1. KinderStart - Child Development : Special Needs Child Organizations North Dakota. schools/Organizations ohio. schools/Organizations Oklahoma young children. ( special needs) Add/View attention to disabled and special kids, readily http://www.kinderstart.com/childdevelopment/specialneedschild

KinderStart Alta Vista Ask Jeeves Excite Google HotBot GO LookSmart Lycos Webcrawler Adoption Animal Friends Bringing Home Baby Child Development ... Child Development : Special Needs Child Categories Advocacy Groups Diagnosis/Warning Signs Educational Issues General Information ... Support Groups Web Pages The following links are in English A.D.D. Consults A.D.D. Consults offers psychoeducational services to individuals, families and professionals via private e-mail. For those who live in areas where information on Attention Deficit Disorder may be scarce. Add/View Comments Rate this Site "The Misunderstood, Misdiagnosed and Unseen Disability" Sensory Integration Dysfunction-This paper will explain sensory integration dysfunction to the point of understanding the nature of this unseen (and often misdiagnosed) disability, as well as its psychological, emotional, learning and social effects on the individual. Add/View Comments Rate this Site Abilitations Abilitations is the industries leading children's therapy and special needs catalog with product mix including movement, special education, sensory integration, adapted play and more. Add/View Comments Rate this Site Ability OnLine Ability OnLine is a friendly and safe computer friendship network where children and youth with disabilities or chronic illnesses connect to each other as well as to their friends, family members, caregivers and supporters.

2. Number Of Students Identified As Special-Needs Children Enrolled In Franklin Cou public schools had 18 601 pupils who were classified as "specialneeds" children by the ohio Department of having special needs were those who were specific-learning disabled (7 560 http://www.owlriver.com/pie.mhsc.org/DataPages/sd-045.htm

Number of Students Identified as Special-Needs Children Enrolled in Franklin County Schools: 1985-1998 CLICK HERE FOR GRAPHIC During the 1997-98 school year, Franklin County public schools had 18,601 pupils who were classified as "special-needs" children by the Ohio Department of Education. This represents 11.2% of the total primary and secondary enrollment of 166,595 in Franklin County school districts for that school year. The largest number of children identified as having special needs were those who were specific-learning disabled (7,560 in 1997-98). A specific-learning disabled child is defined as one who has significant learning problems in one or more subject areas. Special-needs children include the deaf, blind, multiple-handicapped, hearing impaired, visually handicapped, orthopedically handicapped, severe behaviorally handicapped, developmentally handicapped, specific-learning disabled, speech handicapped, traumatic brain injuries and autism. Number of Students Identified as Special-Needs Children Enrolled in Franklin County Schools: 1985-1991 Number of Students Identified as Special-Needs Children Enrolled in Franklin County Schools: 1982-1998 Note: * Denotes that Orthopedically and Other Health Impaired were combined in the Other Handicapped category prior to 1991.

3. Therapy/Respite Camps: Kids With Autism And Other Special Needs A page with information about summer camps for kids with special needs to serve the disabled population as a test northern ohio. Camp Echoing Hills is a coed residential bible camp and special needs program their Guide to special schools. Also, visit http://wmoore.net/therapy.html

Therapy/Respite Camps for Kids This page evolves as people tell me about new camps, so if you know of camps that are not listed here, please email me so I can get the information posted here. If you direct a camp that would like a simple WWW page that describes your camp, I'll be pleased to put one up just email a description of the camp to me. Also, please let me know about any other WWW resources to which I should have a link. Thanks! What's Here? Information about summer camps that focus on therapy for kids with special needs and/or respite for the kids and their families. I have broken it into national categories and regional categories in the USA: United States Northeast Southeast Midwest Southwest ... Greece Apologies in advance if my sense of these regions differs from yours! If you cannot find an appropriate camp on this page I also have some links to other potentially useful pages as well as some other websites that list camps. I list all of the camps I know of, so please do not email me asking for help locating a camp. Thanks. Camps in the Northeast (USA) Connecticut Camp Horizons provides winter weekend get-a-ways, a week long holiday event, and 8 weeks of residential summer camp for children and adults who are mild to moderately mentally handicapped. In South Windham, CT.

