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Coolidge Special Education
Child Find
Delayed or Denied Evaluations &Compensatory Services
Information on Dyslexia, IDEA(Individuals with Disabilites Act), MTSS(Multi-Tiered Systems of Support)
The Legal Framework for the Child-Centered Special Education Process
Disability Defined - Section 504
Transition in Texas
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Coolidge Special Education
CISD's Special Education Program is committed to supporting students with unique educational needs by designing individualized academic programs to help them reach their maximum potential and prepare them for the future. The district focuses on possibilities rather than limitations for each child.
The program also provides special transportation, homebound services, speech and occupational therapy, accommodations for visual or hearing impairments, and a transition program that assists students who are completing high school to enter the next stage of life.
Special Education Director Erin Cox serves as an advocate for each child and his or her parents. She is passionate about serving students and works closely with school staff to help identify children with special educational needs and refer them for proper testing to determine their disability.
She regularly collaborates with students, parents, administrators, counselors, regular education teachers, and special education teachers to develop individual educational plans (IEP) that allow students to learn in the least restrictive classroom environment.
Mrs. Cox and the district are committed to doing whatever is needed to help each child in the special education program to succeed in academics and life.
Child Find
Every Child Deserves a Chance
Children with learning disabilities need special help in school. But not all disabilities that interfere with learning are easily recognized. Symptoms of children with disabilities include awkwardness, clumsiness, confusion, forgetfulness, frustration, shyness, aggressiveness, or the inability to concentrate.
Child Find is a process mandated by the Individual with Disabilities Act (IDEA). Child Find is a continuous process of public awareness activities, screening and evaluation designed to locate, identify, and refer school age and younger children who may benefit from early intervention or education services.
ESC Region 12 and local independent school districts offer information, referral services, and public awareness to parents and community members at no cost.
For information on free services for children birth through 21 years old with disabilities, call Erin Cox, CISD Director of Special Education, at (254) 786-2206 x224.
Region 12 Child Find Resources
The Legal Framework for the Child-Centered Special Education Process
The Legal Framework for the Child-Centered Special Education Process site contains a summary of state and federal requirements for special education. Publications on procedural safeguards and guides to the Assessment, Review, and Dismissial (ARD) Process are also available on this site. Additionally, you can enter Coolidge ISD's county number 147901 to see local policy aligned to state and federal laws.
Disability Defined - Section 504
Transition in Texas - Texas Transition Website
The Texas Transition and Employment Guide provides youth, young adults, parents and professionals with secondary transition resources to facilitate a young person's progress towards post-secondary goals to education, employment, and community living. This guide will continually be updated.
Texas Transition and Employment Guide