Q&A
Special education services for military families in NYC schools
1:24:54
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The discussion shifts to the importance of special education services for military families in NYC schools. Examples are provided to illustrate how the military family advocate program has helped families access these services and why military families, particularly from the Coast Guard, choose NYC for its special education offerings.
- An example of the Khoskar family is shared, demonstrating how the program helped secure special education services quickly
- It's noted that many Coast Guard families choose NYC specifically for its special education services
- The department has developed a relationship with District 75 to better serve these families
Ellen Greeley
1:24:54
There's there's also another piece to it.
1:24:56
A lot of the military families choose New York City, particularly because of the special services in our schools.
1:25:05
And Lauren can talk a little bit about a a mother that came to us about special needs that the mother had.
1:25:11
Lauren, you wanna talk about?
Lauren D'Mello
1:25:13
Yeah.
1:25:13
We have Khoskar family that came to us because her paperwork was not put in on time for special education services with the DOE, and they did not grant her special education services.
1:25:24
Her child was 6 weeks into the school year with no programs.
1:25:28
Because of the advocacy that we had through the military family advocate program, she was the was able to receive services and be connected within the same week connected to the right people the next day.
1:25:39
So the the the address p c goes a long way.
James Hendon
1:25:42
The backdrop here is you got the coast guard.
1:25:44
We'll send many of its active duty families to New York City and these are the families that have children with special needs because they know they believe they will get better service than being stationed else with something I the common dollar of Coast Guard 2 years ago set them in.
1:25:57
It's just it's a very it's anywhere from any given year you got 30 to 50% of our Coast Guard active families.
1:26:02
We may have children who have certain needs, so we don't we can't be right back.
Ellen Greeley
1:26:07
And we developed a nice relationship with District 75, so that for that.
1:26:11
Okay.
1:26:12
Yeah.
1:26:12
Yeah.
Robert F. Holden
1:26:16
Okay.
1:26:17
Counsel member, that's it.
1:26:19
Alright.
1:26:19
Thank you.
1:26:20
Alright.
