Assists professionals and students conducting observational studies for applied, clinical, or research purposes. A breakthrough in analysis of both video recordings and live, in vivo, observation.

If you believe this app would be effective for your family (or student) but find it is too costly, there are opportunities available for financial assistance, including your local Board of Developmental Disabilities. Contact our Helpdesk for more information.

This Yale University Seminar on Autism and Related Disorders is the United States’ first undergraduate course of its kind. The class consists of a weekly seminar on diagnosis and assessment, etiology and treatment of children, adolescents and adults with autism and related disorders of socialization.

This series of videos on YouTube focus on a puppet named Buddy. Buddy needs help learning how to have proper table manners, eating in a restaurant, and overcoming other social challenges.

The series is geared for younger children.

This guide covers topics and covers supports like vocational rehabilitation and transportation. It was created by youth and adult partners from the National Youth Action Council on Transition (YouthACT). It is written for adolescents looking for employment.

Endeavor 3 helps give the structure of a simple, yet powerful schedule for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It gives reminders throughout the day, making the person more independent.

If you believe this app would be effective for your family (or student) but find it is too costly, there are opportunities available for financial assistance, including your local Board of Developmental Disabilities. Contact our Helpdesk for more information.

This app has self-directed learning sessions for 40 important skills necessary for living independently and accessing the community based on proven content. Anyone who needs support learning and maintaining skills necessary for daily living, learning context appropriate social skills and skills necessary for accessing the community can benefit from the simplicity of Everyday Skills.

If you believe this app would be effective for your family (or student) but find it is too costly, there are opportunities available for financial assistance, including your local Board of Developmental Disabilities. Contact our Helpdesk for more information.

The “Kit for Kids” is designed to teach elementary and middle school students about their peers with autism. The kit is centered around an illustrated, fold-out booklet called, “What’s Up with Nick?”

Additionally, there is a web video and activity workbooks that expand upon the information presented in the “What’s Up with Nick?” story and give students a chance to engage with the material they just learned in the lesson. There are different workbooks for students in grades K-1, 2-3, 4-5, and 6-8. They can be assigned as independent or group classwork, or as homework.

For more information, to order a print copy of the Kit for Kids, or to start a peer education initiative in your school district, please contact Ben Kaufman at (703)243-9762 or programs@researchautism.org.

This app provides self-directed learning sessions for 27 important safety skills topics based on proven content. The topics include home safety and personal safety information.

If you believe this app would be effective for your family (or student) but find it is too costly, there are opportunities available for financial assistance, including your local Board of Developmental Disabilities. Contact our Helpdesk for more information.

Award winning augmentative communication aid that uses visual scenes for context based communication and interactive learning aids. Personalize scenes with audio messages, video clips, symbols, and links to other scenes.
A new feature allows you to create and print custom communication books.

If you believe this app would be effective for your family (or student) but find it is too costly, there are opportunities available for financial assistance, including your local Board of Developmental Disabilities. Contact our Helpdesk for more information.

A customizable app that provides a framework on the iPad to create interactive visual scene displays and social stories. Scene Speak allows an image to be edited with active “hotspots”. A hotspot is an area of the screen that can “sound areas” that can be selected and used as a means of communication.

Scene Speak is a communication tool for anyone wanting to enhance receptive language or visual memory.

A concise introduction to life as a college student with Asperger Syndrome.

This video features Michael John Carley from the Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Project (GRASP) and Kiriana Cowansage, an NYU Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Neuroscience as the primary instructors. OAR’s own Scientific Council Chairman, Dr. Peter Gerhardt, also appears in the video to provide information on the topic of “reasonable accommodations” in the college classroom.

WayFinder 3 is an accessible Garmin or TomTom, and it helps people with intellectual disabilities to travel safely, whether by bus or on foot. The traveler simply taps on the picture of their desired destination and WayFinder 3 takes over from there.

If you believe this app would be effective for your family (or student) but find it is too costly, there are opportunities available for financial assistance, including your local Board of Developmental Disabilities. Contact our Helpdesk for more information.

In an effort to promote a more inclusive classroom environment, this short video uses animation and sound to teach elementary and middle school students about their peers with autism. To be used in coordination with the Kit for Kids, a peer education resource produced by the Organization for Autism Research (OAR).

This is a 1 hour video/audio recording of a webinar conducted by Mandi Rickelman, MA, Early Childhood Supervisor and Anna Hutt Fredman, MS, CCC-SLP, Speech/Language Pathologist from Monarch Center for Autism. The webinar aired on May 8, 2014 and answered the following questions: Why are visual schedules so important? How do I customize visual schedules for my child to make them more meaningful and more motivating? How do I implement visual schedules?

