Updated version of Whose IDEA Is This? Now Available

The Office for Exceptional Children has issued an updated version of Whose IDEA Is This? dated June 14, 2010.

Whose IDEA Is This? A Parent's Guide to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) has been updated to reflect a change to the federal regulations related to parental revocation of consent for special education and related services. This updated version, dated June 14, 2010, must be used starting July 1, 2010.

To assist districts with meeting the requirement of providing this document to parents in their native language, we will once again have this document translated into the top 10 most commonly used languages in Ohio (which are: Albanian, Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Somali, Ukrainian and Vietnamese). The translations will be available in a few months.

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NEW!  One to One Aides District Handout   One to One Aides Parent Handout

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The Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI), is furthering its mission to build state and system-wide capacity for meeting the needs of individuals with autism and low incidence disabilities.  Their service delivery includes:

OCALI would like to respond to all requests that are received, but must prioritize requests at this time and ask that you complete a Service Intake Form if you would like to request services.

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Secondary Transition

We will provide training and technical assistance in the transition component of the IEP process, secondary transition planning and related issues. An initial and ongoing focus of the work includes working with districts on State Performance Plan indicators that address graduation rate (Indicator 1), drop-out rate (Indicator 2), transition services for youth age 16 and above (Indicator 13), and youth who are employed or attending post-secondary school (or both) within one year of leaving high school (Indicator 14).

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