New Jersey ’s eight County Special Services School Districts are leaders in providing a variety of shared services to local school districts throughout the state.

  • Direct shared services for students with disabilities enable local districts to provide high quality services and programs while retaining them in the local school district.
  • These services reduce duplication and produce substantial costs savings.
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Atlantic County Special Services School District

Serving 23 districts in Atlantic County and additional districts outside the county with:

  • Educational programs for the Juvenile Justice Commission, including Southern Residential, Harborfields, and the JINS Youth Shelter
  • Chapter 192/193 nonpublic services
  • Child Study evaluation and counseling services
  • Itinerant therapy services
  • Orthopedic, wheelchair and brace clinics
  • Regionalized pupil transportation services
  • Staff development and training programs
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Bergen County Special Services School District
 
Serving 59 of 70 districts in Bergen County and 29 districts outside the county with: Chapter 192/193 non-public services Transition services:
  • Rehabilitation engineering evaluation and fabrication services
  • Adaptive/augmentative technology evaluations and services
  • Applied behavioral analysis and intervention
  • Itinerant services for deaf and hard of hearing
  • Technology related staff development
  • Teacher assistant staff training
  • Educational programs in Juvenile Detention Center
  • Inclusion and mainstreaming support services
  • Therapeutic adventure programming
  • Specialized child study team evaluations
  • Staff development and training programs
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Burlington County Special Services School District
 
Serving all 40 districts in Burlington County and 35 districts outside the county with:
  • Coordinated transportation for disabled and non-public pupils
  • Specialized legal services
  • Occupational, physical and speech therapies
  • CST evaluations
  • Chapter 192-193 and nursing services for non-public pupils
  • Professional development services
  • Transition and specialized instructional services
  • VisionQuest and Americorps programs
  • Educational programs in Juvenile Detention Center
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Cape May County Special Services School District
 

Serving all 17 districts in Cape May County and 21 districts outside the county with:
  • Regional pupil transportation for special needs, non-public, public and vocational pupils, and after school/field trips
  • Itinerant therapy services including occupational/physical therapies, neurological, psychiatric and audiological clinics, and speech therapy.
  • Child Study Team evaluations and counseling services
  • Child Study Team Case Management
  • Cooperative lunch preparation
  • Itinerant special education teachers and one-to-one aides
  • Professional staff development
  • Assistive Technology Resource Center
  • Specialized Evaluations, such as psychiatric, audiological and neurological clinics
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Gloucester County Special Services School District
 
Serving all 28 school districts in Gloucester County and 45 districts outside the county with:
  • Chapter 192, 193 and 226 nonpublic services
  • Occupational, physical and speech therapy services
  • County-wide pupil transportation coordination
  • Pupil residency investigations
  • Legal/research services for special education cases
  • Shared software applications
  • County-wide professional development for special education
  • Alternative education services
  • Nursing services
  • EAP services with UMDNJ
  • Educational programs in Juvenile Detention Center
  • Itinerant special education teachers and one-to-one assistants
  • Itinerant services for deaf and hard of hearing students
  • Educational program in partial hospitalization program
  • Behavioral intervention services
  • Home instruction
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Mercer County Special Services School District
 
Serving all 9 districts in Mercer County and 26 districts outside the county with:
  • Regional special education transportation
  • Assessment Services – Child Study Teams
  • County-wide Community Resource Team
  • Discrete trial training
  • Behavior intervention services In-home educational and therapeutic services Itinerant occupational, physical and speech therapy services
  • Integrated preschool services in 26 private and public preschool and day care centers
  • County-wide transition services for disabled adults
  • Consultation Staff training Job development and job coaching MAP training Vocational assessment
  • Regional Assistive Technology Center
  • Assessment Services in Assistive Technology and Augmentative Communication
  • Consultation Services Staff Training
  • Short and long term leasing of equipment
  • Educational Programs for the Youth Detention Center and DYFS
  • Youth Corps
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Salem County Special Services School District
 
Serving all 13 school districts in Salem County and 12 districts outside the county with:
  • Assistive technology consultation and assessment
  • Regional transportation services
  • Occupational, physical, and speech therapy services
  • Child Study Team services
  • Substance awareness coordination
  • County-wide grants management services
  • Professional development for special education
  • Educational programs for Juvenile Justice Commission
  • Alternative education services
  • County-wide inservice coordination
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Warren County Special Services School District
 
Serving school districts in Warren County and the surrounding areas with :
  • Coordinated transportation services for special education, public, non-public, and field trips
  • CST services/evaluations (School Psychologist, Social Worker, LDT/C)
  • Speech therapy services/evaluations
  • Physical therapy services/evaluations
  • Occupational therapy services/evaluations
  • Counseling services
  • Special education teachers/aides
  • Educational programs for partial hospitalization
  • Substitute nursing services
  • Home instruction (On-line and in-home)
  • Countywide inservice program
  • Outdoor Education Program
  • Professional Development Academy
  • After-care Program