID | Catie King |
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Region 10 Special Populations
betsy.gilchrist@region10.org
Support Services
Program Coordinator
kandice.burke@region10.org
Special Education
Liaison
Leadership & Compliance
elaine.young@region10.org
Leadership & Compliance Consultant
Leadership & Compliance Consultant
jennifer.wright@region10.org
High Cost Funds
- Application window opens 03/01/24 and closes 05/01/24
- Complete application in APEX in TEAL
- Qualifying amount for 2023-2024 is $37,587
- High Cost Fund Application Information (updated Sept 2023)
High Cost Funds Update
Effective with the 23-24 HCF application, TEA is implementing a new payment process for LEAs.
- The HCF award amount will be posted in the LEA’s approved HCF application on July 1, 2024.
- Awardees will receive an email with a link to a HCF Reimbursem*nt Payment Request form by July 15, 2024.
- LEAs must submit the payment request form to TEA by August 9, 2024, ensuring it does not exceed the award amount or the LEA’s actual expenditures for HCF students, whichever is less.
- Upon TEA approval, the payment will be direct deposited by August 31, 2024. Please refer to the HCF webpage for information and resources.
24-25 SPED Consolidated Grant Info
- 5/13/24 ADC Forms will open in eGrants
- 6/5/24 24-25 SPED Consolidated Grant opens in eGrants
- 6/18/24 TEA SPED Consolidated Grant Application Webinar (9am-10am)
- Register HERE
- TEA Notification sent 4/5/24
- eGrants User Guide
ARD Guides and IDEA Rights/Overview
- TEA has approved printing of both the ARD Guides and IDEA/Rights/Overview document printing.
- Region 4 has started printing the documents and hopes to get them out before Summer break (we will provide an update if anything changes).
- TEA will be providing ARD Guides this year at their expense so please do not refuse shipment.
- TEA will NOT be providing Procedural Safeguards.
- Region 10 can print those if an LEA request them at the LEA’s expense.
- The same printing rules apply if the LEA wants more ARD Guides than are allotted to them by TEA.
Special Education Aspiring Leadership Institute (SEALI)
Planning for 2024-2025
- Complete Interest List for 2024-2025 Cohort
TIN Translation Training
An Introduction to the Art of Translation
Community Interpreting: Dual Role
Dates/Times: 6/10/24 and 6/11/2024
9:00-4:00
Register Here: Link
Upcoming Important Dates
Event/Task | Date/Time |
High Cost Funds Application Window | 03/01/24 to 05/01/24 |
2024-2025 SPED Consolidated Grant (Federal) Application Opens | 06/05/24 |
2023-2024 SPPI Data Collection Source & Schedule | 23-24 SPPI Schedule |
Last day to amend 23-24 Special Education Consolidated Grant (Federal) | 06/03/24 |
TIN Translation Training | 06/10/24 and 6/11/24 |
Special Education Leadership Supports
- Special Education Leader Guide
- Year-at-a-Glance (YAG)
- SPED Leadership Meetings
- Leading with Purpose Meetings (new leader meetings)
- Weekly Director Drop-In Dates and Topics
- Supports on Site Form
Special Education Liaisons
Review & Support Updates
kandice.burke@region10.org
beth.garcia@region10.org
evan.heckmann@region10.org
Cyclical Review
Engaging with TEA Now
Findings Discussed with TEA + CAP, if needed
Areas of Opportunity
ID 2: Does the PLAAFP for this student describe the child's present levels of academic achievement and functional performance including a description of the effect of the student's disability on involvement and progress in the general education curriculum?
ID 10: Does the IEP include a statement of measurable annual goals designed to meet the student's needs related to the disability to enable the student to be involved in and make progress in the general educational curriculum and to meet the student's other educational needs that result from the disability?
TR 10: Beginning not later than the first IEP to be in effect when the student turns 16, or younger if determined appropriate by the ARD committee, and updated annually thereafter, does the IEP include appropriate measurable postsecondary goals based upon age-appropriate transition assessments related to: training, education, employment, and, where appropriate, independent living?
Desk Review
IEP Development 2 & 10
Technical Assistance: IEP Development
& PLAAFP Excerpt
Desk Review
Transition 10: Postsecondary Goals
Writing Appropriate Measurable Postsecondary Goals
Desk Review
How Can We Help with Cyclical Reviews?
