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Provides referrals to the appropriate school district's Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) for evaluation to determine the needs of preschoolers with special needs. Offers information regarding services that may be available to children with disabilities who are age 3-5.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Disease / Disability Information
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Provides information and referral and advocacy services for health and related topics to families of children, from birth to 21 years of age who have, or are suspected of having a serious or chronic healthcare condition.

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Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Specialized Information and Referral
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Offers a wide range of specialized services, home and community based, to children from birth to age 21. Services include special education, ABA (applied behavior analysis), Discrete Trial Instruction, speech, occupational and physical therapy, psychology and social work and Parent Education and Counseling.

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Physical Therapy
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities / Delays
Case / Care Management
Special Education
Students With Disabilities
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Developmental Disabilities
Learning Disabilities
Physical Disabilities
Multiple Disabilities
Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Speech Therapy
Provides recreational activities for children and young adults with a disability who require minimal supervision. Referral required.

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Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Volunteer Opportunities
Developmental Disabilities
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Recreational Therapy
Provides individualized programs for students in grades 1-12 with AD/HD and learning disorders.

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Private Schools
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Middle Schools
Elementary Schools
Learning Disabilities
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Secondary / High Schools
Provides an inpatient psychiatry program for elementary-age students enabling them to continue their education while undergoing psychiatric treatment. Students are referred through parent or school referrals and admits youngsters, after thorough evaluation by social worker, psychologists and physicians. The length of stay ranges from 1-12 weeks, during which time a full academic curriculum is provided by Eastern Suffolk BOCES.

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Inpatient Rehabilitation
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Adolescent / Youth Counseling
Inpatient Mental Health Facilities
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Students With Disabilities
Special Education
Psychiatric Inpatient Units
Empowers families and informs and involves professionals and other individuals interested in healthy development and educational rights of children. SPAN's foremost commitment is to children with the greatest need due to disability, discrimination, and other special circumstances. Region 1 parent centers are located in: Niantic, Connecticut, Augusta, Maine, Sanford, Maine, Boston, Massachusetts, Concord, New Hampshire, Newark, New Jersey, Rochester, New York, New York City, New York, and Williston, Vermont. Call for more information.

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Parent Support Groups
Children's Rights Groups
Organizational Development and Management Services
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Parents
Organizational Consultation / Technical Assistance
Offers a fully inclusive program that offers campers with special needs an opportunity to participate in all activities at Hofstra Summer Camp with their peers. For campers entering 2-5 grade, morning will be in a specialty program of choice and the afternoon will be spent in recreation activities with a peer group of 8-10 campers of the same grade and gender. For campers entering 6-10 grade, mornings will be spent in recreation activities with a peer group of 8-10 campers of the same grade and the afternoon will be spent in a specialty program of choice. Recreational activities are fully inclusive and provide campers with special needs the opportunity to engage and interact with their peers while participating in recreational sports and activities, outdoor/ indoor games, lunch and swim. The REACH Program provides a safe and positive environment for campers with disabilities to participate in Specialty Camps/Learning Institute activities with their peers. In this inclusion model, they enjoy playing games, completing projects and other peer interactions. Campers in the REACH program may receive visual supports and/or modifications when necessary, under the supervision of the REACH director. Campers in the REACH program may also receive 1:1 support from a capable, hard- working volunteer high school student to help them navigate the camp schedule.

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Day Camps
Camps
Special Interest Camps
Private Colleges / Universities
Summer Camps
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Special Education
Provides referrals to the appropriate school districts Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) for evaluation to determine the needs of preschoolers with special needs. Offers information regarding services that may be available to children with disabilities who are age 3-5.

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Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Specialized Information and Referral
Provides referrals to the appropriate school districts Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) for evaluation to determine the needs of preschoolers with special needs. Offers information regarding services that may be available to children with disabilities who are age 3-5.

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Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Specialized Information and Referral
Offers many support and peer groups for individuals with disabilities including social and recreational gatherings. The groups are facilitated by individuals. Call for specific information. Groups are available for youth and adults.

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Families / Friends of People With Disabilities
Health / Disability Related Support Groups
Visual Impairments
Deafness
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Brain Disorders
Hard of Hearing
Adults With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Parents With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Provides families, educators, early interventionists, medical professionals, employers, and the community at large with resources to support individuals with disabilities, enabling them to become active members of their communities and meet their full potential in all aspects of life. The CCI provides multi-faceted assistance and enrichment through a variety of resources, services, events, programs, seminars, and workshops. Call for more detailed information.

