Current Best Practices in education center upon the development of "whole school" or "neighborhood school" approaches which create a single, unified, and efficient service delivery system for all students, with or without disabilities, who live in a single community.  Based upon these beliefs, the new continuum begins with the provision of an array of general education interventions and supports regarding the development of a unified, whole-school approach to service delivery.

You can read about the New York City Board of Education and the New York State Board of Regents policies by clicking on the site below that interests you.  Remember, these are external sites so you may have to "X" out on the top right-hand side to get back to the Queens Transition Site.
 

The Board of Education policy "Special Education Services as Part of a Unified Service Delivery System (The Continuum of Servies for Students with Disabilities)"
 

In addition, you can go to the The United States Department of Education, OSERS IDEA Home Page which will provide you with IDEA amendment updates:   OSERS IDEA '97 Home Page
 
 
 

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