Parent Resources

SASPC Parent Resource Directory

The Arc of San Antonio - The Arc of San Antonio serves as a social service home in Bexar and surrounding counties to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and assists their families during all phases of life. For 70 years, The Arc has positively impacted the lives of thousands of individuals with IDD through our direct care and comprehensive case management programs – creating a continuum of support for families and enriching the lives of those who are often silent and underserved.

Center for Parent Information & Resources Parent Center Learning Hub - For Parent Information & Resources (CPIR) is the central hub of valuable information and products specifically designed for the network of Parent Centers serving families of children with disabilities.

All the materials found on the CPIR Hub have been created and archived for Parent Centers around the country to help them provide support and services to the families they serve. The CPIR employs a user-centered process, gathering the perspectives of our experienced audience—Parent Center staff members and other experts—at every step, to create products and services that enhanchttps://thinkcollege.net/about/what-is-think-collegee Parent Centers’ knowledge and capacity in specific domains.

The Navigate Life Texas (NLT) website, a project supported by the Texas Health and Human Services (HHS), was created to inform and empower parents of children with disabilities or special health care needs. Health care, education, insurance, transition to adulthood and how to connect with other parents are among the many topics found on NLT. Here, parents share their perspectives on challenges and rewards they have faced revealing their valuable first-hand experience.

Think College provides resources, technical assistance and training

related to college options for students with intellectual disability, and manages the only national listing of college programs for students with intellectual disability in the United States.

 

We are a national technical assistance, research, and evaluation center dedicated to developing, expanding, and improving higher education options for students with intellectual disability.

 

With a commitment to equity and excellence, Think College supports evidence-based and student-centered research and practice by generating and sharing knowledge, guiding institutional change, informing public policy, and engaging with students, professionals and families.

 

 

 

Texas Transition and Employment Guide - Information on statewide services and programs that assist in the transition to life outside of the public school system. This guide includes transition services; employment and supported employment services; social security programs; community and long-term services and support; postsecondary educational programs and services; information sharing with health and human services agencies and providers; guardianship, alternatives to guardianship, including a supported decision-making agreement under Chapter 1357, Estates Code; self-advocacy, person-directed planning, and self-determination; and contact information for all relevant state agencies.

 

Texas Transition and Employment Guide | Texas SPED Support