The Ability Center



If you have a special needs child or need help receiving an IEP through you local school, please contact The Ability Center of Defiance at 1-877-209-8336 and ask for Kristina Baxter.

She will help with these things and will show you what rights you have.

This does not cost you anything even if she comes to your home or attends meetings with you and your public school.

She really helps families.

www.abilitycenter.org


Free Education Options in Defiance,Fulton, Henry, Paulding and Williams Counties


Children ages 3-5 Public Preschool in Henry County (for a fee) Full day care available in Defiance and Williams Counties as well as Enhanced Head Start in Local Child Care Centers in Defiance, Henry and Fulton Counties. (for a fee) Call 800-686-2964


Bi-Polar Disorder

Gil Bulter is a counselors at the Paulding Counseling Center.

He can be reached at 419-399-9561.

I received this information from Kristina Baxter. She says he has made a lot of strides in helping people with this disorder.


Western Buckeye Educational Service Center Curriculum and Instructional Services, Special education and related services. They supply early childhood screenings and preschool children ages 3-5 with identified disabilities are provided with program options and related services for parents and assures the IEP is developed in accordance with evaluation results. They also supply Kindergarten screenings, intervention assistance teams, multifactured evalations, service coordination, counseling, early childhood collaboration and special education programs all for free. Call Pauldings office at 419 399 4711 or the Van Wert Office at 419 238 4746. They also offer a gifted program for children in the Paulding and Van Wert area. For more information contact Sandra Freeman - Coordinator of Gifted Services.


Helpful websites:

Ohio Association for gift Children

http://www.oagc.com/


Seasonal Guides for Ohio

www.seasonalguides.com


Ohio Department of Education

http://ode.state.oh.us/


Eric Clearinghouse on Disabilities and gifted education

http://ericec.org/


National Research Center for Gifted and Talented

http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nrcgt.html/


Hoagies Gifted Education Home Page

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/


Homeschooling and Gifted

http://www.onelist.com/community/GOHome/


Wright State Exceptional Diversity

http://www.ed.wright.edu/diversity/excepdiversi.htm/


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