Ohio Coalition for the Education
of Children with Disabilities
About Us
The Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities (OCECD) is a statewide, nonprofit organization that serves families of infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities in Ohio, and agencies who provide services to them. OCECD works through the coalition efforts of over 40 parent and professional disability organizations which comprise the Coalition. OCECD has also been funded for over 25 years to serve as the Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) for the state of Ohio from the federal government, U.S. Dept of Education, Office for Special Education Programs.
Established in 1972 and staffed primarily by parents of children and adults with disabilities, persons with disabilities, and education professionals, the Coalition mission is to ensure that every Ohio child with special needs receives a free, appropriate, public education in the least restrictive environment to enable that child to reach his/her highest potential. Throughout Ohio, the Coalition’s services reach families of children and youth, birth through twenty-six, with all disabilities.
OCECD’s programs help parents become informed and effective representatives for their children in all educational settings. In addition, youth are assisted to advocate for themselves. Through knowledge about laws, resources, rights and responsibilities, families are better able to work with agencies to ensure that appropriate services are received for the benefit of their sons and daughters. Below is a link to OCECD's Executive Committee, Governing Board Member Organizations, Constitution, Bylaws,
Regional Map, Annual and Financial Reports, policies and other pertinent information.
OCECD Executive Committee List
OCECD Governing Board Member Organization List
OCECD Constitution
OCECD By-Laws
OCECD Regional Map
OCECD 2010 Annual Report
OCECD 2010 Income and Expense Report
OCECD Effectiveness Policy
OCECD Privacy Notice
OCECD's 2010 990 Report may be seen at the following link
www.guidestar.org
Ohio Special Education Profile 2011
This report was developed and disseminated with OCECD discretionary funds.
No federal funds were used.
Below is the list of Parent and Professional Member Organizations that
Comprise the OCECD Governing Board (this is the same list as link above)
Serving or Representing a Regional Area of the State:
Achievement Centers for Children
www.achievementcenters.org
Allen County Educational Service Center (ESC)
www.allencountyesc.org
Brown County Educational Service Center
www.brown.k12.oh.us
Central Ohio Branch of International Dyslexia Association
www.cobida.org
Central Ohio Chapter Autism Society
www.autism-centralohio.com
Central Ohio Region Parent Mentors
www.ocecd.org go to button on right Parent Mentors of Ohio
Clermont County Educational Service Center
www.clermontcountyschools.org
Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio
www.dsaco.net
Learning Disabilities Association of Northeast Ohio (LDA)
www.ldaneo.org
Logan County Educational Service Center
www.loganesc.k12.oh.us
Mercer County Educational Service Center
www.mercercountyesc.org
Montgomery County Educational Service Center
www.montgomery.k12.oh.us
North Central Ohio Educational Service Center
www.ncoesc.org
North Central Ohio Region Parent Mentors
www.ocecd.org go to button on right Parent Mentors of Ohio
Northeast Ohio Parent Mentors
www.ocecd.org go to button on right Parent Mentors of Ohio
Northwest Ohio Educational Service Center
www.nwoesc.k12.oh.us
Northwest Ohio Support, Training and Research Support Group (N.W.OH.S.T.A.R.S.)
No Website
North Point Educational Service Center
www.npesc.org
Ohio Protection & Advocacy Association
No Website
Ohio Valley Educational Service Center
www.ovesc.k12.oh.us
Perry-Hocking Educational Service Center
www.perryhockingesc.org
Putnam County Educational Service Center
http://putnam.noacsc.org
Region 2 State Support Team (SST)
www.loraincountyesc.org
Speech & Hearing Committee of Northern Ohio
No Website
State Support Team Region 1 (SST)
www.sstr1.org
Summit County Educational Service Center
http://cybersummit.org
Warren County Educational Service Center
www.warren.k12.oh.us
Western Buckeye Educational Service Center
www.noacsc.org/vanwert/wb
Serving or Representing the State of Ohio:
Association for Education & Rehabilitation of Blind & Visually Impaired of Ohio (AERO)
www.aerohio.org
Autism Society of Ohio
www.autismohio.org
Brain Injury Association of Ohio
www.biaoh.org
Council for Exceptional Children – Ohio
www.cec-ohio.org
Ohio Association for Career & Technical Education Special Needs (Ohio ACTE Special Needs)
www.ohioacte.org
Ohio Association of County Boards (OACB)
www.oacbdd.org
Ohio Association Pupil Services Administrators (OAPSA)
http://ww2.highlandschools.org/oapsa
Ohio Association of Supervisors and Coordinators for Exceptional Students (OASCES)
www.oasces.org
Ohio Council of Administrators of Special Education (OCASE)
No Website
Ohio Educational Service Center Association (OESCA)
www.oesca.org
Ohio Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children (OFCEC)
No Website
Ohio Occupational Therapy Association (OOTA)
www.oota.org
Ohio School Psychologists Association (OSPA)
www.ospaonline.org
Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association (OSLHA)
http://ohioslha.org
Ohio School Speech Pathology Educational Audiology Coalition (OSSPEAC)
www.osspeac.org
Need Assistance?
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities works with parents to help get them the assistance they need. If you need one-to-one assistance, call:
(800) 374-2806 ext. 20
