"A great man is always willing to be little." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

This page provides a wealth of information on Autism and other information covering many illnesses and disabilities.

Listing of drivers ed instructors for Disabled Students
www.drivertraining.ohio.gov/Disability_Schools.pdf

Scholarships opportunities for the Disabled,
please check out scholarship and grant button also.
College Preparation Resources for Students with disabilities
www.washington.edu/doit/Resources/college_prep.html

www.finaid.org/otheraid/ld.phtml

The below site also offers many other resources for the disabled
www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=84

OR
www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=7022

Ohio Statewide Testing Program Rules Book
District Policies and Procedures
Revised Draft IEP and ETR Forms and much more can be found at the below website
www.edresourcesohio.org

Preparing for Postsecondary Education
www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=5038

The Ability Center

The Ability Center has child advocates on staff who can assist with IEPs 504 Plans or service plans for private school students. They have several years experience and work with students 3-22 of all disability types.
They can assist with communicating with the school, provide resources, consult, and attend meetings with you.

To fill out an online intake, click here:

Click Here to take survey
Or call:
Jennifer Kirby or Suzanne Van Hee at 866-885-5733 (Greater Toledo)
Sheila Worthington at 877-209-8336
(Defiance) Tory Heilman at 877-734-0330 (Ottawa County)
www.abilitycenter.org

Here are some other websites that the Ability Center is suggesting you visit.
Information about candidates, especially for President, Congress, and the Ohio House and Senate - and where those folks stand on disability issues.

Candidate materials
www.abilitycenter.org/disabilityvote

These are in printable form if you need hard copies to pass out at an event or in your office.
www.ohiodisabilityvote.org

(keep checking for updates during the next week or so)
Link to the National Presidential Candidate Forum on Disability:
aapddc.org

NAMI's Comparison of Obama and McCain:
www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=2008_Primaries_and_Elections&Template=/ContentManagement/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=55411

Global list of IEP goals
It's an IEP goal bank.
You can find almost anything you need in here.
www.bridges4kids.org/IEP/iep.goal.bank.pdf

Biomedical Treatment for Autistic Children
Please read note from parent below regarding this treatment
generationrescue.org/biomedical.html

Interesting.... We have just recently got Zachary up to a full dose of Glutathione transdermal cream under the supervision of our DAN doctor, Dr. Demio. i don't recommend trying anything bio-medical without a DAN doctor!
But if you try one out, it is pretty amazing...
Slow progress, but steady :)
Hugs!
Toni

From Age of Autism:
www.ageofautism.com/2009/04/unlock-your-health-with-osr-the-powerful-antioxidant-from-cti-science.html
Unlock Your Health with OSR, The Powerful Antioxidant From CTI Science
By Kim Stagliano
Many of you have heard of Dr. Boyd Haley's revolutionary new fat-soluble antioxidant called "OSR" (Optimize, Strengthen, Rejuvenate).
My three girls began taking OSR several months ago. OSR has been the only recent addition to their treatment.
I can tell you that Gianna is now in two mainstream classes in school, Mia is telling me what day it is and what's on her schedule at school and Bella is.... well, Bella is cuter than ever and her receptive speech has improved to where she can follow directions and communicate with her PECS. I've seen some minor sleep disruption that passed in two of the three girls.
Contact your doctor, dentist or chiropractor to let them know they can register to purchase OSR at
www.ctiscience.com
From the CTI Science website:
What Is OSR?
OSR#1TM is an antioxidant product that scavenges free radicals and helps maintain healthy glutathione levels.
Free Radicals
Free radicals are destructive molecules that can accumulate in people who do not eat a healthy diet. They can compromise the normal function of each cell in the body. This in part explains why a healthy diet is essential to good overall health.
Glutathione
Glutathione is a compound that is naturally made by each cell in the body. Its role is to help each cell repair itself using the body's own natural mechanisms. Glutathione is one of the most important tools the body has to maintain health. People who do not eat a healthy diet often have difficulty maintaining a healthy glutathione level.
OSR#1TM
OSR#1TM scavenges free radicals, meaning that it binds them, shuts them down, and discards them. Whereas the purpose of all antioxidants is to scavenge free radicals, OSR#1TM has been shown to be extremely proficient in its ability to do so. Because OSR#1TM scavenges free radicals with significant proficiency, it helps relieve glutathione of its responsibility to do so, thereby helping to maintain a healthy glutathione level.
Why OSR#1TM is different
OSR#1TM, unlike other antioxidants, is lipid-soluble, also known as fat-soluble. Other antioxidants are water-soluble.
This is an important distinction, because lipid-soluble compounds like OSR#1TM pass easily through other lipids, whereas water-soluble compounds, like other antioxidants, do not.
Because every cell of the body has a cell wall made of lipid (called the phospholipid membrane), this distinction becomes profoundly important.
In other words, OSR#1TM, being lipid soluble, has the capacity and affinity for passing through cell membranes and can get inside of each cell where free radicals exist. Antioxidants that are water-soluble cannot get into the inside of each cell and therefore, even if they are competent scavengers, will not be given an opportunity to scavenge free radicals because they cannot get physically to the place the free radicals exist inside the cells.
Suggested retail cost is $60 per one month supply of 30, 100mg capsules.
There's plenty of info to read about OSR at the CTI Science site at the above website.
I sprinkle the powder into Bella's morning juice and onto Mia and Gianna's gluten free waffle breakfast sandwich. We've seen some nice "Wows!" from OSR.
In fact, just yesterday Gianna's teacher said to me, "...if Gianna were to take classes at a Community College..." Everything got blurry at that point, my ears rang and my eyes stung.
My child? College?
I hope you will see wow's too.
Kim Stagliano is Managing Editor of Age of Autism.

Flex Your Brain
www.brainconnection.com/games

Aspirations
This program is designed to give young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) the opportunity to discuss their own vocational and social experiences in a small group setting and be guided in ways of how to improve their skills in these areas.
www.aspirationsohio.org

Children's Buy-In Program (CBI) from Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services
As you may know, the Ohio Dept. of Job and Family Services began the Children's Buy-In (CBI) program in April.
CBI was expected to cover 5,000 kids with special health needs whose working parents were struggling to cover their health care costs. So far, only two children have successfully been enrolled.
Part of this is due to the eligibility requirements and the other is simply because families aren't aware of the program.
CBI targets working families with income ABOVE $42,000 per year.
To date, 90 percent of those who have applied have actually been under income.
Anything you can do to spread the word to eligible families would be greatly appreciated.
Here is the link to the CBI Web site:
jfs.ohio.gov/OHP/cbi/index.stm
Families can only apply online.
Feel free to add this link to your Web site or in any newsletters/mailings you may send to families and providers working with children. Since CareSource will be the providing access to the services, a marketing brochure is available that includes income requirements, covered services and associated costs.
If you have any questions or would like to request a presentation for your organization, please contact me using the information below.
Toni Bigby
Consumer Advocacy Director
CareSource Management Group
65 E. State Street, 8th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Toni.Bigby@csmg-online.com
www.csmg-online.com

Computers for people with disabilities
www.atohio.org/computers.html

Resources for Down Syndrome
Administration on Developmental Disabilities
Administration for Children and Families
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Mail Stop: HHH 300F
370 L’Enfant Promenade S.W.
Washington, DC 20447
(202) 690-6590
American Speech, Language and Hearing Association
10801 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
1-800-638-8255 or 1-888-321-ASHA
www.asha.org
Learning Disabilities Association of America
4156 Library Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15234-1349
(412) 341-1515 or 1-888-300-6710
www.ldanatl.org
March of Dimes
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605
(914) 428-7100
1-888-MODIMES (1-888-663-4637)
www.modimes.org
National Down Syndrome Congress
1370 Center Drive, Suite 102
Atlanta, GA 30338
1-800-232-6372
(770) 604-9500
www.ndsccenter.org
National Down Syndrome Society
666 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
1-800-221-4602
(212) 460-9330
www.ndss.org
National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
P.O. Box 1492
Washington, DC 20013-1492
1-800-695-0285
(202) 884-8200
www.nichcy.org
Mid-Atlantic Regional Human Genetics Network (MARHGN)
(genetic counseling)
Curtis Coughlin II, MS, MARHGN Coordinator
MARGHN c/o Christiana Health Care Services
Genetics Room 1988
4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road
P.O. Box 6001
Newark, DE 19718
(302) 733-6732
www.pitt.edu/~marhgn
National Society of Genetic Counselors
233 Canterbury Drive
Wallingford, PA 19086-6617
(610) 872-7608
www.nsgc.org
The Arc of the United States
1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 650
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 565-3842
(301) 565-3843 - Fax
www.thearc.org

A Workbook for Youth with Disabilities
www.ncwd-youth.info/assets/guides/411/411_Disability_Disclosure_complete.pdf

Sex Education for Physically, Emotionally, and Mentally Challenged Youth
This site also provides a list of organizations and websites.
www.advocatesforyouth.org/PUBLICATIONS/frtp/challengedyouth.htm

Autism Spectrum Disorders: The New Rainbow
www.cdc.gov/excite/ScienceAmbassador/ambassador_pgm/lessonplans/Autism%20Spectrum%20Disorders-The%20Rainbow.pdf

Autism Information Center
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/screening.htm

Autism Walk Results and Local Support Group Announcement
Thanks to all for your support of our 2nd Annual Local Autism Walk Around the World held on September 20th at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds. This year we raised nearly $2500 in scholarship funds for families affected by Autism. Although this scholarship is available to parents worldwide, we have several families in our local area that are receiving these scholarship funds or are actively applying for assistance and fundraising for their own training at the Autism Treatment Center of America, Home of the Son-Rise Program.
At the Autism Treatment Center of America, I found my tool box. Actually this toolbox has always been there, filled to the brim with God given tools. The Son-Rise program taught us how to use our tools with precision. No one loves our children like we do. No one wants more for them. No one believes in them like we do. My family has learned how to set up a loving home environment as well as a successful learning environment for our special child. He is successfully learning how to build relationships in this environment, and when he is really good at it, we will integrate other children into his life.
Typically, it is our children that get integrated into an often over stimulating classroom with many distractions and many other children. not to mention a totally unpredictable social environment. So, here comes the kid that flaps his hands when he gets excited. He gets excited because literally everywhere in the classroom there is something really cool to look at or pick up, etc. He has no intention to create mischief and definitely not to draw attention to himself, just innocent curiosity. Other kids, maybe even the teacher, might "judge" his hand flapping behavior as weird. Now he is the weird kid that flaps his hands. This weird kid is by no means un-intelligent, and he senses that others are not comfortable around him. It isn't long before he is showing signs of aggression towards the other kids. I heard this scenario slightly different from so many parents before me. This particular scenario was my fear of my own child's future. When I learned that it doesn't have to go this way, you better believe I was ready to do whatever I had to do to give him every chance possible to be successful.
There is no magic Autism pill.
Recovery does not happen overnight and you will not find a parent of a recovered child that will tell you otherwise. Regardless of the controversy, people are recovering.
The good news is that we don't have to wait around to find the cause, the cure was born with the child; the parent! The cure is time, patience, love, dedication, and above all hope. Parents and caregivers today have every reason to believe that their child can accomplish and overcome, regardless of age. It is never too late to start something new, we never stop growing and learning. Our brains and even our bodies are constantly changing and creating. I had the privilege a year ago to sit in training at the Autism Treatment Center of America alongside a Mother from India. This was her second trip in 6 months to the United States on a modest income. When she was asked why she came back, she replied in slightly broken English, "Because I know this works, and I am doing it. My son is 31 years old and has never spoken until 6 months ago. They always told us he would never speak and we believed them. Now we believe in our son and he gives us words."
You may learn more about the Son-Rise program as well as view free training web videos at
www.autismtreatment.com

Upcoming Meetings:
AUTISM ONE 2009
Conference dates: Wednesday, May 20 - Sunday, May 24
Proud Member of the Autism Collaboration
Wednesday May 20, 2009
Dear Friends and Colleagues -
We are delighted to announce the launch of the next generation of AutismOne’s website as we move to increase the education, information, and reach of your voice. We have always been a conversation – parents and professionals – together focusing on the needs and together providing the answers for our children and families.
It’s about treatment, recovery, and prevention – it’s a conversation of hope and change. We learn from each other lighting the way for ourselves and the parents who follow.
Lend your voice. I’ll be blogging right there beside you. The new AutismOne site is temporarily located at
new.AutismOne.org

After the conference we will move to www.AutismOne.org

Click here and join the conversation. We look forward to hearing from you.

More to come soon

The Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities
More to come

ADHD and ADD
generationrescue.org/adhd/index.htm

Audio Training Schedule

AUDIO CONFERENCE TRAINING SCHEDULE

MAY 12, 2009 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Topic:
Behavior Focused IEP’s
Presenter:
Karen Lyke

JUNE 17, 2009 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Topic:
Is Your Child a Target of Bullying?
Presenter:
Barb Rutt

JULY 30, 2009
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Topic:
Understanding the Evaluation Process
Under IDEA 2004
Presenter:
Robin Bryant

AUGUST 25, 2009 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Topic:
Deafness/Hearing Impairment
Presenter:
Kim Dennison

TO REGISTER FOR ANY OF THE AUDIO CONFERENCES, PLEASE CALL JANE SEATON AT
1-800-374-2806 EXT. 13
Our Web Site
cts.vresp.com/c/?OhioCoalitionfortheE/17b4d30890/24712a66e0/3d73036e93

Autism Diagnosis Education Pilot Project
(614) 846-6258
dfarkas@ohioaap.org
www.ohioaap.org

Help a child with Autism
If you would prefer to send a donation directly to Zac’s account, you may do so anonymously by mailing your donation to:
Zachary’s Dream Fund
c/o First Financial Bank
Atten: Teller Line
POB 111
Van Wert, OH 45891
(make checks payable to: Zachary’s Dream Fund)
We would like to fundraise through the summer, but by email! Because we aren’t fundraising for postage!!!
Please email us at
mailto:wisher@bright.net

with
“ Zac’s dream fund”
in the subject line of the email and we will keep you on our loop. If YOU ARE RECEIVEING THIS BY EMAIL- we already got you!
Last November you all helped us to raise $4700.00!!!
I would like to share with you exactly what these funds have paid for:
4 outreaches with Susan at $450 each = $1800!!!
THANK YOU!!
If you didn't know, Susan is a certified Son-Rise Child Facilitator- also the mother of a RECOVERED son- Jake is entering his teens as a "typical" teen with no signs of Autism... We like to have Susan come once per month to our house (or at least once every 6 weeks) it helps to keep us "on our toes" and Zac is changing SOO FAST- we love the new ideas for games and building with him, and observing her work with him is such a great learning experience. We are blessed that Susan lives so close to us! The only travel expense we have to pay is for her gasoline to drive here... Some parents have to also pay for hotel and airfare to experience a Son-Rise Child Facilitator in their home...
$215 Camera System in Zac's room; this has allowed for us to have a unique training and feedback system for our DREAM TEAM!!!
Zac's Dream team consists of his Mom, Dad, and Grandma of course, as well as TEN wonderful, loving VOLUNTEERS (and this number is growing! We have new volunteer interest almost weekly!) That together provides over 30 hours of therapy per week!! Let me tell you, they are ALL ROCK STARS! We love them very much and so does Zac :) The results of having these extra hours with people other than Max and I are simply breathtaking. We also have some extremely fun and wonderful friends and family volunteering time with Karly!!! This is so exciting, because she gets special time too.
$2,446 training cost for April training for Max and Toni- Yes, you paid for us to receive the training we needed to become true Forces of Nature AND recover Zachary from Autism.
YES, Zac is recovering from Autism- it is happening so very fast- AND IS SO EXCITING!!!!
Things we have paid for out of pocket (mostly financed) since starting our program- {NOT INCLUDING pre-diagnosis or PRE SON-RISE program cost of other therapies, lab & doctor.
specialist fees, fencing in of the backyard (safety) = well over $15,000}
Son-Rise Start-Up training (May 07): $5,015
New Frontiers Training (Nov 07): $2,580
Training Materials- CDs & DVDs, books, etc.: $650
Outreaches with Susan: $850
Cost to "set-up" playroom (shelving, two-way mirror in door, mini tramp, exercise ball, etc: $300-$500
Currently, new diet changes, dietary supplements, vitamins & mineral: - this has cost us slightly extra on the grocery bill- but not enough to mention… only want to mention that the changes made to our diet have been remarkable for our progress with Zac!
Things that we still want:
Electrical work in Zac's room: Donated or hired- we don’t care! J Need four electrical outlets moved/added up near ceiling to plug our cameras into so our dangling wires don’t become a hazard OR a toy!!
Two more cameras: $215- currently unable to view entire room
More outreaches!!
We want to hire Susan to come every 6 weeks into our home… if we run a program for three more years (8 outreaches per year) our cost would be $10,800 (approx. $3,600 per year)
Video Consultation packages: This fall we will start some video consultation packages with a top Son-Rise teacher: $465 per consultation, total of 3 consults per year =$4,185 over three years ($1,395 per year)
Volunteer training!! We would LOVE to send our volunteers to training!! In the event that we would have extra funds, it would be a huge blessing to send our dedicated volunteers to training at the Autism Treatment Center of America in Massachusetts.
As always we know that not everyone will be able to donate financially… From you we only ask that you continue to pray for us and keep us in your thoughts. Your prayers have answered so many of our needs- and you are all such a wonderful blessing in our lives.
Sincerely,
The Wishers
Max, Toni, Zac & Karly
In order for us to take advantage of the Ohio Autism Scholarship funding we would have to add up to $20,000 of expenses to our program per year, and it would likely be services totally unrelated to what we are doing with Zac and what we want for him. We have opted to stick with what we are doing with less expense, more hope, and dreams of recovery.

