ESC 5 provides professional development, technical assistance, and resources that support programs serving students with significant cognitive disabilities, medically fragile and/or complex access needs. Programming for these disabilities focuses on curriculum design and implementation of instructional strategies.
Teacher Resources
Professional Learning Lab for Universal Structured Environments and Supports
Active Learning Space is designed to provide an introduction to Active Learning, which is an educational approach developed by Dr. Lilli Nielsen. This is a collaborative project of Penrickton Center for Blind Children, Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and Perkins School for the Blind. It is intended to provide an overview of the principles of Active Learning, as well as resources to implement this approach. We invite you to explore the materials here to deepen your understanding of this approach, and to share it with others.
Administrator Resources
Rubric of Effective Practices - Administrators Companion Document
Significant Cognitive Disabilities
This resource was created to assist administrators when interviewing educator applicants who will support students with complex access needs.
This document aligns with the Rubric of Effective Practices from TX CAN.
Team Members
Killey Hays
Program Coordinator
Email Killey Hays
409-951-1745
Program information from Region 5, checked September 7, 2026. View the official source page.