Brownwood ISD has a commitment to fostering a partnership with parents of students who receive services through special education and Section 504. We are excited for the opportunity to support not only your student, but you as well.  

 Dear Potential Participant,

The Coach to Communicate research project (C2C) will provide a webinar for parents, caregivers, teachers, and service providers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as well as face-to-face/online individual parent training sessions at no cost. Participants will be instructed in how to improve the communication skills of their own children.

This project is intended for parents/guardians who have a child up to age 22 with ASD or similar characteristics, needing instruction in communication skills. If you and your child decide to participate in this project, you will participate in a 1-hour webinar, with the opportunity to move into individual parent training sessions to learn to implement a communication intervention with your child. Your child will receive communication/behavioral assessments and a communication intervention which will be implemented by you. The recommended parent training sessions will consist of approximately 10, 1-hour sessions over the course of 12 to 16 weeks. Shorter coaching sessions are also available, if more suited to your needs.

If you are interested in participating in this project, visit autism.tamu.edu for enrollment information, or contact the project coordinator, Kim Williams at TAMUAuParent@tamu.edu.

Thank you for your interest and I look forward to meeting you.

Sincerely,

Sanikan Wattanawongwan, Ph.D.

Texas A&M University

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Estimado participante potencial,

El Proyecto de investigación Coach to Communicate (C2C) proporcionará un seminario web para padres, guardianes, maestros y proveedores de servicios de niños con trastorno del espectro autista (TEA), así como como sesiones presenciales / en línea individuales para padres sin costo. Los participantes tendrán capacitación en cómo mejorar las habilidades de comunicación de sus propios hijos.

Este proyecto está dirigido a padres / guardianes que tienen un niño de hasta 22 años con TEA o características similares, que requieren instrucción en habilidades comunicativas. Si usted y su hijo deciden participar en este proyecto, participará en un seminario web de 1 hora, con la oportunidad de pasar a sesiones individuales de capacitación para padres para aprender a implementar una intervención de comunicación con su hijo. Su hijo recibirá comunicación / evaluaciones de comportamiento y una intervención de comunicación que será implementado por usted. Las sesiones individuales recomendadas de entrenamiento para padres consistirán en aproximadamente 10 sesiones de 1 hora en el transcurso de 12 a 16 semanas. Sesiones más cortas de entrenamiento también están disponibles, si son más adecuadas a sus necesidades.

Si está interesado en participar en este proyecto, visite autism.tamu.edu para obtener información sobre la inscripción, o comuníquese con el coordinador del proyecto al

TAMUAuParent@tamu.edu

Gracias por su interés y espero conocerlo.

Sinceramente,

Sanikan Wattanawongwan, Ph.D.

Texas A&M University

The Parent-Directed Special Education Services (PDSES) program, previously, the Supplemental Special Education Services (SSES) program is a one-time $1,500 online grant for parents/guardians of eligible students served by special education and who are enrolled in a Texas public school. Parents/guardians of eligible students can use the online accounts to shop the marketplace to obtain educational materials and resources such as textbooks, curriculum, or technology devices and/or services such as additional speech therapy, tutoring, or other specific services.

Please note, the PDSES program is the same as the SSES program, just with a new name to better reflect the importance of parents as decision makers in the educational process. Families with current SSES applications will still be awarded accounts based on the order they applied. The same students who were eligible for the SSES program are eligible for the PDSES program.  If students already received an SSES grant, they will not be eligible for a PDSES program grant. 

The SSES application is closed. The application will open again on February 3, 2025, as the Parent-Directed Special Education Services (PDSES) application. 

CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO THE TEA WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE PDSES PROGRAM.