9th Planet produces engaging social skill modeling videos and ready-to-use teaching plans for ASD teens and young adults. Lessons use a story thread about a young man (Tad Shy) from the 9th Planet who is learning social skills on this planet.

Teaching plans include include role play, improvisation, social stories and student production activities. Lessons may be used in individual or small group formats.

A young man on the Spectrum is the key actor and editor on the videos. Topics include a wide range of social skills, including personal space, empathetic listening and recognizing false friends.

Videos are produced by a creative team of teaching, animation and production professionals.

The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) published this guide. The Office of Special Education Programs (along with partners in the Rehabilitation Services Administration) has issued this guide to advance efforts in ensuring that all students and youth with disabilities are equipped with the skills and knowledge to be engaged in the 21st century workforce.

This transition guide addresses the following topics to facilitate a seamless transition from school to post-school activities:
Transition planning: opportunities and programs
Transition services and requirements, as authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Rehabilitation Act;
Education and employment options for students and youth with disabilities after leaving secondary school; Supporting decisions made by students and youth with disabilities.

Evidence-based, solution-focused services in educational services to schools and families. They offer academic tutoring, specialized reading programs, summer social skills groups, speech and occupational therapy and psychotherapy. They also offer ADOS autism assessment testing for children ages 7 and up.

They work with students that are pre-school until 12th grade. Their psychotherapists can work with adults as well.

A+ Solutions is a Jon Peterson and Autism Scholarship provider, and accepts private pay.

Rick Schindelheim is on the staff at A+ and counsels tweens and teens.
Other team members that can see patients with autism are Sima Brochie Weinberg, LPCC; Oren Meyers, PhD; Heather Baker, LPPC-S; Lauren Ehrenreich, MSSA LISW-S; Courtney Evenchik MA NCSP; and Jenny Wolinetz, LSW.

An online ABA curriculum offering a course sequence verified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) and will prepare students to sit for the BCBA exam.

An overview of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and discusses the various approaches used in dealing with the different symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorders. The Spanish ABA Overview training webcast is the original English version with added sub-titles for Spanish speaking viewers.

Una visión general de Análisis de Comportamiento Aplicado (ABA ) y analiza los diversos enfoques utilizados en el tratamiento de los diferentes síntomas de trastornos del espectro autista . El español ABA general de transmisión en la formación es la versión original en Inglés con subtítulos agregados para los televidentes de habla hispana.

You can purchase the ABA Overview webcast by following this link.

This app developer that has created several life skills apps to be used by professionals and families. These apps help developmentally disabled people function independently in various ways of life.

Their apps include:
WayFinder 3
Endeavor
Visual Impact 3
Everyday Skills
Living Safely

and are available for Android, iPad and smartphone applications.

Achieve Consulting Autism Services contracts with public school districts, charter and private schools to provide trainings for professional development; consultation for new autism program design/implementation; and consultation for individual students with autism, preschool through high school.

Trainings and workshops are offered at the Achievement Centers’ Highland Hills location and other community/educational sites.

One-on-one sessions teach individuals of all ages to have an enthusiasm to learn and to help them become more successful students.

Individual instruction for all ages in reading, math, study skills, college and graduate test preparation, and kindergarten readiness classes.

Provides an easy-to-use way for a nonverbal person with autism and motor planning issues to communicate with those around him/her. It has two, large, color-coordinated buttons…one for yes, and one for no. Press either, and you will hear a voice read your selection.

It also has the ability to create custom button pages which will allow the user to place custom text and pictures on buttons, record custom audio to play when the custom buttons are selected, and save up to 30 custom button pairs.

ASD Strategies in Action will provide online training on evidence-based practices that can be used in the home, school, and workplace of individuals with ASD. A wide range of social-communication and behavioral interventions is offered within one of the following three tracks: early intervention/early childhood, school-age, or transition/young adulthood.

View Guide here.

Arizona State University offers ‘An Overview of Autism Spectrum Disorders’ certification program for professionals and family members who want to prepare for working with adults and children with autism. This stand alone program can be completed completely online within two years.
Students interested in sitting for the national Board Certified Behavior Analyst examination should apply for the Master’s in curriculum and instruction: applied behavioral analysis or as a non-degree seeking student, depending on interest and need.