Professional Development
Making Connections
Technical Assistance
LEA Leadership
Campus Administrators
Teachers/Staff
Desk Review Rubric
Cohort Groups
R10 Staff
Resources
Pre-Conferences
Submissions
Corrective Action Plans
Results Driven Accountability
2023-2024 Intervention & Submission Calendar
2024 Accountability Manual *Preliminary*
Resources
Due Dec 17th
NEW! Beginning with the 23-24 school year, Targeted Monitoring Reports will be publicly posted.
Self-Assessment
Begin with the End in Mind
2023-2024
- Review the 23-24 Updated Rubric
- Review Previous Year’s Self-Assessment
- Keep Documentation
ALL LEAs will complete
23 areas of compliance
DATA ENTRY WINDOW OPENS: April 29, 2024
CLOSES: September 27, 2024
Special Education Spotlight Topic: Self-Assessment
Differentiated Monitoring & Support (DMS) Sessions
4/18/24 Special Education Self-Assessment
- 1:00-4:00
- Face-to-Face
5/16/2024 Special Education Self-Assessment
- 1:00-4:00
- Face-to-Face
*Training with LEA teams available upon request
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Special Education
Leadership Site
Timeline Topics
Special Education Spotlight Topics
LIVE Calendar
YAG
Quarter 4 Checklist
Quarter 4 Slide Deck
Significant Disproportionality
Sync your calendar
Review Monthly Reminders
Plan for all that’s happening in April & May!
Listen to the latest episode:
Empowering Deaf/Hard of Hearing Students and Their Families
spedtalk
@spedtalk2020
Spedtalk2020
TABLE TALK WITH PEERS
ARD Facilitator Evaluation tool??
Region 10 Special Populations
Proposed Ch 89 Changes
Proposed Rule Changes
Proposed amendments to 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapter 89.
The public comment period is March 22 – April 22, 2024.
Proposed Rule Changes
Notable Proposed Changes
89.1040. Eligibility Criteria
- Dyslexia TEC updates incorporated into SLD evaluations
- Emotional Disturbance -> Emotional/behavioral disability
- OI, OHI, TBI need just info from physician
- NCEC to be phased out; replaced with developmental delay
Proposed Rule Changes
Notable Proposed Changes
89.1011; 89.1050; 89.1055
- Parent gets copy of FIIE with notice of ARD; or June 30th
- TEA sped overview given to parents with safeguards
- Goals & Objectives clarified to match current practices in TEA training
- TEA STAAR-Alt 2 form required in IEP
- AU supplement requirements updated
- All Transition Requirements will move to age 14
Dyslexia and Inclusive Services
Amie Davenport Jessica Garrett Cheri Mouden Dr. Lorna Salgado
amie.davenport@region10.org jessica.garrett@region10.org cheri.mouden@region10.org lorna.salgado@region10.org
What Do You Notice?
Focus on Services
&
Service Minutes
Guided Reading Levels : HERE
MAP Reading and Math: HERE
What’s Next
Inclusive Services
Jessica Garrett
Cheri Mouden
Dr. Lorna Salgado
jessica.garrett@region10.org
cheri.mouden@region10.org
lorna.salgado@region10.org
Co-Teaching Form
Please complete this form.
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STAAR Updates
lorna.salgado@region10.org
State Assessment Educator Review Committees
- Provide feedback to TEA on STAAR, STAAR Alt 2, and TELPAS
- For all assessed grades and content areas
- Collaboration from across the state to review and approve potential questions for state assessments
- Meetings held in spring and summer (2-3 days in Austin with all travel, lodging, and substitute coverage paid for by TEA).
- Apply HERE
Services
Amie Davenport Amie.davenport@region10.org
Dyslexia and Related Disorders
DRAFT TEXAS DYSLEXIA HANDBOOK 2024
&
HB 3928: TEA Guidance
Dyslexia and Related Disorder Website HERE
Dyslexia Handbook, Update 2024
The public comment period has ended for the updates to TAC §74.28 and the Dyslexia Handbook.
- Proposed State Board of Education Rules | Texas Education Agency
- Texas Register March 1, 2024 Issue
On Friday, April 12, 2024, the State Board of Education (SBOE) gave final approval to revisions to the Texas Dyslexia Handbook.
