Special Education
*NEW!!! Please join us for a screening of
“Intelligent Lives”
produced by Dan Habib
Movie screening at LIU Post 9/20/18 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
including discussion with Dan Habib!
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Guidance on Civil Rights of Students with Disabilities
U.S. Department of Education Releases Guidance on Civil Rights of Students with Disabilities Click here to go to their website for more information
U.S. Department of Education Releases Guidance On Civil Rights of Students with ADHD
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today issued guidance clarifying the obligation of schools to provide students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with equal educational opportunity under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For more information please click here
Important Links
New York State Career Development and Occupational Studies Commencement Credential
Career Plan (Commencement Level)
Work-Based Learning Programs
Comparison of National Employability Skills Credentials
Transition and the New York State Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) Commencement Credential
Diploma/Credential Requirements
Amendment to Section 100.5 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the Safety Net for Students with Disabilities to Graduate with a Local High School Diploma
Compensatory Option Safety Net
Skills and Achievement Commencement Credential for Students with Severe Disabilities
Changes to the New York State Procedural Safeguards Notice: Rights for Parents of Children with Disabilities, Ages 3-21
School Districts Impacted by Hurricane Sandy and Requests for Flexibility in Special Education Requirements
New York State Key Staff in Special Education
Special Education School District Data Profile for the 2010-11 School Year
The New York State Office of Special Education has posted, effective June 1, 2012, each school district’s Special Education School District Data Profile for the 2010-11 school year as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. This report provides individual school district data relating to compliance and performance results for students with disabilities
Results of April 2012 ELA and Math Assessments
Resource booklet about restraint and seclusion in schools
Response to Intervention (RTI) for Students in Grades K-4 who have a Learning Disability in Reading
School District Model Annual Professional Performance Review Plans (APPR)
Common Core Standards
Federal government website for comprehensive information on disability programs and services in communities nationwide
Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR)
ACCES-VR offers access to a full range of employment and independent living services that may be needed by persons with disabilities
Gifted and Talented Websites:
Diagnostic Screening of Gifted Students
Screening of Students for Handicapping Conditions and Giftedness
Teaching Talented Art Students
John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Publications about Gifted and Talented