4. Unit Studies, Special Needs, And Teens Page Unit Studies; special needs; Teens; Links; computer resources for disabled children. Curriculum Associates toys for special needs children. Christian Cottage schools, 3560 West ohio University, Office of Independent Study http://www.eaglesnesthome.com/unit.htm

Wise Stewards Home Eagle's Nest Home Homeschool Writers Group Health ... Guidelines A Wise Steward's Homeschool Unit Studies, Special Needs, Homeschooling Teens, College and Distance Education Table of Contents (click any topic to view) What Is a Unit Study? Pick a Topic, Any Topic! Pick an Interest, Any Interest How Do You and Your Children Learn Best? Special Needs: Unit Studies, Special Needs and Labeled Children Homeschooling Teens, High School, College and Distance Education Links for Special Needs, Giftedness, Unit Studies What Is a Unit Study? Pick a Topic, Any Topic! Homeschoolers, like all educators, often fall into the easy trap of spouting educational jargon until it becomes almost meaningless, especially to newcomers. We forget, perhaps, that everyone was once a newcomer. The term "unit studies" is an especially slippery fish of a term, because it can mean so many things. It may refer to a relaxed, interest led frolic through a subject, initiated by a child's interest in, for instance, cars. The child reads about cars, draws cars, examines the insides of cars, takes cars apart, measures cars, studies the math and science of cars, bakes and eats car shaped cakes, and builds a model car. The opposite extreme may be the child homeschooled with a traditional approach. His parents pick a unit study out of a book, or perhaps buy a unit study curriculum. The publisher supplies or suggests the materials, and the parent (as teacher) sits with the child, going progressively through the planned unit study. Most often, homeschool families fall somewhere in between these two examples.

5. Education, General And Special General and special Education Resources for Teachers and Parents as Teachers PO Box 21192;  Columbus, ohio 432210192 USA Phone V/TTY 435-797-2444. CSUSM disabled Student Services students and youth with special needs in schools, homes, and the community http://www.d-r-d.com/education.html

Special Education Schools and Organizations Educational Products: Hardware and Software Translate this page into French German Italian Norwegian ... FreeTranslation.com Schools and Organizations Sites For Teachers AAHE American Association for Higher Education One Dupont Circle; Washington DC 20036-1110 USA Phone: 202-293-6440, Fax 202-293-0073 Adaptive Environments Center AE , a non-profit organization, was founded in 1978 to address the environmental issues that confront people with disabilities and elderly people. Adaptive Environments promotes accessibility as well as universal design through education programs, technical assistance publications and design advocacy. Phone: V/TTY 617-695-1225, Fax 617-482-8099 The ADA National Access for Public Schools Project Academy for Educational Development The AED is an independent, nonprofit service organization committed to addressing human development needs in the United States and throughout the world. Washington, DC 20009 USA Phone: 202-884-8000, Fax 202-884-8400 American Council on Education The nation's umbrella higher education association, is dedicated to the belief that equal educational opportunity and a strong higher education system are essential cornerstones of a democratic society.

6. Special Needs News & Views (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out) shift in how schools treat children with special needs. John Boehner, the ohio Republican who is chairman disabled children used to be closeted in institutions http://www.susanohanian.org/show_special_news.html?id=2

7. NAESP : Schools Struggle With Special Ed can be something as simple as water, says ohio principal Tom sterilize a catheter for one disabled student I just believe that when special needs kids rights http://www.naesp.org/ContentLoad.do?contentId=90

8. The Education Forum: Private Sector Schools Serve Difficult To Educate Mary Immaculate School in Toledo, ohio, which serves severe cases of developmentally disabled girls over helping great numbers of students with special needs. http://edreform.com/forum/100697tb.htm

THE EDUCATION FORUM Hosted by The Center for Education Reform PRIVATE SECTOR SCHOOLS SERVE THE DIFFICULT TO EDUCATE By Thomas Bertonneau Viewpoint on Public Issues, The Mackinac Center , October 6, 1997 Forgotten children. Troubled youth. Learning disabled. Students with special needs. Whatever the euphemism, these are children who are often not well served in the conventional public school setting. At the same time, many people think that these students can not be served well by the private sector either, but nothing could be further from the truth. It is time to lay to rest the myth that private schools are elitist institutions that "skim the cream" and leave all the toughest kids to the public schools. The private sector, including private sectarian schools, religious schools, nonpublic agencies, and home schools, offers a wide variety of education programs for this difficult-to-educate population. When public schools or agencies cannot serve a particular student, they sometimes contract with a private sector group to do the job. The Directory for Exceptional Children lists roughly 3,000 special education schools and facilities in the private sector nationwide. Their costs of educating a student vary widely, depending in large part on the nature of the disability category served, and may also include the cost of medical care and transportation. Examples include Sobriety High in Edina, Minnesota, which educates 9th through 12th grade students in recovery from chemical dependency. The famed Boys Town, based in Nebraska, directly cares for more than 27,000 boys and girls annually in fourteen states and the District of Columbia. The Helicon Shelter Education Program, a division of Children’s Comprehensive Services, provides certified teachers, materials, curriculum, and academic recordkeeping on site at 27 emergency foster care shelters throughout Tennessee.