The new Handbook will go into effect 20 days after filing with the Texas Register.
Potential Implementation in May 2024.
UPDATE
HB 3928 updates
- Transition from Section 504- Special Education
- Completed by the last day of school 2025.
Questions #7, #8, #9 & #10
Where are you in the transition process?
What work is still needed to be done?
Don’t Forget:
Question #23
- Related Disorders-i.e. Dysgraphia
Table Talk
- Collect student data on current and incoming students & staffing data.
- What program they receive services (i.e. MTA, Take Flight, Reading by Design, ect…)
- Separate by grade level and place in program (i.e. kit/book 1 ect…)
- What staff can instruct in what programs available?
- Arrange clusters of students with program of instruction that best fits their needs.
- Arrange staff with program of instruction they are qualified to instruct.
Dyslexia Instructional Services
Aligning Programming with Staff
Keep in Mind
Instructional Program Requirements & Training Requirements
DAYS of instruction, TIME spent in instruction, & WHO can instruct
Master Scheduling with Special Populations in Mind
Look for Steps for Scheduling
Question #13
Early Learning Assessments:
Kindergarten
To meet statutory requirements under Texas Education Code (TEC) §28.006 (b), school districts and open-enrollment charter schools must use one of the two assessments listed below as the required beginning-of-year reading instrument for kindergarten students.
Districts and open-enrollment charter schools can use either of these instruments to conduct the required beginning-of-year reading instrument administration for the 2024-2025 school year.
- Texas Kindergarten Entry Assessment (TX-KEA) by the Children's Learning Institute
- mCLASS Texas by Amplify
Please Note: The authorization period for mCLASS Texas as a free, commissioner-selected reading instrument for kindergarten has been extended through August 2025.
Grades 1 and 2
There are two free approved reading instruments for grades 1 and 2. To meet statutory requirements under Texas Education Code (TEC) §28.006 (c), districts and open-enrollment charter schools can use any of the following instruments to conduct the required beginning-of-year reading instrument administration for the 2024-2025 school year:
- TPRI/Tejas Lee (Children's Learning Institute) (All versions are considered approved by the Commissioner) (Free option)
- mCLASS Texas (Amplify) (Free option)
- Districts may also use a reading instrument approved by a district-level committee, as outlined in TEC §28.006.
Please Note: The authorization period for mCLASS Texas as a free, commissioner-selected reading instrument for grades 1 and 2 has been extended through August 2025
Updates to Commissioner-Approved Instruments for the 2024-2025 School Year
Collaboration is KEY
Dyslexia PEIMS Query
Dyslexia PEIMS Codes
Dyslexia Allotment
More PEIMS
What does it mean to be noncompliant?
What are the consequences if we select an exception code that has “may constitute non-compliance”?
TEA sent out request for documentation for
those students whom were marked:
- 12 – Other (Reason Not Listed; Documentation Required, Potential Non-Compliance)
If you choose not to participate in the clarification process (i.e. submit documentation to TEA):
Districts and Charters you will need to submit a DPP (dyslexia performance plan) addressing the lack of documentation or systems that caused the student to be coded with a -12 by 5/31/2024.
UPDATE
Dyslexia Monitoring
Cycle 6
2024-2025
Dyslexia monitoring results are embedded in SPED Cyclical Monitoring reports
2023-2024 school year
Email for Support
amie.davenport@region10.org
Dyslexia Monitoring Support
Dyslexia Program
Evaluation Rubric
Dyslexia Allotment
Impact Interview
TEA Dyslexia Monitoring
Website
R10 Dyslexia Monitoring
Webinar
September 9, 2024
9 a.m.
2659979
Dyslexia Monitoring
Cycle 5
2023-2024
Dyslexia monitoring results are embedded in SPED Cyclical Monitoring reports
2023-2024 school year
Email for Support
amie.davenport@region10.org
Program Positives
Communication: Parent education program includes extensive information and resources.
Evaluation and Identification: Comprehensive district-wide dyslexia evaluation and identification procedures.
Progress Monitoring: Evidenced of alignment in procedures and practice of progress monitoring and tracking of accommodations.
Instruction: Extensive training and preparation for dyslexia specialists.
