December 2023

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Overview of Transition Planning for Parents and Guardians

This document includes highlights from the Texas Transition and Employment Guide with tips for how parents and guardians can support their children and plan for their transition to life outside the public school system. Click here to check out this brand-new resource from Texas SPED Support!

Tips to Reduce Holiday Stress

Children need a daily routine to help keep them healthy, happy, and out of trouble. The holidays often disrupt that routine. To reduce holiday stress, discuss any family travel plans ahead of time, pack in advance, schedule travel around nap time, and pack snacks. Click here for more tips to help you plan your holiday schedule.

How to Organize Your Child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) Binder

Organizing a binder with your child’s IEP, evaluation reports, and other paperwork can help you prepare for Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) committee meetings. The binder can also help you stay up to date on your child’s progress and partner with the school. Check out this guide to learn how to make an IEP binder.

UPCOMING EVENT

Dispute Resolution in Special Education

Join us for this free statewide webinar on January 31, 2024, at 12:15 p.m. (CT). Staff from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) will be presenting on strategies and ideas for how to identify and resolve disagreements related to special education at the local level. Additionally, TEA will provide an overview of the dispute resolution options available at the state level. Register here.

What is SSES?

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

online grants for parents/caregivers of eligible students served by special education. 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.

Important SSES Update:

The SSES application will be closing on March 15, 2024, and will re-open next school year on February 3, 2025. The SSES program has not changed and is still a one-time grant. If you have previously received an SSES account, you will not be eligible to apply again.

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.

Contact Us: 1-855-773-3839 | Email: inquire@spedtex.org | Website: spedtex.org