Special Services Campus Specialist
Sarah Garcia
sarah.garcia@humbleisd.net

Counseling & Behavioral Services

The Department of CBS includes Guidance & Counseling, Affective Education, Behavioral Intervention, and Homeless Support.  Humble ISD works to develop the whole child so that each individual is healthy, safe, supported, challenged and engaged. Learning and practicing the Great 8 Super Powers for Daily Life helps our students create and connect to their own successful future story. The Great 8 Super Powers are Optimistic Thinking, Self Management, Relationship Skills, Goal Directed Behavior, Decision Making, Personal Responsibility, Self Awareness and Social Awareness.

Instructional Support Center 
4810 Magnolia Cove Dr., Kingwood 77345 
281-641-8405 | Fax: 281-641-8268

Dyslexia

The Texas Education Code (TEC) 38.003 defines dyslexia in the following way: 

"Dyslexia" means a disorder of constitutional origin manifested by a difficulty in learning to read, write, or spell, despite conventional instruction, adequate intelligence, and socio-cultural opportunity.

 Primary characteristics of dyslexia are as follows: 

• Difficulty reading words in isolation

• Difficulty accurately decoding unfamiliar words

• Difficulty with oral reading (slow, inaccurate, or labored)

• Difficulty spelling

Admission Requirements/Testing/Scholarships

Information and procedures.

Financial Aid

Comprehensive information to seek financial aid for post-secondary education programs

Selective Service

Guide to branches of the military

DARS

Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services

HCS

Home and Community Based Services

MHMRA

Mental Health Mental Retardation Authority

SSI

Supplemental Security Income

CLASS

Community Living Assistance and Support Services

Career Interest Survey

Find your place in the work world!

Business Ideas for People with Disabilities

According to the United States Census Bureau, roughly 15 percent of people with disabilities have started their own businesses, and that number is growing. In fact, the percentage of disabled business owners overshadows the 10 percent of non-disabled business owners in the United States. Many people with disabilities are launching successful businesses from home, franchises, and even niche startups. With such a wide range of business opportunities open to people with disabilities, it can sometimes be difficult to decide which one is best.

Scholarship Search Tool

Unlike many other scholarship search tools,this one is open access - they do not require registration or email information. They also offer a number
of helpful advanced search features.

Financial Aid

This site has helped students find financial aid since 1999 and has recently launched an interactive searchable database listing  over

23,000 financial aid programs.

Affordable Colleges: Guide to financial aid for students with disabilities

AffordableColleges.com’s mission is to help you earn your degree without taking on thousands of dollars in debt. Our site is a free resource designed to help everyone address the costs of college while pursuing their goals. We can show you the path to a reasonably priced higher education. In 2011, 11% of all students enrolled in higher education reported having a disability, and that figure is growing, indicating that more students with disabilities are enrolling in higher education. While this is cause for celebration, these students face additional financial challenges in achieving their educational goals. To address these needs, we have created a guide to financial aid for students with disabilities.

Winning in College: A Guide for Students with Disabilities

This guide covers topics such as transitioning into college, rights of students with disabilities, disability documentation, scholarships, choosing the right school, and many other helpful resources for students with disabilities.

Online AGENCY DIRECTORY

This is the link to the online directory. You can click on the search bar and enter a specific agency or you can click on Advanced Search and type in your county, client type, and/or services and all applicable selections will appear.

The agencies included are those in the original directory.  If you know of any not mentioned , please send me the name of the organization and the link so I can include it in the data base. I would like this to be as comprehensive as possible, but I don’t know all of the newer places that have opened in the years since I last updated this lis

Affordable Texas Colleges Online

Accredited Schools Online have created this comprehensive online resource for those looking to find affordable higher education options for students. The guide features a comparative search tool, unbiased proprietary rankings, which allow for students in Texas to search programs by subject, degree level, cost, and more.

National Parent Center on Transition and Employment

Access a Wealth of Resources

• a Learning Center with introductory content on key transition topics and links to online resources from PACER and other national organizations

• a growing Video Library of videos produced for transition-age youth with disabilities and their families

• Success stories from and about youth with disabilities accomplishing major milestones

• an expanding Resource Library  containing new publications as well as newly updated versions of PACER's classic collection of transition-related articles rewritten for a national audience

• the latest posts of timely information featured on our site's companion Facebook page

Explore website
 

PACER invites you to visit the website of our recently launched National Parent Center on Transition and Employment. New content is being added on a regular basis. The site features:

Students with Visual Disabilities | Affordable Colleges Online

Students with Visual Disabilities | Affordable Colleges Online

Obtaining a college education is no easy task, but for students with visual disabilities, the path to completing a degree program is lined with unique challenges and barriers. The following guide explores how visual impairments impact the educational experience, what colleges are doing for the visually impaired, and includes numerous resources, as well insight and tips from experts and a list of scholarships and grants.

