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Plano Council of PTAs - SAGE Committee
SUPPORT - FOR FAMILIES, BY FAMILIES

Welcome to the SUPPORT page of the PISD PTA – SAGE weblink!

This page is designed to assist you in your efforts to begin or find a support group at your specific school campus or community. Support groups can be special-needs specific or generic and can include any diagnosis, challenge or need ranging from ADHD to severe disabilities to the gifted and talented.

To begin a support group, download and print the SUPPORT GROUP REQUEST FORM and email to SAGE@planopta.org or fax to 972-378-9381. You will be contacted directly regarding your needs.

To learn more about the purpose and guidelines of a support group, download and print the SUPPORT GROUP GUIDELINES document.

If you wish to post an existing support group, please email your name, contact information, support group description (i.e. Autism, ADHD, special needs in general, gifted and talented, etc.), and campus location to SAGE@planopta.org.

The Support Committee of SAGE is in the process of investigating a peer-mentoring program for all campuses in PISD. If you are currently involved in a peer-mentoring program, let us hear from you!

     

GROUP

 
CONTACT
 
General Special Needs leader needed sage@planopta.org  
Gifted & Talented leader needed sage@planopta.org  
Spectrum (HFA & Asperger's) PISD Community TBD  
PASS (ADHD) PISD Community Amanda Mathers 972-238-5836 
ROSE - Reaching Out Supporting Each Other Barksdale Elementary Kathy Hutchison 972-624-8148
IDEAS - Dyslexia Support PISD Community Shannon Knox 972-424-1317
OCD Parent Support PISD Community Lisa Buchanan  
Tourettes Support Group PISD Community Barbara Villanueva 972-618-0592
Hunt SAGE Friends Hunt Elementary Amanda Mathers 972-238-5836 
 

Currently support groups of various challenges are forming within the PISD community. Groups formed to date are both by challenge and campus. Please continue to check the website for new group listings.

Other groups in the process:

We are actively seeking families dealing with Seizure Disorders/Epilepsy and Rubinstien Taybi Syndrome (formerly called Broad Thumb Hallux Syndrome) to form a group. If you are interested, please contact sage@planopta.org

Other possible groups

  • Mental Retardation
  • Down Syndrome
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Mental Illness
  • Speech Delay
  • Written Expression Disorder