Procedures: Comprehensive dyslexia program and procedures are implemented across the local education agency.
Program Areas of Need
Screening: Ensure Kindergarten and first grade teachers are current on training for
dyslexia screeners
Screening: Maintaining organized records of trainings on reading instruments and
dyslexia screeners
Instruction: Maintained detailed training records of professional development for teachers
who serve students with dyslexia or related disorders.
Contacts, Needs, and Resources
Update your Contact and Program information:
HERE
Dyslexia Services Needs:
HERE
24-25 Planning Resources:
- Teacher Education Programs
- Parent Education Programs
- TEALearn Dyslexia course
- 24-25 Dyslexia PD
Reading By Design Brochure
Registration Link
NOW OFFERING BRIDGE TRAINING FOR ADVANCED DYSLEXIA CERTIFIED PERSONNEL
WELLS-3 Registration HERE
Esperanza
Registration
HERE
Bilingual Providers of
Dyslexia Instruction
Providers of
Dyslexia Instruction
Scottish Rite
Registration
HERE
Visit Dyslexia Institute SMORE
Strands:
- Evaluation & Identification
- Multisensory Instruction Techniques
- Emergent Bilingual Considerations
- Secondary Student Supports
- Dysgraphia Identification and Instruction
Register
HERE
Websites and Information
- TEA Dyslexia and Related Disorders Webpage
- Region 10 ESC Dyslexia Webpage
- Dyslexia Connects Smore Newsletter Sign-up
- R10 Dyslexia Professional Development: ESC Works- R10 Dyslexia
Transition
Amy Reeves
amy.reeves@region10.org
In the Spotlight
Reedy High School Student Enterprise-Frisco ISD
Unique Creations & MACS-Garland ISD
Handmade Creations-Wylie ISD
In the Spotlight
Garland, Dallas, and Duncanville ISD’s presented at the Regional Capacity Building Conference
Waxahachie, Red Oak, and Midlothian’s 18+ Program sold chips and salsa.
Italy ISD’s 18+ sold
coffee, tea and lemonade.
United We Work
United We Work
Thank you Allen, Coppell, Duncanville, Farmersville, Ferris, Grand Prairie, Lancaster, Red Oak, Rockwall, and Wolfe City for Participating.
AskTED
TEA recommendations:
- Only one person is listed as the Transition Employment Designee (TED)
- Clean up AskTED
TED Training
The updated TED Guidelines are posted and the online course to meet TED training requirements is now available.
Texas Education Code §29.011(b) requires each TED to complete minimum training, as established by the commissioner of education. The TED training requirements have been revised for school year (SY) 2023-24.
By August 31, 2024, educators serving as the TED for a local education agency, including school districts and open-enrollment charter schools, are required to:
- Complete the two-hour TED Required Training online course available through TEALearn, or
- Assure the required training was completed during SY 2021-22 or SY 2022-23.
TEDs who completed training previously may submit their assurance of prior training completion. Please note that a sampling of TEDs who submit assurances will be asked to provide proof of completed training, such as a certificate of completion.
Sibling SUCCESS through Baylor University
When: May 30, 2024 from 9am-3pm
Where: Stonebriar Community Church
4801 Legendary Drive
Frisco, Texas 75034
Who: Siblings without Autism between the ages of 5-17 who have a sibling with Autism
Flyer
Coach to Communicate
Offered through A&M University
No cost to participate
Online Coaching (English, Spanish, & Thai)
Coaching sessions are effective at improving parental knowledge of and skill in implementing behavioral techniques and parents find that this training leads to improved social communication skills in their children.
Self-Determination TEKS
The Self-Determination TEKS Alignment Series has posted to Texas SPED Support
SPPI-13
Data Collection Period: July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
SPP Application Opens: April 1, 2024
SPP Application Closes & Certification Due: August 9, 2024
To the Administrator Addressed Correspondence
SPPI-13 Update from TEA
Revised requirement to include only students who are age 16 and older on the date the student list for state performance plan indicator (SPPI) 13 is generated. For details, see the January 2024 Selection Procedures. In prior years, the requirement was to include students who would be 16 or older by June 30 of the data collection year.
There are two options for an LEA that generated their list in 2024 and noticed that a 15-year-old student was included in the official list:
- 1) they may remove the 15-year-old student and select the next Nth student on their list, or
- 2) they may generate a new list and use the new date for the folder review.
LEAs who developed their list before the January 2024 guidance documents were published may email spp@tea.texas.gov to inquire about their options for the 2023-24 data collection.
For all SPPI 13 folder reviews, the LEA must use the individualized education program (IEP) in effect on the date the official student list was generated. SPPI 13 Data Collection and Reporting Frequently Asked Questions (January 2024).
SPPI 8 Survey
SPPI 8 Survey
SPPI 8 Survey
- Consider working with Gibson to send your LEA’s survey invitations via email and follow-up reminders to parents/guardians to complete survey (Note: files will be destroyed upon project completion). Contact support@gibsonconsult.com
- If your LEA opts to send out the survey invitations, you can
- Access the survey email and reminder templates in the Gibson Survey Portal
- Share postcards and flyers provided with selected families
- Set up a schedule for follow-up reminders (ex. text, email) - can work with your LEA’s communications team.
- Monitor survey activity via Gibson Survey Portal at least once per week during the survey window
SPPI 8 Survey
Outreach materials -English & Spanish
Mailed to your survey contact starting the week of March 18, 2024
Need more? Contact sarah.untersee@region10.org
SPPI 8 Survey
The team at Gibson Consulting can provide the following support:
- Send survey invitations via email for the LEA and follow-up reminders to parents/guardians to complete survey (Note: files will be destroyed upon project completion)
- Assist parents/guardians with survey completion via phone where needed
- Provide additional translations
- Templates for emails and reminders for parents/guardians that are housed in the survey portal
Contact: support@gibsonconsult.com
Need Help?
Upcoming Webinars
Evaluation and Child Find
latisha.stephenson@region10.org
amy.smith@region10.org
cindy.lee@region10.org
Region 10 SPP Support
SPP | R10 Contacts | Submission Date |
SPP 7 - Early Childhood Outcomes | Cindy Lee Kim Boyd | August 9, 2024 |
SPP 11 - Child Find | Amy Smith Cindy Lee Kim Boyd | July 25, 2024 |
SPP 12 - Early Childhood Transitions | Cindy Lee Kim Boyd | July 25, 2024 |
SPP 13 - Effective Transitions | Amy Reeves | August 9, 2024 |
Upcoming Training & Support
SPP 11 & 12 Overview | May 7, 2024 9:00-11:00 | Register Here |
SPP 11 & 12 Office Hours | May 30, 2024 9:00-11:00 | Sign Up Here |
SPP 11 & 12 Office Hours | June 19, 2024 9:00-11:00 | Sign Up Here |
SPP 11 & 12 Office Hours | July 18, 2024 1:00-3:00 | Sign Up Here |
SPP 7
- Application Window Opened April 1, 2024
- Closes at midnight August 9, 2024
- Data collected through TEAL
- Data entry agent (Can be more than one)
- District Certifier (only one per LEA)
- Every district and charter school serving children ages 3 through 5 (this includes Kindergarten) must report.
- Date services “Began” or “Ended” must be between July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024.
SPPI 11 and 12 Resources
How to Gain Access in TSDS
- Set up a TEAL account and request TSDS Core Data Completer for Child Find (click sheet for adding core collections)
- Review your SIS and fields required for TSDS to assure they are up to date and data transfer from IEP system is accurate
- Partner with your PEIMS coordinator to determine checks and balances for confirming accuracy of data as it is promoted throughout the year.
- Schedule ample time in your schedule for troubleshooting errors and incorrect data based on reports from TSDS.
TSDS Updates
TSDS Updates
TSDS Updates
▪ The following code value for the Child Find Submission will be removed as an acceptable ELIGIBILITY-DELAY-REASON for
the SPPI-11 Eligibility Determination compliance calculations:
▪ 05 – Parent Delay (Detailed Records Maintained by LEA Regarding a Parent of a Child who Repeatedly Fails or Refuses to Produce the Child for the Evaluation or Eligibility Determination)
▪ ELIGIBILITY-DELAY-REASON code ‘05’ can still be reported but will no longer automatically mark the student as compliant for their eligibility determination
TSDS Updates
▪ For the Child Find Submission, LEAs that reported an ELIGIBILITY-DELAY-REASON code ‘05’ for any of their students prior to March 22, 2024, must re-promote their Child Find data prior to marking the submission as ‘Complete’.