They also offer a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction: Autism Spectrum Disorders. It equips individuals with specialized skills and knowledge to work effectively and compassionately with children and adults affected with autism.
As a graduate of this program, you will be well prepared to provide important services and care for individuals with any of the autism spectrum disorders, either as educators, interventionists, psychologists, speech pathologists, behavior analysts, or family members.

Autism Core Skills is an educational platform built by autism experts, teaching academic, social, and communication skills that are interactive and engaging for verbal or nonverbal learners.

This is a yearly subscription program. If you believe this app would be effective for your family (or student) but find it is too costly, there are opportunities available for financial assistance, including your local Board of Developmental Disabilities. Contact our Helpdesk for more information.

The Autism Safety Roster is a project in partnership between the community members of Lakewood and the Lakewood Police Department. This online roster promotes communication and enables the police department to have quick and relevant access to important information about a person with Autism.

The goal is to help ensure the safety of an individual with Autism or any other, related, Autism Spectrum Disorder.

The ASD Postbaccalaureate Certificate focuses on equipping professionals who work with children with autism spectrum disorders with proactive strategies for language and skill development and behavior intervention.

The Autism Wandering Awareness Alerts Response and Education (AWAARE) Collaboration is a working group of six national non-profit autism organizations whose mission is to prevent autism-related wandering incidents and deaths.

Dozens of free autism social skills lessons, games, card activities, worksheets, wall displays and more. This site is updated regularly.

The aViation study will test an investigational medicine for ‘high-functioning’ autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The investigational study drug blocks a hormone receptor in the brain that is linked to the control of socialization, stress, anxiety and aggression.

Participation lasts for up to 39 weeks. For 24 of those weeks, participants will take daily doses of either the investigational study drug or a placebo (a look-alike) that contains no medicine. Both the investigational study drug and the placebo are small tablets that can be swallowed whole or dissolved in liquid.

Participants and their parent or guardian will visit a study clinic at OSU in Columbus around once every 6 weeks (about 7 times in total). This will allow the study team to assess their general health, social communication skills and social interaction skills.

Please be reassured that participants would not have to pay for any study-related treatments, lab tests or assessments. Also, reimbursement for travel is available.

A picture-based communication app developed for children who are nonverbal. Avaz grows with the child to develop literacy. It is the only app that tracks therapy sessions to help you measure the child’s progress.

Smart phone app that allows you to collect behavioral assessment data.

An online guide for family members to help protect a loved one with autism. This kit offers lots of advice and tools, as well as additional resources.

A kit specifically for First Responders is available here.

Teachers can apply for a specially-designed kit for educators and aides here.

A personal learning tool that offers free access to tens of thousands of flashcards and carefully curated lessons across dozens of languages.

Free membership website that is a program of Easter Seals Greater Houston. It provides information about and access to educational and therapeutic tools for mobile devices. The site provides caregivers and professionals with the best resources for choosing apps to enhance everyday life for people with disabilities.The site was created by parents and therapists who began using the iPad with children who have special needs.

Speech language pathologists and occupational therapists created an app review system for the site that focuses on skills rather than age, diagnosis or developmental level to help improve outcomes for a person with a disability.

This resource guide provides links to organizations, programs, publications, and resources focused on bullying prevention. It is
divided into seven sections: (1) Organizations and Websites; (2) Data, Definitions, and Research; (3) Programs, Campaigns, and Toolkits; (4) Policies, Laws, and Legislation; (5) Publications and Resources; (6) At-Risk Populations; and (7) Bullying and Co-Occurring Issues.

Each item in this resource guide includes a short description and a link to the resource itself.

Business Strategies that Work identifies promising employment policies and practices for recruiting,
hiring, retaining, and advancing qualified individuals with disabilities. It is a guide for employers
who want to ensure that their workplaces are truly diverse and inclusive. And it is a valuable tool,
with proactive and dynamic human resource strategies, for employers who want to be successful in
today’s diverse and global markets.

A free tool for professionals working with transitional teens and adults with ASD that assesses the behaviors and competencies youth need to achieve their long term goals.

This app creates daily schedules and waiting picture boards. It will help children complete daily routines (morning, day, & night), assist in understanding & controling their feelings and improve their waiting skills (taking turns and not interrupting). Appropriate both for use at home and at school, and it offers many ways to customize.

It includes an image library with 180 common images, each accompanied with audio. You can also add and record your own images.

A free universal app that helps teachers improve classroom behaviors.

Database website that allows you to search for colleges by state, area of study, level of degree, cost, and several other factors. The site also offers statistics on individual schools for informational purposes.

