Special Education
TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
The Special Education Information Center (SPEDTex) provides resources and interactive features for increasing family awareness of disabilities and special education processes, with the goal of improving partnerships between schools and families.
Contact information:
Phone: 1-855-773-3839
Email: inquire@spedtex.org
Live Chat: www.spedtex.org
Click Here for TEA General Resources
Ley de Educacion para Personas con Discapacidad Hoja de datos para las familias
Overview of Special Education for Parents
Información general para los padres sobre la educación especial
Delayed or Denied Evaluations & Compensatory Services
Evaluaciones Retrasadas o Denegadas & Servicios Compensatorios
Parent Directed Special Education Services (PDSES)
Servicios de Educación Especial Dirigidos por los Padres (por sus siglas in inglés)
Parent Directed Special Education Services (PDSES) Application Process
Proceso de solicitud para Servicios de Educación Especial Dirigidos por los Padres (PDSES)
Dylsexia
FAQs: Dyslexia Evaluation, Identification, & Instruction House Bill (HB) 3928
Dyslexia Fact Sheet for Families
Dislexia Hoja de datos para las familias
BRYAN ISD SPECIAL EDUCATION
Bryan ISD provides special education services to children with disabilities to meet their unique needs. These educational programs are provided in a variety of settings, including general education, in-class support, content mastery, special education classrooms, the student's home, or a hospital setting. Students must be identified as eligible for special education through a referral and evaluation process. The district also provides related services when required to access or support their special education program including, but not limited to: transportation, occupational and physical therapy, individual or group counseling, and a work-study program.
To qualify for special education, students must have been evaluated in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) of 2004, and meet disability condition criteria in at least one of the following areas:
Speech Impairment
Hearing Impairment (including deafness)
Visual Impairment (including blindness)
Orthopedic Impairment
Autism
Traumatic Brain Injury
Emotional Disturbance
Intellectual Disability
Other Health Impairment
Specific Learning Disability
Deaf-Blindness
Multiple Disabilities
Noncategorical Early Childhood
Special education is offered at no cost to parents to meet the needs of an eligible child with a disability, including instruction conducted in the classroom, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, and in other settings, and instruction in physical education.
The instruction offered through special education has been changed in content, methodology, or delivery of instruction to address the unique needs of a child that will result from that child's disability and to ensure access of the child to the general curriculum, so that he or she can meet the educational standards within the jurisdiction of the public agency that apply to all children.
Contact Information
Bryan ISD Special Education Dept.
1307 Memorial Drive
Bryan, TX 77802
979-209-2780 | FAX 979-209-2766
Director of Special Education
Dr. Catherine George
catherine.george@bryanisd.org
Assistant Director of Special Education
Dala Henry
979-209-2742
dala.henry@bryanisd.org
Assistant Director of Special Education
Joyce Gallier
979-209-2727
joyce.gallier@bryanisd.org
Brazos Valley Regional Day School for the Deaf
Interim Supervisor-Deaf Education
Melinda Gandrud
979-209-2744
melinda.gandrud@bryanisd.org
Special Education Coordinator-Secondary
Ciara Oatman
979-209-2742
ciara.oatman@bryanisd.org
Special Education Program Specialist
Eileen Baskett
979-209-3412
eileen.baskett@bryanisd.org
Special Education Program Specialist
Zachary Blaszak
979-209-2788
zachary.blaszak@bryanisd.org
Special Education Program Specialist
Jana Dunn
979-209-2724
jana.dunn@bryanisd.org
Special Education Program Specialist
Megan Garner
979-209-2718
megan.garner@bryanisd.org
Special Education Program Specialist
Taylor Hemphill
979-209-2782
taylor.hemphill@bryanisd.org
Special Education Program Specialist
Johnette Jordan
979-209-2741
johnette.jordan@bryanisd.org
Special Education Program Specialist
Kenesha Waggoner
979-209-2729
kenesha.waggoner@bryanisd.org
Transition Coordinator
Tonnette Smith
979-209-2425
tonnette.smith@bryanisd.org
Transition Coordinator
TaShauna Green
979-209-7940
tashauna.green@bryanisd.org
For Special Education records requests, please contact:
Records Clerk
Kimberly Adams
979-209-2765
kimberly.adams@bryanisd.org
FAX: 979-209-2766