Bergen County

Special Services School District

www.bcss.bergen.org

Superintendent
Dr. Howard Lerner

Business Administrator
John Susino

201.343.6000, ext. 4069

540 Farview Avenue
Paramus, NJ 07652

Map of New Jersey highlighting Bergen County

 

Bergen County Special Services School District Superintendent Dr. Howard Lerner sits under a parachute as a student in his district’s Bleshman Regional Day School runs under it toward him.
Members of the New York Giants football team pose with students and staff of the Bergen County Special Services School District’s Bleshman Regional Day School after visiting the school.
Bergen County Special Services School District Superintendent Dr. Howard Lerner reads to a small group of students at the Brownstone School while wearing the Cat in the Hat’s striped hat.
Bergen County Special Services School District Superintendent Dr. Howard Lerner and a Cat in the Hat impersonator pose with a large group of students from the district’s Bergen Early Learning Alliance Day Care and Integrated Preschool.
A small group of Deaf and hard of hearing students in the Bergen County Special Services School District face a large TV screen with a teacher next to it, and they dance and sign to the song.

District and Host Site Programs

  • Autism
  • Emotional Disabilities
  • Multiple Disabilities
  • Moderate/Severe Cognitive Impairment
  • Early Intervention Programs
  • Preschool Disabilities
  • Inclusive Preschool Settings and Programs
  • Auditory Impairments
  • School Suspension Alternatives
  • Vocational Training/Life Skills/Job Coaching
  • Shared Time Vocational Training
  • Adult Disability Programs

Shared Services Provided to 165+ Districts

  • Behavior Intervention Training/Support
  • Child Study Team
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Speech/Language Therapy
  • Assistive Technology
  • Transition Services/ Job Coaching
  • Services for Deaf/Hard of Hearing
  • Augmentative Communication
  • Chapter 192/193 and other non-public school services (contracts with 47 school districts in Bergen and Passaic Counties)
  • Home Instruction
  • Staff Development
  • Juvenile Detention Programs
  • Technology Services

Our talented and caring staff members at Bergen County Special Services School District create a positive, stimulating and encouraging learning environment in each of our schools. The Bleshman School was recently recognized as an Apple Distinguished School thanks to our dedicated staff members’ innovative use of technology to meet the needs of students.

Dr. Howard Lerner

Superintendent, Bergen County Special Services School District and Bergen County Technical Schools