Useful Links
Education and Law
Region 20 Education Resource Center
Reducation service agencies within Texas that assists school districts and charter schools in improving student performance and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of school operations.
Texas Education Agency
Information about the state curriculum.
ESC 18 Legal Frameworks Page
The Legal Framework for the Child-Centered Process is a template in an electronic format that summarizes state and federal requirements for special education by topic.
General Disability Related
ARC of San Antonio Community Resource Guide
Offers resources for people with developmental disabilities and their families.
Center for Health Care Services
Ensures residents of Bexar county with mental illness, intellectual disabilities and substance abuse problems receive necessary quality service.
Do 2 Learn
A web site providing activities to promote independence in children and adults with special learning needs.
Deaf
American Sign Language
Here are a few american sign language terms to help those of you who are trying to communicate with a person who signs, but does not hear. This dictionary has both animated and text definitions.
Intellectual Disability
Alamo Local Authority for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Offers access and choices to adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
Speech and Language Impairment
American Speech Language Hearing Association
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 173,070 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, speech, language, and hearing scientists, audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel, and students.