Staff directory -- including telephone numbers and e-mail addresses

Special Education Services Plan 2006-2008 -- Download the plan and appendices (PDF document*)

Parent Guide to Special Education -- Link to this helpful publication from the New York State Education Department

Do you have a preschool child with disabilities? -- Information on the Committee on Preschool Special Education

Niskayuna introduces Model Transition Program to help students with disabilities transition to life after high school
Niskayuna Central School District’s Office of Student Support Services has partnered with the Guilderland and Mohonasen school districts to present a series of workshops for parents and students with disabilities to help plan for life beyond high school—whether that includes continuing their education at college, participating in vocational training or joining the workforce.
The New York State Model Transition Program (MTP), an initiative between the New York State Education Department (NYSED), Cornell University, and the University at Buffalo, is designed to assist students with disabilities and their parents to become acquainted with many of the issues related to post-high school planning. Parents are invited to attend workshops that you consider relevant to you and your student. At the end of each workshop, there will be an opportunity to ask questions to the presenter(s) and/or network with other parents and students.
Information below describes the first workshop, which takes place on Oct. 16 at Niskayuna High School’s Little Theater.

Transitioning, Get on Board! and VESID Orientation
Thursday, October 16, 2008
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Host District: Niskayuna
Audience: Students with disabilities and their parents
The first portion of this workshop will explain what transition planning entails and it's relevance to the IEP process in the years preceding a student's graduation from high school. Parents and students will become familiar with the tools of transition planning and understand the importance of gathering information from a variety of sources. Following this will be a short orientation of VESID, which will familiarize the audience with the agency, its services and application process.

Download program brochure for more information and a list of upcoming workshops. To sign up for the workshops, contact Carol Wall, Training Coordinator, 518-352-2511 ext. 4085.

*Note: Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view PDF documents and can be downloaded for free from the Adobe Acrobat Web site.

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