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NEWS
PAGE Welcome to our News Page.
Our goal is to bring you important news that impacts the lives and welfare of
children with special needs and disabilities. We post conferences and meetings
relevant to parents and professionals as well as useful up-to-date tips. We update our News frequently so we
encourage you to come back often. Professional and parent
organizations and conference or meeting organizers are invited to send
information to us for posting. Please be sure to include a contact phone
number. You can email to Webmaster
or send information to: Information Services, Resources for Children with
Special Needs, Inc., 116 E. 16th St., 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003.
NYU
CHILD STUDY
CENTER Help
For Shy or Socially Anxious Teenagers The
NYU Child Study Center is offering a state of the art treatment program for
teenagers who experience social anxiety. When:
Contact for next start date. Where:
NYU Child Study Center, 577 First Avenue, Manhattan, NY 10016 Contact:
Ali DeGeorge, 212-263-2755; www.AboutOurKids.org FREE
Language Evaluations Sponsored
by the CUNY Graduate Center FREE
language evaluations and $60.00 compensations for children to participate in 2
hours of language research. Qualifications: Contact:
Marlin Cadavid, Research Assistant at Linrest@aol.com
to schedule an appointment. Where:
The CUNY Graduate Center is located at 34th St and 5th Avenue. FREE
Prescription Savings Card Together
Rx Access There
is now a FREE prescription savings card for individuals and families without
prescription drug coverage called, Together Rx Access. This new card
will allow approximately 36 million uninsured patients, or almost 80% of the
total uninsured population, to access the broadest range of prescription
medicines and products and at reduced costs. Most Together Rx Access
cardholders save an average of 25% to 40% right at the pharmacy counter on
more than 275 brand-name products as well as a wide range of generic products. To
be eligible for the Together Rx Access Card applicants must:
v
Not be eligible
for Medicare
v
Have no public or
private prescription drug coverage
v
Have an income at
or below $30,000 for a single person or $60,000 for a family of four
v
Be a legal
resident of the U.S or Puerto Rico For
more information and to enroll please call 800-444-4106; To find out if you
qualify go to www.TogetherRxAccess.com. The
card is FREE and easy to use just take it to the pharmacy counter. There are
income restrictions but they are fairly generous. HUNTER
COLLEGE The
City University of New York (CUNY) Tuition
Waivers and Stipends Available
for Full and Part Time Students Master
of Science in Special Education Specialization
in Severe/Multiple Disabilities Including
Deaf/Blindness (Programs
for applicants with and without prior teacher certification) Contact:
For further information call 212-772-4740 or email, Dr. Rosanne K.
Silberman (rsilberm@hunter.cuny.edu),
Department of Special Education - Hunter
College, 695 Park Avenue, NY, NY 10021. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art Touch
and Explore ●
Programs for Visitors Who Are Blind or Partially Sighted ● Offers
a number of different programs incorporating touch and detailed verbal
descriptions. Signs
of Art ●
Programs
with Sign Language● Sign
Language programs are interpreted by certified interpreters. Where:
1000 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY - The galleries of the Museum are
wheelchair accessible.᷿ The 81st Street entrance
provides level access into the Museum.᷿ Visitors may also
use the elevator at the Garage entrance. Contact:
Access Coordination at the Metropolitan Museum - 212-879-5500, ext. 3561
(Voice); 212-570-3828 (TTY) or email access@metmuseum.org;
for further information visit www.metmuseum.org Successful
Start Bedford
Stuyvesant Family Health Center (BSFHC) ●Coping
and communicating with your child ●Parenting skills ●How to calm a
fussy baby● A
Free, voluntary home visitation program that provides services to
expectant and new birth parents (children under Three Months of Age). Targeted
Brooklyn Zip codes 11212, 11216, 11233 Where:
BSFHC, 1413 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216 Contact:
Sandra Lloyd, Program Director - 718-623-5966 Project
FAIR Assists
low-income and homeless people with Fair Hearings. Project Fair
cannot represent you at your Fair Hearing, but their advocates can give
information about how to get in touch with social and legal service agencies.
You can ask for a Fair Hearing when you disagree with decisions that
the City makes about your public assistance, food stamps, Medicaid, or
emergency shelter. Location:
The Project FAIR table is at 14 Boerum Place, 1st Floor,
Brooklyn; Monday - Friday, 11:30 am - 2:30 pm. Requesting
a Fair Hearing:
Call 1-800-342-3334, 518-473-6735, or go in person to 14 Boerum Place
in Brooklyn. Mayor
Michael R. Bloomberg Announces "Take
Good Care of your Baby" Child Safety Campaign Comprehensive
Campaign to Prevent Accidental Deaths Will Include Free Cribs to Neediest
Parents Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today launched
"Take Good Care of Your Baby," a citywide child safety campaign.
The advertising and public education initiative, developed
collaboratively by the Administration for Children's Services (ACS)
and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH),
aims to make parents and caregivers aware of practices to avoid some of the
most common and dangerous child and infant-related injuries, including window
falls, drowning, shaken baby syndrome, and unintended poisonings in the home. Parents and caregivers can call 311 for
more detailed information on all of these child safety topics, or visit the
Children's Services website, www.nyc.gov/acs.
The Health Department offers information in a variety of languages for new
parents and their baby, which can be obtained by calling 311 or logging on to www.nyc.gov/health. Easter
Seals Child Development Center - Respite Program Offers
dance, movie night, shows and gym activities. Schedule is as
follows: Mon.
& Wed. 3:30 - 5:30 For
5 to 21 year olds who have developmental delays Tues.
& Thurs. 3:30 - 5:30 For
5 to 21 year olds who are non-ambulatory and have developmental delays Thurs.
3:30 - 5:30 For
5 to 21 year olds who have profound delays Fri.
3:30 - 5:30 For
13 to 21 year olds who have developmental delays Sat.
3:30 - 5:30 For
16 to 30 year olds who have developmental delays Where:
1180
Reverend James A. Polite Ave., 3rd Fl., Bronx, NY 10459 Contact:
718-378-1370,
Sarah Lighty or Michelle Rodriguez The
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Campaign Working
families and individuals earning less than $35,000 a year could be eligible
for as much as $6,000 in tax returns from federal, state and city tax dollars. Organizations
working with families can receive free outreach
materials about the EITC materials that are available in English, Spanish,
Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Korean, Russian and
Urdu. For
additional information, visit the NYC
Department of Consumer Affairs website. FoodChange
is one of the free tax filing organizations that can help you file your taxes.᷿
Look for the locations on their website. Last
update 1/05/08.
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