The New York State Department of Education (NYSED), through the Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities (VESID) has established 10 Regional Special Education Centers (RSE-TASC) to act as Special Education Technical Assistance Centers (TAC). Each RSE-TASC has a Coordinator and regional technical assistance specialists, which are known as the RSE-TASC, Part 1. (There are 41 additional contracts for special education school improvement specialists located throughout the RSE-TASC region, which are known as RSE-TASC, Part 2.) As a regional network, all RSE-TASCs work in partnership with VESID’s Special Education Quality Assurance (SEQA) offices, and other VESID and NYSED supported initiatives to provide directed technical assistance and professional development to improve instructional practices and outcomes for students with disabilities.

The RSE-TASCs establish regionally-based resources to provide a coordinated system of high quality technical assistance, training, information dissemination and professional development to school districts to improve their instructional programs and practices for students with disabilities, particularly in the areas of (a) literacy, (b) behavioral supports and interventions, (c) special education instruction and (d) transition planning and activities. The primary work of the technical assistance providers funded through VESID is to bring research-based instructional and behavioral practices to those school districts determined by VESID to be “at risk”, “in need of assistance”, or “in need of intervention” in order to (a) improve results for students with disabilities and (b) to meet the State’s targets for improvement as identified in the State Performance Plan (SPP).

Through the Eastern Suffolk BOCES RSE-TASC, a Transition Specialist will: