HEART OF TEXAS EDUCATION COOPERATIVE
We provide special education services to the six school districts in McCulloch and San Saba counties. These districts include Brady, Lohn, Rochelle, San Saba, Richland Springs, and Cherokee ISDs. The Co-op provides evaluation staff, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, teachers who specialize in teaching students with hearing impairments and visual impairments, counselors, school psychologists, teachers who specialize in assisting with the unique instructional needs of students, and other support personnel. The Co-op also provides staff development, technical support, and materials to help the districts’ teachers in meeting the needs of their students.
Learn more about the Referral, Evaluation, and Eligibility process HERE
CHILD FIND
Child Find is the ongoing process of locating students with disabilities for special education services. The children of Texas come in all sizes, shapes, and colors and with different abilities. They do not all learn the same way, but they ALL can learn. Do you know of an infant, child, or young adult who does not learn easily or has an impairment that might affect his/her success in life? Heart of Texas Education Cooperative’s local education agencies coordinate efforts with Education Service Center Region XV and related agencies to assist in the identification of students with disabilities for special education services in accordance with the procedures established by the Commission of Education and the Texas Education Agency. Special Education includes instruction and related services provided by local school districts for students who have the following conditions according to federal criteria:
- Autism
- Behavior
- Blind/Visually Impaired
- Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- Dyslexia & Other Related Disorders
- Deaf/Blind
- Specific Learning Disability
- Speech Impairment
- Orthopedic Impairment
- Other Health Impairment
- Intellectual Disability
- Emotional Disability
- Multiple Disabilities
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Do you know a child aged 0-21 who shows signs of developmental delay, ongoing learning problems, or behavioral or medical problems that interfere with learning?
For more information call Shannon Hofmann at Heart of Texas Education Cooperative, at 325-597-2558;
Child Find at Education Service Center Region XV, 325-658-6571; or your local school district.