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Teacher and Staff Resources

Accommodation Central was developed as a project of the Region 13 Progress in the General Curriculum Program. The Accommodation Central Learning Library provides more in-depth information about accommodations and related topics. The Accommodation Central Community is a place to build connections where members can participate in live chats, share ideas, and ask questions.
The Child Find, Evaluation and ARD Supports Network assists LEAs by providing resources and training that are aligned with implementing effective Child Find practices, conducting comprehensive evaluations, and practicing collaborative admission, review and dismissal (ARD) committee processes that lead to a free appropriate public education (FAPE) for students with disabilities. 
 
 
 
Considering Assistive Technology (AT) in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) Process
Identifying the Right Tool: A Reference List of Technology Supports for Struggling Readers
Specially Designed Instruction
Specially Designed Field User Guide
Working With Paraprofessionals
Working with Paraprofessionals Field User Guide
The Student-Centered Transitions Network (SCTN) builds collaborative infrastructures among students, families, schools, LEAs and communities. The SCTN aims for all students with disabilities to be actively involved in planning, communicating, and evaluating progress in meeting their transition goals from early childhood through high school graduation and post-secondary readiness.    
 
Student-Centered Transitions Network Resources At-A-Glance
Next Steps to Independence: Skills and Strategies
Pasos a seguir para la independencia: competencias y estrategias
A Parent's Guide to Early Childhood Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education
Guía para padres sobre la intervención en la infancia temprana y la educación especial en la infancia temprana
A Guide to Early Transitions in Texas
The Texas Complex Access Network (Texas CAN) provides statewide leadership and support to increase the capacity of LEAs and families to meet the needs of students with significant cognitive disabilities. The network provides resources and supports that provide for the complex and intensive educational and functional needs of students with significant cognitive disabilities.
TEA Special Education: TEA is committed to providing families, students, and schools with high quality supports to enable students with disabilities to achieve the highest outcomes. 
The Texas Sensory Support Network (TxSSN) ensures the provision of support to infants, toddlers, children, and youth with sensory impairments, their families, and the professionals who serve them.  This network provides information and strategies for development of communication, mobility, tactile skills, and environmental adaptations. Additionally, TxSSN addresses diagnosis, evaluation, and educational programs for services to students in their home communities in support of the comprehensive statewide education plan for this student population.  
The Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism Training (TSLAT) increases LEAs’ knowledge, understanding, and implementation of evidence-based practices that ensure the academic, functional, and behavioral needs of students with autism are met. TSLAT provides access to training, technical assistance, support, and resources for educators who serve students with autism. The TSLAT website includes online courses (some in Spanish), webinars, information about opportunities for deeper learning, a video library, and more.  
The Tiered Interventions using Evidence-based Research (TIER) network is developing comprehensive and coherent trainings and resources for evidence-based intervention practices across the state. The network strives to increase LEA and ESC capacity to develop and implement an effective, integrated, comprehensive framework for intervention that is grounded in differentiated instruction and aligns the systems that are fundamental for all students’ academic, behavioral, and social achievement.