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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.

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.

AEM Basics

Learn about accessible educational materials (AEM) and what parents, educators, and administrators need to know to support students with print disabilities.

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: 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.

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

Start here to get the big picture. General AT information that is quick and easy to understand.

BEST Professional Development

Preview professional development activities hosted by the BEST Grant and the AT and AEM Center.

Blind / Visual Impairment Basics

Discover resources that provide an overview of causes, evaluation procedures, and services for children who are blind/vision impaired.

Braille Information and Resources

Explore resources to help you with facilitate learning, obtaining, teaching, and supporting braille.

BrailleNote Touch Introductory Workshop

Oct. 10 2017 - An Introduction to the BrailleNote Touch for educators, parents and students.

BrailleNote Touch: Completing Classroom Assignments with KeySoft and Google Applications

Sept. 19, 2017 at the Hamilton County ESC

Causes of Hearing Loss

Gain an understanding of the potential causes of hearing loss and signs that indicate there may be a hearing loss.

Causes of Vision Loss

Learn about the indicators or red flags of vision loss and the most common causes with links to additional information.

College and University Programs

Explore the higher education programs providing future educators with the specialized education needed to work with the students who are deaf/hard of hearing and more visually impaired.