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Acccommodations and Modifications in CTE Classroom Instruction
- Parents' Rights
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed/pubs/pdf/eps-eng.pdf - IEP Guide for Parents
http://www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/iepguide/index.html#process - Understanding the Special Education Process
http://www.fape.org/pubs/FAPE-10.pdf - IDEA and Secondary Transition Requirements
http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cdynamic%2CTopicalBrief%2C17%2C - Partners Resource Network (PRN)
http://www.partnerstx.org/ - Courses to empower parents of students with disabilities
http://www.partnerstx.org/courses/i_c_home.html - Basics of Evaluation for Special Education
http://nichcy.org/pubs/basicpar/bp1txt.htm#step3 - Special Education Resources on the Internet (SERI)
http://seriweb.com/ - Parent Centered Planning: a Tool for Transition
http://www.ncset.org/publications/parent/NCSETParent_Feb04.pdf - Health and Transition
http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=2967 - The Role of Parents in Dropout Prevention
http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=3135 - NCLB and IDEA: What Parents Need to Know
http://education.umn.edu/nceo/OnlinePubs/Parents.pdf - No Child Left Behind: A Parents Guide
http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/involve/nclbguide/parentsguide.html - IDEA-What it is and how it works
http://www.fape.org/idea/index.htm
Click and Print Tools
- IEP Guide Department of Education
- Communicating with Schools
- Understanding the Special Education Process
- Acronyms for Special Education
- Acronyms and Agencies for Special Education
- Acronyms and Agencies for Special Education Spanish Version
- Acronyms and the Law
- Planning Your Child’s IEP
- Planning Your Child’s IEP Spanish Version
- Discipline and the Law
- Safeguards
- Transition
Building Successful Partnerships
- Click for Video
- Achieve Texas
http://www.achievetexas.org/ - Center on Education and Work
http://www.cew.wisc.edu/ - Center for Occupational Research and Development
http://www.cord.org/index.cfm - Southern Region Education Board
http://www.sreb.org/
Career Guidance
- Click for Video
- How can I help my child with career guidance issues?
- What is career guidance?
- Career Guidance - How Parents Can Help
- Helping Your Child Choose a Career
- Education Service Centers Information
- Guidance and Counseling Program for Texas Public Schools
- Parents Resource Network
- Tools for Student Success: Selected Publications for Parents
Laws
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Carl D Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- No Child Left Behind
- Section 504
