The Capital Region BOCES offers schools the opportunity to share the services of professional educators. BOCES' Special Education administers itinerant services that are related to special education, while BOCES' School Support Services administers services related to general education. Special Education itinerant services include:
Assistive Technology Specialist (CoSer 319-6813)
Contact: Debra McGarvey, (518) 464-6351
Assistive technology (AT) services include the following options:
District
need and resource assessment;
Individual
Student Technology Consultations (STC);
Professional
development on topics related to AT and Universal Design for
Learning;
Classroom
consultations;
Technical
assistance in providing instructional materials in alternate
formats (AIM);
Assistive Technology is also available for loan and extended assessment on a limited basis.
Consultant Teacher (CoSer 327-4670)
Contact: Deven Horne, (518) 464-6304
These are direct and indirect services to students with disabilities who are in regular education settings in public, private and parochial schools in the region. In addition to the range of instructional possibilities normally expected of a Special Education Consultant Teacher, specialized expertise in several areas is available. These areas include the following:
Teacher
of the Deaf–provided by a consultant teacher who is certified in
Education of the Deaf and the Hard of
Hearing.;
Wilson
Language Program–several members of the
Special Education staff have received
training in this interactive and
multi-sensory instructional model, which aims to directly and
systematically teach students how to
fluently and accurately decode. It teaches “total word construction”
and phonics and focuses on teaching students to encode
(spell) as they decode;
Traumatic
Brain Injury–this consultant service is
provided by a certified special education
teacher to students with traumatic brain injury.
Interpreter for the Deaf (CoSer 312-6718)
Contact: Deven Horne, (518) 464-6304
This service provides interpreting in mainstream classrooms for deaf/hard of hearing students. Interpreters accompany students to various mainstream settings where they interpret classroom information and provide curriculum support. This itinerant service is generally a one-to-one service for a particular student.
Occupational Therapy (CoSer 309-6717)
Contact: Deven Horne, (518) 464-6304
This program provides occupational therapy services to children in order to address fine-motor needs in an educational environment. This service can be purchased by the day or in individual and/or group sessions.
Orientation and Mobility Teachers (CoSer 304-4620)
Contact: Deven Horne, (518) 464-6304
These teachers provide skill training in movement and travel to students who are blind/visually impaired. Service can be provided to students receiving either regular or special education in public or private schools.
Physical Therapist (CoSer 308-6716)
Contact: Deven Horne, (518) 464-6304
This program provides physical therapy services to children in order to address their gross motor needs in an educational environment. This service can be purchased by the day, or in individual or group sessions.
Rehabilitation Teachers (CoSer 304-4620)
Contact: Deven Horne, (518) 464-6304
These teachers provide training in skills needed for daily living, including manual dexterity, fine and gross-motor coordination, personal care, money and home management and creative use of free time to students who are blind/visually impaired. Service can be provided to students receiving either regular or special education in public or private schools.
School Psychological Services (CoSer 301-6810)
Contact: Deven Horne, (518) 464-6304
This service identifies special needs of students through consultation, observation and psychological and educational assessment; analyzes, integrates and reports psychological and educational information about student behavior and conditions related to learning; provides crisis intervention; and conducts individual psychological assessments of students.
School Social Work (CoSer 306-6910)
Contact: Deven Horne, (518) 464-6304
This service provides individual and/or group counseling to students, as well as consultation to families and staff members and may act as a liaison with other agencies. This service can be purchased by day or in individual and/or group sessions.
Speech Impared (CoSer 303-4650)
Contact: Deven Horne, (518) 464-6304
This program provides individual and/or group therapy sessions to students needing remediation of speech and language disorders. This service can be purchased by day or in individual and/or group sessions.
Speech Improvement (CoSer 320-5130)
Contact: Deven Horne, (518) 464-6304
This services provides individual or group services to students who demonstrate communication problems. These problems may be in the areas of articulation, language comprehension or production, fluency or voice production. Instruction is provided by certified teachers of speech and hearing handicapped.
Sunnyview Tutorial Services (Coser 321-4610)
Contact: Deven Horne, (518) 464-6304
This program serves students who have been referred to Sunnyview Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in Schenectady for treatment of physical and post-surgical problems. Instruction, which occurs in a classroom or at bedside, includes one hour a day for elementary students and two hours a day for secondary students.
Teacher of the Visually Impaired (Coser 304-4620)
Contact: Deven Horne, (518) 464-6304
These teachers serve visually impaired/blind
students attending public or private schools and
receiving either regular or special education. They work directly
with the students to help
them succeed academically. They locate or develop large-print, taped
or Braille instructional
materials and provide consulting services to students’ parents and
other teachers.
