Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Inclusion

Inclusive Education Team Meeting Agenda/Minutes

This blank agenda template can be used to prepare for an inclusive education implementation team meeting.

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Behavior, Instruction, Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Autism

Supports for Paraprofessionals

This resource collection equips paraprofessionals with essential knowledge, including job responsibilities, understanding disabilities, and strategies for instruction, communication, and behavior management, ensuring they can effectively support students' academic, social, and behavioral needs.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction

Classroom Manual

This video shows one educator reviewing the classroom manual she uses with her paraprofessionals.

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

Data Collection: Task Analysis

This video shows one educator sharing how she uses a task analysis 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

Data Collection: A-B-C Recording

This video shows one educator sharing how she uses an Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence (A-B-C) 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

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities

March Monthly Instructional Guide Checklist

Texas SPED Support’s Monthly Instructional Guides help special education teachers in self-contained classrooms navigate the school year. Each month contains relevant content and resources.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Instruction, Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology: Switch Types

This video shows how different types of switches, combined with other technologies, allow students with complex needs and physical disabilities, with limited fine motor control, to engage more independently with the world around them.

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Significant Cognitive Disabilities, Assistive Technology, Instruction

Connecting Communication and Instruction for Students with Complex Access Needs

Learning Objectives: Define communication and establish the importance of teaching communication skills. Demonstrate the relationship between communication and behavior. Review considerations in developing and acquiring communication systems. Investigate student response modes. Explore strategies

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