PRE-VOCATIONAL SUPPORT | NEW YORK SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
555 Knollwood Road, White Plains, NY 10603
Eligibility
New York State residents, ages 5-21, with a hearing loss of at least 80 dB HTL
Hours
Agency requests client call for details
Websitehttp://www.nysd.net
Languages
Spanish
Application process
Call for Information
Fees
None/Not Applicable
Service area
Rockland County, NY
Orange County, NY
Putnam County, NY
Westchester County, NY
Provides pre-vocational services, beginning in elementary school, with career education being infused across the curriculum in various activities. Students in the upper grades receive a range of services, such as transition counseling, vocational assessment which is geared toward helping students acquire the skills necessary to succeed in society and in their community, and are delivered both in the classroom and in the community.
Providing organization
NEW YORK SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
A private non-profit organization operated in cooperation with the New York Department of Education, serving students from 80 school districts. The school offers an educational curriculum that meets New York State DEA standards, along with providing innovative teaching methods, and equal, but specialized education for deaf or hearing-loss students, with an emphasis on helping individual students learn the skills to succeed, both in school and as adults.