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2017 Ohio Guidelines for Working With Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

Explore the tool developed to provide families, staff, and administrators with a set of guidelines and information regarding services needed to support the implementation of educational goals for students.

A Guide to Parent Rights in Special Education

Increase your understanding of federal requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and state requirements referred to as the Ohio Operating Standards for the Education of Children with Disabilities using this guidance document from the Ohio Department of Education.

About Us

Learn about The Outreach Center’s mission, advisory council, contact The Outreach Center staff, and more.

Accessing Early Intervention and School-Aged Services and Supports for Students Who Are Deaf / Hard of Hearing

Locate where you can find early intervention and school age services and supports for children who are D/HH in Ohio.

Accessing Early Intervention and School-Aged Services and Supports for Vision Loss

Explore descriptions of statewide resources that offer services and supports focused on enhancing overall child development.

Additional Assessment Resources

Explore a variety of resources that may be used to gather information about the learner in functional, developmental, and academic areas.

Addressing the Expanded Core Curriculum

As the IEP is developed, the team should consider the following knowledge and skills related to nine core areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum.

AEM Basics

Review information on accessible educational materials from the AT&AEM Center at OCALI.

Ask Abbey: Auditory/Language Sandwich - Instructional with Q&A

Learn how to use the auditory/language sandwich instructional strategy with expressive and receptive targets to support literacy and language development with learners who are Deaf/hard of hearing.

Ask Abbey: Chaining - Instructional with Q&A

Learn how help students clarify concepts through smaller sequences through the use of the chaining instructional strategy. This strategy will support literacy and language development with learners who are Deaf/hard of hearing.

Ask Abbey: Developing Literacy Skills for Learners Who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing

Learn easy-to-use strategies to increase auditory skills, visual language skills, and reading and writing print for learners who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Ask Abbey: Engaging Learners Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Through Music, Art, and Gym

This interactive, three-part learning series is designed to provide practical, easy-to-use strategies on how to include learners who are deaf/hard of hearing in gym, art, and music.

Ask Abbey: Instructionals

This three-part learning series is designed to provide practical, easy-to-use strategies to increase auditory skills, visual language skills, and reading and writing print for learners who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Ask Abbey: Linguistic Highlighting/Chunking - Instructional with Q&A

Learn how to use the linguistic highlighting strategy and auditory memory to build expressive and receptive language with learners who are Deaf/hard of hearing.

Assessment Resources

Check out this searchable database of assessment resources from Perkins School for the Blind.

AT Assessment

Explore resources and forms to help teams understand and implement effective AT assessments, as well as SIFTS, an exciting new OCALI tool to support the AT feature matching process.

AT Basics

Explore this collection of videos on introductory information about assistive technology from the AT & AEM Center at OCALI.

AT Resource Guide

Review this resource guide created to assist school districts in understanding their obligations for providing AT devices and services.

AT&AEM Center

Discover the AT & AEM Center at OCALI which promotes accessibility and personalization, creates and dissemnates accessible materials, offers training and technical assistance.

ATIM Assistive Technology Internet Modules

Learn about assistive technology through online learning modules on a broad range of topics for educators, professionals, families, persons with disabilities, and others.