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Vision
The Buffalo Public Schools Special Education Department will be nationally known for systematic implementation of practices that produce substantial gains in self-advocacy, specially designed instruction and appropriate instruction for career development and work-based learning.
Mission
The BPS Special Education Department supports students and families by providing an educational foundation that enables students to think, communicate, and apply skills in the real world.
This web page provides information on a variety of topics relating to special education for parents, students and the BPS community.
Each one of our schools has a Student Support Team (SST). The SST is a group of educational professionals who assist parents and staff when a student experiences difficulties in school. SST members include a Psychologist, Social Worker and School Counselor, and others.
Our Student Support Team is a problem solving team that:
- generates ideas that will help students succeed in school,
- suggests specially designed instruction for students resistant to traditional teaching and /or classroom management techniques
- assists with implementation of academic &/or behavior interventions intended to promote student's success in school.
Contact the Student Support Team by calling the main number at the school. There are posters in the main office of every school with contact information!
Committee on Special Education - CSE
Every school has a CSE Chairperson that facilitates the process to ensure compliance with Federal and State Regulations. Contact the school to contact the CSE Chair.
Attention Parents!
If you are a resident of this school district and you have placed, or are considering placing, your child who has a disability or is suspected of having a disability in a nonpublic school for which you would be paying tuition, the letter available below contains information important for you to know.
CLICK HERE to download the letter to Parents who place their Children in Nonpublic Schools.
CLICK HERE to download the flyer: Parent Chats!
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- PS 3 D’Youville Porter Campus School
- PS 6 Buffalo Elementary School of Technology
- PS 17 Early Childhood Center
- PS 18 Dr. Antonia Pantoja Community School of Academic Excellence
- PS 19 Native American Magnet
- PS 27 Hillery Park Elementary
- PS 30 Frank A. Sedita Academy
- PS 31 Harriet Ross Tubman School
- PS 32 Bennett Park Montessori
- PS 33 Bilingual Center
- PS 37 Marva J. Daniel Futures Preparatory School
- PS 42 Occupational Training Center
- PS 43 Lovejoy Discovery School
- PS 45 International School
- PS 48@39
- PS 50 North Park Community School
- PS 53 Community School
- PS 54 Dr. George E. Blackman School of Excellence ECC
- PS 59 Dr. Charles R. Drew Science
- PS 61 Arthur O. Eve School of Distinction
- PS 64 Frederick Law Olmsted
- PS 65 Roosevelt ECC
- PS 66 North Park Middle Academy
- Discovery School #67
- PS 69 Houghton Academy
- PS 72 Lorraine Elementary
- PS 74 Hamlin Park Claude & Ouida Clapp Academy
- PS 76 Herman Badillo Bilingual Academy
- PS 79 Pfc. William J. Grabiarz School of Excellence
- PS 80 Highgate Heights
- PS 81 School
- PS 82 Early Childhood Center
- PS 84 Health Care Center for Children at ECMC
- PS 89 Dr. Lydia T. Wright School of Excellence
- PS 92 BUILD Community School
- PS 93 Southside Elementary
- PS 94 West Hertel Academy
- PS 95 Waterfront Elementary School
- PS 97 Harvey Austin School
- PS 99 Stanley M. Makowski Early Childhood Center
- PS 131 Academy Programs
- PS 156 Frederick Law Olmsted
- PS 192 Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts
- PS 195 City Honors School
- PS 197 MST
- PS 198 The International Preparatory School
- PS 204 Lafayette HS
- PS 205 Riverside Institute of Technology
- PS 206 South Park High School
- PS 207 Lafayette International Community High School
- PS 208 Riverside Academy
- PS 212 Leonardo daVinci High School
- PS 301 Burgard High School
- PS 302 Emerson School of Hospitality
- PS 305 McKinley High School
- PS 304 Hutchinson Central Technical High School
- PS 309 East Community
- PS 335 Middle Early College High School
- PS 353 Newcomer Academy @ Lafayette
- PS 355 The New Buffalo School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management
- PS 363 Lewis J. Bennett
- Research Laboratory Program for Bioinformatics & Life Sciences BPS #366
- Virtual Pathways