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Private Colleges / Universities
Developmental Disabilities
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Special Education
Offers a team approach (nurses, social workers, therapists and nutritionists) to provide patient/family centered asthma education and manage asthma care at home. Services include medication management, environmental and lifestyle assessment, emergency management and health monitoring through a telehealth program. Works collaboratively with patient's physician to follow treatment plans and manage asthma effectively. Communicates with school health staff and educators as needed to support children attending school.

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Asthma
Home Telemedicine
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Home Health Care
Provides evaluations and therapies for children birth through age five in their homes or in a preschool/daycare facility setting. Offers services in Arabic, Chinese, Creole, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish and Urdu. Please call for an appointment.

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities / Delays
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Provides education to students who are deaf and multiply handicapped deaf in a mainstream and individual class setting.

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Deafness
Special Education
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Multiple Disabilities
Disabilities Issues
Hearing Loss
Education
Specializes in working with children who have a brother or sister with special needs. Adult volunteer mentors give these children special one-on-one attention in a one-to-one, professionally supported relationship, monitored by dedicated case manager. Volunteers are screened and trained. Also match the special needs children with volunteers whenever appropriate.

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Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Adult / Child Mentoring Programs
Mentoring Services Volunteer Opportunities
Provides early intervention for children birth to five, including speech/language therapy, physical and occupational therapy, special education (self-contained and integrated classes), adapted physical education, computer education, play therapy and family counseling. Also offers a nursery school, Pre-K, day care and a special program for children with autism spectrum disorders. Call for more information.

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Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Special Preschools
Adapted Physical Education
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities / Delays
Offers multiple canine-assisted activities, utilizing certified therapy dogs who engage with participants in one-on-one experiences including elements found in canine sports. Participants include a large variety of individuals and groups of children and adults with and without special needs.

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Adults With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Pet Assisted Therapy
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Provides dances, basketball leagues and computer classes for special needs children of Nassau County.

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Developmental Disabilities
Computer and Related Technology Classes
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Disability Related Sports
Responds to the needs of developmentally disabled individuals and their families/caregivers who are experiencing a crisis situation. Crisis intervention may include any situation by which a developmentally disabled individual needs an immediate alternative day or residential option, when traditional service delivery models do not meet families' needs and when linkage and referral services are needed to connect the individual with ongoing services which address behavioral, medical, or situational needs.

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Individual Advocacy
Crisis Intervention
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Developmental Disabilities
Medical Social Work
Offers monthly 4 hour respite for children with disabilities and their siblings enrolled in program. Parents drop off their children, who are cared for by Director of LITLC, students from Lynbrook High School, and other communities. Program includes dinner, crafts, music, and playtime.

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Siblings of People With Disabilities
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Provides referrals to the appropriate school district's Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) for evaluation to determine the needs of preschoolers with special needs. Offers information regarding services that may be available to children with disabilities who are age 3-5.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Disease / Disability Information
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Offers many support and peer groups for individuals with disabilities including social and recreational gatherings. The groups are facilitated by individuals. Call for specific information. Groups are available for youth and adults.

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Families / Friends of People With Disabilities
Health / Disability Related Support Groups
Visual Impairments
Deafness
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Brain Disorders
Hard of Hearing
Adults With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Parents With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Provides short-term skilled care and support services at home for patients with disabilities and complex medical conditions from newborn to 44 years of age. Offers a family-centered, team approach to caregiving with the goal of improving patients' independence and quality of life. Treats patients with a wide spectrum of health conditions including Cerebral Palsy, HIV/AIDS, seizures, Failure to Thrive, Hydrocephalus, Diabetes and Asthma. Offers physical, occupational, speech and respiratory therapy, specialized pediatric nursing, private duty nursing, home health and personal care aides, skilled nursing visits, palliative care, medical equipment and supplies.

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Home Health Care
Parents With Disabilities / Health Conditions
People With Chronic Illnesses
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions
Provides a religious school for Jewish children with special needs. Also offers cultural enrichment, parent support groups and socialization groups.

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Learning Disabilities
Intellectual Disabilities
Jewish Community
Developmental Disabilities
Children and Youth With Disabilities / Health Conditions