AUTISM ONE 2009
Conference dates: Wednesday, May 20 - Sunday, May 24
Proud Member of the Autism Collaboration
Wednesday May 20, 2009
Dear Friends and Colleagues -
We are delighted to announce the launch of the next generation of AutismOne’s website as we move to increase the education, information, and reach of your voice. We have always been a conversation – parents and professionals – together focusing on the needs and together providing the answers for our children and families.
It’s about treatment, recovery, and prevention – it’s a conversation of hope and change. We learn from each other lighting the way for ourselves and the parents who follow.
Lend your voice. I’ll be blogging right there beside you. The new AutismOne site is temporarily located at
new.AutismOne.org

After the conference we will move to www.AutismOne.org

Click here and join the conversation. We look forward to hearing from you.
Autism and other developmental disabilities

Attention Families with Autistic Children:
If you would like to get together with other families with Autistic children or just with other parents that understand what you are going through please email Pamela at Pamela@NewHeightsEducation.org.

If you are interested in more information on the Son-Rise Program- Autism Treatment Center of America please check out their website http://www.autismtreatment.com

Autism Scholarship information:
http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEPrimary.aspx?Page=2&TopicID=91&TopicRelationID=996

Famous People with Disabilities
www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/general/famous.html

Autism Fact Sheet Published to view download
http://www.ies.ed.gov/ncser/pubs

Yellow Pages for Kids
www.yellowpagesforkids.com/help/oh.htm

Laws
Section 1116(b)(10) - (b) SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
(10) FUNDS FOR TRANSPORTATION AND SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL
SERVICES
(A) IN GENERAL– Unless a lesser amount is needed to comply with paragraph (9) and to satisfy all requests for supplemental educational services under subsection (e)
a local educational agency shall spend an amount equal to 20 percent of its allocation under subpart 2
from which the agency shall spend— (i) an amount equal to 5 percent of its allocation under subpart 2 to provide, or pay for, transportation under paragraph (9)
(ii) an amount equal to 5 percent of its allocation under subpart 2 to provide supplemental educational services under subsection (e)
and (iii) an amount equal to the remaining 10 percent of its allocation under subpart 2 for transportation under paragraph (9)
supplemental educational services under subsection (e)
or both, as the agency determines. (B) TOTAL AMOUNT– The total amount described in subparagraph (A)(ii) is the maximum amount the local educational agency shall be required to spend under this part on supplemental educational services described in subsection (e).
(C) INSUFFICIENT FUNDS– If the amount of funds described in subparagraph
(A)(ii) or (iii) and available to provide services under this subsection is insufficient to provide supplemental educational services to each child whose parents request the services, the local educational agency shall give priority to providing the services to the lowest-achieving children.
(D) PROHIBITION– A local educational agency shall not, as a result of the application of this paragraph, reduce by more than 15 percent the total amount made available under section 1113(c) to a school described in paragraph (7)(C) or (8)(A) of subsection (b).

Office of Innovation and Improvement
Secretary Spellings announced proposed regulations to strengthen and clarify No Child Left Behind. The proposed regulations focus on improved accountability and transparency, uniform and disaggregated graduation rates, and improved implementation of supplemental educational services and public school choice.
For information about the proposed regulations, including a link to the Federal Register notice inviting comments, please see
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/reg/proposal/index.html

Other Funding and Grants
Go to your local MR/DD and ask about the Family Resource Funds
It covers Respite or Social Scale Group in Home ABA
You should immediately get on their waiting list for Medicaid level 1 and the Medicaid IO Waiver – this is not based on income but on child’s needs. But they’re maybe a waiting list could last up to 13 years.
Parents should follow up once a year to make sure they are on the list and what number they are on the list.
They also help pay for fences around yards.
United Way is also another possibility for financial aid, however it helps if you have a second funding source.
Family and Children’s First Council they give Funds towards behavior modification They don’t fund Autism.
These places typically pay monies directly to providers.
Society for Handicapped
D.A.S.H. –Gives money for gas from and to doctor appointments, replacement windows, fences, and social skill groups.

Gluten Free and Healthy Eating
www.bobsredmill.com/home.php

www.livingwell.com

chebe.com

www.drpraegers.com

elisa-tek.com

www.ener-g.com/Default.aspx

foodsbygeorge.com

www.glutenfreemall.com

glutenfreenaturals.com

www.glutino.com

kettlecuisine.com

lisanattifoods.com

midelcookies.com/index.shtml

mixesfromtheheartland.net

www.namastefoods.com/shopping/storefront/cgi-bin/news.cgi?Category=Home www.glutenfreediet.ca/resources.php

www.csaceliacs.org

www.gluten.net

www.foodallergy.org

www.talkaboutcuringautism.org

www.celiaccentral.org

www.celiac.org

nationalpeanutboard.org

pamelasproducts.com

purefit.com

savorypalate.com

www.schaer.com/us

www.triumphdining.com

harpercollins.com

aricofoods.com

123glutenfree.com

bluediamond.com

www.enjoylifefoods.com/?r=allergicliving

www.guardianangelfoods.com

www.allergicliving.com/features.asp?copy_id=22

Magazines
www.glutenfreeliving.com

www.allergicliving.com/columnists.asp

Dining and Travel Club
bobandruths.com

www.glutenfreeonthego.com

A new cookie has arrived in Eaton Ohio GFCF making gluten free casing free cookies for families on gluten free casing free diets. $3.99 package of cookies.
More info to come soon.
Contact information:
Gluten Free Food Company
Steve Kirk
Edon, OH
734-637-8125

Angel Food Ministries offers an ALLERGIN FREE food box as well as a fresh fruit and veggy box!!
We have gotten both for the last 2 months and extremely satisfied- It is completely safe for our Special diet: gluten free, dairy/casein free, corn free, soy free, very low sugar... There are many options and it is so convenient to go to a local church and pick up your groceries- the price is VERY good and quality is good too- I encourage you to try it out!
Check out the website for menu and local providers!
www.angelfoodministries.com

Affiliates
eReading Pro

Help Centers

Division of Evaluation and Skill Assessment
www.doleta.gov/reports/DESA_skill.cfm

Association of University Centers on Disabilities
Research Education and Service
www.aucd.org/directory/detail.cfm?program=UCEDD&program_id=75
Find a Professional:
Online Directory of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Programs
www.asha.org/proserv
Ohio Health Care Directory
www.ohiohealthchoice.com/Directories/Files/PHCNW.pdf
Area Media Centers
Area and Center Counties Served Central
Delaware Area Media Center Delaware, Marion, Delaware-Union Educational Morrow, Union Service Center
4565 Columbus Pike, Delaware 43015
(740) 548-7880
FAX (740) 548-4465

Educational Service Center of Franklin, Knox, Franklin County Licking
2080 Citygate Dr
Columbus 43219
(614) 445-3750
FAX (614) 445-3767

Pickaway County Educational Fairfield, Madison, Service Center Pickaway, Ross
2050 Stoneridge Dr
Circleville 43113
(740) 474-7529

Cuyahoga County
North Coast Educational Cuyahoga
Media Center
5811 Canal Rd, Ste 235
Valley View 44125
(216) 642-8523
FAX: (216) 642-8525
Web site: http://www.ncemc.org

East Central
East Central Ohio Area Media Columbiana, Center-North Portage, Stark, Stark County
Educational Wayne Service Center
2100 38th St NW, Canton 44709
(330) 492-8136
FAX: (330) 492-6175

East Central Ohio Educational Belmont, Carroll, Resource Center-South Coshocton,
(330) 308-5349

Guernsey, Harrison
Tuscarawas/Carroll/Harrison Holmes, Jefferson Educational Service Center Monroe, Muskingum 834 E High Ave Noble, Tuscarawas
New Philadelphia 44663
(330) 308-9939

Area and Center Counties Served
North Central
Lorain County Educational Lorain
Media Center
1885 Lake Ave, Elyria 44035
(440) 324-5777
Ext 1156
E-mail:
pierro@esclc.org.

Medina County Cooperative Medina
Media Center
124 W Washington St, Medina 44256
(330) 723-4114
FAX (330) 723-0573

Sandusky Area Supplementary Erie, Huron,
Educational Center Eastern Ottawa
2130 Hayes Ave, Sandusky 44870
(419) 621-2761
FAX: (419) 621-2762

Mid-Ohio Educational Resource Ashland, Crawford, Center Richland
890 W Fourth St, Ste 100
Mansfield 44906
(419) 774-5520
Ext 266
FAX: (419) 774-5523
E-mail:
Gramlyc@moesc.k12.oh.us.

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Summit County Educational Summit
Service Center
420 Washington Ave, Ste 200
Cuyahoga Falls 44221
(330) 945-5600
FAX: (330) 945-6222

Northeast
North East Ohio Instructional Ashtabula, Geauga,
Media Center (NEO-IMC) Lake, Mahoning,
1776 Saltsprings Rd, Rm C400 Portage, Trumbull
Warren 44481
(330) 824-3228

Northwest
Northwest Ohio Media Center Allen, Auglaize,
NWOET – BGSU Defiance, Fulton,
245 Troup Ave Hancock, Hardin,
Bowling Green 43403 Henry, Lucas,
(800) 966-9638 Ottawa, Paulding,

Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood, Wyandot
West Central Ohio Media Center Champaign, Clark,
Northwest Ohio Educational Darke, Greene,
Technology Foundation (NWOET)
Logan, Mercer
245 Troup Ave Miami, Montgomery,
Bowling Green 43403 Preble, Shelby
(800) 966-9638

Area Media Centers
Area and Center Counties Served
Southeast Hocking-Athens-Perry-Meigs Athens, Hocking, Educational Media Resource Center Perry, Meigs
Tri-County Career Center
15676 St Rt 691, Nelsonville 45764
(740) 753-3836

South Central Ohio Media Center Gallia, Jackson,
411 Court St, Rm 105 Lawrence, Pike
Portsmouth 45662 Scioto, Vinton
(740) 354-0228
FAX: (740) 353-1882
E-mail:mwalker@scoesc.org.

Southwest
Brown County Area Media Center Brown
325 W State St
Georgetown 45121-1298
(937) 378-6118
FAX: (937) 378-4286
E-mail:
media@brown.k12.oh.us.

Butler County Media Center Butler
D. Russel Lee Career Technology Center
3603 Hamilton-Middletown Rd
Fairfield Twp 45011
(513) 868-6300
Ext 4512 or 4513
E-mail:
carterb@butlertech.org.

Clermont County Educational Clermont Service Center
2400 Clermont Center Dr, Ste 202
Batavia 45103
(513) 735-8300
FAX: (513) 735-8371

Southern Ohio Area Media Center Adams, Clinton
3321 Airborne Rd Fayette, Highland
Wilmington 45177
(937) 382-3126
FAX: (937) 383-3171

Hamilton County Educational Hamilton Service Center
11083 Hamilton Ave
Cincinnati 45231
(513) 674-4200

Warren County Area Media Center Warren
320 E Silver St, Lebanon 45036
(513) 695-2925
FAX: (513) 695-2961

Associations
Battelle for Kids
(614) 481-3141
1160 Dublin Rd, Ste 100
FAX: (614) 481-8997
Columbus 43215
James Mahoney, Executive Director
E-mail: jmahoney@BattelleforKids.org.

Buckeye Association of School Administrators
(614) 846-4080
8050 N High St, Ste 150
FAX: (614) 846-4081
Columbus 43235-6486
Jerry Klenke, Executive Director
E-mail: klenke@basa-ohio.org.

Center for Leadership in Education
(440) 366-4880
201 Burns Rd, Elyria 44035
FAX: (440) 366-4881
Rod Braye, Interim Executive Director
E-mail: contact@centernet.org.

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Web site: http://www.centerforleadership.org

Educational Office Professionals
of Ohio (EOPO)
(216) 524-3000
Educational Service Center of
FAX: (216) 524-3683
Cuyahoga County
5811 Canal Rd, Valley View 44125
Cindy Goga, Secretary
E-mail:
cindy.goga@esc.cc.org

Greater Cleveland School
Superintendents’ Association
(216) 447-3100
6133 Rockside Rd, Ste 10
FAX:
(216) 447-1606
Independence 44131
Dennis C. Woods
Executive Director
E-mail:
dennis.woods@lnoca.org

National Association of State Boards
of Education
(703) 684-4000
277 S Washington St, Ste 100
FAX: (703) 836-2313
Alexandria, VA 22314
Brenda Welburn, Executive Director
E-mail:
boards@nasbe.org

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Web site: http://www.nasbe.org

National Middle School Association
(614) 895-4730
4151 Executive Pkwy, Ste 300
(800) 528-NMSA
Westerville 43081
FAX: (614) 895-4750
Elizabeth Edwards, Executive Director
Web site:
http://www.nmsa.org

National School Public Relations
Association/Ohio Chapter
(614) 470-2222
PO Box 664, Reynoldsburg 43068
Jenny Birtle, President
(937) 259-6609
Web site:
http://www.nspraohio.org

Ohio's Parent Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders
www.ocali.org/pdf_family/Parent_Guide.pdf

North Central Association
Commission on Accreditation
and School Improvement
(614) 752-8997
25 S Front Street, Mail Stop 402
(877) NCA-OHIO
Columbus 43215-4183
FAX: (614) 995-5858

Sharon Zimmers, State Director
(614) 752-1643
Ohio Committee
Area Media Centers
Associations
Ohio ACTE
(614) 885-1881
5080 Sinclair Rd, Ste 100
(800) 522-5519
Columbus 43229-5412
FAX: (614) 885-1975
or E-mail:
br>admin@ohioacte.org

(800) 611-6321

Ohio Alliance for Arts Education
(614) 224-1060
Vern Riffe Center, 2nd Flr
FAX: (614) 241-5329
77 S High St, Columbus 43215
Donna Collins, Executive Director
E-mail:
dcollins@oaae.net

Web site:
http://www.oaae.net

Ohio Association for Gifted Children
(614) 337-0386
501 Morrison Rd, Ste 103
FAX: (614) 337-9286
Gahanna 43230
Ann Sheldon, Executive Director
(614) 475-4416
Web site:
http://www.oagc.com

FAX: (614) 475-3886

Ohio Association for Supervision and Curriculum
(937) 855-4573
7548 Hinkle Rd, Middletown 45042
FAX: (937) 855-1005

Margaret Edwards, Executive Director
Ohio Association of Administrators
of State and Federal Education Programs (OAASFEP)
(614) 323-3326
PO Box 361314, Columbus 43236
FAX: (614) 863-8644

Wanda J Stearns, Treasurer
Ohio Association of Elementary
School Administrators
(614) 430-8590
8050 N High St, Ste 170
FAX: (614) 430-8596
Columbus 43235-6487
Web site:
http://www.oaesa.org

Ohio Association of EMIS Professionals
PO Box 817, Bellefontaine 43311
Frank Groach, President
(937) 859-5121
Ext 1135
Sandy Vore, Vice President
Lisa McCullough, Treasurer
(937) 599-3010
Ext 206 Luann Mulica, Secretary
Web site:
http://www.oaep.net

Ohio Association of Private Colleges
for Teacher Education
(740) 368-3562
Ohio Wesleyan University
Education Department
61 S Sandusky St
Delaware 43015

Amy McClure, President
Ohio Association of Public School
Employees-AFSCME/AFL-CIO
(614) 890-4770
6805 Oak Creek Dr, Columbus 43229
(800) 786-2773

Joseph P Rugola, Executive Director
Ohio Association of Pupil Services
Administrators
(330) 726-3411
Boardman Local Schools
7410 Market St, Boardman 44572

Jack Zocolo, President
Ohio Association of School Business Officials
(614) 431-9116
8050 N High St, Ste 130
FAX: (614) 431-9137
Columbus 43235-6485

David Varda, Executive Director
Barbara Shaner, Associate Executive Director
Ohio Association of Secondary
School Administrators
(614) 430-8311
8050 N High St, Ste 180
FAX: (614) 430-8315
Columbus 43235-6484

Steven E Raines, Executive Director
Ohio Association of Supervisors and Coordinators for Exceptional Students (OASCES)
(513) 735-8300
Clermont County ESC
2400 Clermont Center Dr
Batavia 45103

Tom Kittle, President
E-mail:
tkittle66@cinci.rr.com.

