• Accommodations:  Recommendations for Virtual Implementation of Accommodations
  
  
• Active Learning - changing the environment so a student becomes an active learner 
  
  
• Birth to Grade 2 Vertical Alignments 
  

• CAN Connection Smore Newsletter with resources to support those who serve students with complex needs
  
  
• Communication Matrix & Modes
  
  
•  Forms & Rubrics - approved by TxCAN and TEA 
       - Building a Foundation:  Rubric of Effective Practices for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
       - Checklist:  Classroom Critical Components  
       - IEP Rubric - PLAAFPs, Goals/Objectives, and Progress Monitoring for students with complex needs
       - T-TESS Supplement - Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) Rubric in the Low Incidence Classroom
  
  
• GRADE-LEVEL SUPPORTS for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities  KG-3rd, 4th-8th, 9th-12th
  
  
• Special Education Livebinder
  
  

• Special Needs ID:  notice of communication impediment to first responders 
  

• Special Education Information Center     Educators' Corner
  
  
• STAAR Alternate 2 RESOURCES PAGE - These resources are for all students working below grade level.
       - All About the STAAR Alternate 2:  Get your who, what, where, when, & how questions answered!
       - Allowable Accommodations     
       - Educator Guide
       - Essence Statements
       - Instructional Decision-Making Guides
       - Instructional Terms Lists
       - Medical Exception Eligibility Requirements form    English    Spanish
       - No Authentic Academic Response (NAAR) Eligibility Requirements form    English    Spanish
       - Participation Requirements form    English    Spanish
       - Participation Requirements Companion Document    English    Spanish
       - Released Tests
       - TEKS Curriculum Framework Documents
       - TEKS Vertical Alignment Documents PreK to End-of-course (see Birth to 2nd Gd Vertical Alignments above)
       - Test Administrator Manual (TAM)
       - Texas definition of a student with a significant cognitive disability?
  
  

• TEKS -  the state standards for what students should know and be able to do 

• Texas Complex Access Network 
  This links to the website of our Statewide CAN Network, supporting & creating a new paradigm of acceptance and potential for students with significant cognitive disabilities.  Join the TxCAN mailing list to receive news of the latest, greatest resources that are evidence-based and TEA-approved!
       - Assessment & Instructional Resources - a resources guide for serving students with significant disabilities
       - How-To's:  Putting It Into Practice (COMING SOON)
       - Lifeline Library - ideas, strategies & examples of successful instruction
       - Monthly Instructional Guides - August through May checklists that support preparation for the school year
       - Online Courses (MORE COMING SOON)
       - Parent Videos
       - Remote Learning Guidance - support for accessing the curriculum in remote environments
       - Remote Learning Resources
       - Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) resources

CAN Training Opportunities for SY 2022-2023

FALL 2022 Professional Development - Click Date to Register

• Sep 8 - CAN Professional Learning Community (PLC)
• Oct 13 - CAN PLC
• Nov 10 - CAN PLC 
• Nov 29 - STAAR Alternate 2 Training - 3 hours, 9am-12pm (morning only)
• Dec 5 - STAAR Alternate 2 Training (REPEAT of Nov 29) - 3 hours, 1 - 4pm (afternoon only)
• Dec 7 - STAAR Alternate 2 Training (REPEAT of Nov 29) - 3 hours, 9am-12pm (morning only)
• Dec 8 - CAN PLC

Save the Date!   February 9, 2023    Differentiation for Students with Complex Needs   (click to Register)
          Special Guest Presenter at this CAN PLC session..... Ayo Jones, site designer of NoodleNook! 

• TxCAN free, self-paced, TEA-approved Courses 
• Online Training Opportunities:  online trng opps.docx 

• Training Videos from TxCAN at https://txcan.tea.texas.gov/