East Islip SEPTA

Special Education Parent Teacher Association

Next Meeting on:  Monday June 16, 2008 @ 7:30 pm

 In the district office Board Room

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Welcome to the      

East Islip Septa Website

This website has been created in order to provide information and support to parents of  Special Education students in the East Islip School District and to help all parents and Education professionals understand Special Education issues. Our hope is that this site becomes known as a reliable source for up to date information, as well as a valuable resource for assisting parents in successfully advocating for the educational needs of their children.

Living In My Skin: The Insiders View of Life With a Special Need Child

 by Lori Hickman 

Someone I love relies on me in ways you will never understand. 

Someone I love endures pain and challenges that break my heart and renew my spirit at the same time. 

Someone I love is unable to advocate for themselves for things that most of us take for granted. 

Someone I love will never have the opportunities that every child should have. 

Someone I love will need unconditional love and support after I am gone-this frightens me to the core. 

Someone I love encounters pity, stereotyping responses, and prejudice at every turn, because they look, act, and/or learn differently than others. 

Someone I love has needs that require me to allow "outsiders" to have power and input in areas that should be mine alone to meet. 

Someone I love will continue to look to me for everything in life long after other children are able to assume a place as part of the world. 

Someone I love has needs that require more time and energy than I have to give. 

Someone I love has needs that mean I am not able to meet basic needs of my own. 

Someone I love has needs that have become the driving force behind major decisions my family makes. 

Someone I love has changed me in ways I will never be able to describe. 

Someone I love has taught me about love and about the really important things in life. . . . 

An amazing short video about the differences in children and learning styles.

Then click on the icon

Thanks to Kelly Pipitone for this link

Did you know?

Fast facts about . . . Special education

• Special education is the education of children with disabilities

• Schools are required to provide special education services to every eligible child and must provide the needed accommodations, no matter the cost.

• When the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was passed in 1975, the law included a commitment to pay 40% of the average per-student cost for every special education student. That commitment has never been met.

• Congress currently funds IDEA at less than 18%. Since 1975, the unfunded federal portion has cost local schools and taxpayers more than $300 billion.

                          PTA Vision

             Making every child's potential a reality.

              PTA Mission

• A powerful voice for all children,               

• A relevant resource for families and communities, 

• A strong advocate for the education and well-being of every child

Next time you are in the district offices, please stop by and see the SEPTA bulletin board, located in the main hall, just outside the Special Education office. The board, and its theme, are updated and changed every month.

April's theme is :

 Autism

Click Here to View

This website is a work in progress, and belongs to the entire East Islip Special Education community. Please feel free to send any questions, suggestions, information, or links to other associations concerning Special Education, or a particular disability, which you would like to have included on the site, to:

                                   eisepta@Hotmail.com

                    Site Last Updated on  5/10/08