9. Special Needs secondary school goals for learning disabled students have language requirement for a special needs student but schools, such as ohio State University, Boston http://www.sbuniv.edu/~tsukany/esl-ther/special.htm

SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION FOR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS Issues in the study of foreign language are numerous and multi-faceted. The issue to be explored here is separate from the currently publicized national controversies regarding bilingual education (teaching students in their native language while they learn English) and "U.S. English," (a group created by former California Senator S.I. Hayakawa in 1983 seeking state constitution amendments recognizing English as the "official language"). It is difficult to find any literature arguing against the study of foreign language while significant reasons advocating its inclusion in the curriculum range from literacy in the classics to competition for global economic leverage and intercultural understanding. In most schools beyond the elementary level, mandatory study of a foreign language raises the issue most affecting my work as a special educator. Is it possible for adolescents with communication deficits in their native language to succeed in the study and acquisition of a second language? My concern is for the at-risk students at the

10. Sensory Integration To Schools, Homes And Businesses The city limits of Toledo, ohio are contiguous and teachers who support children with special needs. of clinical experience with severely disabled children and http://www.henryot.com/links.asp

LINKS Autism Association Of Northeast Florida To assist families, guardians, caretakers and individuals with Autism Spectrum disorder to utilize current resources, promote awareness, advocacy, and education and training within the community and to develop new resources in order to enhance the quality of life and fulfill the potentials as participating members of the community. Bedford Public Schools Bedford Public Schools is a fast growing district located in the southeastern corner of Michigan. The school district comprises a total land area of about 39 square miles with a population over 25,000. The city limits of Toledo, Ohio are contiguous with the southern boundary of the district. We are very proud of our school district and feel that it is among the finest in the Monroe County - Toledo metropolitan area. Our mission is to provide educational programs that develop productive and responsible citizens in a changing world. Building Bridges Is the website for more information about Building Bridges. This is a well received book on Sensory Integration and the ASD population. Many OT's claim it is the one reference they carry with them to all Day Cares and schools. It has just been translated into Finnish. Carol Stock Kranowitz Carol Stock Kranowitz has been teaching music, movement, and drama to preschoolers since 1976. Having observed many out-of-sync children, she began to study sensory integration ("SI") theory in order to help identify their needs and to steer them into early intervention.

11. AP Wire 05/13/2004 Senate To Renew, Update Education Act identification of children with special needs, reducing the minorities, who are improperly labeled as disabled. disputes between parents and schools and give http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/8654773.htm

12. Honolulu Star-Bulletin Editorial The ohio Department of Education s evaluation revealed that locate and evaluate all eligible specialneeds children of charter schools serving disabled students http://starbulletin.com/2002/08/11/editorial/special.html

Sunday, August 11, 2002 In a landmark decision last June, a divided Supreme Court ruled for the first time that governments can give parents financial aid, in the form of vouchers, to send their children to private or religious schools. The ruling radically altered the national education policy debate and opened the door to freedom of choice in education. Should Hawaii seize the opportunity? Vouchers not the answer Bust the public monopoly The Price of Paradise appears each week in the Sunday Insight section. The mission of POP is to contribute lively and informed dialog about public issues, particularly those having to do with our pocketbooks. Reader responses appear later in the week. If you have thoughts to share about today's POP articles, please send them, with your name and daytime phone number, to pop@starbulletin.com , or write to Price of Paradise, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 7 Waterfront Plaza, Suite 210, 500 Ala Moana, Honolulu, HI 96813. John Flanagan Contributing Editor [ POP TOPICS ] GASOLINE PART 2 THE BOTTLE BILL FEEDBACK ... BACK TO TOP Vouchers are not the answer for By Joan Lee Husted PUBLIC education is a core function of state government. It is the responsibility of the state of Hawaii to provide every child a first-class, properly funded public school system.

