Staff Resources
Texas SPED Support
- Texas SPED Support
TEA special education resources and learning opportunities for administrators, educators, and support staff.
Foundational Topics
- Texas SPED Quick Learns Collection
For educators and instructional leaders. This series includes 5 videos that offer practical insights into key special education topics such as effective co-teaching practices, working with paraprofessionals, understanding accommodations vs. modifications, and implementing specially designed instruction.
Autism Web Resources
- Autism Society of America
- Handicapped Children
- Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism Training
- Firm Foundation Series
Courses here provide information on the disorder itself, specific information on the areas of core deficit, along with evidence-based and practical approaches to intervention.
- Social Skills and Autism
- Autism Supplement Guidance Document
- Effective Support for Students with Autism: Course-Track Options for Paraprofessionals
Behavior Web Resources
- Behavior Problems & Discipline
- Positive Interventions & Effective Strategies
- Texas Behavior Support Initiative
- Technical Assistance: Behavior Supports and Guidance for Students with Disabilities
- Discipline Flowchart for Students Identified with or Suspected to Have a Disability Under IDEA
- Texas Behavior Support Initiative
- Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
Specific Learning Disabilities Web Resources
- SpedTex Disabilities
- Guidance for the Comprehensive Evaluation of Specific Learning Disabilities
- Sensory Impairments and Specific Learning Disabilities
Complex Access Needs
- The Fundamentals of Inclusive Education for Students with Complex Access Needs
- Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) for Students with Complex Access Needs
- Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
Teaching Students with Cognitive Disabilities Web Resources
- The Fundamentals of Inclusive Education for Students with Complex Access Needs
- Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) for Students with Complex Access Needs
- Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities