Special Education

Learning one step at a time

Feb 25, 2013

Jason Stevens is a six-year old first grader in Questar III’s Achieving Individual Milestones (AIM) program at Red Mill Elementary School. Jason has a history of high medical needs, which prevented him from being able to do some things other kids his age can do. This...

Learning through music therapy

Feb 19, 2013

Savannah Prach is learning the concept of money through an individual music therapy session with Questar III BOCES Music Therapist Mary Holliday. Holliday, who actually wrote the proposal for the Questar III music therapy program back in 1996, says music is an alternative and effective way of learning for many students.

Win-win with internal promotion

Jan 30, 2013

Qualified job seekers trying to find teaching positions in today’s competitive job market may want to consider first working as a teaching assistant (TA) at Questar III BOCES.

CALL grant a success

Jan 29, 2013

Teachers at Sackett Educational Center teachers on the Collaboratory for Adolescent Literacy Leaders (CALL) grant are implementing Brown University’s strategies and are reporting measurable and observable results.

QIII adds special ed. classroom

Dec 27, 2012

To help school districts in Rensselaer, Columbia and Greene Counties meet their needs of educating special needs students, Questar III BOCES has added a fourth classroom at the Maple Hill Middle School in Castleton.

Students get a taste of the world

Dec 27, 2012

On Friday, December 14, students at Rensselaer Academy participated in the school’s annual Holidays Around the World showcase.