Appendix K

Appendix K - Other Programs and Resources for Young Children and Their Families

SETRCs provide coaching and technical assistance to school districts based on the district’s needs. There are 42 SETRC offices located throughout the state at each of the BOCES (except Western Suffolk BOCES) and in five major cities in the state. Many of the SETRCs have resource centers housing materials on a variety of topics related to disabilities that can be borrowed.

Bilingual Special Education Resources Network

Staff development, technical assistance and tuition assistance for teachers working with children and students with disabilities who speak a language other than English in grade levels from pre-kindergarten through grade 12.

Albany Capital Region BOCES SETRC Maywood School 1979 Central Avenue Albany, NY 12205 Phone: (518) 464-6355 Fax: (518) 464-6369 E-mail: EChernof@gw.neric.org	New York Teacher Center SETRC Staff 52 Broadway, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 Phone:(212) 475-3737 E-mail: llaviena@nycboe.net
Brooklyn Bilingual Psychological and Educational Assessment Support Center (Brooklyn College) 2900 Bedford Avenue 1105 James Hall Brooklyn, NY 11210 Phone:(718) 951-5876 Fax:(718) 951-4816 Graciela Elizalde-Utnick, Co-director E-mail: gutnick@brooklyn.cuny.edu Web site: www.qc.edu/ECP/bilingualcenter/	Rochester Rochester City SETRC 131 West Broad Street Rochester, NY 14614 Phone:(585) 262-8710 Fax:(5856) 262-8611 E-mail: lourdes.odell@rcsdk12.org
Buffalo Buffalo City SETRC 85 Military Road Buffalo, NY 14207 Phone:(716) 871-6074 Fax:(716) 871-6055	Syosset Early Childhood Direction Center 47 Humphrey Drive Syosset, NY 11791 Phone:(516) 364-8580 Fax:(516) 921-2354 E-mail: nausaecdc@vclc.org
Flushing Bilingual Psychological and Educational Assessment Support Center (Queens College) 65-30 Kissena Boulevard Flushing, NY 11367 Phone:(718) 997-5234 Fax:(718) 997-5248 E-mail: lopez@cedx.com Web site: www.qc.edu/ECP/bilingualcenter/	Syracuse Syracuse City SETRC 1153 W. Fayette Street - 2nd Floor Syracuse, NY 13204 Phone:(315) 435-6527 Fax:(315) 435-4218 E-mail: cjohns44@scsd.us
Bilingual Special Education Intensive Teacher Institute 350 Martha Avenue Bellport, NY 11713 Phone:(631) 286-6522 Fax:(631) 286-6556 E-mail: jsperlin@esbocess.org (Resource Specialist)	West Hampton Beach Center Eastern Suffolk BOCES SETRC 215 Old Riverhead Road West Hampton Beach, NY 11978 Phone:(631) 288-7186 Fax:(631) 288-5868 E-mail: esilva@esboces.org
Yonkers Yonkers City SETRC 1109 North Broadway Yonkers, NY 10701 Phone:(914) 376-8689 Fax:(914) 964-5361 E-mail: mtorp@yonkerspublicschools.org	Williston, VT Northeast Regional Resource Center Learning Innovations/West End 20 Winter Sport Lane Williston, VT 05495 Phone:(802) 951-8216 Fax:(802) 951-8222 E-mail: lucyely@aol.com

TRAID Project, NYS Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities

Through a federal grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), the Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities (OAPwD) provides statewide coordination of assistive technology activities for people with disabilities, fosters development of state and federal policies and programs to enhance availability of assistive technology, provides information, training, technical assistance and advocacy on how to obtain and use assistive technology services and devices.

The TRAID project, in collaboration with the NYS Department of Health Early Intervention Program, provides partial funding to 13 regional TRAID centers (RTCs), which have equipment loan lending libraries for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. The Project also operates and maintains the TRAID-IN Equipment Exchange program, which is a service for individuals who are looking to sell, donate or obtain used assistive devices for people with disabilities.

