County Specific Resources: Ashtabula County

Provides vocational skills training and employment by contracting with many local companies for light assembly and packaging work.

This preschool program is designed to meet the unique needs of young children between the ages of three and six. Based upon knowledge of growth and development, teachers will select learning materials, design classroom space and organize schedules in order to best meet the individual needs of the children in each session. The program includes children with special needs, along with typical peers.

Special education contacts for the Ashtabula school district:

Lori Riley, M.A.Ed.
Director of Special Education Services
lori.riley@neomin.org
(440) 992-1295

Lisa Newsome, M.S.Ed.
Supervisor of Special Education Services & Administrator for Early Learning Center
lisa.newsome@neomin.org
(440) 992-1280

Support group for families living with autism.

Offers a variety of school services for children with developmental disabilities from birth to 21, including Early Intervention, Preschool, and School Age services.

Adult Services include employment assistance,community support, supported living/waiver services, investigative support, family support and transportation services.

A team of volunteers who offers support and emotional assistance. The team can be requested in a catastrophic event or a death or dying experience affecting an individual, family member or employee involved with the Ashtabula County Board of Developmental Disabilities.

Early Intervention (EI) is a statewide system that provides coordinated early intervention services to parents of eligible children under the age of three with developmental delays or disabilities. Every family served in EI will have a local EI team that consists of a service coordinator, service providers, and your family.

Local contact information is available by searching on the website.

Offers include respite services; speech and language therapy; and in-home respite care. There are also summer camps for children with disabilities in Alliance and Ashtabula.

For children younger than 3, Easter Seals offers speech and language therapy.

Read this document for further information about Easter Seals’ services.

Serves students from K-9th grade

Preschool services for children ages 3-5

New Avenues’ programs are currently serving over 700 individuals, ages 3-100 years in Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, and Summit counties. The individuals served include those with disabilities and chronic health conditions such as developmental disabilities, mental illness, autism, cerebral palsy, brain injury, and Down syndrome.

Services offered include Residential Services, Supported Living/Community Services, Vocational Services, Day Services, Senior Services and Children’s Programs (summer camp and recreational program).

They have a satellite office in Ashtabula:
2125 West Prospect Road, Ashtabula, Ohio 44004
(440) 964-2264

Provides support and employment options for individuals with developmental disabilities who have a desire to work in the community.