Westchester School For Special Children
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The Weschester School For Special Children is a NY State supported Chapter 853 School
that provides high quality special education through services and programs specifically
designed for mulitply disabled children and young adults from three to 21 years of age.
The school services lower Westchester County and New York City. Specific services
that are provided include Speech/Occupational/Physical/Psychology/Behavioral
Therapies as well as training many students in the Vocational Program.
Mission Statement:
The Mission of The Westchester School for Special Children is:
To provide an interdisciplinary educational program in the most enabling environment which will develop and maintain the skill, attitude and knowledge which disabled children will need to function productively and as independently as possible, within a variety of settings.
To provide practical and realistic experiences for students from a variety of professional disciplines, in cooperation with their home universities.
To expand our effective “model” program to serve a variety of populations in all need areas.
Contacts:
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Donald Scampoli - Executive Director
Leonard Spano - Assistant Director Joanne Altritt - IEP Coordinator Louise Bolduc - Coordinator of Educational Services - Yonkers Annex at Mt. Carmel Christopher Campo - Coordinator of Physical Therapy Richard Devlin - Coordinator of Finance Christine Dodge - Supervisor of Administrative Services Sabrina Duchesne - Assistant to the Executive Director Dr. Kate Hoelscher - Coordinator of Social Services Dr. Vasilios Lagos - Coordinator of Psychology Services Kirk Manning - Coordinator of Behavioral Therapy and Coordinator of Educational Services - Hastings Annex at St. Priscilla Scampoli - Coordinator Of Nursing Services and Preschool Administrator Sharon Sedlak - Coordinator of Occupational Therapy Michael Stempel - Coordinator of Technology Services Jay Tabasco - Coordinator of Educational Services - Main Building Jessica Walker - Coordinator of Speech Therapy |
Westchester School for Special Children
currently has three campuses.
WSSC students attending Young Chef's Academy in Thornwood, NY.
Activities include:
Planning a menu
Making a shopping list
Nutritional information
Kitchen safety
Measuring accurately
and finally, COOKING!!!
Directions To The School
Staff Contact List
Staff Handbook
Click here for the 2007-2008 School Calendar
Pictures Of The Facility
The Adaptive Playground
Click here for the Sports Schedule 2007
Click here for a javascript clock
Click here for some fun for the kids
Click here for a Partial List Of Computer Software Used At WSSC
Upcoming Events:
Date TBA Back To School Night
Date TBA Spring Dance
Date TBA Graduation Day
For school closings due to weather, please tune to the following radio stations:
WFAS 1230 AM
WHUD 101.7 FM
CBS 880 AM
For online weather closing status, please click on the News12 link :
New12 School Closing Site
Some "Special" Disability Sites:
| The National Association of Private Special Education Centers | http://www.napsec.org/ |
| Discount Wheelchair Ramps & Accessories | http://www.discount-wheelchair-ramps.com/ |
| Enabling Devices - Toys For Special Children | http://www.enablingdevices.com/ |
| Marc Sheehan's Page of Special Education Links | http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/sped.html |
| Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC) | http://http://www.irsc.org |
| Special Child - For Parents Of Special Needs Children | http://http://www.specialchild.com/index.html |
| Our-Kids | http://http://www.our-kids.org/ |
| Instant Access Treasure Chest | http://http://www.fln.vcu.edu/ld/ld.html/ |
| Maddux Special Education | http://equinox.unr.edu/homepage/maddux/ |
| Family Village Project - Diverse diagnoses and related conditions | http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/ |
| Special Education Law - Information about the legal aspects of Special Education | http://www.specialedlaw.net/ |
Never Forget
Alternate Emails:
Westchesterschool@hotmail.com
Westchesterschool@gmail.com
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Westchester School for Special Children gives a "Special" thanks to the people at
Deepspace.org for hosting our prior website. Your generosity will not be forgotten.
Please visit their site:
Deepspace Disability Network