Directory for Services for the Deaf in Texas

2008-2009

This directory information is arranged according to geographic areas or regions within the state. Included in the directory is a list of staff in the Texas Education Agency's Division of Deaf Services and a list of Education Service Centers (ESCs) which provide technical assistance related to the education of students who are deaf or hard of hearing. At the end of this directory, a list of frequently called numbers is given.

A list of districts/fiscal agents that serve students who are referred by an admission, review and dismissal (ARD) or individualized family service plan (IFSP) committee to the Regional Day School Program for the Deaf (RDSPD) is included below. The RDSPD is a public school program which is operated through 59 fiscal agent districts across the state. Students served by the RDSPD come from 500+ local school districts.

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This directory is organized as follows:

Texas Education Agency (TEA), Division of Deaf Services Staff

Education Service Center (ESC) Contact Information for Deaf Services

ESC IV (Houston)
ESC X (Richardson)
ESC XI (Fort Worth)
ESC XX (San Antonio)

Region A (west Texas):

Amarillo ISD RDSPD
Ector County ISD RDPSD
El Paso ISD RDSPD
Lubbock ISD RDPSD
Midland ISD RDSPD

Region B (north-central, northwest Texas):

Abilene ISD RDSPD
Arlington ISD RDSPD
Birdville ISD RDSPD
Crowley ISD RDSPD
Denton ISD RDSPD
ESC Region XV RDSPD
Fort Worth ISD RDSPD
Peaster ISD RDSPD
Wichita Falls ISD RDSPD

Region C (north/northeast Texas):

Corsicana ISD RDSPD
Dallas ISD RDSPD
Greenville ISD RDSPD
Irving ISD RDSPD
Killeen ISD RDSPD
Longview ISD RDSPD
Lufkin ISD RDSPD
Mesquite ISD RDSPD
Mount Pleasant ISD RDSPD
Nacogdoches ISD RDSPD
Plano ISD RDSPD
Richardson ISD RDSPD
Sherman ISD RDSPD
Temple ISD RDSPD
Texarkana ISD RDSPD
Tyler ISD RDSPD
Waco ISD RDSPD
Waxahachie ISD RDSPD

Region D (gulf coast area of Texas):

Aldine ISD RDSPD
Beaumont ISD RDSPD
Bryan ISD RDSPD
Clear Creek ISD RDSPD
Conroe ISD RDSPD
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD RDSPD
Fort Bend ISD RDSPD
Goose Creek ISD RDSPD
Houston ISD RDSPD
Humble ISD RDSPD
Katy ISD RDSPD
Liberty ISD RDSPD
Sealy ISD RDSPD
Victoria ISD RDSPD

Region E (south/southwest Texas):

Austin ISD RDSPD
Beeville ISD RDSPD
Brownsville ISD RDSPD
Corpus Christi ISD RDSPD
ESC Region XIII RDSPD
Kerrville ISD RDSPD
Laredo ISD RDSPD
McAllen ISD RDSPD
North East ISD RDSPD
Northside ISD RDSPD
San Antonio ISD RDSPD
South San Antonio ISD RDSPD
Uvalde ISD RDSPD

Frequently Called Numbers:

Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
Board for Evaluation of Interpreters (BEI)
Texas School for the Deaf (TSD)
Educational Resource Center on Deafness (ERCOD)
Texas Relay
Texas Deafblind Project
Texas Association of Parents and Educators of the Deaf (TAPED)
State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC)
TEA Complaints Hot Line

Deaf Services
Texas Education Agency | Division of IDEA Coordination
1701 North Congress Avenue | Austin, Texas 78701-1494
Telephone: 512.463.9414 | Fax: 512.463.9560
TTY: 512.475.3540
Parent Information Line: 1-800-252-9668
Last Reviewed: November 19, 2008 | Created: December 22, 1997
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