New York State
Special Education Parent Centers
There are 13 Special Education Parent Centers across New YorkState. These centers will provide parents of children with disabilities with information, resources, and strategies to:
- promote their meaningful involvement in their children’s education programs, including information regarding the special education process (referrals, individual evaluations and individualized education program development and transition planning);
- assist in understanding their children’s disabilities;
- promote early resolution of disputes between parents and school districts;
- promote the use of resolution sessions and special education mediation;
- assist in understanding procedural due process rights, including the right to impartial hearings and appeals and the State complaint process; and
- enhance parents’ skills and levels of confidence to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with other schools and other stakeholders to advocate and actively participate in their children’s education program.
Please contact the Parent Center located nearest you for assistance.
The Long Island Parent and Family Technical Assistance Center/Just Kids
887 Kellum St
Lindenhurst, NY 11787
631-603-3300 Main number
631-603-3303
Fax
1-800-432-0199 Toll free
Contact: Elizabeth DeFazio-Rodriguez - Program Coordinator erdr12@optonline.net
Steven Held - Executive Director of Just Kids Early Learning Center, Inc.
Dr. Ginny Barry- Project Administrator
Parent Network of Western New York
1000 Main St
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-332-4170 Main number
716-332-4171 Fax
716-332-4175
Information and referral Contact: Susan Barlow - Executive Director srb@parentnetworkwny.org www.parentnetworkwny.org
Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled
27 Smith Street, Suite 200,
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-998-3000
718-998-3743 Fax
Contact person: Marvin Wasserman, Executive Director
Region served: NYC - Brooklyn
Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc
The Manhattan Parent Center Without Walls
116 E. 16th Street, 5th floor
New York, New York 10003
212-677-4650
212-254-4070 Fax
Contact person: Rachel Howard, Executive Director
Region served: NYC – Manhattan
Parent to Parent NY, Inc.
The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene
1050 Forest Hill Road
Staten Island, NY 10314
718-494-4872
718-494-4805 Fax
Contact person: Mike Minis - Project Coordinator
Region served: NYC - Staten Island
Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc
The Bronx Parent Center Without Walls
116 E. 16th Street, 5th floor
New York, New York 10003
212-677-4650
212-254-4070 Fax
Contact person: Rachel Howard, Executive Director
Region served: NYC - Bronx
United We Stand of New York, LTD
Mail to: 91 Harrison Ave
Location: 98 Moore Street
Brooklyn NY 11206
718-302-4313
718-302-4315 Fax
Contact person: Lourdes Rivera-Putz, Executive Director
Region served: NYC - Queens
Family Resource Network, Inc.
46 Oneida Street
Oneonta, NY 13820
607-432-0001
607-432-5516 Fax
Contact person: Pamela J. Larsen
Region served: Southern Region
Covers the following BOCES: Broome-Delaware Tioga; Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego; Otsego-Northern Catskills; Greater Southern Tier
Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies
Syracuse University
805 S. Crouse Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244
877-824-9555 (Toll Free)
315-443-4336
315-443-4338 Fax
Contact person: Lisa Finnerty Coggi, Director
Region served: Mid-State
Covers the following BOCES: Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego; Madison-Oneida; Oneida-Herkimer-Madison; Oswego County; Onondaga-Cortland-Madison; Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga; Cayuga-Onondaga and Syracuse City
Northern Regional Center for Independent Living, Inc
210 Court Street, Suite 107
Watertown, NY 13601
315-785-8703
315-785-8612 Fax
Contact person: Brenda S. Campany, Executive Director
Region served: North Country
Covers the following BOCES: Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington; Franklin-Essex-Hamilton; St. Lawrence-Lewis; Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida
The Westchester Institute for Human Development
Cedarwood Hall, Room 326
Valhalla, NY 10595
914-493-8204
914-493-7899 Fax
Contact person: Ansley Bacon, PhD, President and CEO
Region served: Hudson Valley
Covers the following BOCES: Dutchess; Orange-Ulster; Putnam-Northern Westchester; Rockland; Southern Westchester; Sullivan; Ulster and Yonkers City
The Advocacy Center, Inc.
590 South Ave
Rochester, NY 14620
1-800-650-4967
585-546-1700
585-546-7069 Fax
Contact person: Paul J. Shew, Executive Director
Region served: Mid-West
Covers the following BOCES: Genesee Valley; Monroe 1; Monroe 2 –Orleans; Ontario-Seneca-Yates-Cayuga-Wayne; and Rochester City
Wildwood Programs Inc.
Parent Network of the Capital Region
1190 Troy Schenectady Road
Latham, NY 12110
518-640-3368
518-640-3401 Fax
Contact person: Liz DeLibero, Project Coordinator
Region served: Eastern
Covers the following BOCES: Capital Region; Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery; Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex; Questar III
Federal Parent Center Website: http://nysparentnetwork.org