Mission Statement: The purpose of the consortium is to educate students and their families in preparing for and making transitions. Our goal is to link families with resources for the transition from school to work and/or post-secondary programs, children’s services to adult services, and home to the community at large.
Participating Rockland County Schools/School Districts
Rockland BOCES Student Services Division, Clarkstown Central School District, East Ramapo Central School District, Nanuet School District, North Rockland Central School District, Nyack School District, Pearl River Union Free School District, Suffern Central School District, South Orangetown Central School District, Rockland Institute for Special Education, Saint Dominic’s School, Summit School
ACCES-VR, Another Step, ARC of Rockland, BRiDGES, Camp Venture, Capabilities Partnership, Inc., Center for Human Development and Family Services (CHDFS), Dominican College, Help is Here Coaching, Hudson Valley RSE-TASC, Hudson Valley Special Education Parent Center-WIHD, Jawonio Inc., Mental Health Association of Rockland, NAMI Rockland, NY Foundling, NYS Commission for Blind, NYS Hamaspik Association, NYS-OPWDD-Hudson Valley Developmental Disabilities Regional Office, Partnership for Safe and Healthy Youth, Rockland Community College, Rockland County Association for People with Disabilities, Rockland County Career Center-Youth Connections, Rockland County Department of Mental Health, Rockland County DSS/Child and Family Services, Rockland Jewish Family Services, Self-Advocacy Association of NYS (SANYS), Successful Learning Center, VISIONS Center for Blindness
Activities:
Networking and exchange of emerging new transition programs and practices.
Transition Professional Development-conferences, transition fairs, presentations, guest speakers
Publication of a Transition Planning Guide for families, students, school and community support agencies to use together in an effort to explain transition.
Publication of “Reaching For the Future: From School to Adult Life: A Planning Guide for Students with Disabilities. (9th edition)
Monthly Transition Workshops for Parent Groups, School Districts, & Agencies
For more information, please contact:
Mary Ellen Urinyi
Rockland BOCES Student Services Division
Phone: 845-680-1657
Email: murinyi@rboces.org