Special Education

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SBISD offers a free and appropriate public education to all children ages 3- 21. Services for students must meet eligibility requirements as a student with auditory impairment, autism, deaf-blindness, emotional disturbance, intellectual disability, non-categorical early-childhood, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, specific learning disability, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury or visual impairment and as a result, require specially designed instruction to benefit educationally. 

 

Special Education providing every student with a disability an Individualized Education Program (IEP) in the least restrictive environment that addresses the student’s unique needs. Services include specially designed instruction in special education or general education with modifications, special education support, supplementary aids and services and related services. 

 

Download SBISD's Who To Call in Special Education Quick Reference Guide and the 2021-2022 Special Education Parent Guide

Download Texas PTA Legislative Priority Fact Sheet on Special Education Funding

DID YOU KNOW?

"In 2018–19, the number of students ages 3–21 who received special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was 7.1 million, or 14 percent of all public school students. Among students receiving special education services, 33 percent had specific learning disabilities." National Center for Education Statistics

 

If you suspect that your child has a disability, it is your legal right to request a "full and individual evaluation" but the request must be done in writing.  

 

PARENTS ADVISING IN SPECIAL EDUCATION (PASE)

SBISD has a PASE committee to increase district communication with special education parents. If you are interested in becoming a member, please contact SBISD Special Education Director Joni Warren at 713.251.1702. See previous PASE agendas, presentations and downloads.

   

RESOURCES

Texas First

Disabilities Rights

Your Special Education Rights

IEPs

Watch videos and learn more about the differences between an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and a 504.

A Day in Our Shoes

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NEWS OF INTEREST 

Excerpt from 10 Myths Parents May Hear About Special Education

 

1. “Kids in special education have to be in a separate classroom.”

Most kids who get special education services are in the same classroom as kids who don’t. That’s not just the school’s choice, it’s the way the law says it should be. The concept is set forth in IDEA, and it’s known as “ least restrictive environment,” or LRE. Research shows that two-thirds of kids with learning disabilities spend 80 percent of their day in the general education classroom with all the other kids. Read more

 

2. “Special education is only for kids with severe physical and intellectual disabilities.”

Most kids in special education do not have severe disabilities. The majority of students fit into the category of “specific learning disability.” That means kids who have reading issues like dyslexia, or math issues like dyscalculia. Read more

 

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