Center for Community Adjustment (CCA)
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CoSer: 231.01
What Students Say:
"I used to not like school, but now I love to come because I see my support and I realize how many people are there to help. I feel that CCA BOCES has changed me due to knowing there are people in the world that actually care and want to help."
- Kaitlyn Castro
Center for Community Adjustment (CCA)
The Center for Community Adjustment (CCA) meets the unique learning needs of students who are emotionally, behaviorally, or developmentally disabled to a mild/moderate degree through three distinct programs on a closed campus.
The Nassau Education and Treatment (NET) Program
- Collaborative effort between Nassau BOCES, Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Hospital (Phase I) and North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center (Phase II)
- Meets the therapeutic, medical and learning needs for students diagnosed with various psychiatric disorders.
- Instructional program is aligned to the New York State Learning Standards and addresses students' cognitive levels and learning styles.
Students are given the opportunity to:
- Earn a New York State Regents diploma or other state approved high school diploma.
- Earn college credits through a partnership with S.U.N.Y Farmingdale State College.
The Modified High School Program
- Designed to meet the learning and behavioral needs of students with varying abilities
- Curriculum balances transitional and prevocational skills training, functional academics and New York State Learning standards
- Instruction is aligned to the Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) standards and leads to a Skills and Achievement Commencement Credential (SACC).
The Life Skills Enrichment Program
- Offers a daily living skills curriculum with a functional academic base to develop job readiness skills.
- Instruction is aligned with the Skills and Achievement Commencement Credential (SACC).
- Students participate in non-paid internships at public and non-profit facilities and agencies, such as supermarkets, offices, parks and small businesses supervised by Nassau BOCES staff and on-site personnel to learn a variety of entry level skills.
CCA’s behavior support program encourages positive choices, recognizes student achievement and supports the school mission to provide specially designed instruction to meet the social-emotional, academic, behavioral and transitional needs of students. Through a collaborative process among students, staff, families, school districts and outside agencies, CCA maintains a safe and supportive learning community enabling students to become productive, functional and independent members of society.
Contact:
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Jeannine Stutz, Principal
516-396-2900
Fax: 516-396-2990
JStutz@nasboces.orgAdditional Contacts:
Dr. James Bertsch, Assistant Principal
jbertsch1@nasboces.orgJessica Pugliese, Assistant Principal
jpugliese@nasboces.org
Location:
2850 North Jerusalem Road
Wantagh, NY 11793