Disability Services

The Transition Team of the Office of Disability Services offers wrap-around services that are designed to support and respond to the unique needs and challenges of parents who have children with disabilities.

Services and supports include

• identifing current challenges facing the parent
• developing an In-home Crisis and Safety Plan when needed
• educating parents about their child’s disability and support services
• addressing and resolving concerns about special education services
• refering mental health issues to a designated Social Worker
• developing parent partnerships with their home campuses
• mobilizing community supports for long term care
• developing an individualized toolbox to address specific disability need

You have the right to request a special education evaluation at any time. It's best to submit the request in writing to either your school's principal or the district's special education director. If your child is pre-school age or not enrolled, send your request to the special education director.

Click here for more special education resources for you and your family.

Do you need help understanding your child’s disability and/or the ARD process?

We have a Navigation Toolkit for you!

Do you need help with connection to agencies that support adults with disabilities?
Our Navigation Toolkit has resources to support and help with the resources.

Do you need help with responding to a mental health crisis in your home?

The Navigation Toolkit has a Special Crisis Support Plan to assist.

Do you need help finding a counselor, psychiatrist or hospital that treats mental illness?
The Navigation Toolkit has easy access to numbers at your fingertips.

Do you need help finding a pediatrician or a referral to help pay for your child’s medication?
Included in the Navigation Toolkit we provide a resource list with helpful agencies for your use.

Do you need help with basic needs such as emergency food, housing or transportation?
The Navigation Toolkit has many basic community agencies.

Do you need help linking to Medicaid or securing health insurance for your child?
We can link you with agencies that can assist you.

Are you a grandparent raising your grandchildren, can you use help?

The Navigation Toolkit has agencies that specifically can assist you.

Are you in need of a Home Health Care Provider?
The Navigation Toolkit can help you find one.

Contact Parent Liaisons Ana Guerra or Joyce Segundo so they may tailor your Navigation Toolkit to address your student's and family's specific needs.

Alexander Sandoval, a senior at Highlands High School, was one of 50 students from fifteen SAISD schools to have his work displayed on the facade of Mission San Jose during Restored by Light festivities on Friday, September 10th.

For more information on the Restored by Light festival, click here

Parents, be sure to review the revised Texas Transition & Employment Guide! The Spanish version is coming soon.

Filled with great information for students and their families as they plan for life after high school, the checklists for each age and stage of your child is a valuable resource for you as your child progresses through school.

It's never too early to start planning! Please take some time to view the checklists below!

Students who return to school following completion of high school courses might be recommended by their ARD/IEP committees to attend the Adult Years Vocational Program, or AYVP. Adult men and women attending the AYVP participate in some component of the program's Student Enterprise. From creation and production of items that are sold to accepting donations for upcycling, adult students receive valuable training to develop their skills in both obtaining and maintaining employment.

Each teacher of the AYVP is responsible for a specific component of the Student Enterprise. Ms. Ana Brown oversees the AYVP's Student Enterprise Store which is housed in the Annex of the Bowie Learning Center. Students in Ms. Brown's class work on the production of items that they sell throughout the school year. Because each item is individually created, they reflect the personality of the students as the items proceed through the production process.

Ms. Monica Villarreal leads her students in AYVP's newest component, Upcycling. When asked what "upcycling" was in his own words, Edison graduate Xavier Esquivel stated, "It's turning something old into something new." He went on to explain how recycled water bottles are melted down to make new plastic. In addition to used water bottles, students in Ms. Villarreal's class are accepting donations of items such as art and scrapbook supplies, fabric, containers, and art supplies at can be cleaned and sold. Items that can not be accepted include clothing, furniture, technology, food items, or hazardous materials.

Ms. Geralyn Martinez's class has begun to grow produce in their Salsa Garden that they hope to make and sell later in the school year.

In addition to learning how to produce unique products for sale, AYVP students in all three classes are learning workplace social skills, money and inventory management, developing business plans, and advocating for their future job interests.

AYVP Store hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to 10:30am. Please contact Ms. Brown at 210.354.9362 to schedule a visit to the store outside of school hours or to discuss custom orders. Ms. Villarreal and Ms. Martinez can also be reached at the this number. Feel free to contact them with any questions about a possible upcycling donation or progress on our Salsa Garden.

Click here to access Region 20's Parent Resource Webpage

A Parent's Guide to Early Childhood Intervention & Early Childhood Special Education

The ARC of San Antonio Community Resource Directory

Email: jbrayden1@saisd.net
Website: https://www.saisd.net/page/sped-transition-services
Location: 514 West Quincy Street, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: (210) 354-9565

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It is the policy of San Antonio ISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation or disability in its vocational programs, services or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and SAISD's board policies DIA, FFH, and FFI.

Es norma del distrito de San Antonio no discriminar por motivos de raza, color, religión, origen nacional, sexo, identidad de género, expresión de género, orientación sexual o discapacidad, en sus programas, servicios o actividades vocacionales, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; el Título IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación, de 1972, la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda, y las pólizas DIA, FFH, y FFI de la mesa directiva de SAISD.