Ohio Council For Exceptional Children; CEC-Ohio

10/14/2025

🚨 Nearly all personnel at OSEP have been terminated, dismantling vital federal support for students with disabilities.

CEC Ohio joins in calling on Congress to reverse these cuts and protect IDEA.

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09/06/2023

CEC-OHIO Executive Board presents a huge GIVEAWAY! 🎉
The JumpStart and Fall PD Fair Registration Giveaways starts today!
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Enter to win a FREE JumpStart registration for the fall 2023 Cohort and/or a FREE PD Fair registration!
Enter here: http://cec2.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTIxMzMzNiZwPTEmdT0xMTYwODI3NTY3JmxpPTEwNDExMjM3NQ/index.html
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About JumpStart: This program is designed for special education teachers in their 1st through 3rd years in the special education field. Some of the most renowned subject matter experts in the field provide dynamic on-demand workshops around what you need to know to be successful in your classroom! There are also four live, virtual Teacher Support Sessions in October/November. Learn more at Council for Exceptional Children!
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About Fall PD Fair: This online event taking place September 28, 2023 features over 20 live 2-hour sessions with content from CEC, our Special Interest Divisions, and the PROGRESS Center. You choose three seminars (one in each time block) to attend live or, within 48 hours after the live seminars you choose, you will also receive access to the recording for 90 days.

*Giveaway entry due by Friday, September 15, 2023 in order to be entered.*

09/06/2023

CEC-Ohio State Conference June, 2023

10/28/2022

Dear First Year Teacher,
Congratulations on your first teaching position, and welcome to a highly rewarding field of
impacting lives. Start the academic year off right with FREE membership with the Council for
Exceptional Children (CEC)! Our international network is dedicated to improving the success of children and youth with disabilities and/or gifts and talents. CEC wants to support your talents, passions, and work by providing resources, networking, and community for teachers across the country.

Complimentary CEC Membership
We have a special offer for our first year teachers in Ohio. Your early career membership will be fully covered by the Ohio Department of Education: Office of Exceptional Children (retail price: $190) and includes the following:
● A 1-Year Premier Membership to CEC
● Membership in Ohio-CEC (access to local and state-wide resources, events and
professional networking for practitioners).
● The Survival Guide for Special Education Teachers (print edition)
● JumpStart Program for New and Early-Career Special Educators (online program)
● Unlimited access to CEC’s Online Learning Library
● 24/7 Peer-to-Peer support from CEC’s online community of special education
professionals
● Special Education Today (weekly email newsletter)
● Receive discounts on CEC professional development, publications, resources and
preferred member pricing on insurance programs, and more!

Ohio-CEC’s Cohort Mentoring Program
Ohio-CEC supports mentoring as a way to link early career professionals with a trusted veteran teacher. Mentoring provides opportunities for collaborating, sharing resources, solving problems, and achieving goals. We are offering access to cohort mentoring to the first 150 new teachers who register as a CEC member, so don’t wait!

Join Today!
To sign up for your FREE CEC membership, visit www.sites.google.com/view/cecohiomm .
Oncewe receive confirmation of your membership, you will receive an email to join the Ohio-CEC mentoring program.

On behalf of the Ohio-CEC board, we are looking forward to connecting with you soon!
Loyally,
Taylor Gibbons
CEC Ohio Membership Committee Chair

04/19/2022

It was great to meet with Joe Petrarca and Jo Hannah Ward with the Department of Education this past weekend! We discussed supporting first-year and early-career Intervention Specialists in Ohio! Thanks to Current President Jennifer Jennifer Bender Webb, Victor Torres, and Taylor Turske. We are excited and look forward to our continued collaboration with the Ohio Department of Education.

04/12/2022

What does the evaluation process look like for Special Education eligibility?

04/12/2022