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The SWO SERRC provides a variety of services to schools, families, and agencies in southwestern Ohio. Services are free of charge and include:

Workshops and Training
Loaning Resources
Collaborative Consultation
Technology
Early Childhood Services
Support for State Education Initiatives

  Wo r k s h o p sa n dT r a i n i n g

The SWO SERRC offers workshops, courses, interactive seminars, and study groups, which are published in a Learning Opportunities Calendar three times a year. Anyone--including parents, educators, and community members--is welcome at all learning opportunities.

• Click here to see the current Learning Opportunities Calendar

Inservices also may be offered on-site in school communities.

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  L o a n i n gR e s o u r c e s

The SWO SERRC makes available through its resource room a collection of materials related to current issues in education. These materials include journals, videotapes, audiotapes, and printed material. To locate specific items to meet your needs, you may call a SERRC Consultant. You may also find information about these items on the Medianet database at the Hamilton-Clermont Cooperative Association (HCCA) Data Acquisition Site (A-Site).

• Click here for the SWO SERRC Consultant Directory and find out how to contact the consultant associated with your district.
• Click here to link directly to Medianet.
• Click here to access instructions for using the Medianet system.

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   C o l l a b o r a t i v eC o n s u l t a t i o n

Using a collaborative problem solving approach, the Educational Consultants at SWO SERRC consult with school districts, agencies, learners and their families to help improve educational results for learners.

Examples include:

• Facilitating team development
• Providing consultation around an individual learner's needs
• Providing information and resources
• Planning collaboratively for training needs

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   T e c h n o l o g y

SWOSERRC provides the following services for families and educators:

• technical support concerning assistive technology and Ohio technology initiatives
• loan of equipment for assessment purposes including communication devices, adapted toys, switches, adapted computer peripherals, software, videos and books
• technology lab for preview of educational software and equipment

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   E a r l yC h i l d h o o dS e r v i c e s

Early Childhood Services provide assistance, personnel development, circulation of professional and instructional resources, and dissemination of information pertaining to the education of young children, ages 0-8.

Resources and Initiatives Include:

• Early Identification
• Family Involvement
• Head Start Management Assistance
• Model Service Delivery
• Ohio Early Childhood Curriculum Guide
• Ohio Early Childhood Education and School Age Child Care Conference
• Project Prepare
• Rules Implementation Monograph Series

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   S u p p o r tf o rS t a t eE d u c a t i o nI n i t i a t i v e s

SWO SERRC is actively engaged in supporting the implementation of Ohio State Department of Education school reform initiatives. These include:

• Intervention Based Assessment/Intervention Based Assessment Multifactored Evaluation (IBA/IBMFE)
• Ohio Classroom Management System (OCMS)
• Summer/School Year Institute (Building Inclusive Schools).

Training, technical assistance, and networking opportunities are provided for schools participating in these initiatives.

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Last Updated 2/2/2001