▪ TEA will be reaching out to LEAs who have reported this value and have not re-promoted their data.
TSDS Updates
▪ This Child Find Submission change does not affect the SPPI-11 initial evaluation compliance or either compliance calculated for SPPI-12. Code ‘05’ is still considered an acceptable delay reason for those compliance calculations.
▪ Additionally, ELIGIBILITY-DELAY-REASON code ‘07’** is still considered an acceptable delay reason for the SPPI-11 Eligibility Determination compliance calculations.
**07- LEA Agreement with Parent to Timeframe (Detailed Records Maintained by LEA)
TSDS Updates
ECI-TRANSITION-CONFERENCE-DATE (E1713)
- Now Optional for Collection/Submission
- Only be reported for the SPPI-12 child-specific timeframe.
For a child to be included in the compliance status determination for SPPI-12, the child:
- 1. Needs to have received ECI services for 90 calendar days or more before his/her third birthday,
TSDS Updates(con’t)
- If there is no transition conference held between the agency providing ECI services, the family, and the LEA, then the LEA should NOT report ECI-TRANSITION-CONFERENCE-DATE (E1713). If there was a transition conference held, the LEA should report the date the conference was held for the ECI-TRANSITION-CONFERENCE-DATE (E1713).
TSDS Updates
The ECI-TRANSITION-CONFERENCE-DATE indicates the month, day, and year when the transition conference was held (for a child receiving early childhood intervention (ECI) services) among the lead agency, the family, and the LEA where the child resides to discuss the child’s potential eligibility for early childhood special education (ECSE) services under Part B.
Now Optional for Collection/Submission
Dyslexia is an SLD: IDEA and TEA Guidance
Continuing Question re: Dyslexia and Adequate Intelligence
How do we define/establish adequate intelligence? Can the LEA determine what is adequate intelligence?
Dyslexia is an SLD
TEC §29.0031
SLD and Adequate Intelligence
Question posed to TEA:
When breaking down adequate intelligence, how do multiple sources of data help you judge this beyond a cog score or a “g-value”?
Response from TEA:
Intelligence is adequate in the absence of an intellectual disability. There is no requirement for a formal evaluation of cognitive ability unless an intellectual disability is suspected.
TEA Reference:
“Intellectual Disability: If there are concerns about a student’s overall intellectual and adaptive behavior functioning, the student’s cognitive functioning and adaptive behavior should be formally assessed. If the student is determined to meet the criteria of a student with an intellectual disability, then the student is not identified as having an SLD.”
- page 17 of the Guidance for the Comprehensive Evaluation of Specific Learning Disabilities, Oct 2023
Impact of Intelligence on SLD Determination
Question posed to TEA:
For a student who is showing below-average or low-average ability to learn, but does have a pattern of strengths and weaknesses within their profile, can documentation be included to justify characteristics of SLD?
Response from TEA:
Yes, based on the preponderance of data, this student could be identified as having a pattern of strengths and weaknesses. Having a below-average or low-average ability to learn does not impact the characteristics of SLD.
TEA Reference:
“Intellectual Disability: If there are concerns about a student’s overall intellectual and adaptive behavior functioning, the student’s cognitive functioning and adaptive behavior should be formally assessed. If the student is determined to meet the criteria of a student with an intellectual disability, then the student is not identified as having an SLD.”
- page 17 of the Guidance for the Comprehensive Evaluation of Specific Learning Disabilities, Oct 2023
Updated TEA Document: REEDs Q&A
Aligned! 2024 Now Open for Registration
Low Incidence Disabilities
cathryn.king@region10.org
Seizure Management & Treatment Form
For plans submitted to LEA on or after 1/1/24
Available in English or Spanish
TEA Coordinated School Health webpage
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Walsh Bonus
What: Jim Walsh with a Bonus Legal Update Session
Focus: Exclusively on Texas Cases for the ESCs that he serves (6, 9, 10, 11, and 13)
Cost: FREE
Where: Zoom Link: https://esc13.zoom.us/j/84225441630?pwd=TGdHRGI3QlBhWDdaYWhCY2lJT0Rqdz09
Passcode: 237573
When: Wednesday, May 22nd
Time: 10-11am
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