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Texas Education Agency special education resources
General resources for families (English and Spanish)
English PDF document and website resources
- Updates in Special Education (SB 139)
- Compensatory Services
- Delayed or Denied Evaluations and Compensatory Services
- Dyslexia and Related Disorders (Handbook)
- Dyslexia Fact Sheet
- Dyslexia Program Awareness for Educators and Parents
- Notice of Procedural Safeguards: Rights of Parents of Children with Disabilities
- Parent’s Guide to the Admission, Review, and Dismissal Process
- Section 504 Fact Sheet
- Significant Disproportionality (State and Federal Activity October 2021 Updates)
- Student Handbook Statement
- Aiding students who have learning difficulties or who need special education or Section 504 services
- Texas State Library: Talking Book Program
Documentos disponibles y web en Español en PDF
- Actualizaciones en Educación Especial (SB 139)
- Aviso Sobre Procedimientos de Protección
- Dislexia: Hoja de datos para las familias
- Dislexia: Concientización sobre el programa para educadores y padres
- Evaluaciones Retrasadas o Denegadas & Servicios Compensatorios
- Guía Para Padres del Proceso de Admisión, Repaso, y Retiro
- Servicios Compensatorios
- Student Handbook Statement
- Cómo ayudar a aquellos estudiantes que tienen dificultades de aprendizaje o precisan servicios de educación especial o de la Sección 504
The Texas Transition and Employment Guide (PDF) offers details on services and programs available throughout Texas designed to assist students with disabilities in transitioning to life after high school.
The Special Education Information Center (SPEDTex) provides resources and interactive features for increasing family awareness of disabilities and special education processes, with the goal of improving partnerships between schools and families. Contact by calling 1.855.773.3839, emailing inquire@spedtex.org or using their live chat option via www.spedtex.org.
Ms. Angelique Beckwith, TIER II and TIER III reading intervention specialist
A two-time SFA alum, I have a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies with a specialization in reading and early childhood endorsement and master’s degree in education. I also hold the following credentials:
- dyslexia specialist, Neuhaus Education Center's program in Houston
- licensed dyslexia therapist through the Texas Department of State Health Services
- certified academic language therapist
- and a member of the Academic Language Therapy Association.
Before beginning my work as an intervention teacher working with struggling readers and children with dyslexia, I taught in the classroom for 11 years, primarily with third and fourth grade.
Ms. Callie Berry, licensed school psychologist
I support the SFA Charter School through counseling and mental health support, social/emotional groups and reading intervention. A two- time graduate of SFA, I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology in 2008 and Master of Arts in school psychology in 2013.
Prior to becoming a Licensed Specialist in School Psychology, I was an English language arts teacher in both an elementary and middle school.
Ms. Eileen Meyers, special programs
I received my Bachelor of Science in special education and the all-level certification in special education, both from SFA. I taught for 12 years at Carpenter Elementary as a resource, self-contained and inclusion teacher for kindergarten through fifth grade.