The Scotia-Glenville Central School District strives to work collaboratively to ensure that students with disabilities are provided with the support and services needed to encourage the acquisition of the academic, social and vocational skills it is anticipated they will need beyond their school career.

Decisions about support and services are made by the Committee on Special Education (CSE) and the Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE), as outlined by Education Law.

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, mental retardation, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, speech or language impairment, traumatic brain injury or visual impairment (including blindness).

Contact Kenneth Handin, director of Pupil Personnel Services, at 382-1285/347-3600 or email at khandin@sgcsd.net.

 

Preschool children with disabilities
The district Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) is responsible for ensuring that parents are aware of the opportunities available for evaluation of children ages 3 to 5 who are suspected of having a disability and for services to children with disabilities.

The committee consists of representatives from preschool special education agencies, county administrators, parents and the district. All recommendations for services are made to the Board of Education. For more information, contact Pupil Personnel Services at 382-1285/347-3600.

 

Students with disabilities
All recommendations for placement of students with disabilities are made to the Board of Education by the district Committee on Special Education (CSE). Local programs and local schools are used whenever possible to meet the child’s educational needs. Members of the Committee on Special Education include the director of Pupil Personnel Services, a district psychologist, speech therapists, special education teachers, parent representatives and the school physician when requested. For more information, call Pupil Personnel Services at 382-1285.

Parents of a child with disabilities who reside in the district and who are interested in serving on the CPSE or the CSE should contact the Pupil Personnel Services Office at 382-1285/347-3600.

Preschool information

Information about full day kindergarten and the Committee on Pre-School Special Education (CPSE) for pre-school parents

 

Procedural Safeguards
Download the Procedural Safeguards for parents of children with disabilities in PDF (updated December 2011)

 

A Parent's Guide
Download the Special Education in New York State for Children Ages 3-21 A Parent's Guide in PDF (updated May 2002)

 

CSE/CPSE meeting during inclement weather?
If school is delayed and you had a scheduled meeting with the Commitee on Special Education or Commitee on Pre-School Special Education, check here to see whether the meeting is still scheduled (in PDF).

 

Capital District Center for Independence

Capital District Center for Independence is a private not-for-profit (501(c)(3), community-based Independent Living Center (ILC), located in Albany, NY which provides non-residential services to over 1,250 people with disabilities annually living in the Greater Capital District of New York State.

The Center for Independence promotes independent living for people with disabilities through a wide variety of services, information, education outreach and trainings to people with disabilities. Services provided by the Center include advocacy and self-help instruction, which includes a peer-based approach to managing one’s affairs, the development of self-determination, decision-making skills, self-advocacy skills, assistance in day-to-day community participation, and other social roles to maintain or regain their independence in the community. The center's website is: http://www.CDCIweb.com/index.html

 

Many of the program files above are in the Adobe Reader PDF format. If you do not have Adobe Reader, you can download it for free here.