Dispute Resolution
Guide for filing formal complaints about special education services with the TEA, including steps, requirements, and forms.
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Dispute Resolution, Understanding Parent Rights, ARD Committee Meetings
This series teaches collaboration strategies for families and schools to support students with disabilities effectively.
Dispute Resolution, ARD Committee Meetings
Shares communication techniques to help families and educators build strong, collaborative partnerships and encourage solution-oriented conversations.
New to Special Education
Find resources and support for families to promote children’s healthy growth and development.
Dispute Resolution
Methods of communication to improve collaboration and resolve conflicts in special education.
Dispute Resolution
Webinar focused on the fundamentals of creating supportive and effective family-practitioner relationships.
Dispute Resolution
Video that promotes collaboration between parents and educators to resolve conflicts in special education.
Dispute Resolution, Understanding Parent Rights, ARD Committee Meetings
Helps parents interview advocates, connect with state parent centers, and find more resources to support special education advocacy.
Dispute Resolution
Learn how to navigate the Texas Education Agency's special education complaints process.
Dispute Resolution
Lists organizations offering free or low-cost legal services across Texas, including contacts for Disability Rights Texas and Legal Aid offices.
New to Special Education, Additional Resources
View the list and map of approved PDSES service providers offering tutoring, therapy, and other eligible services.
Understanding Parent Rights, New to Special Education, Dispute Resolution
Outlines five key practices—attitude, flexibility, determination, documentation, and knowledge—to strengthen parent advocacy in education.
New to Special Education, ARD Committee Meetings
A glossary offering standardized Spanish translations of IDEA terms to support families, educators, and service providers.
Dispute Resolution
Offers a six-step guide to help parents and educators resolve conflicts through effective communication, empathy, and collaborative solutions.
ARD Committee Meetings
Resource about amending an IEP without a meeting from the TEA legal framework.
ARD Committee Meetings
This webinar offers strategies for parents and bilingual staff to participate effectively in IEP meetings.
ARD Committee Meetings, Develop the IEP, Implement the IEP
Covers assessment participation and accommodations for assessments for students with disabilities, with federal guidance, tips, and helpful resources.
Behavior/Discipline
Covers how independence and communication skills help prevent bullying and align with all TX CAN Social Communication rubric components.
Develop the IEP, Implement the IEP
Learn more about STAAR Alternate 2, designed for Texas students with the most significant cognitive disabilities and their educational needs.
Develop the IEP, New to Special Education, ARD Committee Meetings
Provides a brief overview of IEP sections and serves as a checklist for families during the ARD committee process.
Behavior/Discipline
Helps families of children with IEPs ask schools the right questions about behavior concerns, with resources based on level of concern.
Behavior/Discipline
Highlights the role of family engagement in student success through collaboration, communication, and tiered support within the PBIS framework.
Behavior/Discipline, Implement the IEP
Visual routine cards to help families guide young children through daily activities, build independence, and support positive behavior at home.
Evaluation, Behavior/Discipline
Provides evidence-based resources and professional development to support educators in improving outcomes for children with disabilities.