Office of Student Support Services
OFFICE OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
Office Location:
Penn Yan Elementary School, Rm. 44 and 45
3 School Drive
Penn Yan, NY 14527
Phone: (315) 536-3399
Fax: (315) 536-2514
Office of Student Support Services Personel
Stacey Barden
Director of Student Support Services
sbarden@pycsd.org
Karen Ellis
Assistant to the Director of Student Support Services
kellis@pycsd.org
Mara Wood
CSE/CPSE Receptionist
mwood@pycsd.org
The Special Education Office is Supervised by Stacey Barden, Director of Student Support Services. The Penn Yan Central School District offers a continuum of programs to students with disabilities. Program placements of individual students are always done with the Least Restrictive Environment in mind. An emphasis is placed upon maintaining students in mainstream classrooms to the maximum extent possible.
Director of Student Support Services
sbarden@pycsd.org
Karen Ellis
Assistant to the Director of Student Support Services
kellis@pycsd.org
Mara Wood
CSE/CPSE Receptionist
mwood@pycsd.org
The Special Education Office is Supervised by Stacey Barden, Director of Student Support Services. The Penn Yan Central School District offers a continuum of programs to students with disabilities. Program placements of individual students are always done with the Least Restrictive Environment in mind. An emphasis is placed upon maintaining students in mainstream classrooms to the maximum extent possible.
Special Education Programs
Integrated Co-Teaching
Integrated co-teaching classrooms exist in grades K - 12. At each grade level, one to two classroom teachers team with a special education teacher to provide support for special education students within a general education setting.
Resource Rooms
Resource rooms exist at the Penn Yan Academy. Each resource room has a maximum of 5 students and is designed to provide supplemental instruction in academic areas that need to be strengthened.
Consultant Teaching
Consultant teaching provides both direct and indirect support for special education students. Direct support consists of direct instruction within a mainstream setting. Indirect support consists of curriculum modification and consultation with the mainstream teacher.
8:1:1 classes are located at PYE and are for elementary aged special education students whose behavioral issues are so severe that they cannot function in a general education classroom. The goal of this program is to teach the students the behavioral skills to cope with the mainstream environment so that they can be returned to general education class.
Related Services
Related services are determined individually according to student needs by the CSE. The following related services are available for special education students:
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Speech
Social Skills Training
Counseling
Interpreting services for deaf students
Vision Services
Nursing Services
Music Therapy