Evaluation

Autism, Evaluation

Texas Autism Resource Guide for Effective Teaching (TARGET)

TARGET supports schools with research-based practices from referral to program implementation, emphasizing peer-reviewed strategies for better outcomes.

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Evaluation, Child Find, ARD/IEP Supports

Special Education Small and Rural Schools Evaluation Certification Reimbursement Program

Program Overview The Evaluation Certification Reimbursement Program (ECRP) provides funding for current school staff members to further their education to become an Educational Diagnostician or a School Psychologist. Upon completion of the certification program, participants will have committed to

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Evaluation, Child Find, ARD/IEP Supports

Speech-Language Pathologist Small and Rural Tuition Reimbursement Program

Program Overview The speech-language pathologist Small and Rural Graduate Tuition provides financial support for students accepted into the Master’s in Speech-Language Pathology Distance Venue program at Texas Woman’s University (TWU). This Distance Venue is a collaborative effort between TEA

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Blind/Visually Impaired, Deafblind, Evaluation

Overview of Visual Impairments

This course focuses on assessing students with visual impairments for additional disabilities. It is based on Marnee Loftin's book Making Evaluation Meaningful: Determining Additional Eligibilities and Appropriate Instructional Strategies for Students with Blindness and Visual Impairment.

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ARD/IEP Supports, Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Evaluation

Student Input

This video shows how one educator gathered information from her students of different ability levels.

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ARD/IEP Supports, Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Evaluation

Family Input

In this video, an educator reviews the methods he uses to gather information from families.

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ARD/IEP Supports, Child Find, Evaluation, State Guidance

Reevaluation: From REED to Evaluation

This video provides an in-depth look at regulations and best practices for conducting comprehensive reevaluations in special education.

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

Communication Assessment: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

Overview of considerations to help guide assessment teams as they gather data to determine a Deaf or Hard of Hearing student’s communication needs.

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

Data Collection: Trial by Trial Recording

This video shows one educator sharing how she uses a trial-by-trial data collection form. This form is intended for use by teachers, paraprofessionals, and other service providers collecting data for student Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals and baseline data to determine a need for new/updated IEP goals or behavior intervention.

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

Data Collection: Interval Recording

Interval recording involves observing whether a behavior occurs or does not occur during specified time periods and is useful for high-rate behaviors that are difficult to count and/or do not have a clear beginning or end.

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Evaluation

Texas Autism Resource Guide for Effective Teaching (TARGET)

Special Education Small and Rural Schools Evaluation Certification Reimbursement Program

Speech-Language Pathologist Small and Rural Tuition Reimbursement Program

Overview of Visual Impairments

Student Input

Family Input

Reevaluation: From REED to Evaluation

Communication Assessment: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

Data Collection: Trial by Trial Recording

Data Collection: Interval Recording

Texas Evaluation Contacts

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