SETRC Links

(Special Education Training & Resource Center)

• Vocational and Education Services for Individuals with Disabilities

The VESID website contains information and answers to many of your questions.
It is also a source of all State Education Department publications such as:

• A Parent’s Guide to Special Education

• Parts 200 and 201 of the Commissioner’s Regulations on Special Education

• The Safety Net, and many more.

• You can register at this site to receive e-mail notifications of publications.

• New York State Education Department

• New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

• Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA)

• Westchester Independent Living Council

• Putnam Independent Living Center

WEB SITES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION

• CACLD (CT Assoc. For Children with Learning Disabilities)

• Children & Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

• Nat’l. Information Center for Children & Youth with Disabilities

• Disability Links

• LD Online

• Parent

• The Special Ed Advocate

• Schwab Foundation for Learning

• Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education

• PARC (Putnam County)

• ParentLink:Westchester Advocates for Individuals with High Functioning Autism, Asperger Syndrome and other PDD’s

• Putnam Family & Community Services

• Putnam Family Support & Advocacy

• SPED Regulations and Related Questions

• Family Village

• Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD)

• Parent to Parent Support Group

Useful Web Pages for Transition

• SED VESID Life Long Services Network

• Cornell University Employment and Disability Institute

• Cornell’s ILR Program on Employment and Disability

• Social Security Online

• New York State Independent Living Council

• Westchester Independent Living Council

• Putnam Independent Living Center

State Education Department and Government Websites

• SED Web Page