For more information please contact:

518-473-4609 (voice); 518-473-4231 (TTY) or 800-522-4369 (voice / TTY/Spanish-NY only) or 518-473-6005 (FAX) or write to:

TRAID Project, NYS Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities

1 ESP-Suite 1001

Albany, NY 12223-1150

Adirondack Regional Technology Ctr. SUNY Plattsburgh 101 Broad Street, Sibley Room 323 Plattsburg, NY 12901 (800) 388-0199 (VOICE/TTY) (518) 564-2328 (FAX) Counties served: St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, & Essex	Capital Region TRAID Ctr. Glens Falls Independent Living 71 Glenwood Ave. Queensbury, NY 12804 (518) 792-3537 VOICE (518) 792-0505 TTY (518) 792-0979 FAX traid@gflic.com http://www.gfilc.com Counties served: Warren, Washington, Saratoga, Albany, Greene, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Schoharie, & Columbia
AIM, ILC 271 East First Street Corning, NY 14830 (607) 962-8225 X 23 (VOICE/TTY) (607) 937-5125 (FAX) Counties served: Steuben, Schuyler, Chemung, Cattaraugus, Allegany, & Chautauqua	Center For Assistive Technology University At Buffalo 301 Kimball Tower 3425 Main Street Buffalo, New York 14214 (716) 829-3141(VOICE/TTY) (800) 628-2281 (VOICE/TTY) (716) 829-3217 (FAX) http://www.cat.buffalo.edu/index.php Counties served: Niagara, Erie, Orleans, Genesee, & Wyoming
Central New York TRAID Ctr. ENABLE 1603 Court St. Syracuse, NY 13208 (315) 455-7591 x 206 (VOICE/TTY) (315) 455-1794 (TTY) (315) 455-1230 (FAX) Counties served: Oswego, Onondaga, Cayuga, Madison, Cortland, & Tompkins	Genesee-Finger Lakes TRAID Project Rochester Ctr. for Independent Living 1641 East Ave. Rochester, NY 14610 (585) 442-6470 (VOICE/TTY) (585) 271-8558 (FAX) Web site: www.rcil.com Counties served: Monroe, Wayne, Livingston, Ontario, Yates, & Seneca
Lower Hudson Valley Technology Ctr. Westchester Institute For Human Development Cedarwood Hall Valhalla, NY 10595 (914) 493-1317 (VOICE) (914) 493-1204 (TTY) (914) 493-1973 (FAX) Web site: http://www.nymc.edu/wihd/at/at_techcenter.html Counties served: Rockland & Westchester	Mohawk Valley/Leatherstocking TRAID Ctr. at UCP In Utica 1020 Mary St. Utica, NY 13501 (315) 724-6907 (VOICE/TTY) (315) 896-2717 (FAX) E-mail: traid@ucp-utica.org Counties served: Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, Hamilton, Herkimer, Fulton, & Montgomery
Nassau/Suffolk TRAID Ctr. 380 Washington Ave. Roosevelt, NY 11575-1899 (516) 378-5089 (VOICE/TTY) (516) 378-0357 (FAX) Suffolk site: (631) 232-3203 Counties served: Nassau & Suffolk	Southern Tier Independence Ctr. 24 Prospect Ave. Binghamton, NY 13901 (607) 724-2111 (VOICE/TTY) (607) 722-3600 (FAX) E-mail: traid@stic-cil.org Counties served: Tioga, Broome, Chenango, Otsego, & Delaware
Ulster-Sullivan CO-OP for Assistive Technology 250 Tuytenbridge Rd. POB 1488 Kingston, NY 12402 (845) 336-7235 x 129 (VOICE) (845) 336-4055 (TTY) (845) 336-7248 (FAX)	Satellite Office The Center for Discovery Box 840 Benmosche Road Harris, NY 12742 (845) 794-1400 X 1837 (VOICE) (845) 791-2035 (FAX) Counties served: Ulster, Sullivan, Orange, Dutchess, & Putnam
Technology Resources Center United Cerebral Palsy of NYC 120 East 23rd. Street, 5th. Floor New York, NY 10010-4519 212-979-9700 X 279 (VOICE) 212-475-0842 (TTY) 212-260-7469 (FAX) Web site: www.ucpnyc.org	Satellite Office 160 Lawrence Avenue Room B10 Brooklyn, NY 11230 (718) 436-7979 X710 (VOICE) (718) 854-5656 (TTY) (718) 436-0071 (FAX)

