The Virginia Department of Education's Training and Technical Assistance Center at Old Dominion University (T-TAC ODU) is part of a statewide network of assistance centers designed to improve educational services for children with disabilities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.    

VDOE's T-TAC Old Dominion University is responsible for training and technical assistance in the areas of Early Childhood Special Education/Primary DD (students with developmental delays and
disabilities birth through age 9) and individuals with moderate to severe disabilities (birth through
high school). 

The mission of the statewide network of training and technical assistance centers is two fold:

·         To increase the capacity of school personnel, service providers, and families to meet the needs of children and youth with disabilities; and,

·          To foster the state improvement goals for personnel development, which address improving the performance of children and youth with disabilities, by enhancing the knowledge, skills, abilities, and performance of all personnel who work with students with disabilities.

Assistance is provided directly to teachers and other school personnel who serve individuals with disabilities in Superintendents Regional Study Groups 2 and 3.

• Parents who are interested in borrowing T-TAC library materials may make requests directly from T-TAC ODU or may choose to make an email request from this site.  Workshop registration forms may also be accessed directly from this site.  (See above.)
• College and University students are only eligible for T-TAC library services. However, electronic requests are not accepted. Students must come to the T-TAC office to pick up and return library materials.

Services are generally free of charge and are tailored to meet the identified needs of special education professionals in Superintendents Regional Study Groups 2 and 3.

T-TAC staff participate on statewide projects that are focused on accomplishing the state

improvement goals. The guiding principles that drive the T-TAC system are to: develop products

based on research; disseminate effective practices; consult with target schools undergoing

Academic Review; build capacity at the local level and conduct strategically planned training.

T-TAC Old Dominion University responds to requests for services with an emphasis on

collaboration in planning and providing services to teams.  These teams might include general

and special educators, administrators, related services personnel, students, family 

members, paraeducators, and community members.

Eastern Virginia professionals who serve school age students with mild/moderate disabilities and students preparing for middle/secondary transition may seek technical assistance through VDOE's T/TAC William & Mary.