RESOURCES
Education based Services
The Baker School: This special education school is for grades 6 through 12, ages between 11 to 21. This school will provide support and structure for your child. The class sizes are small with approximately 8 students in each classroom. Depending on the needs of the class there will be one to two teaching aides that can provide one to one teaching when necessary.
Address: 777 Ridge Road
Lackawanna, New York 14218
Telephone/Fax: (716) 828-9737
(716) 828-7730
Website: http://www.bakervictoryservices.org/education-services/school-age-programs/baker-academy/
For further information contact:
mrwittman@bakervictoryservices.org
[email protected]
Address: 777 Ridge Road
Lackawanna, New York 14218
Telephone/Fax: (716) 828-9737
(716) 828-7730
Website: http://www.bakervictoryservices.org/education-services/school-age-programs/baker-academy/
For further information contact:
mrwittman@bakervictoryservices.org
[email protected]
Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center:
Language to Literacy Program - this program focuses on issues that your child may face in school on a daily basis. Your child may find daily organization to be a problem as well as paying attention or following directions. The following issues are addressed: does your child
Address:
5225 Sheridan Dr,
Williamsville, NY 14221
Telephone: 1 716 204 8680
Webiste: http://www.askbhsc.org/content/pages/language-to-literacy-program
For more information contact:
Matt Hitchcock - 716-885-8318 ext. 2300 or email [email protected]
Steve Miller - 716-885-8318 ext. 2289 or email [email protected]
Language to Literacy Program - this program focuses on issues that your child may face in school on a daily basis. Your child may find daily organization to be a problem as well as paying attention or following directions. The following issues are addressed: does your child
- Have difficulty paying attention and listening?
- Have difficulty asking for help, repetition, or expressing when he/she does not understand something?
- Have difficulty following directions or remembering information?
- Have difficulty staying organized? Is his/her desk messy? Does he/she forget homework assignments and books? Does his/her homework get done, but not make it to the teacher?
- Have difficulty understanding syllables and sounds in words and understanding what letters correspond to each sound?
- Have a poor vocabulary or difficulty remembering the meaning of new words?
- Have a diagnosis of a receptive language disorder, expressive language disorder, or a central auditory processing disorder?
- Have difficulty pronouncing words, understanding what he/she has read, and/or spelling? Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center's Language to Literacy Program may be able to help.
Address:
5225 Sheridan Dr,
Williamsville, NY 14221
Telephone: 1 716 204 8680
Webiste: http://www.askbhsc.org/content/pages/language-to-literacy-program
For more information contact:
Matt Hitchcock - 716-885-8318 ext. 2300 or email [email protected]
Steve Miller - 716-885-8318 ext. 2289 or email [email protected]
Stanley G. Falk School: a school for students aged between 5 to 21 with special learning, social, and emotional needs. Class sizes are small and structured to provide the students with the best learning environment possible. Staff provide the students with academic, social, and behavioral support. This program focuses on instilling the student with trustworthiness, responsibility, caring, respect and fairness.
Address: 848 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, New York 14209
Website: http://www.falkschool.com/
Telephone/Fax:
voice(716) 882-0090
fax(716) 882-2986
Address: 848 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, New York 14209
Website: http://www.falkschool.com/
Telephone/Fax:
voice(716) 882-0090
fax(716) 882-2986
Community and Activity based Services
Moving Miracles Dance Studio:
Dance program that will help your child grow and see their potential for themselves. This program will help your child to explore dance and movement using their bodies, with a variety of props, musical selections and tools, such as visualization, imagery and mirroring. Your child will experience body awareness in space, sensory integration, and concept formation in relation to our environment and others. This program believe in using an holistic approach therefore the focus is on the person before anything else. Moving Miracles Dance Studio (2015)
Address:
954 Union Road, Suite 1
West Senceca, NY 14224
Webiste: http://www.movingmiracles.org/Home.aspx
Telephone: 1 716 656 1321
Prices available upon inquiry
Dance program that will help your child grow and see their potential for themselves. This program will help your child to explore dance and movement using their bodies, with a variety of props, musical selections and tools, such as visualization, imagery and mirroring. Your child will experience body awareness in space, sensory integration, and concept formation in relation to our environment and others. This program believe in using an holistic approach therefore the focus is on the person before anything else. Moving Miracles Dance Studio (2015)
Address:
954 Union Road, Suite 1
West Senceca, NY 14224
Webiste: http://www.movingmiracles.org/Home.aspx
Telephone: 1 716 656 1321
Prices available upon inquiry
Special Olympics, New York:
This program will provide your child with sport training and sport competition all year long. Gives your child opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Address:
8207 Main St # 13,
Williamsville, NY 14221
Website: http://specialolympics-ny.org/
Telephone: 1 716 580 3346
Prices available upon inquiry
This program will provide your child with sport training and sport competition all year long. Gives your child opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Address:
8207 Main St # 13,
Williamsville, NY 14221
Website: http://specialolympics-ny.org/
Telephone: 1 716 580 3346
Prices available upon inquiry
Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled:
Parents and Youth Program - provides support and services to parents who have a developmental disability or have children with a developmental disability. This program provides unique services to help families navigate systems to obtain or maintain public health services like Medicaid, Temporary Assistance, SSI and SSD.