This site was created by the US Department of Education.

Offers a comprehensive list of two-year, four-year and secondary support programs for students with autism spectrum disorders.

An hour-long video that address the importance of using visual schedules and how to customize and implement visual schedules for individuals with autism.

Professional training and assistance to Develop and maintain a successful ABA program. Known as the most widely-used ABA data collection platform in the world, serving 12000 students across 42 states and 14 countries.

A one-stop shop for autism spectrum resources and teaching materials. Over 600 products supporting the social, academic and communicative development of children on the autism spectrum through Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Verbal Behavior interventions.

Drexel offers degree and certificate programs for educators and clinicians who work with individuals with autism spectrum disorders, including nurses, therapists, teachers, special education instructors and administrators.

Featured Autism Programs:

Graduate Certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorders*
Graduate Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis**
MS in Applied Behavior Analysis**
Certificate in Integrated Nursing Care of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Reading Specialist Certification

Featured Special Education Programs:
MS in Special Education
MS in Educational Administration – Special Education Leadership Concentration
Graduate Certificate in Special Education Leadership
Graduate Certificate in Multisensory Reading Instruction Level I
Special Education Certification Program

High-quality support personnel have a specific set of beliefs and values and exhibit behaviors consistent with these beliefs. These qualities, when actualized, can improve meaningful interactions, facilitate positive behaviors, and promote self-confidence for individuals with ASD.

The manual outlines relevant topics, including the current state of research findings, professional judgment and data-based clinical decision making, values and preferences of families, and capacity building. Each chapter sets a course for advancing the efforts of school systems to engage in evidence-based practice for their students on the autism spectrum.

This app is designed to provide a fun and engaging way to practice listening, following directions, colors, spatial concepts, auditory memory and auditory processing. It is appropriate for a toddler or preschooler, or any young child who need practice following directions.

Offers books, videos, and other teaching material geared to help the needs of teachers, therapists, and family members who face the challenge of autism.

Software and smartphone app that offers a text reader, in addition to the ability to check grammar, definitions of words, and translations. There is also a “personal trainer” which can help teach proper grammar.

Portions of this software is available by paying a fee, other parts are free.

Online site that features over 1000 adaptive, therapeutic, educational and sensory solutions for the autism spectrum, Asperger Syndrome, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder and other learning and behavioral differences.

Julie A. Wagner is an attorney experienced in working with adults and children on the spectrum, Ms. Wagner focuses on special needs estate planning and guardianships. She has represented adults on the spectrum in a wide variety of legal matters. She is a professional who “gets it” in a world that sometimes does not seem to get it at all.

This is a new online resource designed to provide hands-on training guidance and support for camp staff seeking to create or expand inclusion programs.

It is designed for use by camp directors, inclusion specialists, directors of a disabilities camping program, counselors, or activity specialists. It offers basic information on the history of disabilities camping, models of camping for people with disabilities, benefits of camping for both campers with disabilities and the typical camp community, overviews of various disabilities, and many useful tools and program ideas for day-to-day work with campers.

This website offers a full description of IDEA and offers updates, and links to more information concerning legal and medical questions.

The goal of IAT is to provide accurate diagnosis and treatment for children and families. IAT, which is designed to provide local access to high-quality care, is made up of professionals from multiple agencies who meet each month to evaluate children and families. The IAT meets families on the fourth Tuesday of every month at the Ohio University Hearing, Speech & Language Clinic in Grover Center.

Integrating Professionals for Appalachian Children (IPAC) has existed since 2002 and gained nonprofit charity status in 2006. The network is comprised of multiple agencies in the Southeast Ohio region, including several Ohio University departments and clinics.

IPAC accepts CareSource and Medicaid, as well as private pay.

A community-wide, public/private partnership administered by the Cuyahoga County Office of Early Childhood. The Partnership is comprised of individuals, private organizations, including government agencies, community-based service providers, and philanthropic and private organizations, all working together to help increase the development, funding, visibility and impact of early childhood services in Cuyahoga County.

This app’s design is based on peer-reviewed scientific research. It’s funded by the U.S. Department of Education. iPrompts is used by special educators and therapists in the treatment of children with autism. It allows users to design visually based daily schedules for their children. The app includes a timer and voice and video prompts.

Based on the Language Builder Picture Noun Cards, Sets 1 & 2, which are used by BCBA’s, SLP’s Teachers and Parents to teach basic language skills to children with autism or related developmental challenges.

