Is Little Village
Right for Your Child?
Little Village School is regarded
as one of the region's finest educational and therapeutic facilities
for children with developmental disabilities.
Click
here for information about the application and evaluation process.
If you suspect that your child has a problem, the first thing you should
do is to consult your pediatrician. He or she is the most qualified person
to medically assess your child.
If your child has been diagnosed with a developmental disability, click here
for more information if you live in Nassau or Suffolk County in New York. Click here if you live outside of Long Island.
Applying to Little Village
Families must complete an application and evaluation process for their child
to be considered for admission to Little Village School. Parents whose children
are students at Little Village have found the entire application process
to be supportive and encouraging.
Students who live in Nassau and Suffolk
Counties of New York State are eligible for admission to Little Village.
(If you live outside of Long Island, click here.)
The following are application procedures
for the three Little Village School Programs.
• Infants
(birth - 2 years, 6 months) are referred by the County Department
of Health, at which time their parents are contacted by a member
of the infant team to arrange an interview to explain the types of
home or center-based programming available.
• Pre-School
Students (2 years, 6 months through 4 years, 6 months) are referred
by a Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) within the district
in which they reside. Click here for more information about CPSE. When
they are referred, they are contacted by a member of the Little Village
Social Work Department. These students must be diagnosed as a Preschool
Child with a Disability or as a Preschool Child with Autism.
• Elementary
School Students (ages 5 - 11) must be referred by the Committee on
Special Education (CSE) within the district in which they reside.
• Children
with a severe chronic medical condition (medically fragile) are accepted
on an individual basis according to their ability to benefit from placement
in a special education class. A nurse may be required to accompany
some children depending on their medical needs.
• Little
Village School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic
origin.
There are several steps in the admission
process:
1. When
a CPSE or CSE (see above) referral, together with the evaluation
packet is received, the parent(s) are invited to visit Little Village
if they have not done so previously. Programs and services are explained
at this meeting.
2. An intake/screening appointment
is made for the parent(s) to bring their child to Little Village
School to determine if there is an appropriate placement available
and if tall IEP requirements can be met.
3. Parent(s) and the CPSE or CSE
are informed as soon as possible as to the availability of
an approproate placement at Little Village School.
To request application materials,
click here, or call Little Village at (516) 520-6000.
For information about other resources
on Long Island, click here.
The Committee on Preschool
Special Education
Parents of children under the age of five who might require special education
and/or therapeutic services should contact the Committee on Preschool Special
Education (CPSE) in their local school district. They will be supplied with
a list of approved evaluation sites, and referred to the one of their choice.
After the evaluation is completed, the CPSE meets to discuss the evaluation
results and to determine the child's eligibility for services. If the child
is deemed eligible for services, a detailed Individual Education Plan (IEP)
is generated which includes instructional and/or therapeutic objectives.
Once the child turns five the CSE (Committee on Special Education) replaces
the CPSE. Little Village is an approved evaluation site.