Houston ISD slashes autism services team, cutting “lifeline” for special ed teachers days before start of class

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With the start of classes one week away, special education teachers across Houston ISD have lost access to an autism services team that one educator described as “our lifeline.”

The team consisted of about half a dozen “itinerant teachers” who primarily supported teachers in Structured Learning Classrooms (SLCs), which specialize in serving students with autism. Houston ISD confirmed that those positions have been eliminated as part of an organizational overhaul.

Read more on Houston Public Media.

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