Improving Special Education in Texas
Texas Education Agency. (2018) Improving Special Education in Texas. Retrieved September 3, 2018, from https://tea.texas.gov/TexasSPED/
Students served by special education are among the most vulnerable children in Texas public schools. The State must provide local educational agencies (LEAs) with effective leadership and quality resources to enable them to provide the robust services and an environment of high expectations that these students require and that stakeholders expect.
Special Education Strategic Plan
Since June of 2017, work has been underway at TEA to identify areas of stragegic importance for improving special education programming in Texas. This work involved input from various stakeholder perspectives around the state and resulted in the creation of a Special Education Strategic Plan that outlines, at a high level, the efforts that TEA will undertake to improve how local education agencies are supported and supervised in their implementation of state and federal requirements for special education. This plan is driven by high expectations for all students and its implementation will focus on outcomes-based performance measures for all those involved
Special Education Strategic Plan April 23, 2018
Statewide Leadership Network Presentations
The videos below provide an overview of the 10 statewide networks outlined in the Special Education Strategic Plan. Each video is approximately five minutes long and provides a brief explanation of the purpose of the respective network, the needs the network will address, and the potential products and services that may result from the network.
Child Find, Evaluation, and ARD Supports Network- Presentation
School, Family, and Community Engagement Network Presentation
Inclusive Services and Practices for Improved Student Outcomes Network Presentation
Autism Network-Presentation
Intervention Best Practices Network Presentation
Students with Intensive Needs Network- Presentation
Students with Sensory Impairments Network- Presentation
Students in Small and Rural LEAs Network- Presentation
Student-centered Transitions Network- Presentation
Multiple Exceptionalities and Multiple Needs Network- Presentation