Lindy M. Frazer
Round Rock,TX
Summary
Experienced Special Education Coordinator with extensive knowledge in disability assessment and comprehensive knowledge of federal and state special education laws, regulations, and rules. Demonstrated success in leadership roles including Regional Education Coordinator, Regional Specialist, District-Level Coordinator, and School Psychologist. Skilled in developing engaging content and educational resources, with strong presentation abilities to effectively communicate complex information.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Special Education Coordinator
Education Service Center Region 13
10.2024 - Current
- Supervises the Special Education Support Team, which includes specialists in Secondary Transition, Autism, and Speech-Language Pathology. Serves as a member of both the Region 13 Leadership Team and the Special Education Leadership Team (SPEDLed). Responsibilities include developing and implementing departmental procedures, providing technical assistance to specialists across the Special Education Sensory and Instructional Supports teams, and facilitating professional development events such as the Legal Brunch and Learn webinar series and the Annual Special Education Leadership Conference. These coordinator duties are integrated with the role of Child Find and Evaluation Education Specialist, as outlined below.
Child Find and Evaluation Education Specialist (Specialist III)
Education Service Center Region 13
03.2017 - 10.2024
- Duties: Provide technical assistance and professional development to Education Service Center Region 13 clients in the areas of child find, evaluation, special education supports and services, legal compliance, ethics, and other areas of the child-centered education process. Project Management and facilitation of the annual Hill Country Summer Institute. The institute typically serves over 500 participants, from across Texas and offers over 15 sessions.
- Other essential duties include serving as a representative to the Child Find and Early to Exit IEP Supports Grant Technical Assistance Team, the Legal Framework team, and Child Find Collection SPPI submission team. Other supports provided include facilitating networks for Child Find and Evaluation Leadership, Multilingual Evaluation and Collaboration Network, and ARD Managers, as well as contributing to the Special Education Leadership Network and New Director Cohort. Regional contact for requirements related to state and federal laws, regulations, and rules, and as well as a liaison to other agencies, regional service centers, professional organizations, and universities on issues relating to the evaluation of students and IEP implementation.
District Special Education Coordinator
Georgetown ISD
06.2014 - 03.2017
- Licensed Specialist in School Psychology and District Coordinator
- Evaluation and Compliance Coordination - Duties include providing professional learning opportunities to the assessment team, supporting and reviewing evaluations, processing and tracking evaluations, participating in the Region 13 Evaluation Steering Committee, and monitoring compliance of SPPI 11 and 12, including writing and monitoring a Corrective Action Plan. Additional duties include coordinating with legal counsel regarding TEA complaints, mediation, and due process.
- Evaluation Expertise - Extensive knowledge in the areas of cognitive theory and assessment, Specific Learning Disability identification (Dual Discrepancy Consistency Model/XBA), Autism assessment, Psychological assessment, Low Incidence Disability assessment, and Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment.
- Contract Team Coordination - Duties include interviewing and hiring contract staff, as well as managing contracts, time-sheets, and invoices. The contract team includes interpreting services, In Home Trainers, Proportionate Share service providers, and auxiliary assessment staff (bilingual, SLP, OT, LSSPs, and Educational Diagnosticians).
- Professional Learning - Duties include designing and providing professional learning opportunities for the assessment team, ARD Managers, and clerical team. These workshops are provided during the summer, during the school year, in large and small group formats.
- Team Management - Direct supervision: ARD Managers, Educational Diagnosticians, School Psychologists, Related Service Counselors, and the Special Education Clerical Team. Daily support includes guidance regarding special education law/regulations/rules, district policy and procedure, and best practice.
- SuccessEd Product Manager - Facilitated the transition from SEAs to SuccessEd through product set-up, staff training, and continuing daily technical support.
- District Academic Team - Member of the District Academic Team. The Academic Team is responsible for leading school improvement through curriculum development, instructional design, and innovative practices that integrate technology with student engagement. Participation in this team has included planning and facilitating curriculum retreats, providing district initiative training, and working closely with the curriculum coordinators.