Web site:
http://www.oasces.org.

Ohio Bus Owners Association
PO Box 701, Johnstown 43031
Norm Murdock, Executive Vice President
E-mail:
norm@myaxiom.net.

Ohio Center for Essential School Reform
(614) 751-9346
12943 Stonecreek Dr
FAX: (614) 751-9432
Pickerington 43147
Susan Lang, Executive Director
Web site:
http://www.ohioces.org.

Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
(614) 781-6344
40 Northwoods Blvd, Columbus 43235
FAX: (614) 781-6349
Sandy Nekoloff, President
(800) 699-6623
E-mail:
oh_office@pta.org.

Web site:
http://www.ohiopta.org.

Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics
(800) 449-OCTM
4004 Monticello Blvd
Cleveland Heights, 44121
Adele Cohn, Executive Director
E-mail:
acohn@en.com.

Ohio Council on Economic
Education
(614) 292-1178
CETE Building, 1900 Kenny Rd
FAX: (614) 292-1178
Columbus 43210-1016
Abbejean Kehler, President
E-mail:
oceeinfo@ocee.org.

Ohio Education Association
(614) 228-4526
225 E Broad St, PO Box 2550
Columbus 43216

Dennis M Reardon, Executive Director
Ohio Educational Library Media
Association
(614) 221-1900
17 S High St, Ste 200, Columbus 43215
FAX: (614) 221-1989
Kate Brunswick, Director of Services
E-mail:
oelma@assnoffices.com.

Web site:
http://www.oelma.org.

Ohio Educational Service Center
Association
(614) 846-4080
8050 N High St, Ste #150
FAX: (614) 846-4081
Columbus 43235
Craig Burford, Executive Director
E-mail:
info@oesca.org.

Web site:
http://www.oesca.org.

Ohio Federation of Teachers
(614) 258-3240
1251 E Broad St, Columbus 43205
FAX: (614) 257-4193
Sue Taylor, President
Ohio High School Athletic Association
(614) 267-2502
4080 Roselea Pl, Columbus 43214
FAX: (614) 267-1677
Dan Ross, Commissioner
Web site:
http://www.ohsaa.org.

Ohio Middle School Association
(419) 824-3718
300 First St, Defiance 43512
FAX: (419) 784-1775
Charlie Beard, Executive Director
E-mail:
cbeard@lourdes.edu.

Ohio Retired Teachers Association
(614) 431-7002
8050 N High St, Ste 190
FAX: (614) 431-7003
Columbus 43235-6488

Ann Hanning, Executive Director
E-mail:
ahanning@orta.org.

Web site:
http://www.orta.org.

Ohio School Boards Association
(614) 540-4000
8050 N High St, Ste 100
(800) 589-OSBA
Columbus 43235-6482
FAX: (614) 540-4100
Richard C Lewis, Executive Director
Ohio School Counselor Association
(800) 680-9414
PO Box 194, Doylestown 44230
Iris Sutherland, Executive Secretary
E-mail:
osca@neohio.twcbc.com.

Web site:
http://www.ohioschoolcounselor.org.

Ohio School Psychologists Association
(614) 414-5980
104 Mill St, Ste F, Gahanna 43230
FAX: (614) 414-5982
Ann M Brennan, Director of Legislative
Services and Professional Relations
Cheryl VanDenBerge, Business Manager
E-mail:
OSPA1997@aol.com.

Ohio School Social Work Association
(740) 815-9068
PO Box 2998, North Canton 44720
Teri Kinsway, President
E-mail:
tkinsway@osswa.org.

Ohio School Supervisors Association
(419) 354-9010
Wood County Educational Service Center
1867 N Research Dr, Bowling Green 43402

Karen Creps, Executive Director
Boards and Commissions
Ohio Arts Council
(614) 466-2613
727 E Main St, Columbus 43205-1796
FAX: (614) 466-4494

Julie S Henahan, Executive Director
(800) 750-0750
TTY/TDD call Ohio Relay Service
Web site:
http://www.oac.state.oh.us.

Ohio Board of Regents
(614) 466-6000
30 E Broad St, 36th Fl
FAX: (614) 466-5866
Columbus 43215-3414
Eric Fingerhut, Chancellor
Ohio Public Employees
Retirement System
1-800-222-PERS (7377)
277 E Town St, Columbus 43215

Chris DeRose, Executive Director
Web site:
http://www.opers.org.

Ohio School Facilities Commission
(614) 466-6290
10 W Broad St, Ste 1400
FAX: (614) 466-7749
Columbus 43215

Michael C Shoemaker, Executive Director
Ohio State Board of Cosmetology
(614) 466-3834
1929 Gateway Cir, Grove City 43123
FAX: (614) 644-6880

Kevin L Miller, Executive Director
School Employees Retirement System
(614) 222-5853
300 E Broad St, Ste 100
FAX: (614) 222-5808
Columbus 43215-3746
James R Winfree, Executive Director
Web site:
http://www.ohsers.org.

State Board of Career Colleges
and Schools
(614) 466-2752
35 E Gay St, Ste 403, Columbus 43215
FAX: (614) 466-2219

John P Ware, Executive Director
State Teachers Retirement System
(614) 227-4005
275 E Broad St, Columbus 43215-3771
FAX: (614) 227-5233

Damon Asbury, Executive Director
Jeffrey Chapman, Chair, Retirement Board
Web site:
http://www.strsoh.org.

Educational Technology/Television Corporations
CET - The Greater Cincinnati Television
Educational Foundation
(513) 381-4033 Ext 545
Diane Smiley, Director of CET
FAX: (513) 381-7520

Learning Services
1223 Central Pkwy, Cincinnati 45214
Cincinnati, WCET, Ch. 48
Associations — Educational Technology/Television Corporations

Educational Technology for Southeastern Ohio (ETSEO)
(740) 593-6572
Fred Charles Harner, Executive Director
(740) 593-5873
528 1/2 Richland Ave, Athens 45701-3795
FAX: 594-2798
E-mail:
infowizard@etseo.org.

Athens, WOUB, Ch. 20; Cambridge WOUC, Ch. 44; Millersburg, Ch. 69; Loudonville, Ch. 65
Instructional Technology Services
of Central Ohio, Inc.
(614) 247-8400
Amy Palermo, Executive Director
(800) 398-7675
2400 Olentangy River Rd
FAX: (614) 247-8401
Columbus 43210
Columbus, WOSU, Ch. 34; Portsmouth, WPBO, Ch. 42; Mansfield, Ch. 47; Newark, Ch. 31
E-mail:
amy@itsco.org.

Web site:
http://www.itsco.org.

Northeastern Educational Television
of Ohio, Inc.
(330) 677-4549
Jeffery Good, Director
FAX: (330) 678-0688

Educational Services
1750 Campus Center Dr, Kent 44240
Akron, WEAO, Ch. 49; Alliance, WNEO, Ch. 45; Youngstown, Ch. 58
E-mail:
good@wneo.org.

Web site:
http://www.pbs4549.org.

Northwest Ohio Educational Technology (NWOET)
(419) 372-7033
Roger Minier, Executive Director
(800) 966-9638
Bowling Green State University
FAX: (419) 372-0220
245 Troup Ave, Bowling Green 43403
E-mail:
nwoet@nwoet.org.

WGTE Toledo - Public Broadcasting
Foundation of Northwest Ohio
(419) 380-4600
1270 S Detroit Ave, PO Box 30
FAX: (419) 380-4710
Toledo 43614
Toledo, WGTE, TV 30
Betsy Hood, Director, Educational Resource Center
E-mail:
mailto:betsy_hood@wgte.org.

Web site:
http://www.wgte.org.

Southwestern Ohio Instructional Technology Association, Inc. (SOITA)
(937) 746-6333
Larry Pogue, Executive Director
FAX: (937) 746-1029
150 E Sixth St, Franklin 45005
E-mail:
soita@soita.org.

Web site:
http://www.soita.org.

WVIZ/PBS ideastream
(216) 916-6338
Roy Norris, Senior Director
FAX: (216) 916-6090
Educational Services
1375 Euclid Ave, Cleveland 44115
Cleveland, WVIZ, Ch. 25; Ashtabula,
W64AK, Ch. 64; Thompson, W63CT, Ch. 63
eTech Ohio Commission
2323 W Fifth Ave, Ste 100
Columbus 43204
http://www.etech.ohio.gov.

(614) 485-6000
(877) 383-2406

Administration
Jillian Froment, Executive Director
(614) 485-6001
E-mail:
jillian.froment@etech.ohio.gov.

Dora Dean, Executive Secretary
(614) 485-6032
E-mail:
dora.dean@etech.ohio.gov.

Broadcast
(614) 485-6049
Eugene Wallis, Chief Technology Officer
E-mail:
eugene.wallis@etech.ohio.gov.

Educational Technology
(614) 485-6048
Elizabeth Wallace, Chief Officer
E-mail:
elizabeth.wallace@etech.ohio.gov.

Educational Telecommunications
(614) 485-6049
Eugene Willis, Chief Officer
E-mail:
eugene.willis@etech.ohio.gov.

Government Relations and Public Affairs
(614) 485-6007
Kevin Potter, Director
E-mail:
kevin.potter@etech.ohio.gov.

Information Technology
(614) 485-6067
Matt Howard, Chief Information Officer
E-mail:
matt.howard@etech.ohio.gov.

Legal
(614) 485-6064

Rachelle (Shelly) Peloquin, General Counsel
E-mail:
rachelle.peloquin@etech.ohio.gov.

Operations
(614) 485-6063
Jason Barnett, Chief Operations Officer
E-mail:
jason.barnett@etech.ohio.gov.

Information Network for Ohio Schools (INFOhio)
274 East 1st Avenue, Ste 100
Columbus 43201
Executive Offices
(614) 752-2941
FAX: (614) 752-2940

Theresa M Fredericka, Executive Director
Cynthia DuChane, Project Coordinator
Cathy L Kerner, Office Manager
E-mail:
central@infohio.org.

Web site:
http://www.infohio.org.

Educational Technology/Television Corporations
Information Network for Ohio Schools (INFOhio)
Ohio Council of Educational
Purchasing Consortia
Tamra Hurst, Chairperson
Charles Williams, III, Treasurer
Mary Miller, Secretary
Ashtabula Mahoning Trumbull
County Purchasing Cooperative c/o Ashtabula County Educational Service Center
1565 St Rt 167, PO Box 186
Jefferson 44047
Kathleen Ciminero (Ashtabula)
(440) 576-4085
E-mail:
kathleen.ciminero@neomin.org.

FAX: (440) 576-3065

Pat Agresta (Trumbull)
(330) 675-2800
E-mail:
pat.agresta@neomin.org.

Tom Romack (Mahoning)
(330) 965-7828
E-mail:
mcoe_tr@access-k12.org.

Lorain County Cooperative
Purchasing Association
(440) 324-5777
Ext 175
1885 Lake Ave, Elyria 44035
FAX: (440) 324-7355
Bill Randall
E-mail:
randall@esclc.org.

Metropolitan Educational Council
(614) 473-8300
2100 Citygate Dr
FAX: (614) 473-8324
Columbus 43219-3591
Elmo G Kallner
E-mail:
>kallner@mecdc.org.

Metropolitan Toledo Educational
Purchasing Association
(419) 868-8314
5877 Ryewyck Dr, Toledo 43614
FAX: (419) 868-8314
Stephen Von Gunten
E-mail:
stevevg@buckeye-express.com.

Web site:
http://mtepa.pentanet.k12.oh.us.

Northern Buckeye Education Council
(419) 267-5565
c/o Four County Career Center Ext 2500
22-900 St Rt 34, Archbold 43502
FAX: (419) 267-5248

John Mohler
Ohio’s Mid-Eastern Regional
Educational Services Agency
(740) 283-2050
2023 Sunset Blvd, Steubenville 43952
FAX: (740) 283-1500 Angela Underwood, ITC Director
E-mail:
angie@omeresa.net.

Ohio Schools Council
(216) 447-3100
6133 Rockside Rd, #10
FAX: (216) 447-1606
Independence 44131
David A Cottrell, Executive Director
E-mail:
david.cottrell@lnoca.org.

Dennis C Woods, Assistant Executive Director
E-mail:
dennis.woods@lnoca.org.

Southeastern Ohio Voluntary Education
Cooperative (SEOVEC)
(740) 594-7663
221 Columbus Rd, Athens 45701
FAX: (740) 592-6251
Rob Lindsey, CEO/Director
E-mail:
rob@seovec.org.

Web site:
http://www.seovec.org.

Southwestern Ohio Educational
Purchasing Council
(937) 890-3725
303 Corporate Center Dr, Ste 208
(800) 589-6684
Vandalia 45377-1171
FAX: (937) 264-8568

Ken S Swink
E-mail:
ep_director@mdeca.org.

Steffney O’Bryan
E-mail:
ep_finance@mdeca.org.

Stark County Schools Council
of Governments
(330) 492-8136 Ext 343

Stark County Educational Service 800) 733-7732
Center
FAX: (330) 492-6381
2100 38th St NW, Canton 44709-2300

Tamra Hurst, Director, Business Operations
E-mail:
tamra.hurst@email.sparcc.org.

Unified Purchasing Cooperative
(513) 728-7908
7615 Harrison Ave, Cincinnati 45231
(800) 452-6836
Ken Koester, Director
FAX: (513) 931-7202
E-mail:
koester_k@hccanet.org.

Rich Pingilley
E-mail:
pingilley_r@hccanet.org.

Ohio Education Computer Network (OECN)
Management Council of the Ohio
Education Computer Network
(MCOECN)
(614) 840-9810
8050 N High St., Ste 150
FAX: (614) 846-4081
Columbus 43235
Bruce Hawkins, CEO
E-mail:
Hawkins@mcoecn.org.

Andrew Tompkins, CPO
E-mail:
Tompkins@mcoecn.org.

Web site:
http://www.mcoecn.org.

Area Cooperative Computerized Educational
Service System (ACCESS)
(330) 270-7400
425 W Main St, PO Box 248
FAX: (330) 702-1216
Canfield 44406

John LaPlante, Executive Director
Hamilton-Clermont Cooperative
Association (HCCA)
(513) 931-7120
7615 Harrison Ave
FAX: (513) 728-7956
Cincinnati 45231-3107

Al Porter, Executive Director
Frank Williams, Chief Technology Officer
Ohio Council of Educational Purchasing Consortia
Ohio Education Computer Network (OECN)
Lake Erie Educational Computer
Association (LEECA)
(440) 324-5777
1885 Lake Ave, Elyria 44035
FAX: (440) 324-7355
James M Sheets, Executive Director
Web site:
http://www.leeca.org.

Lake-Geauga Computer Association
(LGCA)
(440) 357-9383
8221 Auburn Rd, Concord Twp 44077
FAX: (440) 357-8713
James C Turk, Site Administrator
E-mail:
turk@lgca.org.

Web site:
http://www.lgca.org.

Lakeshore Northeast Ohio Computer
Association (LNOCA)
(216) 520-6900
5700 W Canal Rd, Valley View 44125
John W Mitchell, Site Administrator
Licking Area Computer Association
(LACA)
(740) 345-3400
195 Union St, Ste C2, Newark 43055
FAX: (740) 345-3427
Sandra Mercer, Executive Director
Chad Carson, Technical Director
E-mail:
info@laca.org.

Web site:
http://www.laca.org.

Metropolitan Dayton Educational
Cooperative Association (MDECA)
(937) 223-4980
225 Linwood St, Dayton 45405
FAX: (937) 223-2385
Jerry C Woodyard, Site Manager
William Griffith, System Manager
Web site:
http://www.mdeca.org.

Metropolitan Educational
Council (MEC)
(614) 473-8300
2100 Citygate Dr, Columbus 43219
FAX: (614) 473-8323

Greg Spencer, Site Administrator
Jim Lovsey, Supervising Technician
Miami Valley Educational Computer
Association (MVECA)
(937) 767-1468
330 E Enon Rd, Yellow Springs 45387
FAX: (937) 767-1793

Angela Crandall, Site Administrator
North Central Ohio Computer
Cooperative (NCOCC)
(419) 747-8660
1495 W Longview Ave, Ste 100
Mansfield 44906

William Swartzmiller
Site Administrator
Northeast Ohio Management Information
Network (NEOMIN)
(330) 847-6464
528 Educational Hwy, Warren 44483

Thomas J Garbarz Jr, Executive Director
Robert Falatic, Associate Director
Northeast Ohio Network for Educational
Technology (NEONET)
(330) 926-3900 Ext 1100
420 Washington Ave, Ste 200
FAX: (330) 926-3901
Cuyahoga Falls 44221

Matthew Gdovin, System Manager
Northern Ohio Educational Computer
Association (NOECA)
(419) 627-1439
219 Howard Dr, Sandusky 44870 FAX: (419) 627-5608
Betty Dencer, System Manager

Northwest Ohio Area Computer Services
Cooperative (NOACSC)
(419) 228-7417
645 S Main St, Lima 45804
FAX: (419) 222-5635
Michael Wildermuth, Site Administrator
Web site:
http://www.noacsc.org

Northwest Ohio Computer Association
(NWOCA)
(419) 267-5565 Ext 2500
22-900 St Rt 34, Archbold 43502
FAX: (419) 267-5248
John Mohler, Site Administrator

Ohio Mid-Eastern Regional Education
Service Agency (OME—RESA)
(740) 283-2050
2023 Sunset Blvd, Steubenville 43952
FAX: (740) 283-1500
Angela Underwood, Site Manager
Web site:
http://www.omeresa.net

South Central Ohio Computer
Association (SCOCA)
(740) 289-2908
175 Beaver Creek Rd, PO Box 577
FAX: (740) 289-2082
Piketon 45661

Shawn Clemmons, Executive Director
Southeastern Ohio Voluntary Education
Cooperative (SEOVEC)
(740) 594-7663
221 Columbus Rd, Athens 45701
FAX: (740) 592-6251
Ron Smith, Chief Executive Officer
E-mail:
ron@seovec.org

Robert L Lindsey, Director of Computer Services
E-mail:
rob@seovec.org

Southwest Ohio Computer Association
(SWOCA)
(513) 867-1028
3607 Hamilton-Middletown Rd
FAX: (513) 867-0754
Hamilton 45011

Michael Crumley, Executive Director
Chuck Adelsperger, Systems Administrator
Stark-Portage Area Computer
Consortium (SPARCC)
(330) 492-8136
2100 38th St, NW
FAX: (330) 492-6175
Canton 44709-2300

David Forman, Director, Operations
Carmela Lioi, Director

Tri-County Computer Services Association (TCCSA)
(330) 264-6047
2125 Eagle Pass, Wooster 44691

Stuart Workman, Executive Director
Web site:
http://www.tccsa.net

Tri-Rivers Educational Computer
Association (TRECA)
(740) 389-4798
2222 Marion-Mt Gilead Rd
FAX: (740) 389-4517
Marion 43302

Michael A Carder, Executive Director
Scott Armstrong, Treasurer
Western Ohio Computer Organization
(WOCO)
(937) 498-2161
129 E Court St, Sidney 45365
FAX: (937) 497-7233
Lewis “Sonny” Ivey, Director
Web site:
http://www.woco-k12.org

House Bill and the changing law
Dear Friend of ASA-ASO:
ASA-ASO has just been notified that the language from HB 8 has been rolled into HB 1, the Ohio Budget bill though an amendment.
From information sent out yesterday:
"Rep. Ted Celeste (D-Grandview Hts.), sponsor of the autism insurance coverage requirement, said he was excited to find out late in the process that his bill was included in the omnibus amendment. The measure had already cleared [the Health Access and Affordability] committee as a stand-alone measure with some Republican backing.
"I think we've demonstrated there's bipartisan support," he said in an interview.
One of the more significant policy changes added in [Finance] committee, the autism mandate, which applies to government and private business policies, prohibits insurance companies from excluding coverage for certain autism services. It has been vehemently opposed by business groups who argue that it will increase costs and the number of uninsured Ohioans, while being supported by families with autistic children that face high and extended treatment expenses.
Rep. Celeste said the budget language differs from his legislation somewhat in that it pushes the start date back six months to next January, places a $36,000 annual limit on services and imposes additional licensing and oversight requirements for providers. The provision also includes a $1.6 million appropriation to cover anticipated costs to the state's employee insurance plan, he said."
Please note that there are three significant changes from HB 8 in the language amended to HB 1 - a 6 month delayed start date, a $36,000 annual limit on services and additional licensing and oversight requirements for providers.
The fact that HB 8 has been amended into the budget means that it will be voted on immediately in the House and considered with the next month in the Senate.
Floor vote on HB 1 is expected on Wednesday!
Please contact your Representatives and ask them to support the Ohio Budget Bill, HB 1, including the amendment for autism insurance coverage.
Please use this link to write to your state representative and urge him or her to support HB 8 - Please add that HB 8 has been amended into the Ohio Budget Bill, HB 1.
Sincerely,
Autism Society of America - Autism Society of Ohio Chapter
www.autismohio.org

Ohio Education Computer Network (OECN)
State Support Teams
The 16 State Support Teams are responsible for the regional delivery of school improvement, literacy, special education compliance, and early learning and school readiness services to districts using the Tri-Tier Model, a differentiated technical assistance structure of support based upon need.
Sixteen ESCs were selected through an RFP process to act as Fiscal Agents.
The teams work through the Office for Exceptional Children, Office of Literacy, Office of Early Learning and School Readiness and the Office of Field Relations by providing technical assistance and professional development.
The Educational Regional Services System (ERSS) House Bill 115 (HB 115) establishes the Educational Regional Service System (ERSS) and requires the creation of a coordinated, integrated and aligned system to support state and school district efforts to improve school effectiveness and student achievement.
It is the intent of the general assembly that the ERSS would reduce the unnecessary duplication of programs and services and provide for a more streamlined and efficient delivery of educational services without reducing the availability of the services needed by school districts and schools. The bill also contains information and deadlines for districts that want to transfer to another region.
Region 1
Serving Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams and Wood Counties
Field Relations Manager
Margaret MacLearie
Ohio Department of Education
25 S Front St, Mail Stop 307, Columbus 43215-4183
Phone:
(614) 466-0342
Fax: (614) 728-9300
E-mail:
margaret.maclearie@ode.state.oh.us

Single Point of Contact
Sue Zake
10142 Dowling Rd, Bowling Green 43402
Phone:
(419) 833-6771 Ext 102
Fax: (419) 833-6761
E-mail:
lcesc_sz@SSTR1.org

Region 2
Serving Erie, Huron and Lorain Counties and Woodmore Local (Sandusky County)
Field Relations Manager
Margaret MacLearie
Ohio Department of Education
25 S Front St, Mail Stop 307, Columbus 43215-4183
Phone: (614) 466-0342
Fax: (614) 728-9300
E-mail: margaret.maclearie@ode.state.oh.us

Single Point of Contact
Sharon Rybak
1885 Lake Ave, Elyria 44035
Phone: (440) 324-5777
Ext 1123
E-mail:
rybak@esclc.org

Region 3
Serving Cuyahoga County
Field Relations Manager
Beth Hargreaves
Ohio Department of Education
25 S Front St, Mail Stop 307, Columbus 43215-4183
Phone:
(614) 387-7580
Fax: (614) 728-9300
E-mail: beth.hargreaves@ode.state.oh.us

Single Point of Contact
Jennifer Felker
5811 Canal Rd, Valley View 44125-3000
Phone:
(216) 901-4222
E-mail:
jennifer.felker@esc-cc.org

Region 4
Serving Geauga and Lake Counties
Field Relations Manager
Beth Hargreaves
Ohio Department of Education
25 S Front St, Mail Stop 307
Columbus 43215-4183
Phone:
(614) 387-7580
Fax: (614) 728-9300
E-mail:
beth.hargreaves@ode.state.oh.us

Single Point of Contact
Karen Lanning
30 S Park Pl, Ste 320
Painesville 44077
Phone:
(440) 350-2563 Ext 719
E-mail:
lc_lanning@lgca.org

Region 5
Serving Ashtabula, Mahoning and Trumbull Counties
Field Relations Manager
Beth Hargreaves
Ohio Department of Education
25 S Front St
Mail Stop 307
Columbus 43215-4183
Phone:
(614) 387-7580
Fax: (614) 728-9300
E-mail: beth.hargreaves@ode.state.oh.us

Single Point of Contact
Richard Kajuth
5555 Youngstown-Warren Rd
Unit 696
Niles 44446
Phone:
(800) 776-8298 Ext 105
Fax: (330) 554-1000
E-mail: ferc_rjk@access-k12.org

State Support Teams

Region 6
Serving Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Hardin, Logan, Mercer and Shelby Counties
Field Relations Manager
Glenda Zempter
Ohio Department of Education
25 S Front St, Mail Stop 307
Columbus 43215-4183
Phone:
(614) 995-4927
Fax: (614) 728-9300
E-mail: glenda.zempter@ode.state.oh.us

Single Point of Contact
Marlene Graf
1045 Dearbaugh Av, Ste 1
Wapakoneta 45895
Phone: (419) 738-9224 Ext 17

Region 7
Serving Ashland, Crawford, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland and Wyandot Counties and Black River Local (Medina County), Bettsville Local, Hopewell-Loudon Local, New Riegel Local, Old Fort Local, Seneca East Local and Tiffin City (Seneca County)
Field Relations Manager
Margaret MacLearie
Ohio Department of Education
25 S Front St, Mail Stop 307
Columbus 43215-4183
Phone:
(614) 466-0342
Fax: (614) 728-9300
E-mail: margaret.maclearie@ode.state.oh.us

Single Point of Contact
George Csanyi
65 St Frances Ave
Tiffin 44883-3084
Phone:
(419) 747-8646
E-mail:
gcsanyi@ncoesc.org

Region 8
Serving Medina, Portage and Summit Counties
Field Relations Manager
Karen Carson
Ohio Department of Education
25 S Front St, Mail Stop 307
Columbus 43215-4183
Phone:
(614) 728-1113
Fax: (614) 728-9300
E-mail:
karen.carson@ode.state.oh.us

Single Point of Contact
Linda Fuline
420 Washington Ave, Ste 200
Cuyahoga Falls 44221
Phone:
(330) 945-5600 Ext 1222
Fax: (330) 945-6222
E-mail:
lindaf@neonetda.org

Region 9
Serving Columbiana, Stark and Wayne Counties
Field Relations Manager
Karen Carson
Ohio Department of Education
25 S Front St, Mail Stop 307
Columbus 43215-4183
Phone:
(614) 728-1113
Fax: (614) 728-9300
E-mail:
karen.carson@ode.state.oh.us

Single Point of Contact
Joan Burrier
2100 38th St
NW, Canton 44709
Phone:
(330) 492-8136 Ext 358
Fax: (330) 493-9135
E-mail:
Joan.Burrier@email.sparcc.org

Region 10
Serving Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery and Preble Counties
Field Relations Manager
Earl Focht
Ohio Department of Education
25 S Front St, Mail Stop 307
Columbus 43215-4183
Phone:
(614) 387-0940
Fax: (614) 728-9300
E-mail: earl.focht@ode.state.oh.us

Single Point of Contact
Betsy Apolito
200 S Keowee
Dayton 45402
Phone:
(937) 225-4603 Ext 3031
Fax: (937) 496-7426
E-mail: bapolito@mcesc.montgomery.k12.oh.us

Region 11
Serving Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway and Union Counties
Field Relations Manager
Karen Carson
Ohio Department of Education
25 S Front St, Mail Stop 307
Columbus 43215-4183
Phone:
(614) 728-1113
Fax: (614) 728-9300
E-mail: karen.carson@ode.state.oh.us

Single Point of Contact
Tom Reed
Citygate Business Park
2080 Citygate Dr, Columbus 43219
Phone:
(614) 542-4173
Fax: (614) 445-3767
E-mail: tom.reed@fcesc.org

State Support Teams

Region 12
Serving Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Jefferson, Muskingum, Noble and Tuscarawas Counties and Switzerland of Ohio Local
(Monroe County)
Field Relations Manager
Earl Focht
Ohio Department of Education
25 S Front St
Mail Stop 307, Columbus 43215-4183
Phone:
(614) 387-0940
Fax: (614) 728-9300
E-mail: earl.focht@ode.state.oh.us

Single Point of Contact
Lorrinda Saxby
205 N Seventh Ave
Zanesville 43701
Phone:
(740) 452-4518 Ext 138
Fax: (740) 455-6702
E-mail: lsaxby@mvesc.k12.oh.us

Region 13
Serving Butler, Clermont, Hamilton and Warren Counties
Field Relations Manager
Glenda Zempter
Ohio Department of Education
25 S Front St, Mail Stop 307
Columbus 43215-4183
Phone:
(614) 995-4927
Fax: (614) 728-9300
E-mail: glenda.zempter@ode.state.oh.us

Single Point of Contact
Vikki Clemons
11083 Hamilton Ave
Cincinnati 45231
Phone:
(513) 674-4212
Fax: (513) 742-8339
E-mail: vikki.clemons@hcesc.org

Region 14
Serving Adams, Brown, Clinton, Fayette and Highland Counties
Field Relations Manager
Glenda Zempter
Ohio Department of Education
25 S Front St, Mail Stop 307
Columbus 43215-4183
Phone:
(614) 995-4927
Fax: (614) 728-9300
E-mail: glenda.zempter@ode.state.oh.us

Single Point of Contact
Lisa Barnhouse
5350 W New Market Rd, Hillsboro 45133
Phone: (937) 393-1904 Ext 129
E-mail: lbarnhouse@ohioregion14.org

