Athletics for All
"Athletics for All" is
a Section XI interscholastic competition for students with physical
and/or cognitive disabilities, aged 12-21. The program includes once
monthly interscholastic opportunities for students in various activities
(e.g. bowling, basketball, soccer). Students are picked up at JFK or
CHS and bussed to the event, which is chaperoned by Comsewogue faculty.
If
you are interested in having your child attend this program, please
contact: Mr. Matteo DeVincenzo, Director of Health, Physical Education
and Athletics, at (631) 474-8465.
Suggested Websites
New York State Education Department
NYSED Common Core Resources for Parents of Students with Disabilities
Adult Career & Continuing Education Services and Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR)
NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)
Books for Families of Students with Disabilities
A Parent's Guide to Developmental Delays: Recognizing and Coping with Missed Milestones in Speech, Movement, Learning, and Other Areas
by Laurie Fivozinsky Le Comer
After the Tears: Parents Talk About Raising a Child With a Disability
by Robin Simmons
Brothers and Sisters
by Laura Dwight
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Children with Special Needs: Stories of Love and Understanding for Those Who Care for Children With Disabilities,
by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Heather McNamara, and Karen Simmons
Emergence: Labeled Autistic
by Temple Grandin
Late, Lost, and Unprepared: A Parents' Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning
by Joyce Cooper-Kahn, Ph.D., & Laurie Dietzel, Ph.D
Learning to Slow Down and Pay Attention
by Kathleen Nadeau
1-2-3 Magic
by Thomas W. Phelan
Organizing the disorganized child
by Martin Kutscher & Marcella Moran
Parents' Complete Special Education Guide
by Roger Pierangelo & Robert Jacoby
Smart but Scattered
by Peg Dawson, Ed.D. & Richard Guare, Ph.D.
The Explosive Child
by Ross Greene, Ph.D.
Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism
by Temple Grandin
Who Moved My Cheese?
by Spencer Johnson, M.D.
Books for Students
All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome
by Kathy Hoopman
All Dogs Have ADHD
by Kathy Hoopman
Freak the Mighty
by Rodman Philbrick
Kissing Doorknobs
by Terry Spencer Hesser
The View from Saturday
by E.L. Konigsburg
The Alphabet War
by Diane Burton Robb
Turtles All the Way Down
by John Green