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SEPTA is the Special Education Parent Teacher Association, providing advocacy, education and support for all exceptional children in the Merrick Elementary School District.

SEPTA serves all three schools (Birch, Chatterton and Levy-Lakeside) and has meetings throughout the school year. There are speakers at most of the meetings and everyone finds these meetings to be extremely informative.

Despite what many individuals believe, our organization is here not only for children in special education. We are here for any child receiving any services: children who receive speech, reading, or language tutoring, physical or occupational therapy, children with medical or allergy issues, children receiving no services. We are here for children with learning difficulties, physical disabilities, children who are gifted and those who might be facing special issues socially or at home within their families. We are here for your child. Your child may not have any special issues whatsoever but may otherwise benefit from your support and involvement in SEPTA, simply as a member of our united school community.

SEPTA Committees include:

Note Pad Sales

District Site Based Committee

Parent workshops

Wilson Reading Program

Homework Workshop

Zach Josephson Memorial Scholarship

After School JCC Shadow Program

Guest Speakers at our meetings

Merrick Elementary Special Education Parent Teacher Association

Links to websites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that others have found useful

Website donated by Ashlex, LLC,

Dates to Remember

PARENT SUPPORT GROUP

with Staci Davis, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

7 pm at Birch School - Thursday, January 15th

For more information contact: Rosemary 208-7589

PARENT SURVIVAL NIGHT AT THE LITTLE GYM

LIMITED SPACE LEFT

Drop your child off for 3 hours of fun!

Friday, January 23rd from 6pm to 9pm

Cost to parents is $15; Merrick SEPTA is subsidizing this program by paying the other half. The Little Gym has supervised activities, pizza and a G-rated movie planned. For more information call Michele at 546-9614 or email at merricksepta@hotmail.com

AT THE MERRICK LIBRARY

Merrick SEPTA will be presenting the highly acclaimed film Autism the Musical on Wednesday, January 28th at 7pm, in the multi-purpose room.

Please join us to socialize and network with other parents and caregivers. Refreshments will be served.

Merrick SEPTA will also be organizing a tour of the Merrick Library Children’s Room. Please contact us, if you are interested in different types of learning material, Braille books, resource material and study aids.

SAVE THE DATE

Our next general meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 18th at Chatterton School.

Our speakers will be authors of the book,

“Don’t You Get It?” Living with

Auditory Learning Disabilities

Dr. Loraine Alderman is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist & Certified School Psychologist, and Carmela Granata Bernacchio is a Licensed Speech/Language Pathologist.

They will join us to discuss Auditory Processing Disorders. Parents and teachers are welcome! We will be presented with new and helpful information to help guide our children in reaching their full potential. This new book has developed quite a following among parents, educators and professionals all across Long Island. Don’t miss it!

*All of our programs and speakers are fully funded by SEPTA, unless stated otherwise.