Region 15
Serving Lawrence, Pike, Ross and Scioto Counties
Field Relations Manager
Forest Kuhn
Ohio Department of Education
25 S Front St, Mail Stop 307
Columbus 43215-4183
Phone:
(614) 387-0939
or
(740) 354-7761 Ext 225
Fax: (614) 728-9300
E-mail: forest.kuhn@ode.state.oh.us

Single Point of Contact Eric Humston
175 Beaver Creek Rd
Piketon 45661
Phone:
(740) 289-4171 Ext 4208
Fax:
(740) 289-4542
E-mail: eric.humston@region15.scoca-k12.org

Region 16
Serving Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Jackson, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Vinton and Washington Counties
Field Relations Manager
Forest Kuhn
Ohio Department of Education
25 S Front St, Mail Stop 307
Columbus 43215-4183
Phone:
(614) 387-0939
or
(740) 354-7761
Ext 225
Fax: (614) 728-9300
E-mail: forest.kuhn@ode.state.oh.us

Single Point of Contact
Howard Martin Jr
1605 Airport Rd
New Lexington 43764
Phone:
(740) 342-3502 Fax:
(740) 342-1961
E-mail:
64_hmartin@seovec.org

Institutions in Ohio Approved for Teacher Education Akron
The University of (Summit) IRN-062869
302 E Buchtel Ave
Akron 44325-4702
President
Luis M. Proenza
(330) 972-7074
Interim Dean, College of Education
Cynthia Capers
972-7680
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs
Evonn Welton
972-6742
Assistant Dean, Administration and Strategic Initiatives-Sajit Zachariah
972-6662
Registrar
Debra L Hayes 972-7210 FAX: 972-5636

State Support Teams
Institutions in Ohio Approved for Teacher Education

Antioch University McGregor (Greene) IRN-140111
900 Dayton St
Yellow Springs 45387-1609
President-Barbara Gellman-Danley
(937) 769-1850
Dean, School of Education-Zak Sharif
769-1880
Registrar-Darlene Robertson
769-1820
Ashland University (Ashland) IRN-063396
401 College Ave
Ashland 44805
President
Frederick J Finks
(419) 289-5050
FAX: 289-5099

Interim Dean, College of Education
Ann Shelly 289-5365
FAX: 289-5331

Executive Director, Career Development Center-Diana Burns
289-5067
FAX: 289-5071

Registrar-Karen Little
289-5032
FAX: 289-5939

Baldwin-Wallace College (Cuyahoga) IRN-063586
275 Eastland Rd, Berea 44017-2088
President-Richard W Durst
(440) 826-2424
Chairperson, Division of Education and Director of MA Education-Karen Kaye
826-2168
Director, Career Services
Reva Heifetz 826-3745
Vice President, Enrollment Management
Susan Dileno
826-2093
Education FAX: 826-3779
Bluffton University (Allen) IRN-063602
1 University Dr, Bluffton 45817-2104
President-James Harder
(419) 358-3324
Director, Teacher Education
Gayle Trollinger 358-3341
Education Placement Officer-Kathy Dickson
358-3215
Registrar-Eric Davis
358-3322
FAX: 358-3074

Bowling Green State University (Wood) IRN-062893
1001 E Wooster St, Bowling Green 43403
President-Sidney A Ribeau
(419) 372-2211
Interim Dean, College of Education and Human Development-Rosalind Hammond
372-7401
Director, Career Services-Joann Kroll
372-2356
Registrar-Christopher Cox
372-7962
FAX: 372-7977

Capital University (Franklin) IRN-063610
1 College and Main St, Columbus 43209
President-Denvy Bowman
(614) 236-6908
Chair, Education Department
Shirley DeLucia
236-6160
Registrar-Aimee Pfeifer
236-7167
FAX: 236-6753

Case Western Reserve University
(Cuyahoga) IRN-063628
10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland 44106
President-Barbara Snyder
(216) 368-4344
Director, Teacher Licensure-William I Bauer 368-0792
FAX: 368-5227

Director, Art Education-Timothy Shuckerow
368-4117
Director, Music Education-Robert Dunn
368-2714
Director, Speech-Language Pathology
Stacy Williams
368-2496
Registrar-Amy Hammett
368-3352
368-4310
FAX: 368-8711

Cedarville University (Greene) IRN-063636
251 N Main St, Cedarville 45314
President-William E Brown
(937) 766-7900
Chancellor-Paul H Dixon
766-6220
Chair, Education Department-Steve Gruber
766-7780
Education Placement Officer-Lew Gibbs
766-7868
Registrar’s Office
766-7710
FAX: 766-7663

Central State University (Greene) IRN-068254
1400 Brush Row Rd, PO Box 1004
Wilberforce 45384-1004
President-John W Garland
(937) 376-6333
Director, Career Services-Lesa Taylor-Devond
376-6444
Registrar-Larry Cannon
376-6231
FAX: 376-6188

Cincinnati Christian University
(Hamilton) IRN-126078
2700 Glenway Ave, Cincinnati 45204
President-David Faust
(513) 244-8492
Admission-Jennifer Baker
244-8141
Education Department-Lianne Vance
244-8625
Registrar-Don Thomason
244-8170
Cincinnati, University of (Hamilton) IRN-062927
2624 Clifton Ave, PO Box 210002
Cincinnati 45221
President-Nancy L Zimpher
(513) 556-2201
Dean, College of Education
Lawrence Johnson 556-2322
FAX: 556-2483

Career Development and Placement
Linda B Parker
556-3471
FAX: 556-0650

University Registrar-Douglass Burgess
556-9930
FAX: 556-5708

Cleveland State University (Cuyahoga) IRN-062950
Euclid Ave at E 24th St, Cleveland 44115
President-Michael Schwartz
(216) 687-3544
Associate Dean, Academic Programs
Richard Hurwitz
687-3743
FAX: 687-5415

Dean, College of Education
James A McLoughlin 687-8737
FAX: 687-5415

Placement Coordinator-Brian P Yusko 687-4616
Registrar
687-3608
FAX: 687-5501

Institutions in Ohio Approved for Teacher Education

Dayton, The University of (Montgomery) IRN-063941
300 College Park, Dayton 45469
President-Daniel J Curran
(937) 229-4122
Dean, School of Education and Allied
Professions-Thomas J Lasley II
229-3557
Educational Placement Services
229-4144
Registrar-Thomas J Westendorf
229-4141
FAX: 229-4177

Registrar-College of Education FAX: 229-3199
Defiance College (Defiance) IRN-063701
701 N Clinton St, Defiance 43512
President-Gerald E Wood
(419) 783-2300
FAX: 784-4101

Academic Dean-Catharine O’Connell
783-2402
Head, Teacher Education-Jo Ann Burkhardt
783-2335
Director, Career Services-Carole Thomas
783-2366
Registrar-Beverly J Harrington
783-2358
FAX: 784-4101

Findlay, The University of (Hancock) IRN-063743
1000 N Main St, Findlay 45840
President-DeBow Freed
(419) 434-4510
Dean, College of Education-Alice Anderson
434-5383
Education Placement Officer-Jan Taylor
434-4615
Registrar-Tony G Goedde
434-4556
FAX: 434-4822

Franciscan University of Steubenville
(Jefferson) IRN-063685
1235 University Blvd, Steubenville 43952
President-Rev Terence Henry
(740) 283-6216
Chair, Education Department
Mary K McVey 284-5293
FAX: 283-6401

Education Placement Officer-John York
284-5233
Registrar-Kathryn Reehl
284-5240
FAX: 283-6472

Heidelberg College (Seneca) IRN-063750
310 E Market St, Tiffin 44883
President-F Dominic Dottavio
(419) 448-2202
FAX: 448-2126

Chair, Department of Education
Lori Arnold Grine
448-2125
Registrar-Amanda Steele
448-2090
FAX: 448-2124

Hiram College (Portage) IRN-063768
PO Box 67, Hiram 44234
President-Thomas V Chema
(330) 569-5120
Chairperson, Department of Education-Nikki Cvetkovic
569-5274
Director, Career Services-Kathryn Craig
569-5131
Registrar-Jennifer McDonough
569-5214
FAX: 569-5475

John Carroll University (Cuyahoga) IRN-063776
20700 N Park Blvd, University Hts 44118
President-Rev Robert L Niehoff
(216) 397-4281
Chair, Department of Education and Allied Studies-Kathleen M Manning
397-3012
Education Placement Officer- Rosalyn J Platt
397-4433
Registrar-Kathleen J DiFranco
397-4291
General University
FAX: 397-4256
Education and Allied Studies Dept
FAX: 397-3045 President’s Office
FAX: 397-1836
Kent State University (Portage) IRN-062976
PO Box 5190, Kent 44242
President-Lester A Lefton
(330) 672-2210
FAX: 672-3281

Dean, College and Graduate School of Education
672-2202
FAX: 672-3407

Director, Career Services Center
Ann Motayar
672-2360
FAX: 672-2057

Registrar-Glenn Davis
672-3131
FAX: 672-4836

Lake Erie College (Lake) IRN-063792
391 W Washington St, Painesville 44077
President-Michael T Victor
(440) 375-7200
Associate Dean, Professional Development
Carol P Ramsay
375-7179
Dean, Education-Richard Bonde
375-7155
Career Services-Billie Dunn
375-7506
Registrar-Barb Arilson
375-7015
FAX: 375-7005

Lourdes College (Lucas) IRN-111476
6832 Convent Blvd, Sylvania 43560
President-Robert C Helmer
(419) 824-3809
Dean, Department of Education
Michael J Smith
824-3723
Chair, Early Childhood Education
Program-Karen S Roadruck 824-3821
Chair, Middle Childhood Education
Charles Beard
824-3718
Adolescent to Young Adult
Education Program-Dariel Jacobs
824-3735
Registrar-Michelle Rable
824-3816
FAX: 824-3962
Malone College (Stark) IRN-063800
515 25th St NW, Canton 44709-3897
President-Gary W Streit
(330) 471-8121
Dean, School of Education-Christine Krol
471-8538 Chair, Education Department- David J Bowman
471-8375
Placement Officer-Doug Reichenberger
471-8320
Registrar-Gary L Phelps
471-8127
FAX: 471-8478

Institutions in Ohio Approved for Teacher Education

Marietta College (Washington) IRN-063818

215 Fifth St, Marietta 45750
President-Jean A Scott
(740) 376-4701
Chair, Education Department
Dorothy J Erb
376-4761
Registrar-John Tynan
376-4723
FAX: 376-4729

Miami University (Butler)
IRN-062984
Oxford 45056
President
David C Hodge
(513) 529-2345
Dean, School of Education and Allied Professions
Carine Feyten
529-6317
FAX: 529-7270

Director, Career Services
Richard L Hearin
529-3831
FAX: 529-3822

University Registrar
Dave Sauter
529-8711
Mount St Joseph, College of (Hamilton) IRN-063651
5701 Delhi Rd
Cincinnati 45233-1670
President
Sister Francis Marie Thrailkill
(513) 244-4232
Chairperson, Department of Education
Mifrando S Obach
244-3263
Director, Career Development
Margaret H Davis
244-4824
Registrar-Patsy Kenner
244-4845
FAX: 244-4654

Mount Union College (Stark)
IRN-063834
1972 Clark Ave
Alliance 44601
President-Richard F Giese
(330) 823-6050
Chairperson, Department of Education-Linda Burkey
823-3362
FAX: 823-3363

Coordinator, Field Placement-Ted Isue
829-6643
Registrar-Karen Moriarty
823-6596
Mount Vernon Nazarene University
(Knox) IRN-068247
800 Martinsburg Rd, Mt Vernon 43050
President-Daniel J Martin
(740) 392-6868
Ext 4100
Director, Teacher Education
Gloria Edwards Ext 3416
Career Planning and Services
Elaine Blair Ext 4612
Director, Records and Registration
Mel Severns Ext 4530
FAX: 393-0511

Muskingum College (Muskingum) IRN-063842
163 Stormont St
New Concord 43762
President-Anne C Steele
(740) 826-8115
Associate Dean, Teacher Education
Linda Morrow
826-8033
Chair, Education Department-Joy Cowdery
826-8027
Career Services
Jacquelyn Vascura
826-8085
Certification Officer
Marjorie Pickworth 826-8037
FAX: 826-8404

Notre Dame College (Cuyahoga) IRN-063859
4545 College Rd, South Euclid 44121
President
Andrew P Roth (216) 373-5200
Director, Graduate and Undergraduate
Education
Bruce Jones 373-5336
Vice President, Academic Affairs-T J Arant 373-5310
Executive Dean and Assistant to President, Planning Assessment and Project
Management
Nancy Baird 373-5409
Associate Dean, Public Affairs-Deb Sheren
373-5347
Dean, Admissions
David Armstrong
373-5214
Director, Student Records
Sr Donna Paluf 373-5287
FAX: 381-3802

Oberlin College (Lorain) IRN-063867
173 W Lorain St
Oberlin 44074
President-Marvin Krislov
(440) 775-8400
Director, Music Education
Jody Kerchner
775-8267
Director, Career Services
Leo Charette
775-8140
Director, Graduate Teacher Education
Deborah Roose
775-6350
Registrar-Elizabeth Clerkin
775-8450
FAX: 775-8942

Ohio Dominican University (Franklin)
IRN-063677
1216 Sunbury Rd
Columbus 43219
Interim President
Bishop James A Griffin
(614) 251-4690
Chair, Division of Education-Bonnie Beach
251-4625 Director, Career Services
Gary Swisher
251-4734
Registrar-Shirley McBrayer
251-4652
FAX: 252-0776

Ohio Northern University (Hardin)
IRN-063875
525 S Main St
Ada 45810
President-Kendall L Baker
(419) 772-2000 Director, Teacher Education
Tena Roepke
772-2129
FAX: 772-2126

Assistant Director, Placement
- Nancy Sheely
772-2145
Registrar-Richard Carpenter 772-2024
FAX: 772-1932

Ohio State University
The (Franklin) IRN-063214
1945 N High St, Columbus 43210
President-E Gordon Gee
(614) 292-2424
Dean, College of Education and Human Ecology-David W Andrews
292-2401
FAX: 292-8119

Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Sandra Stroot
292-1414
FAX: 688-3019

Assistant Vice President, Undergraduate
Admissions and First Year Experience
Mabel Freeman
247-6281
FAX: 688-3226

Institutions in Ohio Approved for Teacher Education

Ohio University (Athens)
IRN-063024
Athens 45701
President-Roderick J McDavis
(740) 593-1804
Dean, College of Education-Renée Middleton
593-9449
Associate Dean, Research and Graduate
Studies-Aimee Howley
592-4402
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs and Academic Advising
Maureen Coon
593-1302
Interim Associate Dean, Outreach and Undergrad Studies
William Smith
593-0253
FAX: 593-0569

Program Coordinator, Early Childhood
JoAnn Dugan 593-4471
Program Coordinator, Middle Childhood
Frans Doppen
593-0254
Program Coordinator, Adolescent and Young Adult-Danielle Dani
593-4438
Program Coordinator, Special Education
Scott Sparks
593-4437
Program Coordinator, Higher Education
Robert Young 593-0847
Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware)
IRN-063883
61 S Sandusky St,
Delaware 43015
Interim President
David O Robbins
(740) 368-3001
Chairperson, Education Department
Amy McClure 368-3562
Director, Career Services
Tom Vecchione
368-3152
Registrar
Sally A Sikorski
368-3201
University
FAX: 368-3299

Teacher Education FAX: 368-3553

Otterbein College (Franklin) IRN-063891
One Otterbein College, Westerville 43081
President-C Brent DeVore (614) 823-1410
Chair, Department of Education
Harriet Fayne 823-1214
Education Placement Officer
Margarette C Barkhymer
823-1456
Registrar-Donald W Foster 823-1350
FAX: 823-3036

