Senate Bill (SB) 1506, 88th Texas Legislature, 2023, amended Texas Education Code (TEC) §38.032 requiring TEA to adopt and post a form on the agency’s website to be used in submitting a seizure management and treatment plan to a student’s school that includes a specific list of information and the signatures of the student’s parent or guardian and the physician responsible for the seizure treatment.

This change in law only applies to a seizure management and treatment plan submitted to a school district or open-enrollment charter school on or after January 1, 2024.

• February 14th - T-TESS for LID: What to look for during evaluations in special education (in-person)
• February 14th - Digital Coaching: Digital coaching with video and videoconferencing (in-person)
• February 15th - Online Work Time: Supporting educators with online coursework (zoom session)
• February 21st - STAAR Alternate 2: Before, During, & After the Assessment (zoom session)
• February 27th - Effective Practices Series - 5 courses in 1 day (in-person)
• March 6th - STAAR Alternate 2 Assessment Training (hybrid session)
• March 8th - Effective Practices Series: Classroom Organization, Schedules, and Positive Behavior Supports (zoom session)
• March 18th - Online Work Time: Supporting educators with online coursework (hybrid session)

• April 3rd - Active Learning Functional Scheme Assessment (zoom session)
• June 3rd - Active Learning Supervisors Roundtable (hybrid session)

• Feb. 16, Mar. 22, Apr. 19, & May 16 - Comprehensive Literacy for All: Teaching Students with Significant Disabilities to Read & Write (hybrid)
• February 16th - Seriously Wild about Assistive Technology (in-person)
• February 23rd - Unlocking Success: Strategies for Task Engagement, Functional Communication, and AT Integration in the Classroom (Karen Kangas presenting) (in-person)
• April 19th - Seriously Wild about Assistive Technology (in-person)

• February 15th - Looming with Neva (in-person)
• February 22nd - Technology Olympics (email Alexa.Poynor@region10.org for volunteer opportunities) (in-person)
• March 4th - Orientation and Mobility Strategies for Individuals who are Deafblind (in-person)
• March 22nd - College Day at UNT (in-person at college location)
• April 10th - YMCA ECC Camp Day (in-person at camp location)

Consider sharing strategies that work for your classroom with your fellow educators by presenting a session at this year's conference. Possible topics for breakout sessions include (but are not limited to):

• setting up learning stations
• collaborative classroom teams
• inclusion for students with complex needs
• classroom and campus community building
• grading and aligning instruction to enrolled grade-level through prerequisite skills

The registration fee is waived for educators who are selected to present a breakout session during the conference.

Texas SPED Support currently has 21 self-paced courses available related to working with students with significant cognitive disabilities and complex access needs, including the updated STAAR Alternate 2 Before, During and After the Assessment course.

Seven of these courses offer free coaching or support after completing the online portion. The courses with coaching available are:

• Building a Foundation for Supporting Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
  
• Classroom Organization, Schedules, and Positive Behavior Supports (Effective Practices)
  
• Designing and Supporting Instruction (Effective Practices)
  
• IEPs and Instruction (Effective Practices)
  
• A Step Towards IEP Quality and Rigor
  
• Supporting Communication (Effective Practices)
• Teamwork and Transitions (Effective Practices)

To sign up or get more information about this free support: complete this coaching request form to schedule a brief pre-coaching meeting with me. If you need signing up or completing any of the courses, please email me at cathryn.king@region10.org or join any of the Online Work Time sessions.

FINDING THE RIGHT INFORMATION, resource, or person, to meet your specific needs or those

of someone in your family, can be both challenging and frustrating.

We want to help!

Connecting the Dots Expo is open to all students with disabilities and their families, regardless

of where the student attends school! Please join us to learn more about the resources available

to support you!

South: March 23rd at Global High School in Waxahachie

West: April 13th at Frisco ISD Career & Technical Education Center

For questions, please contact Amy Reeves (Amy.Reeves@region10.org)

Low Incidence Disabilities/Assistive Technology Consultant

Email: cathryn.king@region10.org
Website: region10.org/programs/low-incidence-disabilities-lid
Location: 904 Abrams Road, Richardson, TX, USA
Phone: 972-348-1590