Special Education & Learning Disabilities Resources: A Nationwide Directory
Special Education Non-Profit Resources
Providing Nationwide
Services
Center for Learning
Disabilities--Overland Park, KS
Chapel Haven-- state-approved private special education and independent living program for young adults in New Haven, CT and in Tuscons, AZ.
The
Federation for Children with Special Needs--Boston, MA
Special Kids Fund --
conducts fundraising projects to benefit
organizations serving special needs and at-risk youth
The
International
Dyslexia Association (formerly known as the Orton Dyslexia Society).
National Parent to Parent Support & Information
System
Parents
Helping Parents--the Santa Clara, CA, Family Resource Center
Teamwork Wins, LTD.--connecting children with Invisible Challenges and practitioners who provide quality services to them via Conferences, Workshops, Seminars and Camps
The Schwab Foundation for
Learning--informational web site and phone consultations
Providing Regional and Local Services
Alabama--
Special Education Action Committee (SEAC),--
The
Alabama PTI Center
PIMA Prevention Partnership-- A substance abuse
prevention program for people with disabilities
Little Rock--Easter Seal Society
Technology Resource Center
Los Angeles--Etta Israel Center
Sacramento
-
Melvin-Smith Learning Centers,
with centers serving Northern California
Santa
Clara--Parents Helping Parents, Inc.San Mateo --Schwab Foundation for Learning
Colorado Springs--
PEAK Parent Center, Inc.
Chapel Haven--in New Haven, is a state approved transition and special education program for young adults with developmental and social disabilities
DC--Creating Opportunities for Parent Empowerment
(COPE)
Georgia --
National Parent to Parent Support & Information
System
Illinois --
Reading and Learning Lab, DePaul University,
Chicago
Indiana--
Indiana Parent Information Network
Iowa --
Parent Educator Connection
Families Together, the Parent
Training and Information Center for Kansas
Center for Learning Disabilities
Louisiana--
Families Helping Families, The Parent Training &
Information Center for Louisiana
Massachusetts--
Federation for Children with Special Needs, Boston
United Cerebral Palsy Association of
Metropolitan Detroit
Gerstmann Syndrome Support Network, a member
of the Michigan Parents Coalition
Missouri
Parents Act-- the Statewide Parent Training and Information Center
Nevada
Education-A-Must, Inc., a non-profit
advocacy organization
Monadnock Developmental Services, Inc.
Greater Laconia Community Services, Inc.
Parent to Parent of New York State--offering
statewide services.
Parent Network--Parent Training and
Information Center for NY state (except New York City)
YAI/ National Institute for People with
Disabilities
North Dakota--
Pathfinder Family Center
Oklahoma--
Oklahoma City--PRO-Oklahoma, Parent Training &
Information Center
Oklahoma City--Department of Human Services,
programs for families with special needs
Pennsylvania--
The Children's Institute-- inpatient and
outpatient programs
Parents Exchange--Information, referrals, and
advocacy services
Teamwork Wins, LTD.--connecting children with Invisible Challenges and practitioners who provide quality services to them via Conferences, Workshops, Seminars and Camps. A Pennsylvania Act 48 provider.
South Dakota--
South Dakota Parent Connection
The Star Center--Special Technology
Access Resource Center
Texas--
Partners Resource Network--the statewide Parent
Training and Information Center.
Utah--
Utah Parent Center-- for parents of children
with special needs.
Vermont--
Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center
(PEATC)
PADDA--People with Attentional & Developmental
Disabilities Association
NATHHAN News-- providing support to special
needs
homeschooling families
Washington PAVE, Tacoma
West Virginia
--West Virginia Parent Training
and
Information