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Legislative and Governmental Agencies,
And other resources
helpful to educators
Federal:
United States
Department of Education/No Child Left Behind
http://www.ed.gov/
Legislation enacted
to set and enforce educational standards for all children in the United States.
This website provides information to assist educational professionals, parents
and guardians to understand the legislative requirements and resources to help
schools achieve these standards.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) U.S. Department of
Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
Legislation enacted to
establish and enforce accessibility, educational, and disability rights and
standards throughout the United States. This website provides vast amounts of
information to individuals, businesses, agencies, builders, planners etc. to
help them to understand the rights of individuals with disabilities and their
responsibility to provide accessibility.
New York State
Education Department
http://www.nysed.gov/
A
website to provide information and resources about all levels of education in
New York State for professional educators, parents, guardians, and
students. Their mission: "Our mission is to raise the knowledge, skill,
and opportunity of all the people in New York."
Commission
on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
http://www.cqcapd.state.ny.us/
This government agency is responsible for improving the quality of
life for, and protecting the rights of all New York State residents with
disabilities.
New York State
Department of Health, Disability and Health in New York State
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/prevent/main.htm
This site offers statistical data and other infomation about
disabilities and health in New York State.
New York State Office of Temporary and Disability
Assistance
http://www.otda.state.ny.us/
Provides information on financial and other support offered by the
State of New York for those in need of temporary and disability
assistance. Their mission: "To promote greater self-sufficiency of the
State's residents through the efficient delivery of temporary and transitional
assistance, disability assistance, and the collection of child
support."
Rochester and Metropolitan Area:
City of Rochester, Bureau of Human Services
http://www.ci.rochester.ny.us/prhs/humanservices/index.cfm
Information about services and programs the City of Rochester has
to offer to residents and their families including RASA - Rochester After-School
Academy.
Monroe #1 BOCES - Special Education Page
http://www.monroe.edu/specialeducation/index.html
This website for BOCES Special Education Services. It
provides a great deal of information on the services available to Monroe County
residents with Special Education Needs children.
Monroe #1
BOCES (Board Of Cooperative Educational Services)
http://www.monroe.edu/
This is the main
BOCES website. It lists many of the services available to students in
Monroe. There is information on their programs and services, professional
development, teacher resources and employment.
Rochester City
School District (RCSD)
www.rcsdk12.org
This
website provides a huge amount of information about the Rochester City School
District in Rochester, New York. There is information and services
available to Teachers, Parents, students and community members as well as
information about curriculum, testing, state and federal standardized testing
and more.
University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Pediactrics, Strong
Center for Developmental Disabilities
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/gchas/div/scdd/
A host of different programs offering service, support,
training, events, information, research and more for professionals and families
dealing with children with disabilities.
Rochester Area Literacy
council
http://www.theRalc.org
The Rochester
Area Literacy Council is "Dedicated to Literacy" and is chartered by
the International Reading Association as well as a member of the New York State
Reading Association. Their website provides detailed information on
literacy initiatives in and around Rochester as well as up-to-date information
on events.
Rochester Childfirst
Network
http://www.rcn4kids.org/
This site
provides information about the many early childhood programs RCN offers to the
community. They are a not-for-profit agency who together with their
volunteers provide programs to help families with early education and
childcare. Their mission: "RCN is a not-for-profit agency dedicated to
advancing the quality of early education and care in Western New York, through
leadership, advocacy, and innovative direct services to children."
Rochester Institute of Technology, Libraries - General Disability
Internet Resources web page
http://wally.rit.edu/internet/subject/disability.html
A much more comprehensive resource page than this one, I highly
recommend checking it out!
Technology
Services at Monroe #1 BOCES (Board Of Cooperative Educational Services)
http://www.monroe.edu/technologyservices/
This website is
part of BOCES in Monroe County and provides educators with information about
educational technology services available to Monroe County schools, teachers and
students. From here you can check out the sites for the locations
available to Monroe County students for learning technology like the BUBL™project
and the Challenger project .
HTCTU: High Tech Center Training Unit of the
California Community Colleges
http://www.htctu.fhda.edu/
The High Tech
Center Training Unit of the California Community Colleges uses, evaluates,
recommends, impliments and supports cutting-edge assistive and adaptive
technology including hardware and software.
Learning
Disabilities Association of the Genesee Valley, Inc.
http://www.ldagvi.org/
This group provides services, information, support and advocacy to
Rochester area people with learning disabilities.
The Advocacy
Center
http://www.advocacycenter.com/
Around for over fifty years, The Advocacy Center of Rochester
NY provides resources, information sharing, training, support, services
coordination, volunteer and leadership development and more to people with
disabilities and their families.
New York
Yellow Pages for Kids - Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities
http://www.yellowpagesforkids.com/help/ny.htm
a clearinghouse of information about New York
State servces and other agencies that provide kids and their families
with support and information to become effective and
informed advocates for themselves.
Compeer
http://www.rochester.compeer.org/
Compeer Inc., founded in 1973 in Rochester NY, is now an
international agency dedicated to helping those with mental
illness. They offer a host of services to area residents that
"provide supportive friendships for people in mental-health care or with
emotional challenges." Their services are meant to be companion services
to other support agencies.
Adaptive Hardware and Software:
Synapse
Adaptive - Access and Productivity Tools
http://www.synapseadaptive.com/profile.htm
This company offers many different types of adaptive technology
software programs for use in business, education and personal use. Many of
them meet ADA standards.
Usablenet Assistive
http://www.usablenet.com/products_services/assistive/assistive.html
This product is "a server-based tool that generates a customizable
"text-only" view of your content, instantly." It is the lates offering of
UsableNet Inc. which develops
automated website accessibility software.
RCSD Special Education Training Resource
Center
http://www.rcsdk12.org/setrc/
This site offers Special Education training and resources available
to teaching professionals in the Rochester City School District for professional
development.
PEOPLE FIRST - Communicating with and about People with
Disabilities
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/promo/people.htm
This site, offered by the NY State Department of Health, provides
information and guidlines on appropriate ways to communicate with persons with
disabilities.
The
National Lead Information Center (NLIC) AND Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lead Poisioning Information
Website
http://www.epa.gov/lead/pubs/nlic.htm http://www.epa.gov/lead/index.html
The
National Lead Information Center, located in Rochester, NY provides information
either by phone or email and offers a 24 hour hotline with recorded information
on the effects of Lead Poisioning, prevention and reporting.
