Special Education
Hood-Somervell Special Education
Shared Services Arrangement
GRISD Special Education Director
Amanda Cantwell 254-898-3567
Email Amanda Cantwell
Special Education Office
254-898-3590
Fax 254-898-3571
Special Education Department
Glen Rose ISD provides special education services to children with disabilities to meet their unique needs. The term “special education” means specially-designed instruction, at no cost to the parents, to meet the unique needs of the 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. Students must be identified through a referral and full and individual evaluation process. The district also provides related services including transportation, speech therapy, occupational and physical therapy, adaptive physical education, individual or group counseling, and a work-study program for students who meet the eligibility requirements.
To qualify for special education services, students must have been evaluated in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, and be identified as having one or more of the following disabilities:
Intellectual disability
Hearing impairment (including deafness)
Speech or language impairment
Visual impairment (including blindness)
Emotional Disability
Orthopedic impairment
Autism
Traumatic brain injury
Other health impairment
Specific learning disability
Deaf-blindness
Multiple disabilities
The instruction offered through special education has been changed in content, methodology, or delivery of instruction to address the unique needs that are a result of the child’s disability. The accommodations and supports ensure that the child has access to the general education curriculum, so that he or she can meet educational standards within the jurisdiction of public education that apply to all children.
Child Find
Special Education services are available to eligible children within the Glen Rose Independent School District. The student must be between the ages of 3 and 21 with a documented disability and an educational need that requires specially-designed instruction. The term “specially-designed instruction” means adapting, as appropriate to the needs of an eligible child under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction. Children with visual and/or auditory impairments may be eligible at birth. A variety of placement options are available if, after a full and individual evaluation, the child is determined as eligible. For children ages 3-5 or for children attending a private or home school, please contact the Office of Special Services in Glen Rose ISD at 254-898-3590. For school-aged students attending a GRISD school, contact the campus Counselor.
To find out more about the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), Dyslexia, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, click here: Resources on Special Education in Texas
TEA has developed documents intended to assist parents whose children may have been previously delayed or denied an evaluation under the IDEA in requesting compensatory services for their child. The documents below are in English and in Spanish.