A free AAC talker app for Android which supports communication in all areas of life and therefore providing a voice to everyone.
Suitable for:
• autism symptoms and Asperger syndrome
• aphasia
• speech apraxia
• articulation/phonological disorder
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
• Motor Neuron Disease (MND)
• Cerebral palsy
• Down syndrome

Several publications available for free download, available in English and Spanish.
Varias publicaciones disponibles para su descarga gratuita, disponibles en inglés y español.

A Parent’s Guide to Research
An Educator’s Guide to Autism
An Educator’s Guide to Asperger Syndrome
A Guide for Transition to Adulthood

Become an advocate for individuals with Autism and Developmental Disabilities. Gain in-depth training on evidence-based practices for individuals on the autistic spectrum.

A teaching certificate is not needed to apply to the program. But, if you are seeking the University Certificate in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, you will need a teaching certificate to apply. A GRE is waived for candidates with a minimum 3.0 undergrad GPA.

Earn your M.A. in as few as 12 months
Every course is 100% online
Tuition is affordable—just $9,396 | $261 per credit hour
Accredited by CAEP, CEC, SBEC
Six start dates

Increase math skills by learning special tricks to increase speed and accuracy. Teaches mental math calculation through multi-level lessons.

This is an app for more advanced math skills, not for young children.

This app helps elementary-aged children with numbers, telling time, counting money, and basic arithmetic.

A law firm based on the east side of Cleveland. They offer expanded legal services in a variety of areas, including estate planning, probate and trust administration.

Their Estate Planning partner, Gina Ciani, has a particular expertise in special needs trusts/planning.

Milestones Autism Resources improves the lives of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by educating, coaching, and connecting the autism community of Northeast Ohio with evidence-based information.

Milestones focuses on educating and providing life-long, effective strategies for success at school, home, the community, and the workplace. Through the transformative power of education, Milestones is actively assisting parents, professionals, and individuals with autism on their journey and improving their outcomes.

Core services and programs:
· Annual Autism Conference with workshop track designated for parents, family members, and caregivers
· One-on-one consultations at any age, stage, and ability
· Free autism Helpdesk, open 24/7
· Vetted Online Resource Center

If you are interested in a consultation, please fill out an intake form and someone will contact you.

A series of free apps that help teach kids situational behaviors and emotions through video modeling.

A library of more than 14,000 lessons and the tools and media to customize them or create your own from scratch. The lessons can be tailored to any grade level, assigned to any student, and played on iPad or Android tablets, laptop or desktop computers.

If you believe this app would be effective for your family (or student) but find it is too costly, there are opportunities available for financial assistance, including your local Board of Developmental Disabilities. Contact our Helpdesk for more information.

Money Up is an app for children learning to handle money, kids, teens and adults with developmental disabilities as well as for therapists who work with stroke survivors, those in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, and more.

If you believe this app would be effective for your family (or student) but find it is too costly, there are opportunities available for financial assistance, including your local Board of Developmental Disabilities. Contact our Helpdesk for more information.

A website that offers social skills training videos that can be used by parents or professionals. Worksheets are also available to download and correspond with the videos. There is a smartphone app available as well.

This site requires a membership fee to receive access to all of their videos.

Website that offers an online newspaper, a specialized curriculum program and a web-based symbol search engine, all customized for students with special needs. Fees vary based on the types of programs you select.

Articles and resources related to:

The basics of sexuality and child development
Sexuality and disability
The primary role of parents as sexual health educators for their children
Content to teach at various ages
Materials developed with specific disabilities in mind
Commercial products and curricula

NICHCY has collected these important materials from reliable sources, and reviewing them might help you clarify your own parenting decisions.

A multi-university center promoting the use of evidence-based practice for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders.

NPDC on ASD has identified 24 practices that meet the criteria for evidence-based practices for children and youth with autism spectrum disorders.

New rules regarding County Board of Developmental Disabilities Service and Support Administration became effective March 17, 2014.

The Arc of Ohio, People First of Ohio, Ohio Self Determination Association and the Department of DD worked together to create a handbook for Ohioans with Developmental Disabilities and their Families.

