Handouts for sessions presented at the Leadership Conference are available by clicking here - Day 1 and Day 2.

The agenda for the conference is available here.

Please provide your feedback on the leadership conference. At your earliest convenience, copy the following link into your internet browser and follow the instructions to fill out the post conference survey. The link is http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Dn1QNABTTQyw37L0tYqxdA_3d_3d.

The 2009-2010 AASWD manual and appendices are posted! Click here or go to education.ohio.gov and keyword search "alternate assessment".

Registration for a September 30th Pre-Conference for New and Relatively New administrators in the field of special education is now available at http://www.thelinkto.org/preconference to be held at Hyatt Regency Columbus, 350 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio. The Pre-Conference is co-sponsored by the Council of Administrators of Special Education, the Ohio Association of Pupil Services Administrators, the Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, and the Ohio Department of Education Office for Exceptional Children. Registration closes September 21.

In IEP 7.5 - Special Instructional Factors, under Eye Examinations for Children with Disabilities, an incorrect statement has been changed to read correctly as follows: "Any student who has not undergone this required eye examination shall not be prohibited from initiating, receiving, or continuing to receive services prescribed in the student's IEP."

A new federal regulation to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) provides that a parent may revoke consent for special education and related services for his or her child with a disability. The document, Whose IDEA Is This? Update Sept. 2009, summarizes the new regulation. This new information must be provided ... (more details)

Registration is now available at http://thelinkto.org/partnering/partneringconference.html
The registration fee is $70 and the registration deadline is September 21, 2009.
A shortened version of the agenda is available here for those who want to peruse it prior to registering.
For questions about the Conference, contact Connie Hudson at the Coalition at (937) 842-2150 or by e-mail ocecdcsh@embarqmail.com

For the updated Waiver Guidelines and Waiver Application for the 2009-10 school year, click here: PDF version or Word version

To see the ODE/OEC updated the formal complaint form, click here for PDF version or Word version.

The Gifted Young Child: A Guide for Families is a new resource developed jointly by the Office of Early Learning and School Readiness and the Office for Exception Children/Gifted Education. The publication was prepared to help parents who believe their preschool child may be gifted ... (more details)

Questions received from the field as of June 2009 and answered by ODE/OEC are available by clicking here. The document is also available at the end of the Index for the Guidance Document at www.edresourcesohio.org and under Ohio Resources. Questions and answers are related to the ETR, IEP, SP, EMIS, Nonpublic and Other.

Whose IDEA Is This? A Parent's Guide to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 is now available in a number of languages in addition to English. Click here to see the languages that are available.

In response to requests from the field, ODE/OEC announces the availability of Optional forms on the www.edresourcesohio.org Web site. The use of these forms is not required; districts and schools can continue to use the optional forms now being used. Those choosing to use any of the nine forms listed can use the forms as they are presented or the forms can be edited to include the name of the district or school or to make other changes by clicking where it says "Click here to view the tutorial for editing the content of the optional forms." Clicking on the forms listed will take users directly to the form chosen. All the forms can also be found on the left side of the home page of www.edresourcesohio.org by clicking on Optional Forms ... (more details)

The Ohio Department of Education, Office for Exceptional Children, (ODE/OEC), announces the availability of the following:

Updates to the Guidance Document
ODE/OEC has reviewed and updated the Guidance Document to ensure that it reflects current policies. Updates appear in blue in the Guidance Document. A listing of the updates is available by clicking here and the listing is also available in the notice preceding the Table of Contents of the Guidance Document. The Prior Written Notice Chart has been revised to reflect the updates in the Guidance Document. The Guidance Document will continue to be reviewed on a regular basis.

IEP, ETR & SP Annotations
ODE/OEC has reviewed and updated the annotations for the IEP, ETR and SP forms. Updates are noted in bold and underlined in the annotations dated June 2009, and posted at www.edresourcesohio.org. A description of some of the additions and deletions is available by clicking here.

Question & Answer Document
Questions received from the field as of June 2009 and answered by ODE/OEC are available by clicking here. The document is also available at the end of the Index for the Guidance Document at www.edresourcesohio.org and under Ohio Resources. Questions and answers are related to the ETR, IEP, SP, EMIS, Nonpublic and Other.