Quick contact:
Address:
180 Oak Street,
Buffalo, NY 14203
Website:
http://www.csdd.net/service-coordination
Telephone: 1 716 883 8888
Parents and Youth Program - provides support and services to parents who have a developmental disability or have children with a developmental disability. This program provides unique services to help families navigate systems to obtain or maintain public health services like Medicaid, Temporary Assistance, SSI and SSD.
Quick contact:
Address:
180 Oak Street,
Buffalo, NY 14203
Website:
http://www.csdd.net/service-coordination
Telephone: 1 716 883 8888
Extra Curricular Actvities
Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park: Sensory Sunday
Sky Zone is an indoor trampoline park. This is a very physical activity, requiring gross-motor movements and control. This will allow your child to develop their coordination skills in a unique facility. Sensory Sunday is a time in the schedule designated to families who have children with developmental disabilities, here they can relax in a supportive environment.
Address:
425 Cayuga Rd,
Cheektowaga, NY 14225
Website: http://www.skyzone.com/buffalo/Activities-Programs
Telephone: 1 716 206 3300
Price: $10 per jumper or $25 per family (up to 4 jumpers)
Sky Zone is an indoor trampoline park. This is a very physical activity, requiring gross-motor movements and control. This will allow your child to develop their coordination skills in a unique facility. Sensory Sunday is a time in the schedule designated to families who have children with developmental disabilities, here they can relax in a supportive environment.
Address:
425 Cayuga Rd,
Cheektowaga, NY 14225
Website: http://www.skyzone.com/buffalo/Activities-Programs
Telephone: 1 716 206 3300
Price: $10 per jumper or $25 per family (up to 4 jumpers)
World Class Master Chong's: Taekwondo will help your child develop and control movements and refine coordination. The goal for the Taekwondo is to provide your child with concentration skills, respect, self control, exercise and physical fitness, set and reach goals, and perseverance.
Address:
1551 Niagara Falls Blvd,
Buffalo, NY 14228
plus 5 more location in the Buffalo area
Telephone: 1 716 833 9100
Website: http://www.buffalotkd.com/
Price: One month trial for $49.00
Address:
1551 Niagara Falls Blvd,
Buffalo, NY 14228
plus 5 more location in the Buffalo area
Telephone: 1 716 833 9100
Website: http://www.buffalotkd.com/
Price: One month trial for $49.00
Taoist Tai Chi Society: This activity will help your child to coordinate movements as one. They will improve balance when they are weight shifting while changing movements to another position. This will also improve your child's concentration and focus.
Address: this is a central location there are others across the Buffalo area
Buffalo Center, 968 Kenmore Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14216
Website: http://www.taoist.org/usa/
Telephone: 1 716 876 7218
Price: differs by location monthly, quarterly, or annual memberships available
Address: this is a central location there are others across the Buffalo area
Buffalo Center, 968 Kenmore Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14216
Website: http://www.taoist.org/usa/
Telephone: 1 716 876 7218
Price: differs by location monthly, quarterly, or annual memberships available
Website
Understand More....
So you are an active parent and want to help your child as much as you can. This website provides lots of good information which is easy to digest and apply. It provides strong links to other sources and resources as well as giving clear, concise explanations, and expectations.
Visit www.understood.org, understanding dyspraxia or the following link:
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyspraxia/understanding-dyspraxia?gclid=CMrUjPHFoMkCFUMXHwodk-8Oiw
So you are an active parent and want to help your child as much as you can. This website provides lots of good information which is easy to digest and apply. It provides strong links to other sources and resources as well as giving clear, concise explanations, and expectations.
Visit www.understood.org, understanding dyspraxia or the following link:
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/dyspraxia/understanding-dyspraxia?gclid=CMrUjPHFoMkCFUMXHwodk-8Oiw