While geared for those providers working with developmental disabilities and their families, parents can also learn some important information from watching these short FREE videos online which cover multiple OT topics. The topics thus far included are:

1. Visual Form Constancy
2. Visual Closure
3. Dysgraphia
4. Visual Figure Ground
5. Proprioception
7. Hypotonia
8. Sensory Sensitivity/Hypersensitivity
9. Sensory Diets
10. Visual Perception
11. Range of Motion
12. Visual Motor Integration
13. Contractures
14. Sensory Seeking/Hyposensitivity
15. Visual Discrimination
16. Visual Memory

Each discussion covers the medical/technical definition, a simplified explanation, real world examples of each condition, and symptoms of each condition. The videos can be found on iTunes, Apple TV, and Dr. Covington’s website. If you have any suggestions for future topics of discussion or have any questions, he also welcomes folks contacting him about same.

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-the-ot/id534966932
Website: www.AskDrCovington.com
Apple TV: Ask the OT

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.

Multicultural specialists are available for the Hispanic/Latino communities throughout the state of Ohio.
Especialistas multiculturales están disponibles para las comunidades hispanas/latinas en todo el estado de Ohio.

Marbella Caceras, Statewide Multicultural Specialist – phone: (800)374-2806 ext. 22

Delmar Roman, Hispanic Family Advoate – (877) 396-9138
(Serves Cuyahoga, Lorain, Akron, Summit, Lake, Medina, Ashtubula)

Delma is from Puerto Rico. She covers the Northern Ohio area and serves the Hispanic/Latino families in Northern Ohio regarding information and individual assistance on their rights through trainings and advocacy skills.
Delma Roman asiste a las familias en la parte Noreste de Ohio, proporcionando entrenamientos, hablando con padres por teléfono y atendiendo a las reuniones relacionadas con la educación de sus hijos/as.

This ‘one stop’ library of vetted age appropriate transition assessments was developed to assist IEP teams in selecting appropriate assessment during the transition planning process. Additional assessments will be added to the library quarterly after review by the state transition workgroup.

Founded in 2008, The Ohio Association for Behavior Analysis (OHABA) is an affiliated chapter of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI). OHABA is an organization for people interested in behavior analysis and is primarily an interest group.

A 501(c)6 non-profit organization that provides advocacy, communications, professional development, and technical assistance to all 88 of Ohio’s county boards of developmental disabilities.

Includes guides, webcasts, workshops and information on services throughout the autism journey, from diagnosis to adulthood.

A comprehensive multimedia lending library that is free and open to anyone who registers.

OHSAI provides advocacy, training and support for professionals working with children with special needs ages 0 – 5 years and their families.

This website was designed and intended to be the one-stop site for Ohioans for college access information. There is also information about adult non-degree and vocational programs throughout the state.

There are individualized interactive, search and on-going communication components. A registered user can have long-time planning, guidance, and communication as she/he pursues secondary educational planning.

The Autism Studies concentration is an eight (8) course program which includes an introduction to autism theories, techniques, treatment and therapies (learned within 5 theoretical courses) and 3 Practicum (field experience) courses offered online as part of the curriculum.

The Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) has approved this eight (8) course sequence as meeting the coursework and the field experience requirements for taking the Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) Examination.

Saint Joseph’s University ia a Jesuit, Catholic university that offers online master’s degrees and graduate certificates.

Online guide for individuals with disabilites that discusses what to look for in an online college education.

The Emerson online Master’s in Communication Disorders program brings together online and in-person learning to offer the blend of independence, collaboration, and clinical supervision needed to develop as a confident clinician. The program is designed for students of all backgrounds, offering prerequisite courses online for students who have not previously studied speech-language pathology.

Formally known as Rehabilitation Services Commission (RSC), Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities is the State of Ohio agency that partners with Ohioans with disabilities to achieve quality employment and independence. We are also charged with making determinations on Social Security disability.

They have an online tool that allows staff and vocational rehabilitation (VR) participants to research available providers in their area. Searches can be targeted by a specific VR service, or by county, city, address, provider type (i.e. Employment First) or provider name. The OOD Community Rehabilitation Program (CRP) Scorecards will also be part of this new tool.

The Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) Bingo App provides a fun, mobile way to practice vocabulary, articulation, language and rhyming. It includes 4 free Bingo boards.

Working with the Bureau of Special Education (BSE), Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE), PaTTAN provides a full array of professional development and technical assistance targeted to improving student results.

Services include summer institutes, ongoing professional development series, webinars, on-site assistance, and individual student or teacher supports.

Informative site about pursuing music therapy in public schools.

For 50 years, Prentke Romich Company has been leading the way in giving a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves. Since their founding in 1966, PRC has paved the way in the development of speech-generating devices (SGDs) and continues to innovate in the field of augmentative and alternative communication.

They are also a pioneer in the field of language and vocabulary development, giving children and adults with communication challenges the ability to participate in life.

