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21 Page Avenue, Cohoes, NY 12047, (518) 237.0990
Director of Special Programs, Karen Kemp       Principal, Sharon Poole

 

Special Education

Beyond Our Wildest Dreams
Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds Annual Conference

Keynote Speaker: Karen Gaffney
Plenary Speakers: Dr. Brian Chicoine and Dennis McGuire, Ph.D
Youth & Adult Program and Sibling Program
When: Saturday, April 26, 2008

There will be a family dance featuring live music by FLAME on Friday, April 25, 2008.

Holiday Inn Albany
205 Wolf Road, Albany, NY

A registration packet is now available!
Visit www.dsahrc.org to download the registration packet.
Register NOW: Early Bird Deadline is April 4th!!
If you have any questions, please contact the DSAHRC at (518) 438-1113 or info@dsahrc.org

Cohoes Response to Intervention Process

(The form above is in PDF format, which require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. Acrobat Reader can be downloaded for free from the Adobe Acrobat Web site.)

Want to know more about RTI? Click below.

Information on Response to Intervention

Required Announcement of Review by the New York State Education Department

NYSED's Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) has initiated a Special Education Quality Assurance focused review in Cohoes City School District during the 2007-08 school year. Click above for more information.

New York State Education Department
Rights for Parents of Children with Disabilities

As a parent, you are a vital member of the Committee on Special Education (CSE) or Committee on Pre-School Special Education (CPSE). As such, you must be given an opportunity to participate in the CSE/CPSE discussion and decision-making process about your child's needs for special education.

The information in this link, the Notice of Procedural Safeguards, concerns procedural safeguards that are your legal rights under state and federal law and must be provided at least one time a year for students who are currently classified.

In addition, these safeguards are provided:

  • upon initial referral or your request for evaluation,

  • whenever you request a copy,

  • upon receipt of the first due process complaint in a school year requesting mediation or an impartial hearing,

  • the first time in a school year when the school district receives a copy of a State complaint that you submitted to the New York State Education Department (NYSED) or

  • when a decision is made to suspend or remove your child for discipline reasons that would result in a disciplinary change in placement.

The Notice of Procedures was effective Sept. 1, 2007.

Special Education questions

If you have…

…questions about preschool, private or out-of-district services, contact:
Director of Special Programs Karen Kemp at 518-237-0990, Ext. 6223.

…questions about secondary special education services (grades 6-12), contact:
Assistant director of Special Programs Sharon Poole at 518-237-0990, Ext. 6224.

…questions about elementary special education services, contact:
Director of Special Education Colleen Forlani at 518-237-0990, Ext. 6225.

(Some of the forms above are in PDF format, which require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. Acrobat Reader can be downloaded for free from the Adobe Acrobat Web site.)

 
 
 
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