​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.
EDUCATIONAL ADVOCATES
Lisa Bock
Special Needs Consulting, Inc.
7 Adelaide Lane
Washingtonville, NY 10992
LisaBockSpecialNeedsConsulting@gmail.com
845-496-1248
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Additional Advocates being updated...
Putnam Independent Living Services
1961 Rt. 6, 2nd Floor
Carmel, NY 10512
845-228-7457
www.putnamils.org
Westchester Independent Living Center
200 Hamilton Avenue, 2nd Floor
White Plains, NY 10601
914-682-3926
www.wilc.org
Rose Lisi
10 June Road
Newburgh, NY 12550
845-567-6053
Maria Gross
317 Arcadia Road
Goshen, NY 10924
201-390-0507
Westchester Student Advocacy
3 West Main Street Suite #212
Elmsford, NY 10523-2414
914-347- 3313
info@studentadvocacy.net
www.studentadvocacy.net
Action Toward Independence
P.O. Box 359
126 Seward Avenue
Middletown, NY 10940
845-343- 4284
www.atitoday.org
Audra Cox
Youth Educational School Services
Access: Supports for Living
225 Dolson Avenue
Middletown, NY 10940
845-343-8100 x250
http://accesssupports.org/

Victoria Sanjuan
Special Education Advocate and Consultant
9 Baldwin Rd
Poughkeepsie NY 12603
914-539-1434
Services offered in Spanish as well.
Beth K​ipperman
Volunteer Counseling Services
77 South Main Street
New City, NY 10956
845-634-5729
http://www.vcs-inc.org
Diane Troeller
Independent Living, Inc.
5 Washington Terrace
Newburgh, NY 12550
845-565-1162 ext. 243
dtroeller@myindependentliving.org
Resource Center for Accessible Living (RCAL)
727 Ulster Avenue
Kingston NY 12401
845-331-0541
Monica Medina-Finsen
Children’s Advocate/Defensora
Special Education Law
Monroe NY
201-312- 0245
monicamedinafinsen@me.com
Joan Romanyschyn and Valorie Rittendale
Project SPEAK
Special Education Advocacy for Kids
Assistance for low income children in Orange County
213 W. Main Street
Goshen, NY 10924
845-291-2722
Special Education Consulting
SECONNY
2424 Route 52
East Fishkill, NY 12533
845-549-4672
L.I.F.E. Source Educational Consulting
Dr. Lois Tannenbaum
Cognitive/Behavioral Evaluations
Case Management
Training and Professional Development
845-527-7913
DrLPT03@aol.com
Jeanne Stone
Educational Advocate & Speech Therapist
1 City Place, Suite 1811
White Plains, NY 10601
914-437-7245
Jodi Liston
Liston Advocates
341 Frozen Ridge Road
Newburgh, NY 12550
845-926-7558
www.listonadvocates.com
Hudson Valley Special Education Parent Center
Westchester Institute for Human Development
Cedarwood Hall
Valhalla, NY 10595
914-493-7665
www.hvsepc.org
Westchester Arc
The Gleeson-Israel Gateway Center
265 Saw Mill River Road
Hawthorne NY 10532
914-949-9300
www.arcwestchester.org
Karen Lynch
Taconic Resource For Independence
82 Washington St. Suite 214
Poughkeepsie NY 12601
845-452-3913 x112

Elyse Braun
Educational Advocate
77 Wilmot Circle
Scarsdale, NY 10583
914-588-1505
Leah Gherardi
Special Education Consultant
Social Solutions 4 Autism
P.O. Box 122
Port Ewen, NY 12466
845-853-6855
socialsolutions7@gmail.com
www.socialsolutions4autism.com
Advocacy Associates of the Hudson Valley
10 Kayleen Drive
New Windsor, NY 12553
845-562- 2900
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Additional Advocates being updated...