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"Serving young children with special needs and their families
for 31 years."
Jeannine Carr
CPSE Chairperson
Coordinator-ECP
Assistant Principal-WOS
845-680-1325
jcarr@socsd.org
Early Childhood Comprehensive Services involve
two components:
Early Childhood
Services
Committee on Pre-School
Special Education
The CPSE is appointed by
the Board of Education. Currently, the South Orangetown Central School
District oversees eligibility, program planning and services for
approximately eighty pre-school children each year. For more
information, please call Jeannine Carr or Eleanor Young, CPSE
Chairpersons at 680-1377. The
Chairperson will help you select an evaluation center, set a meeting
date to discuss evaluation results and plan accordingly what services,
if any, are warranted.
Early Childhood Program at William O. Schaefer
South Orangetown offers a
full complement of programs for pre-school students at
William O. Schaefer Elementary School in our Pre K - grade 1 building.
This county funded program is open to resident and non-resident
students. South Orangetown youngsters enjoy attending the same school
from Pre-K through first grade. Our staff assists in planning for your
child's smooth transition into kindergarten.
Philosophy of
Pre-School Program
Our program aims to educate
pre-kindergarten children in order to meet their broad educational
needs. We focus on a developmentally appropriate curriculum addressing
the areas of cognitive, social, emotional and physical development of
children with special needs. Children have the opportunity to explore,
to create and to play. Play is their work! An Individual Education Plan
(IEP) is designed by the Committee on Pre-School Special Education (CPSE)
to address your child’s needs. Related services of counseling, speech,
occupational therapy and physical therapy are available and pushed into
classrooms whenever possible.
Program Staff
 Our highly trained staff
includes special education teachers, regular education
teachers, teacher assistants, speech/language therapists,
a psychologist, a physical therapist, an occupational therapist, school nurse, program
coordinator, and secretary. The staff uses a multi-disciplinary
approach to teaching. Team members use their special knowledge to create
thematic instructional units, mindful of developmentally appropriate
practices and State Educational Department standards. We are the only
program of its kind in a Rockland County public school.
Program Schedule
Our pre-kindergarten classes are
half-day, five days per week. Class size can be as small as 12 and as
large as 18 students. Our integrated class brings 4-year old children
with disabilities together with their 4-year old non-disabled peers.
These general education students are selected through the Child
Resources of Rockland as part of the
Universal Pre-K Program.
The curriculum is designed to prepare students for kindergarten and
beyond using hands-on-experience learning. All programs are designed to
engage children, their parents and extended family members.
Services
Our related services include
speech/language therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy and play
therapy/counseling. In addition, parent workshops are available. An
integrated language and social skills curriculum are available in the
classrooms.
Referrals to ECP
Program
Children are
referred to the Early Childhood Program “ECP” by the Committee on
Pre-School Special Education from the student’s home school district.
For additional information please telephone (845) 680-1326, Jeannine
Carr, Coordinator.
Mailing
Address
 South Orangetown
Early Childhood Program
at William O.
Schaefer Elementary School
140 Lester
Drive
Tappan, NY 10983
Early
Childhood Program Staff
Pre-School Staff
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Jeannine Carr,
Coordinator
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Kate Chichetti, Pre-K Special Education Teacher
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Mary McCoy, Pre-K Regular Education
Teacher
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Joan Hynes, Teaching
Assistant
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Kathy Spiro, Nurse
Related Service Staff
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Allison Beer, Speech/Language Therapist
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Randi Shebitz,
Occupational Therapist
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Ellen Kriegel,
Speech/Language Therapist
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Mary Kate
O’Callaghan, Physical Therapist
CPSE Chairperson
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Eleanor Young
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Jeannine Carr
Clerical Staff
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Mary Ellen Clarke,
Secretary for CPSE
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Karen McNee,
Secretary for ECP School Program
Transportation for the Early Childhood Program
Chestnut Ridge
Transportation: 371-1573 - As for Angela or Jeanie |
