Resource Crosswalk

The resources presented in this Crosswalk lend support to state partners, including the state agencies, state support teams, and educational services centers by providing professional learning, technical assistance, coaching, and implementation supports.

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Identifying Need

The following resources lend support to identifying gaps, needs, and/or underlying issues.

Description	Type	Length	Certificate
Access to the General Education Curriculum/Literacy Access for ALL This FREE, 10-part video series containing over 70 coaching videos and hundreds of resources explores strategies grounded in research that are designed to ensure ALL learners have access to the general curriculum.
Age-Appropriate Transition Assessment Planning Guide Throughout this guide, you will be introduced to the planning process for transition assessment. It is important we 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.
Educational Service Guidelines for the Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing A guidance document for deaf education in Ohio that focuses on how to identify, assess, plan, provide, and monitor educational services and programs. Key concepts are essential building blocks that support evidence-based predictors for post-school success.
Effective Practices: Supporting Youth In School, In the Community and On the Job and Predictors of Post School Success Effective Practices and Predictors are research-based strategies that focus on supporting transition age youth to gain critical skills and experiences. The Practices and Predictors are useful to transition professionals in school and agencies across systems and in multiple environments.
ELSA (Employability/Life Skills Assessment) ELSA is an informal assessment to gather information about a student or youth’s current abilities with 24 employability and life skills. Additional Resources
Expert Learners Through the Lens: How do Kids Know What Helps Them Learn A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron discussion on Expert Learners.
Ohio Guidelines for Working with Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired The purpose Ohio Guidelines for Working with Students who are Blind or Visually Impaired is to provide guidance for decision-making for educators and families. Learners who are blind or visually impaired have a wide range of abilities, as well as needs. To support them in the general education curriculum, educators, and families must be knowledgeable of services required and resources available.
On-Demand Training Professional Development The Outreach Center for Deafness and Blindness at OCALI supports districts through on-demand group training to meet identified needs for supporting students who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind and visually impaired
Technical Assistance/Consultation The Outreach Center for Deafness and Blindness assists families and educators with individualized information and training for students who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind and visually impaired.
The Guidelines for the Assessment and Educational Evaluation of Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing The Guidelines for the Assessment and Educational Evaluation of Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing guidance document is a collection of suggestions for families and professionals designed to help teams determine what to include in an educational evaluation along with recommendations for administration. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide you with current best practices in the assessment and evaluation of deaf and hard of hearing students to improve postschool outcomes for students.
The MedEd Connections Resource Guide: Blind or Visually Impaired The MedEd Connections Resource Guide: Blind or Visually Impaired is designed to support families as they manage, access, and share medical and educational information concerning their children. The purpose of this guide is to help families build their understanding and connect important medical and educational information to make more informed decisions, so that their children who are blind or visually impaired (B/VI) can grow and live their best lives.
Transition Assessment and Transition Planning, InspirED Webinar Series Explore a 3 part InspirED series on Transition Assessment and Transition Planning offering good foundational information for all team members serving transition youth (special educators, general educators, therapists, transition coordinators, paraprofessionals, etc.)
Universal Design for Learning and Explicit Instruction A 10 Minutes with Barb and Ron about Universal Design for Learning and Explicit Instruction.
Weaving the UDL Framework with Specially Designed Instruction: A Beautiful Tapestry with and without disabilities A quick 30 minutes on how Specially Designed Instruction compliments Universal Design for Learning.