• Accommodations:  Recommendations for Virtual Implementation of Accommodations
  
• Active Learning - changing the environment so a student becomes an active learner
• 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
• INDEPENDENCE - Guidance for Building Independence  
  
• Special Education Livebinder
• Special Needs ID:  notice of communication impediment to first responders 
  
• Special Education Information Center     Educators' Corner
  

• STAAR Alternate 2 - see tab STAAR Alt 2

• 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
• Texas State Library     ~     Texas Talking Book Program     ~     National Library Service
  

CAN Training Opportunities for SY 2022-2023

June 1        Try Differently Rather Than Harder - FASD training
June 7        Instruction & Behavior in Inclusive Classrooms - Paula Kluth
June 9        State Testing Accommodation Review 1/2-day
June 13      Addressing Complex Communication Needs - Emily Diaz (SLP)
June 14      Behavioral & Mental Health Interventions for Classrooms, Campuses - James Butler
June 22-24 Paraprofessional 2-day Training
June 26-28 3-day CAN Boot Camp - for newbies/still feeling newbies
July 6          Adapted P.E. Training - Jeff Key
July 12-14   Academy for Teachers of Young Children
August 3     Serving Students with Visual Impairments in All Instructional Settings - gen ed, sped

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

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

CAN Professional Learning Community (PLC) - join Region 17's monthly sessions
          Contact Deanne Goen at deannegoen@esc17.net or 806.281.5712.

Livebinder - New Teachers of Students with Complex Needs 

Texas Complex Access Network 

STAAR Alternate 2 Resources & Training (TBA for SY23-24)

• STAAR Alternate 2 RESOURCES PAGE - These resources are for all students who are 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 below)
       - Test Administrator Manual (TAM)
       - Texas definition of a student with a significant cognitive disability?
       - Vertical Alignments for Birth to 2nd Grade Updated 4/12/2023 - Includes the following:
              >Texas Early Learning Guidelines for Infants, Toddlers, and Three-Year-Olds
              >Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines
              >Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

• online & on-demand TxCAN 3-hour Course, STAAR Alt 2:  Before, During, & After the Assessment
  Register at https://txcan.tea.texas.gov/courses.

View TxCAN video clips on tons of topics to support you in the CAN classroom!
Go to the TxCAN Videos webpage at https://txcan.tea.texas.gov/video-library.