March is Brain Injury Awareness Month

Agency Highlight:  Brain Injury Association of Ohio

BIAOH is a statewide advocacy and education organization established in 1982 to improve services and supports to Ohioans with brain injury and their families, and to promote prevention.  OCALI works collaboratively with BIAOH to improve educational services for students with brain injury.

[ Learn more about BIAOH ]

Coordinating Secondary Transition Planning, Process and Activities: A Seminar for Transition Leaders - April 15 and April 29, 2010

The Coordinating Secondary Transition Planning, Process and Activities: A Seminar for Transition Leaders workshop is a two-day event that will focus on implementing best practices and community linkages. Participants will be guided through an effective secondary transition planning process for students with disabilities that goes beyond the completion of the IEP transition forms to creating and implementing meaningful and effective transition plans. Day One: Thursday April 15, 2010 - Day Two: Thursday April 29, 2010

[ Download PDF Flyer and Registration Form ]

Crick Software Workshop - April 16, 2010

This workshop will showcase Clicker 5, Clicker Paint, WriteOnline, and ClozePro, along with the Clicker Powered Resources, Find Out and Write About, Planet Wobble, Clicker Animations, and their most recent resource, New to English. Participants will also review Crick Software’s LearningGrids World, a website where you can find over 800 free, professionally made resources for WriteOnline, Clicker, Clicker Paint, and ClozePro.

[ Learn more and register ]

Imagine the Possibilities: Literacy Practices for Students with Significant Disabilities

Registration is closed for this event

March 18-19, 2010 - 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m
Dr. Harry E. Eastridge Professional Development Center
5700 W. Canal Road, Building B Valley View, OH 44125

[ Download PDF Save the Date Flyer ]

OCALI E-Newsletter - The Sphere

OCALI is pleased to announce the release of its new quarterly electronic newsletter The Sphere. The Sphere will connect you with news, information, events and people whose lives are touched by autism and low incidence disabilities.

[ Download the latest issue of The Sphere - Spring 2010 - Vol. IV Issue 1 (PDF) ]

[ View E-Newsletter Archive ]

Ohio's Parent Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders

Ohio's Parent Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders is now online! Thank you to all those parents who devoted so much time and energy to this valuable resource.

[ Learn more about Ohio's Parent Guide to ASD ]

ASD Transition to Adulthood Guidelines

The OCALI Transition to Adulthood Guidelines are now online. Information, resources, and tools are available in these guidelines to assist educators, individuals with ASD, parents, and adult service providers when planning for and navigating through post-school life.

[ View the Transition to Adulthood Guidelines ]