• April 15th, May 10th, & June 17th - Online Work Time (hybrid, come & go sessions)
• May 23rd - Literacy Based Sensory Boxes (in-person session)
• June 18, 25, & July 2nd - Building a Foundation for Supporting Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities (virtual training, must attend all 3 days to receive credit)
• July 31st & August 1st - Low Incidence Disabilities Conference (in-person)
• August 14th, 21st, & 28th - Building a Foundation for Supporting Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities (virtual training, must attend all 3 days to receive credit)

• June 3rd - Active Learning Supervisors Roundtable (hybrid session)
  

• April 19th - Seriously Wild about Assistive Technology (in-person)
  
• September 12th - Seriously Wild about Assistive Technology (in-person)
• November 13th - Adapting Early Literacy for all Communication Needs (in-person)

• April 10th - YMCA ECC Camp Day (in-person at camp location)
  

TEA Learn

Tobii Dynavox Learning Hub

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!

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

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

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.

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