Special Education Itinerant Teacher (SEIT)
Special Education Itinerant Teacher (SEIT) services provides help to children from a special education teacher in a natural setting, such as a nursery school, summer camp or the child's home. Serving children and families, who reside in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, and New York City.
SEIT services provide an experienced special education teacher who:
- Implements the child's Individualized Education Program (IEP)
- Collaborates with nursery school directors and teachers to meet the child's needs
- Coordinates the child's educational goals with other providers, therapists, social workers and psychologists
- Participates in Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE)
- Provides opportunities for parents to partner in their child's education
Children ages 3-5 years, who are classified by their school district's CPSE (Committee on Pre-school Special Education), are assigned SEIT services.
Children with:
- Speech/language delays
- Behavior difficulties
- Short attention span
- Impulsivity
- Low frustration tolerance
- Cognitive delays
- Motor delays.
The SEIT teacher is the team coordinator and is responsible for sharing information with the child's regular classroom teacher, parents, and therapists.
Over the past 10 years, VCLC has collaborated with over 180 nursery schools.
SEIT training videos are available to nursery schools, colleges, parents and teachers.
For more information on SEIT services, contact Jeanne Ginsberg, SEIT Supervisor, at ext. 2201.
SEIT Fax (516) 921-6503.
VCLC established one of the first Special Education Itinerant Teacher (SEIT) programs on Long Island in 1993, provide services for children with disabilities at nursery schools, child-care sites and homes.
