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ARC of Onondaga - Parkside Children's
Services 301 Valley Drive,
Syracuse, NY 13207 Phone: 315-468-1632, FAX 315-468-1635, Point of
Contact: Roxanne Euson, Director HOME PAGE:
www.arcon.org
Serves
children ages 0-5 with disabilities. Operate Early Intervention
Program (0-2). Referrals come from the County Health Department.
These children receive either home-based services or center-based
toddler services. Also operate a pre-school program (3-5).
Referrals come from the school districts' Committee on Preschool
Special Education. Children served in inclusive classes which
operate Monday through Friday (1/2 day sessions) Also provide
evaluations.
Child
Care Solutions 6724 Thompson Road, Syracuse, NY
13211, Phone: 315-446-1220, FAX:
315-446-2010, Point Of Contact: Parent/Corporate Services Director Kathy
Cook.
http://www.childcaresyracuse.org
The Child Care Solutions is a non-profit resource and referral agency
which builds partnerships with child care providers, parents
and employers to promote accessible, quality child care
services in Onondaga County. Call us for more information
about training and education opportunities, referrals to
child care and early intervention programs and services for
employers.
Interactive
Therapy Group 500 East Brighton Ave, Suite 200,
Syracuse, NY 13210
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Phone: 315-469-1189, ex 1110 FAX: 315-492-0548 Point Of Contact: Susan Slielmi, SLP, Regional Program Director, sglielmi@interactivetherapygroup.com
or Jennifer Young, Clinical Supervisor, ex. 1116, jyoung@interactivetherapygroup.com.HOME PAGE:
www.interactivetherapygroup.com
Early Intervention and Preschool Service provider.
Evaluations, therapy, family training, playgroups, continuing professional
education.
Children's
Therapy Network 171 Intrepid Lane, Syracuse, NY 13205, Phone: 315-437-4689, FAX:
315-437-4690 Point Of Contact: Dawn Broderick, SLP, Director o f Preschool
Services dbroderick@childrenstherapynetwork.com
Physical, occupational and
speech therapy for children of all ages provided at home and office. Full
Early Intervention teams inclusive special education teachers provide
services at home, office and in community sites.
Connections Family Centered
Therapies 1744 W. Genesee St., Syracuse, NY 13204 Phone: 315-468-3414,
FAX: 315-468-2089 Point Of Contact: Donna Farchione, M.S., CCC-SLP,
Principal. Email: connections@connectionstx.com, Website:
www.connectionstx.com Early Intervention and Preschool evaluations and therapy in the
areas of speech and language, occupational therapy, physical therapy and
special education. Services provided in home, community site or at our
location. Multidisciplinary Parent-child language playgroup weekly
on-site.
Early Childhood Direction Center (ECDC) 805 S. Crouse
Ave.,Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, Phone:
315-443-4444, FAX: 315-443-4338, Email:
nssonger@syr.edu Point of Contact: Nan Songer; HOME PAGE:
http://ecdc.syr.edu
The ECDC is a regional
clearinghouse providing information, referral and support to
families and professionals concerned with young children who
may have a special need. The ECDC is designed to assist parents and the
professionals working with them to discover and understand
all their options so informed choices about services can be
made. Written information on issues such as developmental
milestones, parenting questions and programs are also
available. All services are free and confidential.
ENABLE 1603 Court St., Syracuse, NY 13208, Phone: 315-475-1382, FAX:
315-475-1782, Point of Contact: Director of Education Services: Phil Grajko
Enable provides Early
Intervention and Inclusive Preschool Services for children
with disabilities, ages birth through five. Services are
provided at home or in community preschools and child care
centers. Service providers include: assessment, service
coordination and family support, special education, related
services such as physical therapy, speech therapy,
occupational therapy, adapted physical education and
assistive technology. A team approach is utilized with
families and community preschools as integral team members.
Head
Start/Early Head Start of P.E.A.C.E., Inc. Sumner
Head Start, 215 Bassett St., Syracuse, NY 13210, Phone:
315-470-3346, ext 315, FAX: 315-470-3379, Point Of Contact: , Dawn Engle,
Email: dengel@peace-caa.org,
Education/Disabilities Coordinator.
Head Start is a federally funded
and locally operated preschool program for children ages
three and four and targets low-income families. The program
provides families with information on health, social
services, nutrition and child development. The program also
serves disabled and non-disabled in inclusive classroom
settings. Head Start actively encourages parental involvement
and participation in all aspects of the program. Early Head Start provides comprehensive
child development and family support services to low income
families with children under three and pregnant women.
Hear 2 Learn
6296 Fly Road, East Syracuse, NY
13057 Phone: 315-701-5710, Fax: 315-701-5711,
Point of Contact: Dr.
