Special Education Training and Resource Center

Maywood Elementary School

1979 Central Avenue

Albany, New York 12205

Phone: (518) 464-6356

Fax: (518) 464-6369

Located at Maywood School, the Special Education Training Resource Center (SETRC) is part of a statewide technical assistance network that collaborates with State Education Department offices, http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/lsn/setrc.htm, and other state-funded networks to support districts in improving outcomes for students with disabilities and addressing issues of disproportionality and overrepresentation.

Services are available to districts, educators, parents and community.

SETRC also provides limited professional development on a BOCES-wide basis, and technical assistance by phone to district administration, staff and parents.

SETRC Staff:

Renee Beaulieu (518) 464-6383 or rbeaulie@gw.neric.org

Lora Yanulavich (518) 464-6378 or lyanulav.gw.neric.org

Professional Development Specialists (PDS) Renee Beaulieu and Lora Yanulavich coach targeted districts in root-cause analysis/problem solving and solution identification processes that form the basis for comprehensive district professional development plans. SETRC provides job-embedded professional development with priority given to targeted districts; high need non-targeted districts may receive services based on district Comprehensive Educational Plans.

Marie Brander (518) 464-6359 or mbrander@gw.neric.org

Ellen Chernoff (518) 464-6359 or echernoff@gw.neric.org 

Ellen Chernoff, Bilingual SETRC Professional Development Specialist, provides training, technical assistance, and information on the referral, assessment, and instruction of linguistically and culturally diverse students with disabilities to the upstate area from the lower Hudson, with the exception of the Large Four districts. Workshops include distinguishing second-language acquisition from disabilities as well as effective strategies for education of children with disabilities who are also English Language Learners.

Darcy Williams (518) 464-6398 or dwilliam@gw.neric.org