Free app that lets you create stories and make them into movies. You can customize with your own images.

App that teaches students place and object association by putting things away in different rooms. Can also customize scenes with uploaded pictures.

This online program offers the power of technology to provide clinical support, best-practice tools, and research-based content to reach children with special needs. Parents are exposed to video-based lessons to show how to work with their children using ABA techniques. Educators can use the site for guided instruction in ABA teaching strategies.

Members gain access to Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) approved supervision with multiple supervisors.

This website requires membership fees.

An Advocate, Consultant, & Trainer working for families who have a child(ren) with special needs for the past 20 years. She has experience in providing support, information, resources, case management, development of crisis & care plans for parents who has a child(ren) at risk or identified with a disability, for women & children in a Domestic Violence Crisis Shelter, and for Young Adults seeking/receiving Adult Services.

She also has knowledge about Individual Education Plans, 504 plans, Services Plans, Transition/Employment Plans, & Behavioral Plans.

This program covers 80 of the most common safety signs and words used in our communities.

Install support is available at http://conovercompany.com/education/mobile-technology/applications

Nonprofit organization that provides outreach to Ohio’s parents and children, as well as to their legislative and community leaders, and encourages them to engage in the discussion about school choice, as well as dialogue about school improvement initiatives.

Offers schooling details and scholarship information within the state of Ohio.

Flash-card style app that allows you to create your own library of cards.

A parent, teacher, and school supply company dedicated to providing parents and educators with the lowest possible prices on products that will actually help children grow and develop.

Free app that creates custom communication boards.

This webpage offers links to relevant resources and information from the Ohio Department of Education relating to students with special needs.

Spectrum’s area of expertise extends into the areas of curriculum design, teacher training, educational resources, and technical support.

Currently, Spectrum provides the administrative oversight of Spectrum Resource Center  (an Autism Scholarship Provider) & School and is underway with the development of Spectrum Academy of Excellence, a proposed public charter school for grades 6 through 12.

Spectrum provides consulting and training services to interested parent groups, school districts, educators as well as developmental disability, mental health, juvenile justice and child welfare agencies across the country and internationally.

The Spectrum Education Center encompasses student training, community outreach, and professional development for students interested in autism intervention and advocacy. It requires a 3.0 GPA and the completion of 30-credit hours for eligibility.

Students who participate in Spectrum’s Internship Program work at a clinical site 24 hours per week while completing courses specifically designed for the program.

Provides diagnostic evaluations where an autism spectrum disorder is suspected, in coordination with primary care physician.

Able to provide behavior analytic/functional behavioral evaluations where there are concerns about disruptive and other maladaptive behaviors.

Works with individual, parents, other family members, and caregivers, including educators, to develop plans and teach skills for behavior change and other goals.

Assists with autism education and help family members cope with associated stressors.

Extends treatment to children, adolescents, and adults experiencing fears, anxiety, and depression, problems related to ADD/ADHD, and child/adolescent behavioral issues at home and/or school, for assessment and problem-focused/evidence-based treatment.

Accepts Ohio Medicaid and CareSource insurance.

Additional location:
Reserve Psychological Consultants, Inc.
210 Portage Trail Ext. West, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio  44223.
Phone (330) 929-1326.

The only distributor of films exclusively featuring people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Sproutflix films have been used in agencies, universities and libraries to educate, enlighten and entertain.

They offer streams, downloads, DVD’s and playlists to be purchased and licensed for institutional and educational use.

Long-running computer game and curriculum created into a smartphone app that teaches letters and their sounds.

Learn-to-Read app through a variety of engaging activities, movies and songs. Based on the popular website and curriculum, the program was started in 2002 and has taught many children to read.

An independent & non-affiliated learner-centric educational public service, created with the intention of empowering learners without regard to institutional and national boundaries; cultural mores and religious beliefs; race, gender and sexual orientation.

Permission is granted to freely copy, adapt, and distribute individual Study Guides in print format in non-commercial educational settings that benefit learners.

The website is intended for students, ages middle school through returning adult, as well as their parents, teachers and support professionals.

Supportive network for friends, family and service professionals connected with Autism in Portage County.

Provides information, planned networking events, monthly support group and fun family activities.

Visit the SWAN website or our Event Calendar for upcoming event dates.

All people have a right to self-determination. Knowledge supports and encourages that right. Disability Rights Ohio hopes that the information contained in this online publication will help to strengthen the practical, day-to-day exercise of the right to self-determination for all people with disabilities.

