The Adaptive Behavior and Communication programs are designed to meet the needs of students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, TBI, or other neurological impairments whose behavior consistently interferes with their educational performance. The focus is on the development of age-appropriate social skills, coping, and communication skills, and academics. The goal of the program is the successful return to the general education classroom to the greatest extent possible.

The traditional resource classroom is for special education students who are struggling substantially more than struggling grade level peers and are functioning significantly below grade level. The special education teacher provides direct, simplified/modified grade level instruction in the core academic areas. The special education teacher is responsible for planning instruction according to the student's IEP.

Feel free to contact our CBSE teacher Elizabeth Antinozzi for more information.

Moving Toward Independence (MTI)

MTI is a specialized class under the A.L.E program. It is designed to support students who require additional assistance in the areas of self-help and daily living skills.

Feel free to contact our A.L.E. teacher Amy Daspit for more information.

Speech and language therapy is available to all students, ages three through twenty-one years enrolled in Garland ISD that meet district eligibility criteria as speech impaired. Through evaluation and intervention, the speech-language pathologist helps students with communication disorders in the areas of articulation, language, voice, and fluency.

Feel free to contact our Speech Therapist Mackenzie Kimmons for more information.

Every child is unique and the impact of dyslexia can vary from person to person. We provide students with the tools they need to succeed by:

• working together with families, teachers and educators to tailor individual dyslexia services
• having a Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT) or therapist-in-training on every campus K-12
• promoting self-advocacy and providing scientifically proven evidence-based intervention 

Our goal is for every student with dyslexia to thrive academically through individual intervention, support and learning environments.

Math & Reading Intervention

MTSS includes support for the whole child and takes into account academics, behavior and social support.  Using the MTSS framework maximizes instruction for all students by engaging in a continuous process of problem-solving based on data.  

• Tier 2 provides “targeted” interventions to some students, usually in small groups.

Emergent Bilingual Intervention

Garland ISD currently services over 20,000 Emergent Bilinguals making up 40% of our student population.  These students represent over 70 languages spoken with the most common being Spanish, Vietnamese, Amharic, Arabic and Malayalam. 

Our department goal is to support the district’s mission, vision, and values to ensure the success of our multilingual learners.   Every action we take is designed to create equitable opportunities for students to master content and language.