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August 29, 2022 (9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.): Join us as we create a collaborative community where we learn from each other. The roundtable will give leaders the opportunity to connect, contribute, and build capacity to promote a culture of high expectations for students with disabilities. As the state continues to provide guidance and resources to serve students with dyslexia and related disabilities, we will share updated information from TEA, evaluation practices, implementation practices, and service options and processes to support students in a variety of settings.

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August 31, 2022 (9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.): High-quality Early Childhood Special Education classrooms provide students with opportunities for exploration and discovery through the use of hands-on experiences in learning centers. The Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines suggests that the following seven super centers are most effective for little learners: ABC, Creativity, Construction, Library and Listening, Math and Science, Pretend and Learn, and Writing. Activities within the seven super centers should be planned, purposeful, and playful in order to ensure they target skills students need to be successful and builds on the student’s current level of understanding. During this make and take session, participants will create thematic fall activities that can be immediately taken and implemented into an Early Childhood Special Education or Prekindergarten classroom. Participants will collaborate to align these activities to the Prekindergarten guidelines and use the Early Childhood Outcomes Document to scaffold activities for all learners.

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August 31, 2022 (English: 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Spanish: 12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.): Participants will join a facilitated walk through the Notice of Procedural Safeguards so that you can gather information that will help you understand your parental rights under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) so that you can advocate effectively for your child.

• English Flyer
• Spanish Flyer

September 6, 2022 (9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.): The Walsh Gallegos Toolbox 4.2 provides the next level of practical strategies for dealing with disruptive, dangerous or violent students in compliance with Special Education laws.

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September 13, 2022 (8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.): This train-the-trainer session is designed to educate special education teachers on best practices for working with students with intellectual/developmental disabilities with co-occurring mental illness, or dual diagnosis. After the training, teachers will have the necessary materials and skill set to educate additional educators in their respective school districts.

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September 16, 2022 (9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.): The Speech Pathology Webinar Series has been well received across all regions of Texas by the community of speech pathologists and other school staff. The purpose of the webinar series is to provide high level learning opportunities to the speech pathologist in the public schools of Texas. These webinars are interactive and have proved to be an excellent source of continuing education for many. Due to the increasing participation as evidenced by growing audiences, we continue this successful endeavor by collaborating with “ALL” twenty Education Service Centers (ESCs) across Texas. We remain dedicated in providing you more outstanding topics and speakers each year. 2.5 TSHA CEUs offered for this course.

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Cycle 12 SLP Master’s Degree Information Meeting

Wednesday, September 7, 2022

4:30-7:00 pm

Attendance at one of the information meetings is a mandatory part of the application process. September 7th will be the last information meeting for the Cycle 12 application window.

Application window will be open August 15th, 2022 through October 15th, 2022. Cycle 12 classes begin May 2023!

For questions or additional information, please contact Pam Sepulvado, pam.sepulvado@region10.org

Earn up to 48 CEUs and an endorsement by TSLAT and the Texas Education Agency.

Be part of a statewide virtual Professional Learning Community.

This program is free and open to any employee of a school in Texas:

• Special Education Teachers
• General Education Teachers
• Paraeducators
• Campus and District Specialists
• SLPs
• OTs
• PTs
• LSSPs
• Administrators

Learn about the identified evidence-based practices (EBPs) for students with autism, why EBPs should be used, and how to select an EBP.

Dive deep into at least 8 high-yield EBPs:

• Reinforcement
• Differential Reinforcement
• Prompting
• Visual Supports
• Task Analysis
• Antecedent Based Interventions
• Modeling
• Video Modeling

The design of this program takes learning further than receiving information. Participants will implement the strategies they learn with their current students resulting in actual experience and practice. Each participant will receive one on one coaching from a TSLAT network member from their region or from TSLAT staff and will submit artifacts of EBP implementation (photos or video clips).

Program starts October 1st, 2022 and ends June 1st, 2023. Complete one module per month for 8 months.

Take yourself from good to GREAT by joining the Autism Circuit Academy this year!

Application deadline is September 15th, 2022.

Apply HERE TODAY!

For more information, visit the Autism Circuit Academy page on www.txautism.net

Contact: Blaine Campbell at Blaine.Campbell@esc13.txed.net

Learn more about Universal Design for Learning and how planning for all students, regardless of their needs and abilities, can help to meet the needs of various learners in the classroom.

• UDL Implementation Guide for Educators in Texas
• Companion Document

The SPEDTex Resource Locator is your gateway to special education resources. From accommodations to transition and everything in between, the SPEDTex Resource Locator lets you tailor your search by topic, audience, language and type. Click here to search for resources.

By 8/31/22, Post on LEA’s public-facing website (preferably on special education website)

• The SPEDTex logo

• Hyperlink

• Description

• Contact information for SPEDTex

Required posting information and logo: https://www.spedtex.org/required-posting

Do you have a technical assistance request that requires a call or web chat? Please complete the form below to request technical assistance and/or professional development(PD) from the Region 10 Special Populations team. A team member will be in touch with you soon following the submission of your request.

Email: special.pops@region10.org
Website: https://www.region10.org/programs/special-education-services/overview/
Location: 904 Abrams Road, Richardson, TX, USA
Phone: 972-348-1700
Twitter: @R10sped