Excellent app that can be helpful when making visual schedules, lists or written schedules.

Classroom management app designed to assist with seating charts, recording grades, and other responsibilities.

The Arc of Ohio has offices in several counties throughout the state. Each office offers local programming, in addition to these statewide services:

Advocacy — promotes and protects the rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by advocating on a broad range of issues that affects lives of individuals and their family members, friends and co-workers

Assistive Technology Program — the provision of electronic equipment such as iPads, tablets, specialized screens, touch screens and software

Summer Camp — a four-week traditional day camp program for school-age children (4-22) with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Camp is held Monday through Friday at Baylor Beach Park in Navarre, OH.

Family Choice Program — FCP bridges the gap in services that some individuals and families have been experiencing through the IO and Level 1 Waivers.

Support Brokerage — assists the participant and their families in arranging for, directing, and managing SELF Waiver services. A Support Broker represents and advocates for the participant in relation to the day-to-day coordination of services and community inclusion.

The Center supports educators and other professionals serving high school students with ASD, as well as supporting adolescents and their families in achieving optimal outcomes during and after high school.

Training materials, how-to booklets and guides are available for staff members working with students with autism.

App teaches addition and subtraction using a visual approach. The hands-on, count-as-you go approach is a natural extension of early counting skills, presented with powerful simplicity.

A statewide nonprofit organization that serves families of infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities in Ohio, and the educators and agencies who provide services to them. OCECD works through the coalition efforts of over 40 parent and professional disability organizations and over 70 individual members which comprise the Coalition.

Offers several conferences around Ohio geared towards parents and professionals on a variety of topics. They serve children and youth from birth to 26 years of age with any disability.

Provides Parent Mentor information and list of statewide mentors by county.

Parent Library offers several resources available to be borrowed for one month, through an Internet-based catalog.

Services available online and by private appointment to support and improve the lives of children and families who are struggling with sensory challenges.

Services are available for parents, educators, therapists, clinics and schools. Online site offers products available for purchase.

Timocco is an online, therapeutic gaming environment specifically designed for children with special needs. Using motion based technology, their games respond to the child’s movements. Timocco’s patented tracking software allows any webcam to identify and follow player’s movements by following objects held by the player.

This document offers tips and ideas, as well as suggested grants and giveaways a parent can investigate when researching the purchase of an iPad.

View the guide here.

TES will conduct a comprehensive evaluation that determines a child’s strengths and weaknesses and will guide treatment planning. They provide educational services for children and teens ages 3-18 and their families. They have branch offices in California, Michigan and Ohio. Their headquarters is in South Pasadina, CA.

Services offered include:
Waiver services as an Ohio Waiver Provider
Speech and Language Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Behavioral Support and ABA Therapy
Psychological Assessments
Tutoring

TES is an in-network preferred provider with many insurance companies, including a variety of PPOs and HMOs, as well as Medicaid. In addition they accept the following forms of payment: personal/cashiers checks, money orders, and credit/debit cards via PayPal.

This site allows you to choose the Transition Domain (Employment, Education/Training, Independent Living) that you wish to explore transition assessments for. Once you choose a domain, you may then choose the appropriate grade level(s), and the disability area(s) that are most similar to the needs of the student(s) you are assessing.

This 10-session series offers short presentations on different components of a transitional IEP and provides an explanation and example of what it means to meet compliance for that particular component.

Guidebook developed by the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights for school professionals that provides information on the admission process, post-admissions and keys to success for students with disabilities.

It is an easy-to-use, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app for the iPad. It has a simple design and is intuitive, allowing people who are non-verbal to have conversations right away.

A free app that creates step-by-step instructions for daily tasks through images and videos.

WH Questions is a multi-player game designed specifically to help kids answer and ask WH questions. Designed by a certified speech-language pathologist, WH Questions features over 400 WH opportunities to answer and ask real-world questions.

Customization allows the adult to tailor WH Questions for the child’s specific needs.

If you believe this app would be effective for your family (or student) but find it is too costly, there are opportunities available for financial assistance, including your local Board of Developmental Disabilities. Contact our Helpdesk for more information.

A website guide that helps students with disabilities on their transition into college.

Management consulting firm that can offer assessments and recommendations for companies considering the hire of people with disabilities.

Website devoted to special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.

A therapeutic tool designed to work on answering questions presented both auditorily and in writing. Five levels of increasing difficulty include answering questions about objects, color, shape, categories, verbs, features and comparisons. This app is designed in collaboration with a Speech Language Pathologist.