Head Start and Early Head Start

Head Start and Early Head Start are comprehensive child development programs that serve children from birth to age 5, pregnant women, and their families. They are child-focused programs and have the overall goal of increasing the school readiness of young children in low-income families.

THE HEAD START - STATE COLLABORATION OFFICES

The purpose of the Head Start-State Collaboration grants is to create a visible partnership at the state level to support the development of multi-agency and public/private partnerships.

Mr. Robert Frawley, Director
New York Head Start-State Collaboration Office
New York State Council on Children and Families
5 Empire State Plaza, Suite 2810
Albany, NY 12223-1553
Phone 518-474-6294
Fax 518-473-2570
E-mail: bob.frawley@ocf.state.ny.us

Early Head Start National Resource Center
ZERO TO THREE - National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
2000 M. Street, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
Phone (202) 638-1144
Fax (202) 638-0851

Finding a local Head Start or Early Head Start Program

To find a local Head Start or Early Head Start program in your area, use the on-line national Head Start Program Search Tool at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/hsweb/index.jsp.

Use the Search Tool to browse through the list of Head Start programs in your state. Then contact the listed programs closest to your community, even if they are some distance away. These are the main program offices, which can tell you if there is a Head Start center in your area. Many of the organizations found in the Search Tool operate additional Head Start centers that are not listed, so there may be a program closer to your home than it appears. If you need more help to find a Head Start or Early Head Start program in your area, call the Head Start Information and Publication Center toll-free at: 1-866-763-6481.

Parent Supports

Parent Training and Information Centers are a federally funded program through the United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. The program is charged with providing IDEA Training, Technical Assistance, Information and Referral, and Limited Educational Advocacy to parents and professionals.

The Advocacy Center
590 South Avenue
Averill Court
Rochester, NY 14620
585-546-1700
585-546-7069 FAX
1-800-650-4967 (NY only)
E-mail: blackwell@advocacycenter.com
Web site: www.advocacycenter.com
Statewide except for NY City

Advocates for Children of NY
151 West 30th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212-947-9779
212-947-9790 FAX
E-mail: aespada@advocatesforchildren.org
Web site: www.advocatesforchildren.org
Five boroughs of New York City

Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc.
116 East 16th St., 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
212-677-4650
212-254-4070 FAX
E-mail: info@resourcesnyc.org
Web site: www.resourcesnyc.org
New York City (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island)

Sinergia / Metropolitan Parent Center
15 West 65th Street, 6th floor
New York, NY 10023
212-496-1300
212-496-5608
E-mail: dlash@sinergiany.org
Web site: www.sinergiany.org
New York City & Long Island

Parent Centers provide programs and services for parents/families of children with disabilities in New York. The Parent Centers are administered by NYSED/VESID. The parent centers offer a wide range of services including:

Outreach to parents of children with special needs with particular emphasis on minority and underserved families, immigrant families, foster parents, families living in homeless shelters and others as needed.
Seminars and training sessions for parents on such topics as due process, communicating with school district personnel, and negotiating the special education system.
Training programs for parents on becoming confident, effective advocates on behalf of themselves, their children and other parents.
Support groups for mothers, fathers and siblings of children with disabilities.
Meetings for local residents regarding over-representation of minority children in special education programs in neighborhood school districts.
Provision of parent "matches," information and support for parents of children with rare or low incidence disorders.
Dissemination of relevant written materials in English and Spanish with a particular focus on the distribution of information about local services and how to access them.

