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Effective Inclusion Programs

School districts participating in the New York Partnership for Statewide Systems Change Project 2000 are moving towards more inclusive practices. The Systems Change Project is a collaborative effort of the New York State Education Department's Office of Special Education Services/VESID and Syracuse University's School of Education, Teaching and Leadership Division. The primary goal of the Systems Change Project is to help selected districts develop, implement, and evaluate their own systems change process toward quality inclusive educational opportunities for students with significant disabilities in their home schools and classrooms.

District Target Population Affiliated College/University
Niagara Falls City secondary students Nazareth
Churchville-Chili secondary students Nazareth
Albany City secondary students College of St. Rose
Palmyra-Macedon secondary students Nazareth
Smithtown secondary students Long Island University
Sayville secondary students Hofstra University
Brewster secondary students College of St. Rose
East Greenbush secondary students College of St. Rose
East Greenbush students wih emotional disability SUNY Albany
Ithaca City secondary students Nazareth
Ithaca City students with emotional disability Cazenovia College
Oswego secondary students SUNY Oswego
Mount Morris students with emotional disability Syracuse University
Buffalo (PS 78) students with emotional disability SUNY Buffalo
New York City (PS 811M) students with emotional disability Syracuse University
New York City (PS 75) students with emotional disability Syracuse University
New York City (PS207/162) students with emotional disability Syracuse University
New York City (District 75) students with emotional disability Syracuse University

Programs targeting the inclusion of secondary students with disabilities:

District Address Contact Information Consultant
Niagara Falls City
607 Walnut Avenue
Niagara Falls, NY 14302		 Cynthia Bianco
(716) 286-4253
(716) 286-4283 (fax)
cynthia_bianco@niagara.k12.ny.us		 Jim Black, Nazareth
Churchville-Chili
139 Fairbanks Rd.
Churchville, NY
14428		 Barbara Deane
(716) 293-1800
(716) 293-1013 (fax)
bdeane@cccsd.org		 Jim Black, Nazareth
Albany City
Sunshine School
Lincoln Park
Albany, NY 12202		 Bruce Gottlieb
(518) 462-7217
(518) 462-7339 (fax)
none		 Ed Pieper
Jim Burns
College of St. Rose
Palmyra-Macedon
151 Hyde Parkway
Palmyra, NY 14522		 Susan Allen
Earl Mehlenbacher
(716) 597-3401
(716) 597-3898 (fax)
susana@redsuspenders.com		 Jim Black, Nazareth
Smithtown
26 New York Ave.
Smithtown, NY 11787		 Patricia Cunningham
(631) 361-2230
(631) 361-2278 (fax)
pcunningham@smithtown.k12.ny.us		 Joel E. Mittler,
Long Island Univ.
Sayville
99 Greeley Ave.
Sayville, NY 11782		 JoAnne McHugh
(631) 244-6545
(631) 244-6504 (fax)
mchugh@vista1.sayville.k12.ny.us		 Paul Meller,
Hofstra Univ.
Brewster Central
Farm-to-Market Rd.
Brewster, NY 10509		 Kathy Evans
(845) 279-8001
(845) 279-0303 (fax) 		Susan DeLuke
Ed Pieper,
College of St. Rose
East Greenbush
Luther Road
E. Greenbush, NY 12061		 Amanda Bagnato
(518) 477-2496
Mike Kuzdzal
(518) 477-8711
(518) 477-2496 (fax)
rzalob@mum.neric.org		 Susan DeLuke,
College of St. Rose
Ithaca City Schools
400 Lake St.
P.O. Box 549
Ithaca, NY 14851		 Elaine Little
(607) 274-2264
(607) 257-8798 (fax)
elittle@icsd.k12.ny.us		 Jim Black, Nazareth
Oswego
Fitzgibbons Drive
Oswego, NY 13126		 Michelle Paetow
(315) 341-5856
(315) 341-5924 (fax)
jtschudy@oswego.org		 Bobbi Schnorr,
SUNY Oswego

Pragrams targeting the inclusion of students with emotional disabilities:

District Contact Consultant
Ithaca City Schools
400 Lake Street,
P.O. Box 549,
Ithaca, NY 14851		 Elaine Little
(607) 274-2289
(607) 274-2279 (fax)
elittle@icsd.k12.ny.us		 Sue Lehr,
Cazenovia College
East Greenbush
Luther Road
E. Greenbush, NY 12061		 Amanda Bagnato
(518) 477-2496
(518) 477-4597 (fax)
rzalob@mum.neric.org		 Kevin Quinn,
SUNY Albany
Mount Morris
30 Bonnadona Ave
Mt. Morris, NY 14510 		Robert Riviello
(716) 658-2019
(716) 658-4814 (fax)
rriviello@
gvmail.mt-morris.k12.ny.us		 Joe Bernazzani,
Syracuse University
Buffalo PS 78
760 Lawrence Ave
East Aurora, NY 14052		 Sharon Raimondi
(716) 878-5311
(716) 878-5410 (fax)
raimonsl@buffalostate.edu		 Sharon Raimondi,
SUNY Buffalo
NYC PS 811M
(District 75)
@ PS 196 (District 1)
442 E. Houston St
New York, NY 10002 		Barbara Slatin
(212) 677-5710
(212) 228-3007 (fax)
barbnyce@aol.com
Lester Katz
(212) 533-8140
(212) 228-6984 (fax)
lkatz@mvsb.nycenet.edu		 Melissa Price,
Syracuse University
NYC PS 75 District 75
NYC PS 811M
(District 75)
@ PS 75 (District 3)
735 W. End Ave
New York, NY 10025		 Robert O'Brien
(212) 866-5400
(212) 678-2878 (fax)
Robrien@con2.com
Phil Santisse
(212) 579-3788
(212) 779-3879 (fax) 		Melissa Price,
Syracuse University
PS 207NYC PS 162
(District 75)
@ PS 75 (District 3)
41 West 117th St.
New York, NY 10026		 Lee Shapiro
(212) 678-2808
(518) 442-4958 (fax)
lshapiro@prodigy.net
Mark Diamond
(212) 410-5202
(212) 427-8740 (fax)		 Melissa Price,
Syracuse University

 
District 75 NYC
400 1st Ave., 5th floor
New York, NY 10010		 Cathy Rikhye
(212) 802-1545
catrikhye@aol.com
Janice Payne
(212)802-1546
(212) 802-1683 (fax)
janice_payne@
fc1.nycenet.edu		 Melissa Price,
Syracuse University

 
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