- District Special Education State Testing Coordinator - Duties include attending District Testing Coordinator trainings with the Director of Assessment and Coordinator of Bilingual Services to provide training and support to the ARD, 504, and LPAC teams as well as the Campus Testing Coordinators.
Licensed Specialist in School Psychology and District Lead Assessment
Georgetown ISD
08.2004 - 06.2014
- Licensed Specialist in School Psychology and District Lead Assessment
- District Lead Assessment - Coordination of continuing education and training for Special Education and Dyslexia assessment staff, supervision of practicum students and interns, guest lecturer to pre-service teachers at Southwestern University and University of Texas, Georgetown ISD representative to the Region 13 Evaluation Steering Committee, co-author of GISD procedural guidance documents, technical support to the GISD assessment team regarding best practice evaluations and special education policy, procedures, and compliance, and co-creator of GISD's original RtI framework and process, and later a presenter at Region 13 regarding that framework.
- District SEAS Coordinator - Participated in the selection of an electronic ARD system by interviewing vendors and writing comparison reports. Lead for the district transition from the previous electronic system to SEAS through a combination of group trainings, written guidance documents, and ongoing individual support.
- Campus LSSP - Collaboration with administration and teachers in regards to accommodations and differentiated instruction, assistance with developing special education programs for students, facilitating ARDs, conducting evaluations, and maintaining compliance.
Licensed Specialist in School Psychology and Special Evaluation Team Lead
East Williamson County Cooperative
08.2001 - 06.2004
- Licensed Specialist in School Psychology and Special Evaluation Team Lead
- Special Education Director's Core Advisory Team responsible for creating Special Education operating guidelines, interpreting district data, and planning staff development.
- EWCC Special Evaluation Team Lead. Responsibilities included coordinating the Autism Spectrum Disorder team, Trans-disciplinary Play Based Assessment team, and Method II review team.
- Practicum Student and Internship Supervisor.
- LSSP and Campus Coordinator for Hutto Independent School District and Coupland Independent School District.
Certified School Psychologist and Early Childhood Intervention Family Service Coordinator
Parents and Children Together, Inc.
08.2000 - 06.2001
- Certified School Psychologist and ECI Family Service Coordinator
- Conducted developmental evaluations for infants and toddlers.
- Created Individualized Family Service Plans and provided intervention services.
- Facilitated transition between ECI and School Age Services.
- Wrote grants, participated in community collaboration projects, and organized fundraising activities.
Certified School Psychologist
Unified School District 480
08.1996 - 06.2000
- Certified School Psychologist
- Coordinated and completed Full and Individual Evaluations (PPCD through high school), conducted Child Find Screenings, participated in the area Mental Health Wrap Around Team and Liberal Transition Council, and worked with special education teams to create individualized programs and IEPs for students with disabilities. During the 1999-2000 school year designed and participated in a pilot co-teach PPCD classroom for students with significant emotional behavioral disorders (School Psych/PPCD Teacher co-teach model).
School Psychology Practicum Student
Leavenworth County Special Education Cooperative
09.1995 - 05.1996
- School Psychology Practicum Student
- Conducted evaluations, provided counseling, and participated in the IEP process under supervision.
Education
Education Specialist (Ed.S.) - Educational Psychology and Research
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS01.1996
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology and Education
University of California - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA01.1994
Skills
- Project coordination
- Effective collaboration
- Product and resource development
- Legal and policy research
- Client-centered and responsive
- Digital tools implementation (eg, TEAL applications, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Basecamp, and AI tools)
- Effective speaking and presentation skills
- Special Education evaluation skills with emphasis on early childhood assessment and autism assessment
- ARD Management skills with emphasis on compliance and best practices
Conference Presentations
- Frazer, L. (7/30/25) Discussion, Decisions and Deliberations – Best Practices for Writing Deliberations. Aligned! 2025 From Child Find to IEP Implementation Statewide Conference. Virtual.
- Abbott, L., Frazer, L., Laroche, A., and West, K. (1/31/25) The Role of the General Education Representative on the ARD Committee-You’re more than a signature. How to effectively collaborate to meet the needs of your students. Texas Classroom Teachers Association 2025 Convention, Austin, Texas.
