Instruction

State Guidance, ARD/IEP Supports, Instruction

Dually Identified Technical Assistance Guide

For Texas educators to support holistic and effective programming for students who are dually identified as an emergent bilingual student and a student receiving special education services.

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Autism, Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Behavior, Blind/Visually Impaired, Deafblind, Instruction

Strategies for Personnel to Effectively Transport Students with Disabilities

This resource is intended for school transportation staff and includes information on how to support students with disabilities on the school bus. This resource includes sections for supporting student behavior on the bus, disability characteristics, disability-specific support strategies, and

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Autism, Behavior, Instruction, Significant Cognitive Disabilities

First/Then

A first/then visual support is an effective strategy used to help students understand and follow a sequence of activities.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction, Behavior, Autism

Personal Communication Dictionary

This video shows how one educator uses a personal communication dictionary to document student-specific actions and their meanings.

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Instruction, Inclusion

Understanding Accommodations and Modifications

Provides a foundational understanding of the difference between and examples of accommodations and modifications.

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Transition, Instruction

Defining 18+ Adult Transition Services

Webinar defining what 18+ programs are, what they are not, and best practices

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, ARD/IEP Supports, Instruction, Assistive Technology, Behavior, Inclusion

Administrator Companion Document to the Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Complex Access Needs

This document provides administrators with best practices to facilitate learning for students with the most complex access needs and the evidence that they should see if practices are implemented.

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Inclusion, Instruction, MTSS

Foundational Reading Lesson Set

Provides Texas teachers with a set of materials for teaching phonics that can be used to create lessons for a year.

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Inclusion, Instruction, ARD/IEP Supports

Specially Designed Instruction Guide

This guide provides school systems with a foundation for building a shared understanding of SDI with practical examples and how SDI applies to IEPs.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Behavior, Instruction, ARD/IEP Supports, Inclusion

Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Complex Access Needs

This rubric highlights best practices to facilitate learning for students with complex access needs. The document should be used as a guide by a campus/district team as they engage in reflection of their current practices and plan for program growth (T-TESS Dimension 4.2). To aid administrators in

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