Parent to Parent of New York State

Provides emotional support and information to parents of children with disabilities or special health care needs. Parent to Parent of New York State in conjunction with OMRDD is also educating families across NYS about Medicaid Service Coordination.	Finger Lakes Office Parent to Parent of NYS The Advocacy Center 590 South Avenue Averill Court Rochester, NY 14620 585-546-1700 ext. 244 Fax: 585-223-2481 E-mail: fingerlakes@parenttoparentnys.org Web site: www.advocacycenter.com Serving Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, & Yates
Parent to Parent of NYS - Statewide Office 500 Balltown Rd. Schenectady, NY 12304 518-381-4350 or 1-800-305-8817 E-mail: info@parenttoparentnys.org
Adirondack Office Parent to Parent of NYS PO Box 753 Canton, NY 13617 1-800-603-6778 315-379-1538 FAX: 315-379-1539 E-Mail: adirondack@parenttoparentnys.org Serving Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, & St. Lawrence	Hudson Valley Office Parent to Parent of NYS The Family Connection WIHD / Cedarwood Hall, Room A-106 Valhalla, NY 10595 1-800-305-8816 914-493-1343 FAX: 914-493-8066 E-Mail: elizabeth@parenttoparentnys.org E-Mail: laura@parenttoparentnys.org Serving Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, & Westchester
Capital District Office Parent to Parent of New York State 500 Balltown Road Schenectady, NY 12304 1-800-305-8817 518-381-4350 FAX: 518-382-1959 E-Mail: capitaldistrict@parenttoparentnys.org Serving Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, & Washington	Long Island Office Parent to Parent of NYS 45 Mall Drive Commack, NY 11725 1-800-559-1729 631-493-1716 631-493-2403 FAX: 631-493-2397 E-Mail: Lead Coordinator and Education Advocate: colleen@parenttoparentnys.org Local Coordinator, Nassau County: rosemary@parenttoparentnys.org Local Coordinator, Suffolk County: barbara@parenttoparentnys.org Serving Nassau & Suffolk
New York City Office Parent to Parent of New York State 75 Morton Street New York, NY 10014 1-800-405-8818 212-299-3188 or 212-741-5545 FAX: 212-229-3183 E-mail: ellen@parenttoparentnys.org isabel@parenttoparentnys.org marybeth@parenttoparentnys.org Serving the Five Boroughs, Staten Island	North Central Office Parent to Parent of New York State Exceptional Family Resources 1065 James Street Syracuse, NY 13203 (315) 478-1462 1-800-305-8815 FAX: 315-478-1467 E-mail: northcentral@parenttoparentnys.org Serving Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, & Oswego
South Central Office Parent to Parent of NYS The Family Resource Center 46 Oneida Street Oneonta, NY 13820 1-800-305-8814 607-432-0001 FAX: 607-432-5516 E-mail: pam@parenttoparentnys.org The Family Resource Network Web site: http://www.geocities.com/familyrn Serving Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Tioga, & Tompkins	Western Regional Office Parent to Parent 1200 East & West Road Building 16, Room 1-131 West Seneca, New York 14224 1-800-305-8813 716-517-3448 FAX: 716-517-2385 E-mail: lorraine@parenttoparentnys.org Serving Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Schuyler, Steuben, & Wyoming

