Resources
Student Services/Special Education Resources
Special Education Resources
- Whose IDEA Is This
- A resource guide for parents that explains parent's rights and responsibilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. April 2012 ed.
- ¿De quién es esta IDEA?
- A resource guide for parents that explain rights and responsibilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 2010 spanish ed
- Memorandum to Amend Whose IDEA Is This – Jan. 21, 2014
- Operating Standards For Ohio Agencies Serving Students with Disabilities
- Explains the rules and regulations for how special education is delivered in schools
- Understanding the Special Education Process
- A parent guide
- Annotated Guide For IEP's
- By the Ohio Department of Education explains how to write and conduct an IEP
- Annotated Guide For Evaluation Team Reports (ETR)
- By the Ohio Department of Education explains how to write and conduct an evaluation
- Alphabet Soup: What Do The Letters Stand For
- Created by Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council
- Understanding Standards Based IEP's
- Created by the National Center for Learning Disabilities documents how to create/write a standards based IEP
- IEP Checklist
- Created by the National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Negotiation Skills for Parents: How To Get The Special Education Your Child with DIsabilities Needs
- Created by Ohio Legal Aid currently known as Disabilities Rights Ohio
- ADHD booklet
- Created by the National Institute For Mental Health describes symptoms, causes, treatment and coping strategies
- Executive Function 101
- Students with ADHD and Learning Disabilities often struggle with executive function (organization, working memory, flexibility, prioritizing, self monitoring). Discusses what it is and how to help
- Executive Function Around The Clock
- What executive function looks like throughout a child's day and suggestions to help. Created by National Center for Learning Disabilities
- 50 Questions About LD
- Written by the National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Behavior and Learning Disabilities
- A parent toolkit talks about behaviors linked with Learning Disabilities
- Learning Disabilities Checklist
- Provided by National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Dyslexia 101
- Created by the Ohio Department of Education
- BiPolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents
- Written by the National Institute for Mental Health includes diagnosis to treatment
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Written by the National Institute for Mental Health includes diagnosis to treatment
- Autism: Reaching For A Brighter Future
- Created Ohio Disabilities Council
- Ohio's Parent Guide To Autism Spectrum Disorder
- A comprehensive guide written by parents for parents (276 pages)
- Autism Speaks: 100 Days Toolkit for Autism
- Provides critical information for families in the first 100 days after an autism diagnosis
- Autism Speaks Transition Toolkit
- Assists families on the journey to adulthood
- A Parent's Guide To Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Created by the National Institute for Mental Health
- Opening Doors: Technology and Communication Options for Children with Hearing Loss
- Created by US Department of Education
Helpful Links
- www.education.ohio.gov
- Ohio Department of Education, in search bar enter special education
- www.butlerdd.org
- Butler County Board of Developmental Disabilities home page
- www.cincinnatichildrens.org/patients/child/special-needs/directory/default-
- Cincinnati Children's Hospitals online special needs resource directory
- www.hcesc.org
- Hamilton County Education Regional Resource Center
- www.ocecd.org
- The Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, a parent information network
- www.ood.ohio.gov
- Opportunities for Ohioan's with Disabilities provides information and resources for employment, independence and the Employment First initiative
- www.ssa.gov
- Social Security disability information online
- www.pacer.org
- Parent advocacy coalition for educational rights
- www.dodd.ohio.gov
- Ohio's department of developmental disabilities
- www.nichcy.org
- National center for information about issues related to the education of children with disabilities
- www.ncld.org
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- www.naeyc.org
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- www.disabilityrightsohio.org
- Ohio's protection and advocacy agency for children and adults with disabilities
Disabilities Links
- www.ldonline.org
- One of the best and most comprehensive sites available
- www.chadd.org
- Children and adults with ADD
- www.interdys.org
- International dyslexia association site
- www.wrightslaw.com
- Special education law
- www.cec.sped.org
- Council for exceptional children, big database of information
- www.specialed.about.com
- Information, articles, links
- www.allkindsofminds.org
- Nonprofit institute for the understanding of differences in learning
- www.inclusion.com
- Home page for the inclusion press
- www.disabilityresources.org
- Organization established to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information that can help people live, love, learn, work and play independently
- www.seriweb.com
- Comprehensive listing of special education resources on the internet
