ARD/IEP Supports

ARD/IEP Supports, Behavior, Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Autism, Evaluation, Instruction

Data Collection: Duration Recording

Duration recording documents how long a student engages in a specified behavior. This type of data collection is appropriate for behaviors that have a distinct beginning and ending.

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Deaf/Hard of Hearing, ARD/IEP Supports, Deafblind

Writing the PLAAFP

This course reviews recommendations and samples of PLAAFP statements for students who are DHH.

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Instruction, ARD/IEP Supports

New to Special Education Teacher Toolkit

The resources in this collection support new special education teachers with foundational tools and training on IEPs, ARD meetings, paraprofessional collaboration, and legal compliance—practical, easy to use, and aligned with state and federal guidelines.

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Deaf/Hard of Hearing, ARD/IEP Supports, Child Find

Eligibility for Special Education: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

Provides information about determining the presence of a DHH disability and educational need.

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Child Find, Evaluation, ARD/IEP Supports

Special Education Informed Consent Legal Requirements and Best Practices

Requirements and best practices for obtaining informed consent for conducting evaluations and initiating special education and related services.

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Inclusion, ARD/IEP Supports

Integrating Instructional Models to Optimize Student Learning - Texas SPED Quick Learns

The Texas SPED Quick Learns is part of the TEA Microlearning Series featuring Integrating Instructional Models to Optimize Student Learning. This video provides an understanding of how these techniques can support the implementation of High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM).

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ARD/IEP Supports, State Guidance

Standards-Based Individualized Education Program (IEP) Process: Implications for Administrators Training

The training will outline an administrator's responsibility for ensuring a student with disabilities receives an appropriate IEP. The IEP includes present levels of academic achievement and functional performance (PLAAFP) that identify the student’s strengths and critical areas of need AND ambitious

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Inclusion, Instruction, ARD/IEP Supports

Specially Designed Instruction Field User Guide

Reference for teachers and other professionals providing quick synopses and visuals to show the guidance from the resource in a more succinct form.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, ARD/IEP Supports

PLAAFP Excerpt Document For a Student with Complex Access Needs

This document is an excerpt from a Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP) document for a student with a significant cognitive disability and complex access needs and is discussed in the course A Step Toward IEP Quality and Rigor for Students with Complex Access

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Deaf/Hard of Hearing, ARD/IEP Supports, Deafblind

Other Educationally Relevant Needs

This course provides guidance in ensuring needs of students who are DHH are met within the IEP by exploring a mock IEP.

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ARD/IEP Supports

Data Collection: Duration Recording

Writing the PLAAFP

New to Special Education Teacher Toolkit

Eligibility for Special Education: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

Special Education Informed Consent Legal Requirements and Best Practices

Integrating Instructional Models to Optimize Student Learning - Texas SPED Quick Learns

Standards-Based Individualized Education Program (IEP) Process: Implications for Administrators Training

Specially Designed Instruction Field User Guide

PLAAFP Excerpt Document For a Student with Complex Access Needs

Other Educationally Relevant Needs

Texas ARD/IEP Supports Contacts

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