Albany Capital Region BOCES SETRC Maywood School 1979 Central Avenue Albany, NY 12205 Phone:(518) 464-6356 Fax:(518) 464-6369	Auburn Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES SETRC 5890 South Street Road Auburn, NY 13021 Phone:(315) 253-0361 Fax:(315) 255-3859
Bath Steuben-Allegany BOCES SETRC Bath High School - Room 438 25 Ellas Avenue Bath, NY 14810 Phone:(607) 776-6327 Fax:(607) 776-6398	Binghamton Broome-Delaware-Tioga BOCES SETRC 435 Upper Glenwood Road Binghamton, NY 13905-1699 Phone:(607) 763-3362 Fax:(607) 763-3474
Broadalbin Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES SETRC 14 School Street Broadalbin, NY 12025 Phone:(518) 883-6510 Fax:(518) 883-6509	Buffalo Buffalo City SETRC 85 Military Road Buffalo, NY 14207 Phone:(716) 871-6074 Fax:(716) 871-6055

Castleton Questar III BOCES SETRC 10 Empire State Blvd. Castleton, NY 12033 Phone:(518) 477-8771 Fax:(518) 479-3230	Cheektowaga Erie I BOCES SETRC 1050 Maryvale Drive Cheektowaga, NY 14225 Phone:(716) 630-4240 or (716) 630-4721 Fax:(716) 630-44716
Newark Ontario-Seneca-Yates-Cayuga-Wayne BOCES SETRC 131 Drumlin Court Maple Bldg. Newark, NY 14531 Phone:(315) 332-7500 Fax:(315) 332-7380	Elmira Schuyler-Chemung-Tioga BOCES SETRC Instructional Support Center Bldg. 11 459 Philo Road Elmira, NY 14903 Phone:(607) 739-3581 x2455 Fax:(607) 795-5310
Elmsford Westchester 2 BOCES SETRC Instructional Services Department 2 Westchester Plaza Elmsford, NY 10523 Phone:(914) 345-8500 Fax:(914) 347-7304	Fairport Monroe 1 BOCES SETRC 15 Linden Park Fairport, NY 14625 Phone:(585) 249-7024 Fax:(585) 218-6267
Fort Edward Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton- Essex BOCES SETRC 27 Glik Road Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Phone:(518) 746-3820 Fax:(518) 746-3823	Fredonia Erie 2 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES SETRC LoGuidice Center D Building Fredonia, NY 14063 Phone:(716) 672-4371 x2057 or x22057 Fax:(716) 672-2368
Monroe Orange-Ulster BOCES SETRC Harriman Learning Center 163 Harriman Heights Road Monroe, NY 10950 Phone:(845) 781-4363 x10788 Fax:(845) 774-8358	Herkimer Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES SETRC 352 Gros Boulevard Herkimer, NY 13350-1499 Phone:(315) 867-2082 Fax:(315) 867-2087
Ithaca Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES SETRC 555 Warren Road Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone:(607) 257-1551 x276 Fax:(607) 266-0611	LeRoy Genesee Valley BOCES SETRC 80 Munson Street LeRoy, NY 14482 Phone:(585) 344-7545 Fax:(585) 344-7538
Liberty Sullivan BOCES SETRC 6 Wierk Avenue Liberty, NY 12754 Phone:(845) 292-0082 x131 Fax:(845) 292-8694	Mexico Oswego BOCES SETRC County Route 64 Mexico, NY 13114 Phone:(315) 963-4320 Fax:(315) 963-4369
New Hartford Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES SETRC Box 70 Middle Settlement Road New Hartford, NY 13413 Phone:(315) 793-8614 Fax:(315) 736-4427	New Paltz Ulster BOCES SETRC Instructional Services 175 Route 32 North New Paltz, NY 12561 (845) 255-1402 x1374 Fax:(845) 255-3836
New York New York City SETRC Central Office 52Chambers Street, Room 2-08 New York, NY 10007 Phone:(212) 374-0339 Fax: (212) 374-5901	Norwich Delaware-Chenango BOCES SETRC 6678 County Road 32 Norwich, NY 13815 Phone:(607) 335-1320 Fax:(607) 336-8201
