OCALI Highlights

NEW! PBIS Modules

Announcing a new comprehensive set of PBIS modules - the Tier 1 Schoolwide Module Series! Click to explore!

OCALI’s Autism Center is Hiring!

Join the OCALI team as a Regional Autism Specialist, creating and providing professional development, coaching, and consultation regionally for those who work with children and young adults with autism, developmental disabilities, trauma, and complex behavior challenges.

Hiring an Outreach Specialist – Deaf/Hard of Hearing

Are you a Teacher of the Deaf (TOD) that loves supporting other educators and families? Are you passionate about literacy? We need you!

NCADEMI and OCALI

OCALI's Assistive Technology and Accessible Educational Materials Center will be working with the National Center on Accessible Digital Educational Materials and Instruction to improve the accessibility of digital educational materials and instruction for learners with disabilities from toddlers to high school students.

Hiring Instructional Design Specialist

We are looking for an experienced Instructional Design Specialist to join our growing team. This hybrid role involves designing interactive learning experiences for online training. Knowledge of evidence-based practices in autism and developmental disabilities is preferred.

Unlocking the Foundations of Reading

This module series is designed to provide educators with the tools they need to implement reading instruction for all deaf or hard of hearing learners. CEUs are available.

Federal Quota Registration and Office Hours

Welcome to our one-stop shop for registering eligible legally blind students for Federal Quota funds and requesting accessible materials for any student with a print disability.

OCALI Family Support Specialists

The Center for The Young Child has launched the Family Support Specialists program for parents of young children starting out on their early intervention journey.

How to Video Gallery

These quick videos showcase simple tips, adapted materials and strategies that demonstrate how easy it is to get started supporting diverse students in any subject area, any grade-level, and any classroom.

TODs and TVIs

Interested in becoming a teacher of the deaf (TOD) or Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI)? Watch the video about becoming a teacher and explore accredited college/university preparation programs.

Access + Belonging = Community

Providing a welcoming, safe, accessible environment for all members of your community, including those with disabilities and neurodivergence, is not just the right thing to do.

Surrogate Parent Training

"Being a surrogate parent can be a very rewarding experience." Learn more about the surrogate parent role and how you can represent a youth's interests and be a voice throughout the special education process.

ATIM Speech Recognition as AT for Writing

Is your student interested in using their voice to type? Learn about a simple four-step process, "Think It, Say It, Check It, Fix It" to implement speech recognition as assistive technology for writing.

New SIFTS Vision Domain

Use the SIFTS Vision Domain to support feature-matching in AT assessments for low vision and blindness, covering needs in a variety of areas.

Early Childhood PBIS Training

The PBIS and Young Learners module series is now available! Administrators, classroom personnel, family members and other community members can learn more about developing PBIS Leadership Teams.

Universal Access Module Series

Do you want to learn how to provide meaningful inclusion in your child care or preschool setting? Check out the Universal Access Module Series, a self-paced Early Childhood series.

HAT Devices

Calling all educational audiologists and teachers of the deaf! Hearing Assistive Technology (HAT) devices are now available to borrow for FREE! These devices can provide greater access to learners who need additional hearing support.

PECIC Level 3

Expand your professional knowledge inclusion and earn the Level III of the Professional Early Childhood Inclusion Credential. For more information on how to get started check out the PECIC Resources Page.

Establishing Families as Partners

Are you looking to boost your team's knowledge and capacity for family engagement? Sign up for your cross-agency training this fall!

Connecting the Dots Podcast

Join us for the debut episode of Connecting the Dots, a new podcast series from the Autism Center at OCALI, aimed at raising awareness about autism and empowering communities. Check out the latest episode!

Center of Excellence Newsletter Sign Up

Looking for news on early childhood inclusion support, resources, and training? Subscribe now to the Scoop! Learn more about how to create meaningful participation of all children by subscribing to the newsletter.

Traveling Through Transition

Whether you're new to transition planning or looking for additional resources to navigate to a specific adult life vision, Traveling Through Transition will help a student, family, educator and education team.

The Reading Brain: Before and After Brain Injury

Reading is an essential component in today's society. Many people who sustain a brain injury experience deficits in reading that make it difficult and frustrating to adapt to their new normal.

Obtaining AEM

It's not too soon to start thinking about next school year. What materials will your students need and how can the AT&AEM Center help you obtain accessible formats?

Ensuring Access to the General Curriculum for All Learners

Teachers and professionals are thrilled about this FREE video-based series! Create your free account and explore research-based strategies that are designed to ensure ALL learners have access to the general curriculum.

Grab and Go Resources: Behavior Cue Cards

Do you need resources for your staff? Print and share these cards so they know how to respond to a student at different levels of emotion and regulation to avoid escalating behaviors.

OCALI Resource Gallery Crosswalk

Looking for professional learning, tech assistance, evidence-based practices, or implementation supports to enhance experiences and outcomes for all learners? Check out OCALI’s NEW Resource Crosswalk.

New Podcast Episode

Take an audio journey with OCALI through our forum of stories and connections from our ongoing work of inspiring change and promoting access for people with disabilities.

Support Access to Learning with Curriculum Kits

Curriculum kits are available for free to anyone in Ohio with a Lending Library account. Whether you're looking for specific subjects or topics, grades or age spans, there is a curriculum kit for you!

Age-Appropriate Transition Assessment Planning Guide

This guide introduces users to the planning process for transition assessment. It is important to intentionally plan for transition assessment to ensure we reduce duplication, build on a student's progress, and identify individualized assessment to build the youth's profile in relationship to those skills needed for their adult life goals.

Grab-n-Go Resource Gallery Kit

This kit, available through our Lending Library, offers a variety of interventions with how-to explanations to support all learners, including those with autism.

InspirED Episodes Now on YouTube!

Did you miss a session? Do you want to re-watch your favorite episodes? Check out the InspirED Playlists on our OCALI YouTube channel.

Children's Books on Autism

Discover books to use with children ages preschool through high school to learn more about autism.

It Starts With Families

This new guide supports local professionals serving individuals and their families to become familiar with the research around family engagement and understanding their unique needs.