AgLearn

The Agriculture Learning (AgLearn) system is USDA's department-wide system for managing training records and activity at USDA. AgLearn is one of the USDA eGovernment strategic initiatives and directly supports the Presidential eGovernment initiative for e-Training. USDA employees and USDA partners use AgLearn to search, access, enroll in, and record all training opportunities through the web, any time, any place. Learning opportunities in AgLearn include both online resources, such as courses, webinars, videos and books, as well as registration in traditional, instructor-led training. AgLearn is the official system of record for all training for USDA employees. Users can also plan their future career development in the system with the online AgLearn IDP, and can submit external training requests via the Aglearn online SF-182. By using AgLearn, USDA employees have access to a wealth of learning resources anytime, and anyplace an Internet presence is available.

Scholarships for Students with Disabilities

Scholarship Resource for Students with Disabilities (Affordable On-line Colleges)

Extensive Scholarship Search Tool

A more extensive search tool for exploring scholarships for students with disabilities.

Guide for Scholarships & Grants for Students with Disabilities

MoneyGeek.com, a new comprehensive resource that covers financial planning advice for all stages of life, including college financial planning. This guide is part of our College Student Financial Planning Series. Particularly helpful sections are the lists of scholarships (listed by disability) and explanations of loan forgiveness and discharge options for those who acquired a disability after graduation.

Learn How to Be

Learn How to Be is a great new career resource center for expert-driven guides to writing eye-catching resumes, acing job interviews, volunteer opportunities and non-profit career, and more.

Be An Angel

We began as a Christmas program providing gifts to students who otherwise may have not received anything, we have expanded our wings in order to accomplish so much more. It is our mission to improve the quality of life for children with multiple disabilities and profound deafness by providing adaptive equipment and select services to individuals and institutions that require a supplement to alternative means of funding.  Our services inculde:S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Golf, Christmas Program

Personal Equipment, Camp Be An Angel, Alternatives for Angels- Home respite, Summer Respite Program, Institutiional Assistance

Texas Transition & Employment Guide

Comprehensive guide for information, links and access to outside agencies and programs for transition beyond high school.

OLS at Lone Star College- Tomball

This innovative program gives adults with cognitive disabilities the opportunity to obtain an accredited college degree that leads to post-graduation employment rates well above the national average. Lone Star is modeling this program after OLS at Bellevue college. OLS students complete courses that are occupational & life skills based. Leads to a career pat prep over a 3yr period specific to their skills, strengths and passions.

Affordable Colleges Online: College Affordability for Students with Disabilities

Affordable colleges Online, an organization dedicated to providing free higher education tools and information fur current and future college students and their families, has recently published a new resource for students with disabilities, titled "Making College Affordable: A Guide for Students with Disabilities." This guide is written in "people first" language and includes information that addresses: advice & resources for loans/scholarships specifically for Students w/disabilities, distance learning, job resources and helpful resources.

• A comprehensive overview of the various cognitive, physical, or other types of disabilities students face while attending school

• Reviews of several technologies and advocate groups available to students who face various disabilities, such as ADD, autism and more

• Tips and resources to help students transition from college to career

Study Guide and Strategies Website

Learning/studying, Time/project Management, Reading/research, Writing, Memorizing/testing, Learning to learn, Succeeding in Continuing Education, Visual/spatial learning, Learning as a student with ADHD, Learning as a student-athlete, Learning with others, Studying, and Classroom Learning.

Finding Employment

Check this site for finding suitable employment!

The K&W Guide to College Programs & Services for Students …

By Princeton Review, Marybeth Kravets, Imy WaxThis indispensible resource book for students, parents, and professionals includes: • More than 350 school profiles with targeted information on …

Educational Resources: Disability Services for Students with ...

Educational Resources Disability Services for Students with Various Disabilities AHEAD. Articles and brochures. Available ... Directory of Colleges with LD Programs.

Resources for College Students with Disabilities - Disaboom

Read about resources for college students with ... College students with disabilities are both ... This little book packs a big punch for students with ...

ARC of Greater Houston

Promotes and protexts the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.

Tips for College-Bound Students

Information and strategies for success

Autism Speaks

The Transition Tool Kit is designed to assist families of individuals with autism on the journey from adolescence to adulthood.

Autism Speaks does not provide medical or legal advice or services. Rather, Autism Speaks provides

general information about autism as a service to the community. The information provided in this tool kit

is not a recommendation, referral or endorsement of any resource, therapeutic method, or service

provider and does not replace the advice of medical, legal or educational professionals. Autism Speaks

has not validated and is not responsible for any information or services provided by third parties. You are

urged to use independent judgment and request references when considering any resource

associated with the provision of services related to autism.

It’s time to listen.

TRANSITION TOOL KIT

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