Special Needs Resource Directory

The birth of a new baby is exciting! You dream of a future filled with unlimited possibilities.

We provide resources to help families find special education programs and supports, for infants and toddlers with special healthcare needs.

Aaron W. Perlman Center for Children, at Cincinnati Children's, provides an early intervention program.

• Children's/Ohio Eligibility Determination Intrument (C/OEDI) by the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities
• Early Childhood Programs from Children's Home of Cincinnati
• Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (ECTAC)
  • State Coordinators
• Early Intervention by Hamilton County Developmental Disability Services
• Early Intervention (EI) by Disability Rights Ohio
• Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities - Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
• First Steps Early Intervention by Noble of Indiana
• Indiana First Steps
• Kentucky First Steps
• Ohio Early Intervention
• Ohio Help Me Grow, by the Ohio Department of Health
  • County Offices
• Ohio's Bold Beginning!
• The Steps in Early Intervention by Special Education Guide

Preschool Special Education (PSE)

• Hamilton County Educational Service Center (ESC)
  • Early Childhood Itinerant Services
  • Head Start: Early Learning Program
• Kentucky Head Start Association
• Preschool Special Education by the Ohio Department of Education
• Section 619 of IDEA by ECTAC