Seeking Director for the New Statewide Center
for Sensory Disabilities
A new statewide
center for sensory disabilities, funded by the Ohio Department of Education (ODE),
Office for Exceptional Children (OEC), is being established within the Ohio Center
for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI). The statewide center for sensory
disabilities is designed to coordinate statewide professional development and
technical assistance to support districts, students with sensory disabilities
(visual, hearing, deaf and deafblind) and their families. A search for a
director for this center is underway. Visit the position posting for additional information on the position. Additional
information regarding the new center for sensory disabilities will be
distributed in the future.
ODE-OEC is pleased
to announce the recipients of the Innovative
Strategies for Improving College and Career Readiness for Students with
Disabilities grant.
An impressive total of
90 grant applications were submitted. One grantee was selected from each of the
16 State Support Team regions. OEC also designated funds to
support the four grant proposals submitted by large urban districts. Grant
proposals reflected a strong commitment to improve secondary transition
services and post school outcomes not only for students with disabilities, but
for ALL students. OEC thanks all applicants for their dedication to making a
difference!
Congratulations
to the agencies and districts
who received the grant.
Across
Ohio and the nation, parents and educators are learning about intervener
services and how they can be used to increase access and learning opportunities
for students with combined vision and hearing loss. In an effort to more
accurately identify students who might need intervener services, the Ohio
Center for Deafblind Education (OCDBE) is offering online professional
development for school psychologists, special education directors and speech
language pathologists.
The Open Hands Open Access (OHOA) Intervener
Learning Modules are designed to increase awareness, knowledge and skills
related to intervener services. Participants will watch selected videos and
slide shows from the modules and then participate in an online discussion via
Adobe Connect with Bernadette Van Den Tillaart, an internationally known
specialist on deafblindness who participated in the development of the OHOA
modules. For questions or to register, please contact Leanne Parnell at lparnell@ohiodeafblind.org.
Dates
of online discussions:
School
Psychologists: April 19, 2016, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Special
Education Directors and SST Directors: April 21, 2016, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Speech
Language Pathologists: April 28, 2016, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Deadline: March 31, 2016
The
annual Ohio Institute for OT/PT School-Based Practice will be Aug. 8th
– 9th at the Hilton Columbus at
Easton. The institute focuses on professional
development for school occupational and physical therapists and therapy
assistants. The goals are to increase the understanding of related services,
update attendees on key therapy issues, improve skills for alternative service
delivery methods and develop skills to work with other school staff.
Participants may earn 12 CEUs. Find more information and register here.
Participants will gain strategies to:
- Strengthen relationships between early childhood
professionals, families and children;
- Create environments to foster
social emotional growth/learning; and
- Prevent challenging behavior.
Early childhood classroom and itinerant teachers, early intervention providers,
developmental specialists, administrators, and undergraduate and graduate
students welcome.
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