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SELCO Shout Out

October 2025

SELCO ShoutOutOctober 2025

TEA Back to School Updates: 2025-2026 TEA Back to School Updates: 2025-2026

Focus: Data and PLAAFPs Focus: Data and PLAAFPs

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SELCO Resources/Video

SELCO Template

Baseline Data

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SELCO Resources & TEA Guidance

TEA Guidance

PLAAFP Excerpt

PLAAFP Rubric

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Extra Tips

IEP Tip Sheet

Breaking down the Teacher Input Form

TEA Resources TEA Resources

Special Education Small & Rural School Evaluation Reimbursement Program

Interested in becoming a Diagnostician or School Psychologist? Check out this opportunity: https://spedsupport.tea.texas.gov/opportunities/grant/special-education-small-and-rural-schools-evaluation-certification

TEA SPED NEWSLETTERS

TEA releases monthly newsletters and webinars. Check them out here: https://tea.texas.gov/academics/special-student-populations/special-education/tea-special-education-webinars-and-newsletters

Self-Assessment Self-Assessment

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Stop by and check out different resources related to topics covered on the Self-Assessment!


This month we will focus on Child Find & Intervention

Guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GZc3NTZDZgdF0R8rFu_Oh6fupMwKl-ez/view?usp=drive_link

Rubric: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ilYAwYxVGxGX1EVLLyqpfvEt2gJQhxrQ/view?usp=drive_link

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Dyslexia and Other Related Disorders

The Texas Dyslexia Handbook (Updated 2024)

Dyslexia FAQ

Dyslexia and Related Disorders: Information for Parents

Dyslexia Staff by District

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Evaluations

Eligibility Categories

Developmental Delay

Technical Assistance Guide

Pre-Referral Data Collection

Parents' Rights: An Overview of Special Education Evaluations

What if a parent makes a request? If a parent makes a written request, the LEA has 15 days to respond and issue Prior Written Notice. Your campus Educational Diagnostician should be notified immediately if this occurs, and the campus should begin the SIT/SST process.

Transition Time Transition Time

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Early Childhood Transition

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lMnvxRJJ8tGpyc4sukjiBtoW3EDtRV-A/view?usp=drive_link
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Secondary Transition

SELCO Transition Process: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EZXSx6vtl-GGpvXzsDzc4Qfi0uSjdUvn/view?usp=sharing

Transition Interviews & Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JfHr8Ett7niPi8DCz_XthTVxCktN8dys/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104620707827933959260&rtpof=true&sd=true



TEA Guidance: https://tea.texas.gov/academics/special-student-populations/special-education/programs-and-services/state-guidance/secondary-transition-guidance

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Transition Resources: Waivers, LMHA, LIDDA, TWC, etc.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bq-lfrf7DdAZ3R6fXtyvr-8FltUfC7wJ/view?usp=sharing

Upcoming Events 🌟👟🏆🏃🏻‍♂️ Upcoming Events 🌟👟🏆🏃🏻‍♂️

Event Information
Field Day

Annually, Region 17 hosts an epic day of field events and physical activity for our secondary students who are served in a self-contained setting! What a fun time it is... WISH THE SELCO SUPERSTARS LUCK!

When?
Tuesday, Oct 14, 2025, 09:00 AM
Where?
Frenship High School, Dowden Road, Wolfforth, TX, USA

SELCO Staff Directory SELCO Staff Directory

SELCO ONE STOP SHOP SELCO ONE STOP SHOP

Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any questions!
Dr. Julianna Carpenter, Director of Special Education, jcarpenter@slatonisd.net, (806) 828-6595 Whitney Glenn, Director of Curriculum & Instruction, wglenn@slatonisd.net, (806) 828-6595
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