May 2024

RESOURCES

Sending Your Child to Camp

Summer camp can be a lot of fun. During the games, songs, and group activities, children learn new skills. Children can solve problems, practice being social with their peers, and build their confidence. Click here to learn more about sending your child to camp in this article from Navigate Life Texas.

Water Safety Tips for Families

As summer approaches, families may be preparing to spend time near the water to stay cool. Click here to check out water safety tips from the American Red Cross.

Talking Book Program (TBP) Summer Reading Program

The Talking Book Program (TBP) provides free library services to qualifying Texans with visual, physical, or reading disabilities that prevent them from reading standard print. The TBP collection consists of more than 100,000 titles, including hundreds of titles in Spanish, and some in French, German, Russian, and other languages.

Registration for the TBP Summer Reading Program is FREE and is open now through August 9. Click here for more information.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Webinar: Please Don’t Hang Up! What Families Need to Know About the Post-School Outcomes Survey

Join us for a free statewide webinar on May 22, 2024, at 12:15 p.m. (CT). Every state is required to collect and report data about what happens to students who were receiving special education services when they exited school. Are former students employed? Are they enrolled in college or some type of higher education program? In Texas, a survey is completed by a contracted vendor one year after exit. If your child graduated or dropped out anytime during school year 2022-23, you may receive a postcard, text message, phone call, or email during the summer of 2024. Learn more about the survey, State Performance Plan Indicator (SPPI) 14, and why you or your adult child may be helping to improve special education services statewide by responding to the SPPI 14 survey. Register here.

32nd Annual Texas Autism Conference

Registration is now open for the 32nd Annual Texas Autism Conference! Parents, guardians, and caretakers are invited to join the June 22 Family Day sessions free of charge. These sessions are entirely online and are geared towards parenting and caretaker topics that improve the lives of our students and children with autism. There will be many breakout sessions and a family focus group on this day. Learn more about the Texas Autism Conference and register for Family Day here.

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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.