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Parent Training &
Information Centers (PTIC):
Understanding
Special Education and Lay Advocacy Trainings
Parent Training and
Information Centers are a federally funded program through the US Dept. of
Education, Office of Special Education Programs.
The program is charged with providing IDEA Training, Technical Assistance,
Information and Referral, and Limited Educational Advocacy to parents and
professionals. A priority is
addressing the issues of overrepresentation of minorities in Special
Education and reaching underserved populations.
There are three levels of service required by
each holder of a PTIC grant:
PTIC Grants in NYS are held by:
Advocates for Children of New York
Fifth Floor
151 West 30th Street
New York, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 947-9779
Fax: (212) 947-9790
Email:
info@advocatesforchildren.org
Website:
http://www.advocatesforchildren.org/ Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc.
(New York)
Fifth Floor
116 East 16th Street
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 677-4650
Fax: (212) 254-4070
Email:
Info@resourcesnyc.org
Website:
http://www.resourcesnyc.org/rcsn.htm
Sinergia/Metropolitan Parent Center (New York and Long Island)
Sixth Floor
15 West 65th Street
New York, NY 10023
Phone: (212) 496-1300
Fax: (212) 496-5608
Email:
sinergia@panix.com
Website:
http://www.sinergiany.org/
United We Stand of New York (New York)
Suite L
202 Union Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Phone: (718) 302-4313
Fax: (718) 302-4315
Email:
uwsofny@aol.com
The
Advocacy Center
590 South Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620
Phone: (585) 546-1700
Toll-Free: (800) 650-4967
Toll-Free Restrictions: NY residents only
Fax: (585) 546-7069
Email:
info@advocacycenter.com
Website:
http://www.advocacycenter.com/
The
Advocacy Center provides the services in counties north of Ulster and
Dutchess. PTIC Director is Jason Blackwell. Counties covered by
The Advocacy Center include: Allegany, Chemung, Genesee, Livingston,
Ontario, Orleans, Monroe, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins,
Wayne, Wyoming, Yates.
Core Community Partners (Sub-contractors)
ARC of Onondaga
600 South Wilbur St.
Syracuse, NY 13204
Phone # :(315) 476-7441
Fax #: (315) 476-7446
Counties Covered:
Onondaga, Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Otsego, Delaware, Chenango, Broome.
Executive Director is Stanfort Perry; Parent Coordinator is Lisa Coggi.
Learning Disabilities
Association of Western NY
2555 Elmwood Ave.
Kenmore, NY 14217
Phone #: (716) 874-7200
Fax #: (716) 874-7205
Counties Covered: Cattaraugus,
Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara. Executive Director is Michael Helman;
Program Director is Ella Anderson; Parent Coordinator is Darlene
Bobeck.
Northern Regional
Center for Independent Living
210 Court St.
Watertown, NY 13601
Phone #: (315) 785-8703
Fax #: (315) 785-8612
Counties Covered: Jefferson, Lewis,
St. Lawrence (Akwasasne Res.), Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton,
Herkimer, Warren, Oswego, Oneida.
Executive Director is Brenda Campany; Program Director is Kathy Connor;
Parent Coordinator: Debbie Dufresne.
Parent to Parent
(Capital District)
500 Balltown Road
Schenectady, NY 12304
Phone #: (518) 381-4370
Fax #: (518) 393-9607
Counties Covered: Schenectady,
Columbia, Washington, Fulton, Saratoga, Schoharie, Montgomery, Rensselaer,
Albany, Greene. Executive Director: Janice Fitzgerald; Parent
Coordinator: Tina Beauparlant.
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Westchester
Independent Living Center
1961 Route 6, 2nd Floor
Carmel, NY 10512
Phone #: (845) 228-7457; (914) 682-3926
Fax #: (914) 682-8518
Counties Covered: Westchester,
Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan. Executive
Director is Joe Bravo; Parent Coordinator is Joy Drummond.
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