13. Hilliard City Schools ohio special Education Regional Resource Center (COSERRC) serves Central ohio schools, educators and parents in meeting the needs of students with disabilities http://www.hilliard.k12.oh.us/district/PupilServices.asp

Home Search Sitemap District ... Departments Pupil Services Director, Nancy Schott Approximately 11% of the Hilliard student population has been identified with a disability. These exceptional students have unique characteristics and needs, many of which are best met by the classroom teacher who differentiates instruction for them with support from a special education specialist. Some exceptional students require more intensive services in a resource room setting. Special education intervention specialists work cooperatively with classroom teachers and other school personnel to ensure a common understanding and response to all of our students with special needs. The full continuum of special education services is available in the Hilliard City School District. Programs serving children with learning challenges, speech/language needs and other related services are available in nearly all buildings. Children with multiple areas of disability and/or personal/social behavior needs are served in selected buildings. All eligible children receive special instruction specifically designed to meet their unique educational needs.

14. Special Education Services - Bowling Green Area Schools years of age who may have a disability, and who Conneaut Elementary special needs Teacher Brian Carter shared his needs of students at the ohio SchoolNet State http://www.bgcs.k12.oh.us/sped/sped.html

Home Schools District Information Resources ... Calendars Special Education: Home Page Resources Building Staff welcome! In keeping with our commitment to increase communication and in-service for teachers, parents, and students, this website has been developed to facilitate knowledge and understanding of a wide variety of disabilities and issues related to the special needs of children. Our goal is to connect people with resources that will assist in meeting the needs of our students and children. We also want to encourage public awareness of the unique gifts of children with disabilities and the profound impact they can have on our lives. staff Ann McVey Director of Special Education Kim Tussing , Secretary Kris Fauver , Special Educ. Coordinator Ralph Gross , School Psychologist Donna Zielinski , School Psychologist Kelly Dalrymple , Intern School Psych. I am the disabled child. I am your teacher.

15. Kerry's Conclusions. A Commentary On The Special Needs Of Disabled Children And For more information concerning ohio s proposed new Planning for the Future of Your Child with special needs. of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. http://www.nessasiegel.com/kerry12.html

Accountability The US Congress recently enacted the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA), requiring states to quantify their successes in educating all children. The NCLBA reformed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which was passed in 1965. In an effort to comply with new federal law, Ohio is currently redesigning its school accountability program. The accountability program will be a single statewide system designed to capture yearly statistics concerning each public school, school district, and Ohio as a whole. The statistics will encompass information regarding graduation rates, student population by gender and ethnicity, school district finances, and test results by grade, subject, gender, and ethnicity. The proposed accountability program will be of a 3-tiered framework, incorporating the ESEA requirements, existing Ohio accountability demands (i.e. proficiency tests), and a composite performance index. The first tier will address federal measurements by using the minimum requirements of the ESEA in order to determine whether school buildings and districts have met the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) standard. This determination will include the proportion of students proficient in reading and mathematics (as well as science beginning in 2007-2008), the number of students participating in reading and mathematics (as well as science beginning in 2007-2008), and the results of "other indicators."

16. Kerry's Conclusions. A Commentary On The Special Needs Of Disabled Children And As with special education in general, the touchstone be tailored to the particular needs of the Procedures for Children with Disabilities, ohio Department of http://www.nessasiegel.com/kerry0304.html

Post-Secondary Transition Planning: A Critical IEP Component IDEA clearly notes that at a minimum, transition plans should be developed on a yearly basis, beginning, at the very latest, when a student turns 16 years of age. The importance of continuous transition planning stems from the knowledge that proper planning cannot be achieved in 1 year, but rather must occur over numerous years and be based on a continuous comparison from one year to the next. 20 U.S.C. 1414(d)(1)(A)(vii). Each month Kerry offers more valuable information. To see past Kerry's Conclusions , follow the links below: January 2002 Planning for the Future of Your Child with Special Needs February 2002 Defining "Meaningful Educational Benefit" Under the IDEA March 2002 The 2002 Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act April 2002 Identification and Services for Gifted and Talented Children May 2002 Understanding Learning Disabilities June 2002 Taking the Mystery Out of the Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plan July 2002 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: What Now?

