​P U L S E S
Parents United Learning the Special Education System of the Mid-Hudson Valley NY
Our Mission:
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To provide parents of children with disabilities with information and resources, to ensure full participation in their children's educational program including: Information about specific disabilities, information about the special education process, information about due process.
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​Connect special education families to existing resources and support systems in the Mid-Hudson Valley, NY.
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Support positive change in the special education services across the school districts in New York's Mid-Hudson Valley.
We rely on DONATIONS
please, please, please donate if you have worked with our Advocates!
To ensure our future viability and sustainability, your donations and gifts are very much appreciated!
No amount is too small to help a special needs child...
PULSES, Inc.
is a 501.C.3 -non profit education advocacy group for special education and disabled students)
PULSES is able to accept gifts, donations, grants,
fund raising...
Every dollar counts!
Help our mission and cause to ensure that no special needs child goes without their education and services...
Help us, help them...
Thank You!
(Donate and a letter will be mailed to you for your IRS deduction)
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New York State’s Dignity Act seeks to provide the state’s public elementary and secondary schoolstudents with a safe and supportive environment free from discrimination, intimidation, taunting, harassment, and bullying on school property, a school bus, and/or at a school function. Click on the link below for more information about the Dignity Act:
Parent Classes coming soon...
Also looking for Volunteer Social Workers, Counselors etc.
Stay tuned....we will be holding virtual
Parenting Classes again for those in need of support.
Spring Announcement Dates will be shared
at the end of January, 2024. Sign-up and tell us your need.
Troubling Signs that the Public Special Education System is Failing your Child
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NO ONE IS LISTENING. Students are turned away from FAPE, refused evaluations and classifications, denied services, suspended for disability behaviors, encouraged to drop-out, bullied, illegally restrained, declassified, denied due process rights and the list goes on. These are troubling signs that your child needs are not being met by your district.
You need not suffer alone! Contact Us For Help!
Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court ruled that Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) must give students with disabilities more than a "deminimis" or minimal, educational benefit. See below for article related to this case and the Supreme Court Ruling.
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Top Ten
Parental Rights in Special Education
Dennise Goldberg,
Special Education Advisor Blog
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www.specialeducationadvisor.com
10. Parents have the right to request that their child be assessed for Special Education without delay​
9. Parents have the right to list all of their concerns in the IEP.
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8. ​Parents have a right to request a new IEP meeting to be held within 30 days of a written request when an IEP is already already in place.​
7. Parents have the right to participate in the IEP meeting have their opinions heard and noted.​
6. Parents have the right to bring any person to an IEP meeting with knowledge of the child or the child’s disability including advocates and attorneys.​
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5. Parents have the right to review and receive copies of their child’s educational records.​
4. Parents have the right to consent, refuse to consent or revoke consent for special education for their child.​
3. Parents have the right to receive Prior Written Notice when a school district proposes a change in a child’s placement or refuses parent’s request.​
2. Parents have the right to ask for Independent Education Evaluation at public expense when they disagree with the District's assessments.
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1. Parents have the right to file complaints, including state complaints and due process complaints disagree with parts or all of the IEP.
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We currently have 650 members through-out the
Mid-Hudson Valley Region
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IF YOU NEED HELP
To see the Career Developmental Occupational Studies Graduation Pathway Options, NY State Board of
Regents, June 2016
SAMPLE ADVOCACY LETTERS
The Family Resource Network is dedicated to supporting families through provision of information and support. Open the link to view sample letters such as “Sample Letter Requesting an Independent Evaluation” and “Sample Letter Requesting an IEP Team Meeting.”
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New York State Education Department, Revised Sample Complaint Form
The purpose of this website is to provide information related to
special education issues. PULSES does not promote, endorse, or have related partnerships with any of the listed resources.