- Frazer, L. and Tracy, M. (7/31/24) Understanding the IEP and Best Practices for Supporting Students with Disabilities in Your Head Start Classroom. Travis County Head Start Conference, Norris Conference Center, Austin, Texas.
- Frazer, L. (7/30/24) Common Non-Compliance and Points to Consider in the ARD Process. Aligned! 2024 From Child Find to IEP Implementation Statewide Conference, Virtual.
- Frazer, L. (4/18/24) Kids Living Well Education Summit. Connecting the Dots for Children’s Mental Health. Panel Participant.
- Frazer, L. (7/18/23) The 411 on IEEs. Aligned! 2023 From Child Find to IEP Implementation Statewide Conference, Virtual.
- Frazer L. (11/5/21) Graduate Student Panel Discussion. Texas Association of School Psychologists Fall Conference. Georgetown, TX.
- Frazer L. (6/11/21) How to Impact IEP Compliance as the SLP. CCC Conference. Virtual.
- Frazer, L (10/2/20) How to Impact IEP Compliance as a General Education Administrator. A Walk Through of the TEA Technical Assistance IEP Guide. Texas Public Charter School Association Conference. Virtual
- Frazer, L. (9/11/20) Tips for Parents on Successful Remote Schooling (Co-Presenter). PATH Project Partners Resource Network, Austin, TX
- Frazer, L. (3/1/19) Case Management Issues in the Public School Setting. Presentation at Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association 63rd Annual Convention and Exhibition, Fort Worth, TX
- Frazer, L. (2/6/19) Pre-Conference Panel Discussion of SLD Identification Models. Panel Moderator at Statewide Evaluation Personnel Conference, Dallas, TX
- Frazer, L. (10/30/18) Response to Intervention and Special Education Evaluations. Response to Intervention Conference, Austin, TX
- Frazer, L. (9/15/18) FAPE and Procedural Safeguards: A Closer Look at These Essential Elements of IDEA. Keynote Presentation at the PATH Project Partners Resource Network, Austin, TX
Education Service Center Presentations
- A-F Accountability Spring Update Standards Based IEP Process Training (Teacher, Evaluator and Administrator)
- Professional Ethics for School Psychologists (multiple variations and sessions)
- Facilitated Statewide Webinars and Extension Activities – PLAAFP to Goal and Dyslexia in the FIE
- Facilitating an Effective ARD Meeting – Procedural Nuts and Bolts
- Best Practices for Early Childhood Autism Evaluations
- Specific Learning Disabilities Evaluation: DD/C Model of PSW for the Beginner
- Specific Learning Disabilities: XBASS v2.0 Training Update for DD/C Evaluations
- An Overview of SLD Evaluations for Speech and Language Pathologists
- New Evaluation Boot Camp (multiple years)
- IEP Best Practices: FIE to IEP
- Navigating Your Way through the REED Process
- Special Education 101 for Principal Certification Network
- Independent Educational Evaluations
- Legal Framework – An Overview
- Region 13 ESC Network Presentations: SELN, New Director Cohort, Evaluation Steering Network, ARD Managers Network, CLD Network, ECSE Coordinators Network, LID Network, VI Network, DHH Itinerant Teacher and Audiologist Network and Counseling Network.
Timeline
Special Education Coordinator
Education Service Center Region 13
10.2024 - Current
Child Find and Evaluation Education Specialist (Specialist III)
Education Service Center Region 13
03.2017 - 10.2024
District Special Education Coordinator
Georgetown ISD
06.2014 - 03.2017
Licensed Specialist in School Psychology and District Lead Assessment
Georgetown ISD
08.2004 - 06.2014
Licensed Specialist in School Psychology and Special Evaluation Team Lead
East Williamson County Cooperative
08.2001 - 06.2004
Certified School Psychologist and Early Childhood Intervention Family Service Coordinator
Parents and Children Together, Inc.
08.2000 - 06.2001
Certified School Psychologist
Unified School District 480
08.1996 - 06.2000
School Psychology Practicum Student
Leavenworth County Special Education Cooperative
09.1995 - 05.1996
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology and Education
University of California - Santa Cruz
Education Specialist (Ed.S.) - Educational Psychology and Research
University of Kansas
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