Rio Grande, University of (Gallia) IRN-070607
218 N College Ave, PO Box 500
Rio Grande 45674
Interim President-Gregory S Sojka
(740) 245-7204
Head, Teacher Education
Phyllis J McQueen 800-282-7201 Ext 7399
FAX: 245-7523
Director, Career Services-Susan Haft Ext 7276
Dean, Student Services-Elaine Armstrong Ext 7454
FAX: 245-7371

Shawnee State University (Scioto) IRN-063321
940 Second St, Portsmouth 45662-4344
President-Rita Rice Morris
(740) 351-3208
FAX: 351-3470

Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Timothy Scheurer
351-3550
FAX: 351-3595

Chairperson, Department of Teacher
Education-Paul Madden 351-3547
FAX: 351-3603

Director, Preprofessional Services
Debra Weber 351-3297
FAX: 351-3603

Registrar-Jonica Burke
351-3207
FAX: 351-3593

Toledo, The University of (Lucas) IRN-063099
2801 W Bancroft St, Toledo 43606
President-Lloyd Jacobs
(419) 530-2211
Dean, Judith Herb College of Education
Thomas J Switzer 530-2026
Interim Associate Dean, Graduate Program
and Research Studies-Lawrence Baines 530-2467
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Program
and Director of Teacher Education
Virginia Keil 530-2491
University Registrar-Lorinda Bishop 530-4850
FAX: 530-4828

Urbana University (Champaign) IRN-063958
579 College Way, Urbana 43078-2091
President-Robert Head
(937) 484-1313
Vice President, Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty-Thomas Fauquet 484-1315
Director, Graduate Education Programs
John Forsthoefel
484-1394
Dean Chairperson, College of Education and Allied Professions-Denise Boldman 484-1243
University FAX: 484-1322

Teacher Education FAX: 484-1365

Ursuline College (Cuyahoga) IRN-063966
2550 Lander Rd, Pepper Pike 44124
President-Sr Diana Stano
(440) 646-8101
Vice President, Academic Affairs
JoAnne M Podis 646-8107
Interim Dean, Graduate Studies
Alison Benders
646-8120
Director, Masters Program in Educational
Administration-Martin Kane
646-8148
Director, Masters Program in Teaching
Dianne Runnestrand
646-8120
Vice President, Student Affairs
Deanne Hurley
646-8320
Vice President, Enrollment Management
Sr Patricia McCaffrey
646-8108
Education Unit Leader-Mary Jo Cherry
646-8147
Registrar-Leah Sullivan
646-8126
FAX: 684-6114

Walsh University (Stark) IRN-063974
2020 E Maple St
North Canton 44720-3336
President-Richard Jusseaume
(330) 490-7102
Chair, Division of Education
Jeannie DeFazio
490-7332
Director, Career Development
Shaanette Fowler
490-7320
Registrar-Edna McCulloh 490-7191
FAX: 499-8518

Institutions in Ohio Approved for Teacher Education
Wilmington College (Clinton) IRN-064014
1870 Quaker Way, Wilmington 45177
President-Daniel A DiBiasio
(937) 382-6661 Ext 201
Chair, Department of Education-Michele Beery Ext 279
Director, Career Services
Barbara Kaplan Ext 299
Registrar-Karen Garman Ext 214
FAX: 382-7077

Wittenberg University (Clark) IRN-064022
N Wittenberg Ave, PO Box 720
Springfield 45501
President-Mark H Erickson
(937) 327-7916
Chair, Education Department
Kathryn Calabrese
327-6402
Education Placement Officer-Brian Yontz
327-6403
Registrar-Jack Campbell
327-6131
Education FAX: 327-6418

Wooster, The College of (Wayne) IRN-063693
1189 Beall Ave, Wooster 44691
President-Grant H Cornwell
(330) 263-2311
Chair, Department of Education
Alison Schmidt
263-2303
Education Placement Officer-Lisa Kastor
263-2496
Registrar-Suzanne Bates 263-2366
FAX: 263-2260

Wright State University (Greene) IRN-063123
3640 Col Glenn Hwy, Dayton 45435
President-David R Hopkins
(937) 775-2312
Dean, College of Education and Human
Services-Gregory R Bernhardt
775-2822
Director, Career Services-Cheryl Krueger
775-2556
Registrar-Marian Hogue
775-5588
Xavier University (Hamilton) IRN-064030
3800 Victory Pkwy, Cincinnati 45207
President-Rev Michael J Graham
Academic Vice President/Provost
Roger Fortin
(513) 745-3838
Dean, College of Social Sciences
Mark Meyers
745-3119
Chair, Education Department-James Boothe
745-2951
Executive Director, Student Leadership
Kimberlie L Goldsberry
745-4892
University Registrar-Allen Cole
745-3941
FAX: 745-2969

Youngstown State University (Mahoning) IRN-063156
One University Plz, Youngstown 44555
President-David C Sweet (330) 941-3101
E-mail: dcsweet@ysu.edu
FAX: 941-7169

Dean, Beeghly College of Education
Philip Ginnetti 941-3215
FAX: 941-3216

Career Services-Bernie Cummins
941-3515
FAX: 941-7290

Interim Executive Director, Enrollment
Services/Registrar-William H Countryman 941-2267
FAX: 941-3154

Prekindergarten Associate
Certification Institutions
Akron, The University of IRN-062869
302 E Buchtel Ave, Akron 44325-4702
President-Luis M Proenza (330) 972-7074
Senior Vice President and Provost
Elizabeth J Stroble
972-7593
Dean, College of Education
Cynthia Capers
972-7680
FAX: 972-5636

Central Ohio Technical College IRN-065086
1179 University Dr, Newark 43055-1767
President-Bonnie Coe
(740) 364-9509
Prekindergarten Associate
Program-Regina Williams
366-9359
366-9287
FAX: 366-5047

Cincinnati, University of IRN-062927
2624 Clifton Ave, PO Box 210002
Cincinnati 45221-0002
President-Nancy L Zimpher
(513) 556-2201
Dean, College of Education, Criminal
Justice and Human Services
Lawrence J Johnson
556-2322
FAX: 556-2483

Clark State Community College IRN-063370
PO Box 570, Springfield 45501
President-Karen E Rafinski
(937) 328-6001
Prekindergarten Administrator
Bridget Ingram
328-6051
FAX: 328-3853

Columbus State Community College IRN-063305
550 E Spring St, PO Box 1609
Columbus 43216-1609
President-Valeriana Moeller
(614) 287-2402
Administrator, Pre-K Associate
Certificate Program-Mary Lou Guillory
287-5098
FAX: 287-6007

Registrar-Regina Peal 287-5343
FAX: 287-6026

Cuyahoga Community College IRN-063404
700 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland 44115
President-Jerry Sue Thornton
(216) 987-4851
Program Manager, Early Childhood
Education-Sandra Redmond 987-2513
FAX: 987-2589

Edison Community College IRN-065763
1973 Edison Dr, Piqua 45356
President-Kenneth A Yowell
(937) 778-8600
Administrator, Early Childhood
Education-Cheryl Buecker
Ext 7917
FAX: 778-1920

Institutions in Ohio Approved for Teacher Education
Prekindergarten Associate
Certification Institutions

James A Rhodes State College
IRN-064501
4240 Campus Dr,
Lima 45804-3597
President-Deborah McCurdy (419) 995-8200
Chair, Early Childhood Education
Susan Driggers Hord
995-8823
FAX: 995-8097

Lakeland Community College
IRN-063347
7700 Clocktower Dr, Kirtland 44094-5198
President-Morris Beverage
(440) 525-7177
Department Chair, Early Childhood
Education-Paula Larson 525-7835
FAX: 525-7636

Lorain County Community College IRN-137646
1005 N Abbe Rd, Elyria 44035
President-Roy A Church
(440) 365-5222
Coordinator, Pre-K Associate Certificate
Program-Kathleen A Head
Ext 7167
E-mail: khead@lorainccc.edu
FAX: 366-4128

Lourdes College (Lucas) IRN-111476
6832 Convent Blvd, Sylvania 43560
President-Robert C Helmer
(419) 824-3809
Chair, Department of Education
Michael J Smith 824-3723
Director, Early Childhood Education
Program-Karen S Roadruck 824-3821
Director, Adolescent to Young Adult
Education Program-Dariel Jacobs 824-3735
Director, Middle Childhood Education
Program-Charles Beard 824-3718
Registrar-Michelle Rable 824-3816
FAX: 824-3962

Mount St Joseph, College of IRN-063651
5701 Delhi Rd, Cincinnati 45233-1670
President
Sister Francis Marie Thrailkill
(513) 244-4232
Chair, Department of Education
Mifrando Obach 244-3263
FAX: 244-4867

North Central S
tate College
IRN-052266
2441 Kenwood Cir, Mansfield 44901
President-Ronald E Abrams
(419) 755-4811
Education Department Chair-Teri Kofod
755-4879
E-mail:
tkofod@ncstatecollege.edu
FAX: 755-4520

Northwest State Community College IRN-063313
22-600 St Rt 34, Archbold 43502-9542
Acting President-Thomas Stuckey
(419) 267-5511
Coordinator, Early Childhood
Development-Pat Hofbauer
Ext 239
FAX: 267-3688

Ohio Dominican University IRN-063677
1216 Sunbury Rd, Columbus 43219
Interim President-Bishop James A Griffin
(614) 251-4690
Dean, Division of Education-Bonnie Beach
251-4625
FAX: 252-0776

Ohio State University,
The IRN-063214
1945 N High St, Columbus 43210
President-E Gordon Gee
(614) 292-2424
Dean, College of Education and Human
Ecology-David W Andrews
292-2401
FAX: 292-8119

Ohio University (Athens)
IRN-063024
Athens 45701
President-Roderick J McDavis
(740) 593-1804
Dean, College of Education
Renée A Middleton
593-9449
Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies
Aimee Howley
593-4402
Associate Dean, Student Affairs and Academic Advising
Maureen Coon
593-1302
Interim Associate Dean, Outreach and Undergrad Studies-William Smith
593-0253
FAX: 593-0569

Program Coordinator, Early Childhood- JoAnn Dugan 593-4471
Program Coordinator, Middle Childhood
Frans Doppen 597-0254
Program Coordinator, Adolescent and Young Adult-Danielle Dani 593-4438
Program Coordinator, Special Education
Scott Sparks 593-4437
Program Coordinator, Higher Education
Robert Young 593-0847
Owens State Community College IRN-074864 PO Box 10,000 Toledo 43699 (567) 661-7000
President-Christa Adams 661-7210
Chair, Teacher Education
Deborah Ciecka 661-7283
FAX: 661-7174

Rio Grande, University of IRN-070607
218 N College Ave, Rio Grande 45674
Interim President-Greg Sojka
(740) 245-7204
Head, Teacher Education
Phyllis J McQueen
800-282-7201
Ext 7399
FAX: 245-7523

Director, Career Services-Susan Haft
Ext 7276
Dean, Student Services
Elaine Armstrong Ext 7454
FAX: 245-7371

Sinclair Community College IRN-063362
444 W Third St, Dayton 45402
President-Steven L Johnson (937) 512-2525
Chairperson, Child and Family
Education Department-Karen H Winston 512-2581
FAX: 512-5222

Prekindergarten Associate Certification Institutions
Terra Community College
IRN-063438
2830 Napoleon Rd, Fremont 43420
(419) 334-8400
President-Marsha S Bordner
(419) 559-2327
Coordinator, Early Childhood
Education-Mary Fatica 559-2216
FAX: 334-3719

Washington State Community College
IRN-064345
710 Colegate Dr, Marietta 45750
President-Charlotte Hatfield
(740) 374-8716 Ext 1105
Dean, Arts and Sciences-Mark E Nutter
Ext 2105
Program Coordinator, Early Childhood
Development Technology-Tamara Tuten
Ext 2103
Chair, Social Services Program Coordinator
Debbie Wright
Ext 2120
Registrar-Mike Whitnable
Ext 1205
FAX: 373-7496

Youngstown State University
IRN-063156
One University Plz, Youngstown 44555
President-David C Sweet
(330) 941-3101
FAX: 941-7169

Dean, Beeghly College of Education
Philip Ginnetti 941-3215
FAX: 941-3216

Zane State College
IRN-063289
1555 Newark Rd, Zanesville 43701-2626
President-Paul R Brown
(740) 588-1200
Administrator, Pre-K Associate
Certificate Program-Kelly Coffey
588-1292
Vice President, Student Services
Dotty Welch 588-1220
FAX: 454-0035

University of Michigan
Center for the Child and Family
www.umuccf.org/resource/evaluation_assessment/?gclid=CPqMvczQwZkCFQ6jagodyV_Stg

Websites:

The Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
www.iidc.indiana.edu

Clevelander Develops Technique to Toilet Train Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Other Special Needs
Teach Toileting: A Revolutionary Approach for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Special Needs addresses the challenges parents face when dealing with their children. Bialer uses a radically new, but developmentally and behaviorally sound approach to toilet training by focusing on changing habits.
A 2007 report issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention which looked at a sample of 8 year olds in 2000 and 2002, concluded that the prevalence of autism had risen to 1 in every 150 American children, and almost 1 in 94 boys. There are approximately 1.5 million America ns living with the effects of autism spectrum disorder, according to the Autism Society of America.
Bialer states, “The developmental level of your child, including his form of communication is not relevant to this method.” She adds, “It is the change to the location of the bathroom that challenges your child, not purposeful resistance to toileting.”
The book has been endorsed by experts in the field including Dr. Richard Solomon, Medical Director of the Ann Arbor Center for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics as well as Leslie Bagdasariam, President, Fragile X Alliance of Ohio.
To learn more about Bialer’s technique or to order the book, visit www.teachtoileting.com
The book is also available at Joseph- Beth Bookseller in Beachwood, Ohio or on www.Amazon.com

Visit ASA-ASO's website a href="http://www.autismohio.org">www.autismohio.org
for an "easy to read" version if this does not come through clean on your listserv. Or sign up to receive your own copy by "registering" on the "login" section of ASA-ASO's homepage.
News From ASA-ASO:
- Autism Insurance Coverage Bill HB 8 recommended to Full House by HAA Committee
- Watch the House vote on HB 8 LIVE!
- AMC Entertainment® and the Autism Society of America Announce Partnership
- ASA Calls for Global Recognition of Human Rights for Individuals with ASD
- ASA Members-Only Savings on MedicAlert® 24-hour Response Service
- Senate Bill 79 moves through testimony March 31, 2009
- Latest issue of ASA Advocate Magazine features article by former ASA-ASO board member Sondra Williams
- From OCALI: Improving School-Based Transition Services For Students With Disabilities: A Training For Parent Group Leaders
- From ODE-OEC: Training on New IEP and ETR Forms for 2009-2010 School-year
- New PECS online module available from OCALI
- ODMRDD Community Services 2008 Annual Report now available!
- The Call for Proposals for OCALI Conference is now open!
- Governor's Office offering American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Information Sessions
- Federal Update/Alerts
Comprehensive Autism Legislation Introduced in U.S. Congress
ASA applauds the recent introduction of two bills to mark World Autism Awareness Day by U.S.
Representatives Mike Doyle (D-PA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ).
Upcoming Events, Resources, etc:
- NEWS from the ASA:
ASA Teams Up with Little, Brown Company to Promote Awareness through "The Horse Boy"
Autism Awareness Jigsaw Puzzles
Don't Miss the Next Sensory Friendly Film!
Hyperbaric Treatment for Autism Study Published
Survey Explores Medical Care for Children with Autism Using Complementary Alternative
Medicine
NIH Presents Summer Opportunities for Students and Teachers
a href="http://www.SpeechPathology.com">www.SpeechPathology.com
Presents New Online Courses on Autism
Dr. David Holmes to Speak on Adults with Autism - IN TOLEDO!
TheGlutenSolution.com Offers Resources for Gluten-Free Dieters
New Documentary Looks at "Autistic-Like" Symptoms
New Children's Book Teaches "Typical Kids" How to Befriend Children with Autism Parents Tell Story of Triplets with Autism
- ASA-SE Ohio Chapter presents Athens Rocks for Autism 2
- ASA-Dayton Chapter activities Highlighted in Exceptional Parent Magazine
- ASA-Northwest Ohio Chapter presents: Practical Solutions Spring workshops - Toilet Training Your Child With Autism
- ASA-Dayton presents: Ann Anzalone Workshops Parenting for Positive Potential
- Article: How 1 Autistic Young Man Runs a Business
- Webinar: Developing a Seizure Emergency Treatment Plan for the Patient with Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Intellectual Disabilities
- Article: The Other Side Of Autism
- Article: Scientists Find 'Baffling' Link between Autism and Vinyl Flooring
- Article: New Theory Of Autism Suggests Symptoms Or Disorder May Be Reversible
- Looking for Drawings by Artists with Autism
- Book: Life with a Partner or Spouse with Asperger Syndrome: Going Over the Edge? Practical Steps to Saving You and Your Relationship
- INFOhio offers LearningExpress Library
- Seminar: Inclusive Play Symposium 2009 - Play Across The Lifespan
- Bittersweet Farms workshop - Adults with Autism Advancing Awareness, Toledo
- BGSU 8th Annual Autism Summit "What's Happening with Autism" The Neurology of Autism with Keynote, Bowling Green
- Public Transportation Travel Trainers Group Publishes New E-Newsletter
- Autism Biomedical DVD Set - All New
- ARC of Ohio Day at Cedar Point
- Milestones April Newsletter
ASA-ASO is now posting all research opportunities on our website. For information on available opportunities, visit our webpage. Click on "Information" along the left side of the home page and then click on "Studies/Surveys".
CHECK OUT NEW LISTINGS AND OPPORTUNITIES!
Have you purchased your Ohio Autism Awareness License Plate yet? To purchase yours, visit www.oplates.com
and click on "Specialty Plates" or visit our website.
Sincerely,
The Autism Society of America - Autism Society of Ohio Chapter
701 S. Main St.
Akron, OH 44311
( 330) 376-0211
fax: (330) 376-1226
email: askASO@autismohio.org
web: www.autismohio.org

www.autism151.com

State of Ohio's Needs and Resource Assessment
Individuals with Brain Injuries and their families
olrs.ohio.gov/TBI_PDF_files/TBIFullReport.pdf

