Pupil Personnel Services (including Special Education) / Parent's Page

OCS District is looking for parents of special education students to serve on the
Committee on Special Education (CSE) and Committee on PreSchool Education
(CPSE) as additional parent members.
please select the following link for more information

RESOURCES FOR PARENTS:

Due Process Link:

The mandatory New York State Procedural Safeguards Notice: Rights for Parents of Children with Disabilities, Ages 3-21 has been revised to include a new section on "Revocation of Parental Consent" as required by the amendments to Part 300 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations that became effective December 31, 2008.

http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/policy/coverpsgn109.htm

http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/policy/spanishpsgn109.htm

State Education Department links:

http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/

http://vesid33.nysed.gov/specialed/preschool/home.html

Autism:

NEW YORK ACTS (An initiative for Adults and Children on the Spectrum) WEBSITE IS LAUNCHED: www.nyacts.org

(Site is 'one stop shop' for information on Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders)

CARD (Center for Autism and Related Disabilities)

http://www.autismspeaks.org/