Parent’s Guide to the ARD Process – SPEDTex

• Child Find Brochure
  • English
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• SB 139 Notice to Families
  • English
  • Español
• Delayed or Denied Evaluations and Compensatory Services
  • English
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• Student Handbook
  • Student Handbook Statement: English | Texas Education Agency
  • Student Handbook Statement: Spanish | Texas Education Agency
• Dyslexia
  • Dyslexia Handbook 2021 Update Important Changes
  • Actualizacion del manual de dyslexia 2021
  • Dyslexia Handbook 2021

• Significant Disproportionality State and Federal Activity Updates
• Disproportionality (texas.gov)

• 10 Self-Advocacy Tips for Young People with Disabilities (video)
• 10 Tools for Taking Care of Your Mental Health
• American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Care for Caregivers: Tips for Families and Educators
• Department of Assistive & Rehabilitation Services (DARS)
• Dyslexia/Dysgraphia - US Department of Education
• Helping Teens and Young Adults from NAMI
• I'm determined Parent Resources
• Learning Ally
• Legal Framework for the Child Centered Process: Child Find Framework
• Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute: Texas State Of Mind Newsletter
• Mental Health America of Greater Dallas
• Metrocare Services
• National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
• Navigate Life Texas
• Onpoint Parent Newsletter
• Parent Companion
• Parent Coordination Network
• Parents Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills: Helping Your Child Toward Self-Determination from The Utah Parent Center (video)
• The PATH Project
• Power in Numbers: Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
• Region 10
• Region 13 Special Education Parent Handbook
• SPEDTex
• TEA Curriculum Standards
• Texas Education Agency (TEA)
• Texas Education Agency (TEA) Child Find in Texas
• Texas Education Agency: Mental Health and Behavioral Health
• Texas Project First
• Texas Speech-Language Hearing Association (TSHA)
• Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism Training
• Think College
• Think Inclusive
• Together, We Can Stop The Stigma
• VI - Texas Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
• VI - Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Wellness Resources from Region 10

Everyone needs someone to talk to. Dialogue is standing by.

Dialogue’s virtual counseling sessions are designed to provide students with a safe, secure and private means of seeking assistance from licensed mental health professionals via virtual or telephonic counseling sessions. Read more information here.

Mental Health Resources from TEA

MEDICAID CONSENT FORM

Please complete, sign & date, and return to your child’s campus.

WHY DO WE ASK FOR THE MEDICAID CONSENT FORM?

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) ensures that children with disabilities have access to public education in the least restrictive environment based on their individual needs. 

Despite the lack of adequate federal funding, IDEA requires school districts to prioritize the educational needs of students with disabilities. Without another source of revenue, states and schools must offset the additional costs associated with special education using general education dollars.  

Medicaid helps fill this gap by providing reimbursement for health care services that are necessary for students with disabilities to succeed in school when the following conditions are met: 

• the services are listed in the child’s IEP, 
• the child is enrolled in Medicaid, 
• Medicaid covers the service, 
• the school is recognized as a Medicaid provider. 
  

A school district’s ability to leverage Medicaid funding ensures that they can provide the wide range of services needed to educate students with disabilities and ensure their compliance with IDEA requirements.

Procedural Safeguards – SPEDTex

Parents/guardians or eligible (adult) students may request a copy of their records in writing using the link below or in person at the following address:

Grand Prairie ISD - Special Education Services
Attention: Records Request
Ana Osornio, Special Education Records 
2602 South Beltline Rd
Grand Prairie, TX 75052
(phone: 972-237-5491)
(fax: 972-237-4033)

Note: a copying fee may be attached to record requests

Records Request Form

https://tea.texas.gov/academics/special-student-populations/special-education/resources

Special Education Operating Procedures

The Special Education Information Center (SPEDTex) provides resources and interactive features for increasing family awareness of disabilities and special education processes, with the goal of improving partnerships between schools and families.

Contact information:

Phone: 855-773-3839

Email: inquire@spedtex.org

Live Chat: www.spedtex.org

https://tea.texas.gov/academics/special-student-populations/special-education/dispute-resolution/special-education-dispute-resolution-processes

Special Education Dispute Resolution Handbook. (English)

AGENCIA DE EDUCACIÓN DE TEXAS MANUAL DE LOS SISTEMAS PARA RESOLUCIÓN DE CONFLICTOS DE EDUCACIÓN ESPECIAL. (Spanish)

特殊教育爭議解決手冊 (Chinese)

Sổ tay Giải quyết Tranh chấp Giáo dục Đặc biệt (Vietnamese)

كتيب حل نزاعات التعليم الخاص (Arabic)