About the Center
Established in 1980, The Center for Special Needs Populations (CSNP) at The Ohio State University provides interdisciplinary professional support for national, regional, state, and local projects. These projects focus on increasing the social and educational opportunities and quality-of-life for special needs children and their families by improving the community systems that help to support them. The Center has also evolved a broad focus in the area of early childhood education. Our staff has experience with systems change, strategic planning, training and technical assistance, as well as computer networking methods and technologies. http://www.csnp.ohio-state.edu
CSNP Director
Dennis J. Sykes, Ph.D. has worked within the Center for Special Needs Populations since 1988 and was named its Director in July of 2009. He has directed and been involved in a number of state and federal projects related to special education and early childhood education. These included his work as an early childhood specialist in the Great Lakes Regional Resource Center and as a Director of a regional Head Start Quality Improvement Center. He has directed the Early Childhood Quality Network since its inception in 2003. He can be contacted at sykes.3@osu.edu.
Location
Center for Special Needs Populations
College of Education and Human Ecology
1900 Kenny Road
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614-292-3555
Fax: 614-292-6505
Please refer to the staff contact pages for each person's direct phone number.