Arlene Balestra-Marko, Aud, CCC-A, Director Email: amarko@hear-2-learn.com
Home Page:
www.hear-2-learn.com
Early intervention and preschool provider. Offering
comprehensive services for hearing impaired children of all ages. We
offer family trainings, support groups, workshops on childhood hearing loss
and loaner assistive technology. Services include but not limited to
educational audiology, speech therapy, teacher of the hearing impaired,
social work, genetics counseling, dietetics and physical therapy.
Jowonio School 3049 East
Genesee St., Syracuse NY 13224, Phone: (315)
445-4010, FAX:
(315) 445-4060 Point of Contact: Ellen Barnes, Director, Email:
ellenbarnes2003@yahoo.com, HOME PAGE:
www.jowonio.org
Jowonio School offers a fully
inclusive preschool for children with a wide
range of special needs and their typical peers. Opened in
1969, Jowonio's center-based program serves students 2 to
5 years. Classrooms are half-day, 4.25 hours or full-day. We
also have available on a limited basis early morning and afterschool care. Our ENRICH program serves children with
special needs at home and in community child care settings.
In addition to special education and therapy services, we
provide case management and support for families through our
social work staff. Jowonio also does transdisciplinary
play-based evaluations.
Little Lukes Dewitt Location: 5820 Heritage Landing Drive,
East Syracuse, NY 13057, Phone: (315) 701-1107 x21 Fax: (315) 701-1131 Contact:
Shannon Buff, Program Coordinator info@littlelukes.com , Web: www.littlelukes.com.
Oswego Location: 10 Burkle St., Oswego, NY
13126, Phone: (315) 342-4600 Fax: (315) 342-9599 Contact: Darci Powers, Director
Little Lukes provides Early Intervention, Preschool Related Services, Inclusive
Preschool Classrooms and Inclusive Childcare.
Early Intervention Services include physical therapy, occupational
therapy, speech therapy and special education teacher services. Preschool
Related Services include physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech
therapy services. Our caring, enthusiastic and professional staff assists
families in the process from referral and revaluation through scheduling and
transition and works with each family to meet their child's individual needs.
Inclusive preschool classrooms are available as half day and full day
sessions Monday through Friday. Our in-house team of Little Lukes therapists use
various combinations of small grop, push in and pull out therapy sessions to
meet the individual needs of each child. Bawsed on the child's specific
needs, trained staff members use a variety of special approaches including ABA,
DIR and Sensory Integration. Before and after preschool center-based care
is also available at Little Lukes. Our Childcare Center is open from 6:30
AM to 6:30PM and avaiable for children 6 weeks to 12 years of age, offering full
day and before and after school childcare services.
Margaret
L. Williams Developmental Evaluation Center 215 Bassett St.,
Syracuse, NY 13210, Phone: 315-472-4404, FAX: 315-478-2337,
Point Of Contact: Carroll Grant, Ph.D., Email: grantc@upstate.edu
The DEC primarily provides
assessments and referral services for children, birth through
six years of age, who are "at risk" for or have a
developmental disability. The presenting concerns include
motor and sensory difficulties, mental retardation,
speech/language disorders, autism and behavioral problems.
The DEC provides some limited
intervention services when these services are unavailable.
The DEC has a special focus on children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
through diagnosis, consulting and therapy services. Referrals are accepted from parents, professionals, and
agencies. The DEC staff consists of physicians,
psychologists, early childhood and special education
specialists, speech/language pathologists, occupational and
physical therapists, nurse and social worker. An
interdisciplinary approach is used with a team of appropriate
professionals to meet individual children's needs. The DEC
accepts third party payments from private health insurance,
Medicaid, Early Intervention or the Committee on Preschool
Special Education. Private payment is based on sliding fee
scale.
New York State
Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) Bureau of Early Childhood
Services (BECS)
The Atrium, Suite 350, 2 Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY 13219 Phone:
315-423-1202, Fax: 315-423-1198,
Point of Contact:
Jacqueline Martello, Email: gg2661@dfa.state.ny.us
Day care licensing and technical assistance for Family
Day Care, group Family Day Care, Day Care Centers and School Age Child Care,
covering 14 counties.
North Syracuse Early Education Program 205 South Main St.,
North Syracuse, NY 13212, Phone: 315-218-2200, FAX:
315-218-2285, Point of Contact: Kathi Esposito, Principal, Email:
kesposit@nscsd.org HOME PAGE:
http://www.mainstreet25.com
The North Syracuse Early
Education Program, operated by the North Syracuse School District, provides
services for 3 and 4 year old children. It provides services for young
children
which includes regular pre-kindergarten, evaluation,
special class integrated setting, special education itinerant
teacher (SEIT) in area Head Start Centers, preschools, Day
Cares and children's homes along with itinerant related
services.
The OCM BOCES Children's
Village is now a collaboration with the East Syracuse-Minoa School District
Park Hill PreK Program.