Auditory Processing Disorders
www.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/download/pdf/CI-APD-Gu.pdf

Central Auditory Processing Disorders (CAPD)
One Cause of Attention Deficits, Defiance and School Failures
www.strugglingteens.com/archives/2001/11/news02.html

Independent Living funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
www.ncil.org/news/stimulus.html

NYLN's mission is to promote youth leadership and education. We teach young people how to advocate. Our goal is to make sure that young people with disabilities have the chance to set and reach their own goals.
www.nyln.org

National Autism Association
http://www.nationalautismassociation.org

National Post School Outcomes Center
psocenter.org/secondTrans.html

Transition of Students With Disabilities
To Postsecondary Education:
A Guide for High School Educators
www.ed.gov/print/about/offices/list/ocr/transitionguide.html

www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=5038

Webinars
The IEP Process for Secondary Transition
www.opi.state.mt.us/streamer/SpecEd/NewIEPprocess.html

www.pppst.com/index.html

Special Education Services
http://idealaw.org/whoweare.html

http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH

http://www.kennedykrieger.org/kki_misc.jsp?pid=5121

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/autism/detail_autism.htm

http://www.autism.org

http://www.autism.com

http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/autism.cfm

http://www.parenting-autism-child.com

http://www.candidafree.net

http://www.foodallergytest.com

http://www.909shot.com

House Passes Bill Containing Significant Increases in Autism Funding

M.O.D.E.L-Bryan
(K-12 program)
M.O.D.E.L
http://www.shopbryanohio.com/bryan-businesses/model.html

Community School for students with Autism
218 W. High St. Bryan, Ohio 43506
Ph: (419)633-0718
Effective education for autism
Educating autistic children can be a challenge in the best of circumstances.
Autism is a developmental brain disorder that affects social and communication skills.
A "spectrum" disorder, its symptoms vary widely, but people with autism generally can't understand other people's thoughts and motivations, and so they aren't able to respond appropriately to their environment and form relationships with other people.
Many people with autism also have associated language delays and mental retardation, while others have average or above-average intelligence but the same communication problems.
There's no one "cure" for autism, the major treatment for autism is early and ongoing educational intervention.
And that education is the responsibility of public school districts.
For more information on how we can help, call Bonnie Kelly - Behavior Analyst at 419.633.0718 or e-mail us with your questions here, E-Mail Us.
More online info about the M.O.D.E.L. School visit the following websites
http://www.autism-behavior-analyst.com

http://uac.utoledo.edu/metronet/m108

M.O.D.E.L's mission statement:
"To, in cooperation with parents, provide a nurturing learning environment, and in so develop the full potential of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder by addressing each individuals social and educational needs."
We believe:
▪ The only appropriate education is an effective education
▪ If a child cannot learn by the way we teach, then we must teach in a way the child can learn
▪ Behavior in any form is communication
▪ Educational programs should be held accountable to produce outcomes that are socially valuable, functional, and exceptional
▪A healthy relationship between school and home, as well as parental involvement and participation are crucial to a child's development and the success of their education.
http://www.sensorycritters.com

About our founder/president:
Bonnie Kelly is the President of A.C.T. Now, Ltd., the Program Director of P.A.T.H.
Academy for Autism and the teacher/behavior analyst for M.O.D.E.L. Community School for Students with Autism-Bryan.
Ms Kelly has presented on various topics surrounding autism throughout Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
She is currently Vice President of the Autism Society of Northwest Ohio (ASNO), a sitting member of the Ohio Autism Coalition (OAC)
and the Autism Awareness Director for the Eternal Lounge.
Professional memberships include the Association for Behavior Analysis International, The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), and the Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS).
With over 19 years of experience with individuals with ASD and dual diagnosis and 10 years of experience specializing in ABA (I.B.I.), Ms Kelly works with families throughout the tri-state area to develop, implement and supervise in-home and school programs.
Her articles have been published in Living Today Magazine, the remedyfind.com website, ASNO's Forum and various newspapers in the tri state area.
Bonnie has a Bachelor's of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis, a Bachelor's of Art in Psychology and is currently pursuing a master's in special education
(intervention specialist-moderate to severe) at Bowling Green State University.
She has completed several workshops with Dr. Vince Carbone and worked collaboratively with Dr. Carl Sundberg.
2006 Businesswoman of the Year-Nominated by the Business Advisory Council of the National Republican Committee
2007-Nominated to the National Honors Society
2008-Who's Who Among Executives and Professional Women
P.A.T.H. Philosophy:
(Parents and Teachers Hand-in-hand)
Applied Behavior Analysis (A.B.A.)
is the only methodology endorsed by the Surgeon General for the treatment of Autism.
Therefore A.B.A. will be used in teaching our children as opposed to the popular eclectic approach which has demonstrated little to no gains and sometimes regression in students of this population (Jacobson, et al. 2005).
Verbal Behavior and errorless teaching methods will be used unless contraindicated by the student's learning style.
In collaboration with parents, PATH has developed an innovative program to accommodate the individual needs of each student.
Each aspect of the program represents a continuum of services and environment from the most restrictive to transition to a regular education classroom.
The Verbal Behavior approach of manding will be used in speech and communication training.
Natural Environment Training (NET)
will be employed to assure generalization and functionality of skills.
Research indicates the importance of appropriate play skills on learning for children in this age bracket.
For this reason, time for toy play is scheduled. This is not time when the student is allowed "free play" or allowed to "stim" and play with toys inappropriately.
This is a structured time to teach functional toy and pretend play
(the primary methodology of learning in children under the age of three).
Habit training and potty training is emphasized in activities of daily living. Self-help, social, motor and cognitive skills including learning readiness skills and pre-academics will be emphasized.
Handwriting Without Tears (HWT) will be employed for development of fine motor skills as well as OT exercises designed specifically to assist in the development of musculature that promotes good handwriting.
Art and Music times will be used to promote normalized student activity, speech, fine motor skills, visual discrimination and imitation.
Positive behavior support plans will be developed and utilized. High staff-to-student ratios, and high rates of student engagement will be employed.
P.A.T.H. Academy is for preschool aged children with A.S.D.
(Autism Spectrum Disorder).

Cool story about an autistic runs his own business! news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20090403/ts_usnews/how1autisticyoungmanrunsabusiness

Living Today and boomers today:
Mike Nix
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Central Ohio Educational Resource Center
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{The following was published 4/07 in Bryan Times, Paulding Co. Progress, Hicksville News Tribune, and West Bend News}
Autism Awareness Month:
1 in 150 is too many to ignore
Many of you have now seen the new Autism Speaks commercials, touting an autism rate of 1 in 166 children. But, did you know that the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has now published new statistics?
The CDC recently analyzed data taken from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network (ADDM), a population-based, multi-state surveillance network confirming a prevalence of 1 in 150.
At the rate of four million births in the United States every year, that means 26,670 new diagnoses per year.
How do these rates compare with other childhood disabilities?
Downs Syndrome: 1 in 800.

Juvenile diabetes: 1 in 400-500
Childhood Cancer: 1.5 in 10,000
In fact, autism is more common than childhood cancer, cystic fibrosis and multiple sclerosis combined!
Currently, in the state of Ohio, there is no law protecting families who have a child with autism against insurance coverage discrimination.
There are currently 12 states in the United States that have laws against exclusionary clauses for individuals with autism including Indiana. Let’s face it; it is difficult and expensive to raise a child with a disability; then to be denied insurance to cover even the costs of regular medical checkups.
So, what services are available for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)? According to the Individual’s with Disabilities Act (IDEA), these children are entitled to a Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE).
Unfortunately our Supreme Court has ruled that “appropriate” does not mean “optimal”.
Both IDEA and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) emphasize scientifically validated approaches, yet the majority of public schools do not utilize the one method that is scientifically validated for the treatment of autism (Applied Behavior Analysis or ABA).
ABA is the only methodology recommended by the United States Surgeon General, the New York Health Department and the National Institute of Health for the treatment of autism.
One way to determine whether your school is utilizing a scientifically validated approach is to ask the following questions?
Is data being taken on goals?
Is the data interpreted and used to make adjustments to curriculum as needed or just quarterly?
Is progress reported as percentage to completion or “adequate progress” and other vague, non committal responses?

Has your child’s special education teacher adopted and used scientifically based approaches for which there is supporting research in peer-reviewed journals?
Under NCLB, teachers are accountable for: using evidence-based educational practices, knowing the research behind the procedures they use and ensuring that our educational programs confer “meaningful educational benefit”.
In the case that a teacher/school district is sued, they must demonstrate the use of evidence-based practices and provide data to substantiate.
Teachers need to be prepared to share their data with parents and other professionals under the law. Sounds like a tall order for a Special Education teacher, who either works in a classroom that is understaffed or underpaid. In fact, the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) this month published, “The national shortage of special educators should be addressed by making salaries, benefits, and supports competitive and by improving working conditions.
Improved working conditions include collegial and administrative supports and reduced caseloads and paperwork.”
Our special education students need more services than typical students. They are behind and they need to catch up. You don’t catch up by training only as hard as the rest! Extended School Year services (ESY) are absolutely necessary for this population of students.
Autism Speaks, the organization responsible for the new TV ad campaign on autism, is working to “organize and mobilize autism research efforts in hopes of achieving results similar to the leukemia community,” said Dr. Gary Goldstein, President and CEO of the Kennedy Krieger Institute.
“Thirty years ago, the majority of children with leukemia died.
Today, the majority survive because increased participation by a very organized research community led to discoveries of new and better treatments.”
In Summary, from the ADDM report:
“The impact of having a developmental disability is immense for families affected and for the community services that provide intervention and support for these families.
It is important that we treat common developmental disabilities and especially the ASDs as conditions of urgent public health concern, do all we can to identify children’s learning needs, and begin intervention as early as possible to enable all children to reach their full potential.”
Together we can make a difference!
For more information, see
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http://www.autism-society.org
or http://www.autism-behavior-analyst.com

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Teaching Students with Autism through Applied Behavior Analysis
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a behavioral view often used in treating persons with developmental disabilities.
A significant portion of recent research is focused on children with autism; however, ABA is effective for all developmental disabilities.
I, personally, have used ABA effectively with children with Down’s Syndrome and ADD/ADHD.
ABA has a strong scientific research base to support its effectiveness with students with autism.
ABA is an intensive, structured intervention based on more than 50 years of research. It focuses on intensive teaching (ITT), discreet trial training (DTT), and functional analysis of behavior.
This methodology is the protocol of choice for specialists throughout the world and is endorsed by the Surgeon General.
Studies conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles demonstrated that ABA, when implemented at least 30 hours per week by the age of three, allowed 47% to attend first grade comfortably with their typical peers without the assistance of a one-on-one aide, as opposed to 2% of the control group subjects (See Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987, Vol. 55, No. 1, 3-9 of the American Psychological Association, Inc.).
Another methodology, TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children) is often used with this population.
It incorporates some ABA principles.
However, according to the Surgeon General, it has only demonstrated short-term gains.
A common misconception of ABA is that it is limited to intensive teaching and one-on-one instruction for severely autistic children.
This is not the case. There are a multitude of components, and interventions within the science of behavior analysis. Skill training ranges from basic (attending skills, imitation skills, and receptive and expressive language skills) to advanced (abstract language, social skills, and academic skills).
Programming ranges from reduction of tantrums, matching, interactive play, and fine motor development to truth vs. lies, advanced emotions, humor/sarcasm, real vs. pretend, math, reading and other academic skills.
Five characteristics of ABA:
1. Applied: examines socially significant behaviors and attempts to make useful improvements in the behavior.
2. Technological:
provides detail of procedures to permit replication of techniques in other settings.
3. Conceptual:
procedures are tied to the basic principles of behavior. 4. Generality:
attempts to identify techniques that can be successful with other individuals, with other behavior problems and in other situations.
5. Analytic: scientifically based experimental designs are used to assess the effectiveness of the interventions under study.
What makes ABA effective?:
Pre-teaching of skills
Short, sequential directions
Functional skills
Prompting and fading procedures
High repetition of acquisition skills
Consistent structure
Task analysis of skills
Planned reinforcement
Continual feedback
Teaching to mastery
Generalization of skills
Predictability
Manipulation of antecedents
Reduction of learner errors/Errorless teaching
Short inter-trial intervals
Mixing and varying of tasks
Interspersing of easy and difficult tasks
Fluency-building/teaching to fluency
ABA can be performed in home programs or school programs.
Effective ABA schools will include: visual systems, communication training, structured teaching, sensory integration, direct social skill instruction, small group instruction, natural environment training, peer play, art, music and pet therapy, community trips, special visitors, “typical” peers and events as well as academics and vocational training.
“Our son, (name withheld by request) has been receiving ABA services since January.
He has made many accomplishments since the start of his program. I have provided 4-6 hours of ABA a week myself with the rest of the services being provided by one-on-one professionals, I hire and manage in my home.
I have a behavior analyst who progresses the program. We have monthly clinic meetings where the entire team meets and talks about his progress. We sincerely recommend an ABA program for any child with autism.”
“I would like to inform you of the progress I have seen in my 7 year old son since he’s begun school…Andrew was very, very violent when he entered (an ABA) school in September.
He was so bad, that I had to work part time through the summer because he was beating up all of his caregivers. Within a week of attending school with (teacher’s name) and her staff, Andrew stopped hitting almost completely.
In the past 8 months, he has had only 2-4 small violent tantrums…Andrew can now count to 30+, he can color, cut, sing and do hand motions to songs, can now urinate in a toilet (wearing underwear all day), can feed himself, does some verbalizing (compared to none at all), and the list goes on. The changed have been drastic and very impressive…”
(Name withheld).
Those are just two testimonials demonstrating the positive results using ABA therapy for children with autism.
It has become increasingly prevalent for parents to aid in the development of their children’s educational program.
If you would like more information regarding ABA, along with book resources, the following web sites are a good place to start:
http://www.autism-society.org
http://www.asno.org
http://www.surgeongeneral.org
http://www.bacb.com

