The Easterseals Arkansas Outreach Program and Technology Services (OPTS) has formed a partnership with the Arkansas Department of Education-Special Education Unit (ADE-SEU) for the purpose of helping students with disabilities succeed in school and be more successful in their adult life. Through capacity building efforts to create systems change with assistive technology and special education classrooms in school districts, and student specific referrals through CIRCUIT, Easterseals OPTS professionals travel statewide to assist teachers, parents, administrators and therapists in development or implementation of appropriate programs for their students who may experience difficulties in the classroom which could range from behavior, concentration, language use, physical disabilities, peer interaction or developmental disabilities. The Easterseals OPTS team is a group of experienced special education consultants, occupational therapists, technology consultants, speech-language pathologists, a psychological examiner, an autism specialist and a certified traumatic-brain injury specialist.

Requests for services will generate a follow-up phone call from an Easterseals OPTS consultant, who will then help determine if the student or his/her school team would benefit from one or more of the following services:

• School team consultation
• Psychoeducational evaluations including testing for autism
• Professional development courses
• AAC assessment
• Assistive technology consultation and guidance with assessment for students served under IEP
• Regional training, on-site team coaching or in-service training
• District-level Assistive Technology Team Building
• Adaptation or modification of materials or the classroom setting
• Project Prepare