Choosing A Summer Camp For A Child With Special Needs
Last week RCSN Program Director Gary Shulman spoke with New York Family magazine about choosing a summer camp for a child with special needs. Click here to read more about the many benefits of summer camps for kids with special needs, how special needs camps are different, what parents should look for, and scholarships for campers with specials needs.
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RCSN is looking for interns!
We're hiring a team of interns to work on the new RCSN Resource Directory from mid-March through May. Click here to read to full posting and to apply. Please share with your friends, family, and colleagues!
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Attention Manhattan Families of Children with Developmental Disabilities!
If your child is...     • between the ages of 5 and 21,     • has a developmental disability, and     • is not receiving the appropriate educational services... RCSN's experienced education advocate can help your family:     • get evaluations     • find the just right classroom or school     • prepare for and attend meetings, hearings, and mediations  This one-on-one service is free for all Manhattan families of children with developmental disabilities!  
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Parenting a Child with Learning Disabilities in the NYT
Parenting children with learning disabilities - fighting for special services, having your child tested, contributing to IEPs - has been in the spotlight in the New York Times over the past two weeks. Read the articles and RCSN Executive Director Rachel Howard's responses below.
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Thanks for another great Camp Fair!
Thanks to everybody who came out to the Special Camp Fair on Saturday January 30th! Despite the freezing temperatures, we had a record turnout at our 25th(!) anniversary Fair. Click here to see some great pictures of new and old friends at this year's Fair.
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Introducing... NEW RCSN Resource Directory
Today we are launching the new RCSN Resource Directory, a free website to search for and list services for children and youth with special needs, which will replace RCSN's Database on the Web. The web address - resourcesnycdatabase.org - will stay the same, but you'll notice a new look and many new features, like maps to show you what resources are closest to you, different ways of searching, and the ability to update or add your organization's listing in the Directory.
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Don't Miss the eNews
RCSN's first eNews has been sent out to your inboxes!Click here to view the December newsletter, and make sure you're getting the news e-mailed to you - click here to sign up.
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New RCSN Partnerships in the New Year
RCSN is excited to begin two collaborative projects in 2010.  We'll be teaming up with Mental Health Association (MHA) NYC's Family Resource Centers and the NYC Department of Education (DOE) Empowerment Schools: Bridges for Learning Network to provide critical services to families of children with mental health or other special needs, preventing disconnection, alleviating stress, and helping students succeed.
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Vote for RCSN on Chase Community Giving on FACEBOOK
It has never been easier to support RCSN.Through Chase Community Giving, every Facebook user has 20 votes to support their favorite charities. The top 100 charities with the most votes will each receive $25,000. Are you on Facebook? Click here to vote for RCSN today!
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RCSN Training Season Begins
RCSN's 2009 - 2010 training season has begun! Join us at our workshops in the Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. All trailings are free and open to the public.
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Updates from Upstate
Mariko, Jean, Nina, and Kim Sweet from AFC joined me to represent Manhattan and the Bronx in  Albany and Saratoga Springs last week at meetings of the other 11 State Parent Centers, the NY State Department of Education (NYSED), and a variety of academic and educational Technical Assistance organizations working to improve educational outcomes for students with special needs.
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RCSN Featured in Time Out NY
RCSN's upcoming training series is featured in the October 2009 Halloween issue of Time Out NY Kids! Check out the article here, or pick up a copy, out on newstands now (we're on page 14).
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Bronx & Manhattan: Announcing Two New Programs!
RCSN has just launched The Bronx & The Manhattan Parent Centers Without Walls! The New York State Education Department (NYSED) selected RCSN to partner with Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), in Manhattan and the Bronx, and the Jewish Child Care Association (JCCA), in the Bronx, to help parents of children with special needs understand their rights, learn how to obtain evaluations and direct services for their children, and how to become more confident and effective advocates.
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