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Save the Date

Our 22st Annual

SPECIAL CAMP FAIR 2007

FREE ADMISSION

Saturday, January 27, 2007

11:00 am - 3:00 pm

at the

Church of St. the Apostle

405 West 59th Street

in Manhattan

(Entrance to Fair on Columbus Avenue near West 60th Street)

COME TO THE FAIR

· Meet the Camp Directors

· Find Summer Programs that are right for your child

· Get a FREE copy (one per family) of Camps 2007: A Directory of Camps

and Summer Programs for Children and Youth with Disabilities and Special

Needs in the Metro New York Area

Directory is $25.00 plus $8.00 postage/handling after the Fair.

Children are invited to attend, but no child care will be available.

Representatives from 70 New York City Day camps and sleep away camps in the

northeast will be on hand to help parents and professionals plan productive

summer experiences for children with disabilities. Spanish and sign

language interpreters will be available.

PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION CENTER GRANT RECEIVED!

Continuing help for parents of children with disabilities and special needs.

In July, Resources for Children with Special Needs received its third

five-year Parent Training and Information Center (PTIC) grant from the U.S.

Department of Education. IDEA (the Individuals with Disabilities Education

Act) provides for a least 1 Parent Training and Information Center in each

U.S. state and territory and Puerto Rico.

New York State has 4 PTICs; 3 are in New York City:

Advocates for Children of New York, Resources for Children with Special

Needs,

Sinergia/Metropolitan Parent Center and The Advocacy Center (in Rochester;

and its satellites cover the rest of the state).

Completely Updated and Revised 2nd Edition

The Comprehensive Directory Programs and Services for

Children and Youth from Birth to 26 with Disabilities

and Special Needs

and Their Families in the Metro New York Area

The completely updated 2nd Edition of this essential directory includes more

than 5,000 agencies and sites providing more than 20,000 programs and

services, indexed by service and disability. Included are schools and

education programs--public and private, day and residential; camps and

recreation programs; child care, respite and after school programs;

independent living, vocational training, employment, housing, health care,

family support and parenting programs, counseling and therapies, adoption

and foster care, crisis intervention and shelters; advocacy, legal and

mediation services; and much more.

Available Winter 2006-2007.

$75 (Plus $8 Postage and Handling)

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special needs, and their families.

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includes information on 10,500 organizations and sites and nearly 20,000

programs and services available to New York City children birth to 21 with

disabilities and other special needs, and their families. Search by

category, service or agency. Focus your search by disability, age, and

borough or zip code.

Our " Database on the Web " is set up with two levels:

From any computer you can get free basic contact information.

In all branches of the New York, Brooklyn and Queens Public Libraries,

patrons will have free access to detailed information about each agency,

program or service, including a program description, ages served, times of

service, languages spoken, and more.

And if you would like to know more about our print directories, please click

on this link to our Publications Page . Our directories are all printed from

our database.

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