For Parents

• OCECD Acronym List in English and  
  Spanish December 2019
• Requesting Initial Evaluation for Special  
  Education Services
• Requesting Independent Educational Evaluation
• Requesting a Reevaluation of Your Child
• Requesting an IEP or Section 504 Meeting
• Requesting an IEP Review Meeting
• Requesting a Change of Placement
• Requesting Extended School Year (ESY)
• Writing to Discuss Your Child Being Bullied

My Child Is Incarcerated: FAST FACTS ABOUT SCHOOL

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How Can I HELP MY CHILD SUCCEED IN SCHOOL WHILE INCARCERATED?

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Your Child’s Return Home From Juvenile Detention to School and Community

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• A Guide of Parent Rights - Office for Exceptional Children  
  Spanish Version available here

• Article on School Awards by a Student

• Benefits of Inclusive Education 

• Child Find Brochure 3 to 21

• Child Find Brochure Birth to 2

• Chronic Absenteeism, Health Issues w Students with Disabilities: 
  Impact on Attendance
  

• Employment Data 
  2020-2021 Period

• Disabilities Impacts All of Us
  Community Project

• Educational Advocates: A Guide for Parents
  Navigating the special education system can be challenging. CADRE's new resource provides families interested in hiring an advocate with questions to consider and highlights additional resources available to families.

• Employability/Life Skills Assesment Ages 14-21

• Epstein's Framework - six types of involvement 2016

• Guardianship in Ohio by DD Council
  

• Guidance regarding multidisciplinary evaluations eligibility and screening procedures for Part C

• Help Me Grow Early Intervention Brochure - Early Intervention Program 

• IDEA Data Brief Due Process Complaints-Hearings CADRE Data presented in this brief on Due Process Complaints include dispute resolution data reported to OSEP by the states. This brief is one in a series that examines eleven years of IDEA dispute resolution activity, concluding in 2014-15. 

• IEP or 504 Plan Decision Making Tool
  

• IEP Tool Kit
  

• Kindergarten Readiness 2015 

• Memory Strengthening Part 1

• Memory Strengthening Part 2

• National Autism Indicators Report - Transition into Your Adulthood 2015 

• OCDBE Parent Guide 2016 

• ODEs Positive Behavior Restraint and Seclusion 9-2018

• Ohio Dept of DD-Proposed New Rule - Early Intervention Services - System of Payment

• Ohio Longitudinal Transition Study 2016

• Parent Leadership Manual from Georgia Dept. of Education

• Child Find Brochure Birth to 2

• Child Find Brochure 3 to 21

• PBIS - What Parents Need to Know about PBIS and Restraint and Seclusion
  available in other languages here.

• Parent Quick Guide from SST 1

• Parent Teacher Conference Checklist
  

• Post-secondary Transition for Students Who Are Deaf/Blind 2017
  

• Practice Advisory on Occupational Therapy in Early Intervention

• Providing Early Intervention Services in Natural Environments

• Significant Disproportionality-Equity in IDEA

• Transportation Basics - OCECD

• Transportation Information Sheet - OCECD
  

• Understanding Bipolar Disorder
  

• Understanding the First Episode of Psychosis

• Warning Signs of Dyslexia Pre-K to Grade 2
  

• What is a Complex Trauma Resource Guide

• What is the Role of Occupational Therapy in Early Intervention?