Newspaper articles
{The following was published 4/07 in Bryan Times, Paulding Co. Progress, Hicksville News Tribune, and West Bend News}
Autism Awareness Month: 1 in 150 is too many to ignore
Many of you have now seen the new Autism Speaks commercials, touting an autism rate of 1 in 166 children.
But, did you know that the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has now published new statistics?
The CDC recently analyzed data taken from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network (ADDM), a population-based, multi-state surveillance network confirming a prevalence of 1 in 150. At the rate of four million births in the United States every year, that means 26,670 new diagnoses per year.
How do these rates compare with other childhood disabilities?
· Downs Syndrome: 1 in 800.
· Juvenile diabetes: 1 in 400-500
· Childhood Cancer: 1.5 in 10,000
In fact, autism is more common than childhood cancer, cystic fibrosis and multiple sclerosis combined!
Currently, in the state of Ohio, there is no law protecting families who have a child with autism against insurance coverage discrimination. There are currently 12 states in the United States that have laws against exclusionary clauses for individuals with autism including Indiana.
Let’s face it; it is difficult and expensive to raise a child with a disability; then to be denied insurance to cover even the costs of regular medical checkups.
So, what services are available for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)? According to the Individual’s with Disabilities Act (IDEA), these children are entitled to a Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE).
Unfortunately our Supreme Court has ruled that “appropriate” does not mean “optimal”.
Both IDEA and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) emphasize scientifically validated approaches, yet the majority of public schools do not utilize the one method that is scientifically validated for the treatment of autism (Applied Behavior Analysis or ABA).
ABA is the only methodology recommended by the United States Surgeon General, the New York Health Department and the National Institute of Health for the treatment of autism.
One way to determine whether your school is utilizing a scientifically validated approach is to ask the following questions?
· Is data being taken on goals?
· Is the data interpreted and used to make adjustments to curriculum as needed or just quarterly?
· Is progress reported as percentage to completion or “adequate progress” and other vague, non committal responses?
· Has your child’s special education teacher adopted and used scientifically based approaches for which there is supporting research in peer-reviewed journals?
Under NCLB, teachers are accountable for: using evidence-based educational practices, knowing the research behind the procedures they use and ensuring that our educational programs confer “meaningful educational benefit”.
In the case that a teacher/school district is sued, they must demonstrate the use of evidence-based practices and provide data to substantiate.
Teachers need to be prepared to share their data with parents and other professionals under the law. Sounds like a tall order for a Special Education teacher, who either works in a classroom that is understaffed or underpaid.
In fact, the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) this month published, “The national shortage of special educators should be addressed by making salaries, benefits, and supports competitive and by improving working conditions. Improved working conditions include collegial and administrative supports and reduced caseloads and paperwork.”
Our special education students need more services than typical students. They are behind and they need to catch up.
You don’t catch up by training only as hard as the rest! Extended School Year services (ESY) are absolutely necessary for this population of students.
Autism Speaks, the organization responsible for the new TV ad campaign on autism, is working to “organize and mobilize autism research efforts in hopes of achieving results similar to the leukemia community,” said Dr. Gary Goldstein, President and CEO of the Kennedy Krieger Institute.
“Thirty years ago, the majority of children with leukemia died. Today, the majority survive because increased participation by a very organized research community led to discoveries of new and better treatments.”
In Summary, from the ADDM report:
“The impact of having a developmental disability is immense for families affected and for the community services that provide intervention and support for these families.
It is important that we treat common developmental disabilities and especially the ASDs as conditions of urgent public health concern, do all we can to identify children’s learning needs, and begin intervention as early as possible to enable all children to reach their full potential.”
Together we can make a difference!
For more information, see
http://www.asno.org
http://www.autism-society.org
Bonnie Kelly is the President/Behavior Analyst of A.C.T Now, Ltd. (Autism Consulting and Training) and the teacher/behavior analyst of MODEL Community School for Autism-Bryan. She has over seventeen years of experience with individuals with ASD. For more information, check out http://www.autism-behavior-analyst.com

Government Concedes Vaccine-Autism Case in Federal Court

After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the onset of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the US government has quietly conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims.
The unprecedented concession was filed on November 9, and sealed to protect the plaintiff's identify. It was obtained through individuals unrelated to the case.
The claim, one of 4,900 autism cases currently pending in Federal " Vaccine Court," was conceded by US Assistant Attorney General Peter Keisler and other Justice Department officials, on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services, the "defendant" in all Vaccine Court cases.
The child's claim against the government — that mercury-containing vaccines were the cause of her autism — was supposed to be one of three "test cases" for the thimerosal-autism theory currently under consideration by a three-member panel of Special Masters, the presiding justices in Federal Claims Court.
Keisler wrote that medical personnel at the HHS Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation (DVIC) had reviewed the case and "concluded that compensation is appropriate."
The doctors conceded that the child was healthy and developing normally until her 18-month well-baby visit, when she received vaccinations against nine different diseases all at once (two contained thimerosal).
Days later, the girl began spiraling downward into a cascade of illnesses and setbacks that, within months, presented as symptoms of autism, including: No response to verbal direction; loss of language skills; no eye contact; loss of "relatedness;" insomnia; incessant screaming; arching; and "watching the florescent lights repeatedly during examination."
Seven months after vaccination, the patient was diagnosed by Dr. Andrew Zimmerman, a leading neurologist at the Kennedy Krieger Children's Hospital Neurology Clinic, with "regressive encephalopathy (brain disease) with features consistent with autistic spectrum disorder, following normal development." The girl also met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) official criteria for autism.
In its written concession, the government said the child had a pre-existing mitochondrial disorder that was "aggravated" by her shots, and which ultimately resulted in an ASD diagnosis.
"The vaccinations received on July 19, 2000, significantly aggravated an underlying mitochondrial disorder," the concession says, "which predisposed her to deficits in cellular energy metabolism, and manifested as a regressive encephalopathy with features of ASD."
This statement is good news for the girl and her family, who will now be compensated for the lifetime of care she will require. But its implications for the larger vaccine-autism debate, and for public health policy in general, are not as certain.
In fact, the government's concession seems to raise more questions than it answers.
*1) Is there a connection between vaccines, mitochondrial disorders and a diagnosis of autism, at least in some cases?
Mitochondria, you may recall from biology class, are the little powerhouses within cells that convert food into electrical energy, partly through a complex process called "oxidative phosphorylation." If this process is impaired, mitochondrial disorder will ensue.
The child in this case had several markers for Mt disease, which was confirmed by muscle biopsy.
Mt disease is often marked by lethargy, poor muscle tone, poor food digestion and bowel problems, something found in many children diagnosed with autism.
But mitochondrial disorders are rare in the general population, affecting some 2-per-10,000 people (or just 0.2%). So with 4,900 cases filed in Vaccine Court, this case should be the one and only, extremely rare instance of Mt disease in all the autism proceedings.
But it is not.
Mitochondrial disorders are now thought to be the most common disease associated with ASD.
Some journal articles
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17880640?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

and other analyses have estimated that 10% to 20% of all autism cases may involve mitochondrial disorders, which would make them one thousand times more common among people with ASD than the general population.
Another article, published in the
*Journal of Child Neurology
and co-authored by Dr. Zimmerman, showed that 38% of Kennedy Krieger Institute autism patients studied had one marker for impaired oxidative phosphorylation, and 47% had a second marker.
The authors — who reported on a case-study of the same autism claim conceded in Vaccine Court — noted that "children who have (mitochondrial-related) dysfunctional cellular energy metabolism might be more prone to undergo autistic regression between 18 and 30 months of age if they also have infections or immunizations at the same time."
An interesting aspect of Mt disease in autism is that, with ASD, the mitochondrial disease seems to be milder than in "classic" cases of Mt disorder.
In fact, classic Mt disease is almost always inherited, either passed down by the mother through mitochondrial DNA, or by both parents through nuclear DNA.
In autism-related Mt disease, however, the disorder is not typically found in other family members, and instead appears to be largely of the sporadic variety, which may now account for 75% of all mitochondrial disorders.
Meanwhile, an informal survey of seven families of children with cases currently pending in Vaccine Court revealed that all seven showed markers for mitochondrial dysfunction, dating back to their earliest medical tests.
The facts in all seven claims mirror the case just conceded by the government: Normal development followed by vaccination, immediate illness, and rapid decline culminating in an autism diagnosis.
*2) With 4,900 cases pending, and more coming, will the government concede those with underlying Mt disease — and if it not, will the Court award compensation?
The Court will soon begin processing the 4900 cases pending before it. What if 10% to 20% of them can demonstrate the same Mt disease and same set of facts as those in the conceded case? Would the government be obliged to concede 500, or even 1,000 cases? What impact would that have on public opinion? And is there enough money currently in the vaccine injury fund to cover so many settlements?
When asked for a comment last week about the court settlement, a spokesman for HHS furnished the following written statement:
"DVIC has reviewed the scientific information concerning the allegation that vaccines cause autism and has found no credible evidence to support the claim. Accordingly, in every case under the Vaccine Act, DVIC has maintained the position that vaccines do not cause autism, and has never concluded in any case that autism was caused by vaccination."
*3) If the government is claiming that vaccines did not "cause" autism, but instead aggravated a condition to "manifest" as autism, isn't that a very fine distinction?
For most affected families, such linguistic gymnastics is not so important. And even if a vaccine injury "manifested" as autism in only one case, isn't that still a significant development worthy of informing the public?
On the other hand, perhaps what the government is claiming is that vaccination resulted in the symptoms of autism, but not in an actual, factually correct diagnosis of autism itself.
*4) If the government is claiming that this child does NOT have autism, then how many other children might also have something else that merely "mimics" autism?
Is it possible that 10%-20% of the cases that we now label as "autism," are not autism at all, but rather some previously undefined "look-alike" syndrome that merely presents as "features" of autism?
This question gets to the heart of what autism actually is. The disorder is defined solely as a collection of features, nothing more. If you have the features (and the diagnosis), you have the disorder.
The underlying biology is the great unknown.
But let's say the government does determine that these kids don't have actual "autism"
(something I speculated on HuffPost a year ago
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/there-is-no-autism-epidem_b_37647.html
Then shouldn't the Feds go back and test all people with ASD for impaired oxidative phosphorylation, perhaps reclassifying many of them?
If so, will we then see "autism" cases drop by tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people? Will there be a corresponding ascension of a newly described disorder, perhaps something like "Vaccine Aggravated Mitochondrial Disease with Features of ASD?"
And if this child was technically "misdiagnosed" with DSM-IV autism by Dr Zimmerman, how does he feel about HHS doctors issuing a second opinion re-diagnosis of his patient, whom they presumably had neither met nor examined? (Zimmerman declined an interview).
And along those lines, aren't Bush administration officials somewhat wary of making long-distance, retroactive diagnoses from Washington, given that the Terry Schiavo incident has not yet faded from national memory?
*5) Was this child's Mt disease caused by a genetic mutation, as the government implies, and wouldn't that have manifested as "ASD features" anyway?
In the concession, the government notes that the patient had a "single nucleotide change" in the mitochondrial DNA gene T2387C, implying that this was the underlying cause of her manifested "features" of autism.
While it's true that some inherited forms of Mt disease can manifest as developmental delays, (and even ASD in the form of Rhett Syndrome) these forms are linked to identified genetic mutations, of which T2387C is not involved. In fact little, if anything, is known about the function of this particular gene.
What's more, there is no evidence that this girl, prior to vaccination, suffered from any kind of "disorder" at all- genetic, mitochondrial or otherwise.
Some forms of Mt disease are so mild that the person is unaware of being affected. This perfectly developing girl may have had Mt disorder at the time of vaccination, but nobody detected, or even suspected it.
And, there is no evidence to suggest that this girl would have regressed into symptoms consistent with a DSM-IV autism diagnosis without her vaccinations. If there was such evidence, then why on earth would these extremely well-funded government attorneys compensate this alleged injury in Vaccine Court? Why wouldn't they move to dismiss, or at least fight the case at trial?
*6) What are the implications for research?
The concession raises at least two critical research questions: What are the causes of Mt dysfunction; and how could vaccines aggravate that dysfunction to the point of "autistic features?"
While some Mt disorders are clearly inherited, the "sporadic" form is thought to account for 75% of all cases, according to the United Mitochondrial Disease
Foundation
So what causes sporadic Mt disease?
"Medicines or other toxins," says the Cleveland Clinic,
Use of the AIDS drug AZT, for example, can cause Mt disorders by deleting large segments of mitochondrial DNA. If that is the case, might other exposures to drugs or toxins (i.e., thimerosal, mercury in fish, air pollution, pesticides, live viruses) also cause sporadic Mt disease in certain subsets of children, through similar genotoxic mechanisms?
Among the prime cellular targets of mercury are mitochondria, and thimerosal-induced cell death has been associated with the depolarization of mitochondrial membrane, according to the *International Journal of Molecular Medicine among several others.
(Coincidently, the first case of Mt disease was diagnosed in 1959, just 15 years after the first autism case was named, and two decades after thimerosal's introduction as a vaccine preservative.)
Regardless of its cause, shouldn't HHS sponsor research into Mt disease and the biological mechanisms by which vaccines could aggravate the disorder? We still do not know what it was, exactly, about this girl's vaccines that aggravated her condition.
Was it the thimerosal? The three live viruses? The two attenuated viruses? Other ingredients like aluminum? A combination of the above?
And of course, if vaccine injuries can aggravate Mt disease to the point of manifesting as autism features, then what other underlying disorders or conditions (genetic, autoimmune, allergic, etc.) might also be aggravated to the same extent?
*7) What are the implications for medicine and public health?
Should the government develop and approve new treatments for "aggravated mitochondrial disease with ASD features?"
Interestingly, many of the treatments currently deployed in Mt disease (i.e., coenzyme Q10, vitamin B-12, lipoic acid, biotin, dietary changes, etc.) are part of the alternative treatment regimen that many parents use on their children with ASD.
And, if a significant minority of autism cases can be linked to Mt disease and vaccines, shouldn't these products one day carry an FDA Black Box warning label, and shouldn't children with Mt disorders be exempt from mandatory immunization?
*What are the implications for the vaccine-autism debate?
It's too early to tell. But this concession could conceivably make it more difficult for some officials to continue insisting there is "absolutely no link" between vaccines and autism.
It also puts the Federal Government's Vaccine Court defense strategy somewhat into jeopardy. DOJ lawyers and witnesses have argued that autism is genetic, with no evidence to support an environmental component. And, they insist, it's simply impossible to construct a chain of events linking immunizations to the disorder.
Government officials may need to rethink their legal strategy, as well as their public relations campaigns, given their own slightly contradictory concession in this case.
*9) What is the bottom line here?
The public, (including world leaders) will demand to know what is going on inside the US Federal health establishment.
Yes, as of now, n=1, a solitary vaccine-autism concession. But what if n=10% or 20%?
Who will pay to clean up *that *mess?
The significance of this concession will unfortunately be fought over in the usual, vitriolic way — and I fully expect to be slammed for even raising these questions. Despite that, the language of this concession cannot be changed, or swept away.
Its key words are "aggravated" and "manifested." Without the aggravation of the vaccines, it is uncertain that the manifestation would have occurred at all.
When a kid with peanut allergy eats a peanut and dies, we don't say "his underlying metabolic condition was significantly aggravated to the extent of manifesting as an anaphylactic shock with features of death."
No, we say the peanut killed the poor boy. Remove the peanut from the equation, and he would still be with us today.
Many people look forward to hearing more from HHS officials about why they are settling this claim. But whatever their explanation, they cannot change the fundamental facts of this extraordinary case:
The United State government is compensating at least one child for vaccine injuries that resulted in a diagnosis of autism.
And that is big news, no matter how you want to say it.
NOTE:
Full text of the government's statement is posted here.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/every-american-should-rea_b_88558.html
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