This collaborative program addresses the special education needs of children under
the age of 5. Children receive services in fully inclusive
center-based settings. The program offers special class integrated classes,
related services speech/language therapy, and preschool education for
children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. We currently operate the only inclusive special education
preschool program for children with cochlear implants who require an
auditory/oral approach in New York State. Professional evaluations by our evaluation
component provide important information that help determine
what will best suit the child.
Onondaga
Central Preschool Program 208 Rockwell Ave., Nedrow, NY 13120,
Phone: 315-469-6926, FAX: 315-469-7732, Point of Contact:
Margie Hart, Principal
Email:
mhart@ocs.cnyric.org
The Onondaga
Central Preschool Program is a special class in integrated
setting program model serving typical and special needs three
and four year old children. Our staff includes a
multidisciplinary team consisting of a special education
teacher, a full-time speech/language pathologist,
occupational and physical therapists who work together to
meet the IEP goals in the classroom as well as small group
and individual sessions. Our program offers a very strong
speech and language based curriculum. The program is also an
approved evaluation site.
Onondaga County Health Department Bureau of
Special Children Services
501 E. Fayette
St., Suite B, Syracuse, NY 13202, Phone: 315-435-3230, FAX: 315-435-2678, Points
of Contact: Linda Karmen, Director, Email: LindaKarmen@ongov.net
The
Bureau of Special Children Services
administers four programs locally that serve children with disabilities.
Early
Intervention (EI) is a Federally and State mandated program that provides
special education and therapy services to children from birth through 2 years of
age who are found through multi-disciplinary evaluation to have a disability or
developmental delay. EI CARES (Children at Risk Early Screening) works to
identify children birth to age 3 who are at-risk for development delays. For
more information, call 435-3230.
The Preschool
Special Education Program provides mandated services authorized by local school
districts for 3 and 4 year old children with special needs in a variety of
settings in the community. For more information, contact your local school
district Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE).
The Children
with Special Health Care Needs Program assists families of children who have
special health care needs to obtain necessary health services and community
resources. Call Exceptional Family Resources at 478-1462 for more information.
The Physically Handicapped Children’s Program funds authorized medical services
not covered by insurance. There are financial eligibility requirements. For more
information, call 435-5262.
High Peaks Rehabilitation and Development Center, Inc. 170 Intrepid Lane,
Syracuse, NY 13205, Phone:
315-492-8319, FAX: 315-492-3758, Point of Contact: Leigh Smith, Director,
SLP, Email: high.peaks@verizon.net,
HOME PAGE: www.highpeaksrehab.com
The services include speech pathology
and audiology with evaluation and treatment services for all ages as well as
occupational therapy, physical therapy and special education teacher
services for children 0-5 years old through early intervention and school
district preschool programs.
SPICE/ Elmcrest Children's Center 960 Salt Springs
Rd.,Syracuse, NY 13224, Phone: 315-446-3220, Contact: Michelle Hendricks EMAIL: earlyedcenter@aol.com
SPICE (Special Preschool
Interventions for Children's Education) has been serving the
community for over 20 years. Traditionally, SPICE has
provided opportunities for children experiencing social and
emotional difficulties. With the opening of our new Early
Education Center in January 1998, we are able to accept
preschoolers with a wide range of disabilities. SPICE
recognizes the importance of involving parents in the growth
of their child. A Social Worker provides the crucial link for
a close relationship between parents and school. The related
services provided at SPICE include Speech/Language Services,
Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Play Therapy.
Syracuse City Schools CPSE 220 West
Kennedy Street, Syracuse 13205 Phone: 315-435-4576, FAX: 315-435-6553,
Point of Contact: Lauri Gerhardt
Syracuse
City School District: Early Childhood Program 220
West Kennedy Street, Syracuse 13205, Phone: 315-435-4276, FAX: 315-435-6553,
Point of Contact: Chris Vogelsang, Email:cvogel05@scsd.us Karen Howard Email:
khoward93@scsd.us
The Early Childhood
Program provides
comprehensive services for children with disabilities ages 18 months to five years. There are
center based program for toddlers as indicated on each
child's Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP). Toddlers
attend three half days per week in either the AM or PM
session. the Preschool Program provides inclusive education
in the District's Pre-Kindergarten five half days per week in
either the AM or PM session. Services are indicated on each
child's Individual Education Plan (IEP). Breakfast and/or
lunch are available in the Toddler and Pre-K Program.
Transdisciplinary support teams are assigned to the Toddler and Pre-K classrooms consisting of a special
education teacher, speech pathologist, psychologist,
occupational therapist, physical therapist, nurse and social
worker. Parents are presented with a variety of opportunities
to develop their roles as partners in the classroom and in
the educational process.
Children First
725 Erie Blvd, West, Syracuse, NY
13204 Phone: 315-472-7094, Fax: 315-472-7096,
Point of Contact: Wendy Kincaid,
Email: child1ft725erie@yahoo.com
We provide early intervention evaluations and services
for community and home based services. Specialize in sensory and
oral/motor evaluations.
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