Norwood St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES SETRC Learning Resource Center 7229 State Highway 56 Norwood, NY 13668 Phone:(315) 353-6175 Fax:(315) 353-2978	Olean Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES SETRC 1825 Windfall Road Olean, NY 14760 Phone:(716) 376-8224 Fax:(716) 376-8448
Plattsburg Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington BOCES SETRC Box 455 Plattsburg, NY 12901 Phone:(518) 561-0100 x309 Fax:(518) 561-5624	Poughkeepsie Dutchess BOCES SETRC 900 Dutchess Turnpike Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 Phone:(845) 486-4840 x3023 Fax:(845) 483-3648
Rochester Rochester City SETRC Central Administrative Offices 131 West Broad Street Rochester, NY 14614 Phone:(585) 262-8710 Fax:(585) 262-8611	Sanborn Orleans-Niagara BOCES SETRC Conference Center 4124 Saunders Settlement Road Sanborn, NY 14132 Phone:(716) 731-4176 or 1-800-836-7510 Fax:(716) 731-2148
Saranac Lake Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES SETRC Adirondack Educational Center 711 State Route 3 Saranac Lake, NY 12983 Phone:(518) 891-1330 Fax:(518) 891-6043	Spencerport Monroe 2 - Orleans BOCES SETRC 3599 Big Ridge Road Spencerport, NY 14559 Phone:(585) 352-2443 Fax:(585) 352-2659
Stamford Otsego-Northern Catskills BOCES SETRC Cyr Center Stamford, NY 12167 Phone:(607) 652-1240 Fax:(607) 652-1264	Syracuse Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES SETRC PO Box 4774 Syracuse, NY 13221 Phone:(315) 433-2645 Fax:(315) 431-8495
Syracuse Syracuse City SETRC Teacher Center 1153 W. Fayette Street - 2^nd Floor Syracuse, NY 13204 Phone:(315) 435-4685 Fax: (315) 435-4218	Verona Madison-Oneida BOCES SETRC 4937 Spring Road PO Box 168 Verona, NY 13478 Phone:(315) 361-5827 Fax:(315) 361-5595
Wantagh Nassau County BOCES SETRC Rosemary Kennedy School 2850 North Jerusalem Road Wantagh, NY 11793 Phone:(516) 396-2989 Fax:(516) 396-2986	Watertown Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida BOCES SETRC Arsenal Street Road 20104 NYS Route 3 Watertown, NY 13601 Phone:(315) 779-7100 Fax:(315) 779-7109
West Nyack Rockland BOCES SETRC 65 Parrott Road - Bldg. #10 West Nyack, NY 10994 Phone:(845) 627-4726 Fax:(845) 623-3343	West Hampton Beach Eastern Suffolk BOCES SETRC West Hampton Beach Center De Feo Bldg. 215 Old Riverhead Road West Hampton Beach, NY 11978 Phone:(631) 288-7186 Fax:(631) 288-5868
Yonkers Yonkers City SETRC Yonkers Public Schools Annex 1109 North Broadway Yonkers, NY 10701 Phone:(914) 376-8689 Fax:(914) 964-5361	Yorktown Heights Putnam-North Westchester BOCES SETRC 200 BOCES Drive Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 Phone:(914) 248-2289 Fax:(914) 248-2288

Advocates for Children of New York, Inc. (Spanish Assistance Available) 151 West 30^th Street - 5^th floor New York, NY 10001 (212) 947-9779	Sinergia (Spanish Assistance Available) 15 West 65^th Street – 6^th floor New York, NY 10023 (212) 496-1300
Parent to Parent New York, Inc. NYS Institute for Basic Research 1050 Forest Hill Road Staten Island, NY 10314 (718) 494-5122	Long Island Parent Center (Spanish Assistance Available) Kellum Street Learning Center 887 Kellum Street Lindenhurst, NY 11757 (631) 884-1848 Fax: (631) 884-1830
Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc. (Spanish Assistance Available) 116 East 16th Street New York, NY 10003 (212) 677-4650	Parent Network of WNY at the Wilson Parent Center 1000 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14202 (716) 332-4173 Web site: www.parentnetworkwny.org