17. Family Fun & Special Needs - Special Education Family fun special needs special education Organization for special Education in ohio deserving schools, research centers and organizations providing for children with special needs http://www.family-friendly-fun.com/links/specialeducation.html

Resource Files family fun, family health, special needs, disabilities Home Meet Topics Files News Tour Special education Council for Exceptional Children Ohio - http://www.cec-ohio.org The Professional Organization for Special Education in Ohio.... Other important Special education files: Alliance 2000 - http://www.alliance2k.org Serving historically underrepresented groups for special education and related services... Azadvocate - http://www.azadvocate.com Linda Dannemiller Education Advocate "Working to secure appropriate educational services for all children"         Welcome to Special Education Advocacy Linda Dannemiller, Education Advocate... CASE - Council of Administrators of Special Education - http://www.casecec.org CASE - Council of Administrators of Special Education... Closing the Gap - http://www.closingthegap.com Closing The Gap: Computer Technology in Special Education and Rehabilitation... Council for Exceptional Children Ohio - http://www.cec-ohio.org The Professional Organization for Special Education in Ohio.... Felix Frenz - http://www.felixfrenz.com

18. Taft Elementary School (Lakewood, Ohio) Table Discussion Concern about accommodating special needs population (disabilities) Would all schools have elevators, ramps, etc or just select ones? http://www.lkwdpl.org/schools/committee/harsum011603.htm

Home HARDING MIDDLE SCHOOL Table Discussion Summary ISSUES/CONCERNS/QUESTIONS Money #1 When does the state $$ kick in? Is it worth state involvement? Do we want the state dollars? What kind of restrictions goes with it (ie, design, architecture)? How is the money going to be decided? New way of funding Comparison of renovation costs to replacement of schools Logistics, scope, replacement very overwhelming Is it better to renovate or start over completely? How to decide which schools to close/keep/renovate (2) Fit the structure in with Lakewood Concerns about destroying the character/old town neighborhood look What are the options involving keeping/renovating Harding? If a building is rebuilt, is it possible to keep recently renovated areas and build off that? It does not make sense to destroy a newly constructed area such as Harding gym Conditions of other schools; we need to know Concern about accommodating special needs population (disabilities) Would all schools have elevators, ramps, etc or just select ones?

19. Dorothy Zerger Education, Newark City schools, Newark, ohio 19631990; Supervised special Education Programs for Developmentally Handicapped and Learning disabled K-12; http://schoolmatch.com/staff/zerger.htm

Resume: Dorothy Zerger 5027 Pine Creek Drive Blendonview Office Park Westerville, OH 43081 TEL: 614-890-1573 FAX: 614-890-3294 EXPERIENCE: Special Education Consultant, SchoolMatch, Columbus, Ohio. 1991 Present Assist families in locating and comparing school districts and services for children with special needs. Provide school special needs information to relocating families. Assist parents to cope with school special education concerns. Supervisor, Special Education, Newark City Schools, Newark, Ohio 1963-1990 Supervised Special Education Programs for Developmentally Handicapped and Learning Disabled K-12 Coordinated development of district program for Developmentally Handicapped Students K-12 Assisted with planning services for students with Learning Disabilities K-12 Managed district budget for special education Arranged for student placement into programs Assisted with selection of staff Coordinated development of Special Education Curriculum K-12 Implemented Special Education Federal and State requirements including Individual Education Plans Introduced innovative programs and promoted participation in regional and statewide special education projects Provided support to parents of handicapped students individually and through parent groups Represented Department of Special Education on District Curriculum Committee Secured grant for funding and provided ongoing leadership for implementing Work Evaluation Program for Handicapped Students and Work Adjustment Program for Developmentally Handicapped

20. Northwest Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center: Service Region And Se is on a variety of special education concerns needs of students with disabilities; and requirements the Operating Standards of ohio s schools Serving Children http://www.nwoserrc.k12.oh.us/gen-info.htm

Return to Index Northwest Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center Service Region and Services. Services and Service Region. Service Region Services Office Hours and Location Service Region. The Northwest Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center (SERRC) is one of 16 regional centers in the state of Ohio supported through the Ohio Department of Education, Office for Exceptional Children. Each SERRC provides cost-free services to school personnel, related education professionals, and parents of children who have disabilities. Each SERRC has a fiscal agent and operates through a regional Governing Board , composed of school administrators, parents, university personnel, and representatives of county educational service centers and boards of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (MR/DD). Eastwood Board of Education is the fiscal agent for the Northwest Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center: Bill McFarland, superintendent; David Michel, treasurer. The Northwest Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center serves 13 counties: Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, and Wood. Our service region includes educational service centers, city school districts, exempted village school districts, local school districts, joint vocational school districts, community schools, and county boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities. For a list of these schools and agencies, please refer to the links available from the index page.

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