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Who to contact about transition planning in Texas: your campus, your regional Education Service Center team, and the statewide networks that support them.

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Texas Transition is an independent guide, so we cannot answer questions about a specific student or school. The people below can, and they are usually quick to help.

Who to contact

  • Your campus special education office. The first stop for anything about one specific student: ARD meetings, the IEP, transition services and the district's Transition and Employment Designee (TED).
  • Your Education Service Center (ESC). Each of the 20 regions has a transition specialist and an early childhood team who train schools and answer questions about state rules. Find yours in the list below.
  • Texas Workforce Commission, Vocational Rehabilitation. For Pre-Employment Transition Services, job training, college support and help finding work.

Regional teams

Pick your region to open its transition or early childhood page. Not sure which region you are in? The region number is usually printed on district letters and ARD paperwork.

  1. Region 1EdinburgTransition teamEarly childhood team
  2. Region 2Corpus ChristiTransition teamEarly childhood team
  3. Region 3VictoriaTransition teamEarly childhood team
  4. Region 4HoustonTransition teamEarly childhood team
  5. Region 5BeaumontTransition teamEarly childhood team
  6. Region 6HuntsvilleTransition teamEarly childhood team
  7. Region 7KilgoreTransition teamEarly childhood team
  8. Region 8PittsburgTransition teamEarly childhood team
  9. Region 9Wichita FallsTransition teamEarly childhood team
  10. Region 10RichardsonTransition teamEarly childhood team
  11. Region 11White SettlementTransition teamEarly childhood team
  12. Region 12WacoTransition teamEarly childhood team
  13. Region 13AustinTransition teamEarly childhood team
  14. Region 14AbileneTransition teamEarly childhood team
  15. Region 15San AngeloTransition teamEarly childhood team
  16. Region 16AmarilloTransition teamEarly childhood team
  17. Region 17LubbockTransition teamEarly childhood team
  18. Region 18MidlandTransition teamEarly childhood team
  19. Region 19El PasoTransition teamEarly childhood team
  20. Region 20San AntonioTransition teamEarly childhood team

Statewide support networks

As part of the dissemination of discretionary funds that TEA receives under IDEA-B for state-level activities, TEA provides grants for statewide leadership networks. Networks address major, thematic topics that are identified as critical technical assistance and support needs for the state.

A network is comprised of:

  • The grantee who implements the network under TEA's leadership
  • Network members (At least 1 from each of the 20 Education Service Centers (ESCs) across the state)
  • TEA special education program staff

Many networks also utilize stakeholder or advisory groups in the design and implementation of network activities. Technical assistance, resources, and training from these networks are available to any local education agency (LEA) in the state and are intended to leverage best practices.

Texas Education Agency (TEA) Statewide Technical Assistance Networks

Child Find, Evaluation, and ARD Support Network

The Child Find, Evaluation and ARD Supports Network assists LEAs by providing resources and training that are aligned with implementing effective Child Find practices, conducting comprehensive evaluations, and practicing collaborative admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee processes that lead to a free appropriate public education (FAPE) for students with disabilities.

School, Family, and Community Engagement Network (SPEDTex)

The School, Family, and Community Engagement Network provides resources and professional development to build the capacity of educators to work collaboratively with families and community members in supporting positive outcomes for students with disabilities. As part of the School, Family, and Community Engagement Network, SPEDTex (the Texas Special Education Information Center) optimizes information and responds with technical assistance in a succinct and useful format that is user friendly, culturally responsive, and accessible to all individuals. All parent resources connected to the Special Education Strategic Plan will either be housed or linked on the SPEDTex website.

Inclusion in Texas Network

The Inclusion in Texas Network is working to promote a statewide culture of high expectations for students with disabilities and significantly improve academic and functional outcomes for students served by special education. The network assists LEAs build capacity to develop and appropriately implement instructional programs that provide meaningful access to inclusive environments and grade-level standards, where appropriate.

Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism Training (TSLAT)

Texas Statewide Leadership for Autism Training (TSLAT) increases LEAs’ knowledge, understanding, and implementation of evidence-based practices that ensure the academic, functional, and behavioral needs of students with autism are met. TSLAT provides access to training, technical assistance, support, and resources for educators who serve students with autism. The TSLAT website includes online courses (some in Spanish), webinars, information about opportunities for deeper learning, a video library, and more.

Tiered Interventions using Evidence-Based Research (TIER)

The Tiered Interventions using Evidence-based Research (TIER) network is developing comprehensive and coherent trainings and resources for evidence-based intervention practices across the state. The network strives to increase LEA and ESC capacity to develop and implement an effective, integrated, comprehensive framework for intervention that is grounded in differentiated instruction and aligns the systems that are fundamental for all students’ academic, behavioral, and social achievement.

Texas Complex Access Network (TX CAN)

The TX CAN Network provides statewide leadership and support to increase the capacity of LEAs and families to meet the needs of students with significant cognitive disabilities. The network provides resources and supports that provide for the complex and intensive educational and functional needs of students with significant cognitive disabilities.

Texas Sensory Support Network (TxSSN)

The Texas Sensory Support Network (TxSSN) ensures the provision of support to infants, toddlers, children, and youth with sensory impairments, their families, and the professionals who serve them. This network provides information and strategies for development of communication, mobility, tactile skills, and environmental adaptations. Additionally, TxSSN addresses diagnosis, evaluation, and educational programs for services to students in their home communities in support of the comprehensive statewide education plan for this student population.

Small and Rural Schools Network

This network strives to build capacity of small and rural LEAs to provide a more equitable level of access for students with disabilities in these communities. The network will develop state-level infrastructures, resources, and professional development to support LEAs who face unique challenges, such as resource limitations and geographic remoteness.

Multiple Exceptionalities and Multiple Needs (MEMN)

A student with multiple exceptionalities and multiple needs is a student served by special education and identified in one or more of the following special populations: gifted and talented (GT), English learner (EL), or highly mobile family situation, including military, migrant, foster, or homeless. The multifaceted needs of these students require planned and purposeful coordination. Through the creation of partnerships and a foundation in evidenced-based practices, this network builds capacity for educator support through training and resources specific to identification and programming for students with multiple exceptionalities and multiple needs.