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Continuum of Special Education Services for School Age Students With Disabilities

Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities

Steps in the Special Education Process

If your preschool or school-age child is having difficulties in school, first talk to his or her teachers. Our schools offer supports for students within general education such as counseling, academic intervention services, curriculum and instructional modifications.

If you, the teacher and principal have not been able to help your child, your child may have a disability which affects his/her learning. You could make a referral to the Committee on Special Education or the Committee on Preschool Special Education.

A referral is a written statement asking for the school district to evaluate your child to determine if he/she needs special services. The written statement should be addressed to the Committee On Special Education and include your child’s name, current school and grade, date of birth, and a daytime phone number so that you may be contacted. It also requires an original signature by you, the parent or guardian.

This referral can also be made by your child’s teacher, principal, or the Pupil Support Team. The referral should be mailed to:

Committee On Special Education
Yonkers Public Schools
One Larkin Center
Yonkers, New York, 10701

Teaching and Learning
Special Education

The Yonkers Public Schools provides a continuum of Special Education Programs for students with a broad range of educational disabilities.

The services that each Special Education student receives range from related services and self-contained classrooms through placement in out-of-district programs.

Our in-district programs are as follows:

Integrated/Inclusion program
Consultant Teacher Model
Resource program (5:1)
Mainstream Skills (15:1)
CLDS (15:1)
Essential Skills-Elementary (12:1)
Essential Skills-High School (15:1)
Basic Learning Skills (12:1)
Independent Living Skills (12:1)
Dependent Living Skills and Multiply Disabled Program (12:1:4)
Rehabilitation Skills (12:1:1 &2)
Rockland Day Treatment (10:1:2)
Social Skills (12:1:1 or 8:1:1)
Therapeutic Intervention Program (12:1:1)and Communication Skills
Experiential Learning (12:1:1)
Self-Care Program (8:1:2)
Autistic Program (8:1:2)
Intensive Support Program (8:2:2)

Related services include speech, hearing, vision, counseling, occupational therapy and physical therapy.