special education

RCS Schools believes in placing students in programs that are in the least restrictive environment which is consistent with New York State Education Department (NYSED) regulations. This means that a student with disabilities is provided with special education and services to the maximum extent appropriate with other students who do not have disabilities and as close as possible to the student's home.

Special education services are available to any student with a mental, physical or emotional impairment that affects his or her educational performance. For school-age children, this may include autism, deafness, deaf-blindness, emotional disturbance, hearing impairment, learning disability, multiple disabilities, intellectual disability, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury, or visual impairment (including blindness).

The Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) establishes a prominent and active role for parents and teachers in planning and implementing educational programs for students with disabilities. Parents work hand-in-hand with their child's teachers and other district staff to formulate their child's IEP.

Parent Support Group ACT (Advocating for Children Together)

ACT is parent support group organized for those interested in the issues of educating special needs children. The group meets each month at 6:30 p.m. in the RCS High School library.

For additional information about upcoming parent support group meetings, or for general questions, please contact Mary MacDonald at 767-3129 or mmacdonald1@nycap.rr.com.

Visit the ACT webpage.

Special Education School District Data Profile for the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District

The Special Education School District Data Profile is prepared in accordance with the requirement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Each State must have a State Performance Plan (SPP) to evaluate the State's efforts to meet the requirements and purposes of the implementation of IDEA. The SPP is a six-year plan which describes New York State's performance on 20 indicators. States must report annually to the public on the performance of the State in an Annual Performance Report (APR) and each school district against the State's targets. New York State's SPP and the APR that describe these indicators in detail are available at http://www.p12.nysed.gov/specialed/spp/.

The following report reflects only quantifiable data collected by the State. Since performance of a school district in any indicator may be the result of unique circumstances within a district, readers are encouraged to consider information provided by the district's administration in interpreting these data.

http://eservices.nysed.gov/sepubrep/

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Special Education Services

RCS Middle School
2025 Route 9W
Ravena, NY 12143
Phone: (518) 756-5200

Elaine Griessler, director

Rocco Persico, CSE/CPSE chairperson

Janice Radley, CSE (Grades 6-12)secretary, ext. 3033

Sandy Krein, CSE (K-5)/CPSE secretary, ext. 3082

Karen King, clerk, ext. 3025

Resources

Parent Handbook for Students with Special Needs [pdf]

Rescheduling Meetings [pdf]

IDEA 2004

Procedural Safeguards Notice [pdf]

Part 200 and 201 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education (NYSED website)

NYS Forms & Notices (NYSED website)

Medicaid Commitment to Compliance and Confidential Disclosure [pdfs]

Parent to Parent website