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AboutOurKids.org
The New York University Child Study Center is a multi-disciplinary
team of professionals dedicated to advancing the field of mental
health for children and their families through evidence-based practice,
science, and education.
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Advocacy,
Incorporated is a nonprofit corporation funded by the United
States Congress to protect and advocate for the legal rights of
people with disabilities in Texas. It is not a part of state or
local government. It has offices throughout the State of Texas,
and a Board of Directors appointed mainly by disability organizations.
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The
Advocacy Center is a non-profit organization that provides education,
advocacy and support for individuals with developmental disabilities,
traumatic brain injuries, and their families. Our purpose is to
ensure that individuals' rights are respected and to enhance the
quality of life for individuals with disabilities.
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Advocates
for Children of New York, Inc. AFC works on behalf of children
from infancy to age 21 who are at greatest risk for school-based
discrimination or academic failure. These include children with
disabilities, ethnic minorities, immigrants, homeless children,
foster care children, limited English proficient children and those
living in poverty.
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All
Family Resources, using their e-collaboration system™, provides
a wide-range of quality resources that are easily available to both
individuals and organizations, for the purpose of enriching the
lives of all families.
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Alliance
for Parental Involvement in Education ALLPIE is a nonprofit
organization that assists and encourages parental involvement in
education, wherever that education takes place: in public school,
in private school, or at home. AllPIE offers a newsletter (Options
in Learning), annual conferences and retreats, a book catalog, workshops,
lending library and more.
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American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry This site is designed
to serve both AACAP Members, and Parents and Families. Information
is provided as a public service to aid in the understanding and
treatment of the developmental, behavioral, and mental disorders,
which affect an estimated 7 to 12 million children and adolescents
at any given time in the United States.
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The mission of the American
Academy of Pediatrics is to attain optimal physical, mental
and social health and well being for all infants, children, adolescents
and young adults. To this purpose, the AAP and its members dedicate
their efforts and resources.
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American
Association of People with Disabilities A non-profit, non-partisan,
cross-disability organization whose goals are unity, leadership
and impact.
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Amicus
for Children, Inc. is a non-profit organization which provides
free services to parents of special needs children to help them
be their children's "first and best advocate."
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The mission of the Asperger
Syndrome Coalition of the United States, Inc. (ASC-U.S.) is
to enable individuals with AS and related disorders to realize their
potential. Families, professionals and affected individuals work
together on a national, regional and local level to: strengthen
grassroots efforts that provide support and reliable information
and bring people together to create a national voice, advocating
for research, education and public awareness.
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The
Association of Schools and Agencies for the Handicapped ASAH is a professional organization of
private schools and agencies in New Jersey which provides highly
specialized services to more than 10,000 children and adult with
special needs. Some of our goals are to insure high standards in
all New Jersey private schools and agencies serving individuals
with special needs and referral for anyone seeking appropriate educational
placement of individuals with special needs.
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The Attention
Deficit Information Network, Inc. is a non-profit volunteer
organization. We offer support and information to families of children
with ADD, adults with ADD and professionals through a network of
AD-IN chapters.
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The mission of the Autism
Society of America is to promote lifelong access and opportunities
for persons within the autism spectrum and their families, to be
fully included, participating members of their communities through
advocacy, public awareness, education, and research related to autism.
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The purpose of the Autistics.org
project is to connect persons with autism with the services we need
to live whole and happy lives. The immediate goal of autistics.org
is to build a global database of information and resources by and
for persons on the autistic spectrum.
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The
Child and Adolescent Anxiety Treatment Program at the Center
offers clinical services to young people experiencing difficulty
with fears, anxiety, or shyness. The program provides comprehensive
evaluations and cognitive-behavioral treatment for children and
adolescents between the ages of 7 and 17.
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The Child and Adolescent
Bipolar Foundation (CABF) is a national, parent-led nonprofit
organization of families raising children with, or at risk for early
onset bipolar disorder. Membership is free to families; professional
and organizational memberships are also available. CABF's website,
is a virtual community center with full-text medical journal articles,
parent writings, a gallery of children's art and literature, links
to insurance, Social Security and Medicaid information, chat rooms,
and message boards on treatment, parenting, education and other
topics.
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The
Child Anxiety Network is designed to provide thorough, user-friendly
information about child anxiety to parents, grandparents, teachers,
clinicians, and all others who interact with children and adolescents.
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Child
Development Institute
CDI was founded by Robert Myers, Ph.D. who is a Clinical
Child Psychologist with 20 years of experience working with children,
adolescents, families and parents. Dr. Myers has developed a number
of programs that have proven to be successful in helping children
with various learning problems.
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Children
and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder CHADD
is a national non-profit organization representing children and
adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD). Founded
in 1987 by a group of concerned parents, CHADD works to improve
the lives of people with AD/HD through education, advocacy and support.
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Children
Anguished With Lymphatic Malformations CALM is an organization
of parents and children afflicted with lymphatic malformations.
Our primary mission is to provide support and counseling for families
dealing wit Lymphatic Malformations. We offer information, support,
medical references, and encourages research to improve treatment.
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The
Children
with Disabilities Web site offers families, service providers,
and other interested individuals information about advocacy, education,
employment, health, housing, recreation, technical assistance, and
transportation covering a broad array of developmental, physical,
and emotional disabilities.
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The
Children's Health
Council (CHC) has served the developmental needs of children
and families in the community for nearly 50 years. Founded in 1953
by Dr. Esther Clark, Palo Alto's first pediatrician, the CHC provides
the highest quality mental health, special education, and developmental
services for children and adolescents.
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Citizens
Alliance to Uphold Special Education CAUSE shall provide a collaborative
forum where consumers and providers can actively support an individualized,
free appropraite public education (FAPE) that enables all students
to maximize their options in the world community. Our priority is
the protection of the rights of students with disabilities.
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Colorado
Behavioral Health Council
Mission Statement:To promote the development and growth of relevant,
high quality, comprehensive mental health services at the community
level.
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The Connecticut
Parent Advocacy Center, Inc. (CPAC) is a statewide nonprofit
organization that offers information and support to families of
children with any disability or chronic illness, age birth through
21.
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Congress.org
is a joint venture of two Washington, D.C. area firms with expertise
in communicating with Congress.
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The Council for Exceptional
Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization
dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with
exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted.
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At
Developmental Services
of Utah, Inc., we believe that individuals with mental retardation,
developmental disabilities or mental illness have the same rights,
desires, and possibilities as all citizens. Through our several
different programs we seek to provide community integration on a
very personal level, as well as, excellent opportunities for personal
growth and success.
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Disabilities
Forum
The Western New York Disabilities Forum is dedicated to bringing
you information related to physical, mental and emotional disabilities.
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Disability.gov
The Presidential Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities
created http://www.disAbility.gov to provide one-stop online access
to resources, services, and information available throughout the
Federal government.
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Disability
Policy Consortium
The Consortium is an independent group of statewide advocacy
organizations working for progressive public policy on behalf of
Texans with disabilities.
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Disability
Resources, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization established
to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility
of information that can help people with disabilities live, learn,
love, work and play independently.
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Division
TEACCH – Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication
Handicapped Children
Located in the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine,
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Division TEACCH,
was the first statewide, comprehensive community-based program dedicated
to improving the understanding and services for autistic and communication
handicapped children and their families.
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The
East
Tennessee Technology Access Center is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to helping people with disabilities reach their potential
for learning, working, speaking and living through the use of assistive
technology. ETTAC works with people of all ages and with all disabilities,
as well as with parents, children, adults, schools, businesses and
health care providers. ETTAC provides information, performs individual
evaluations, presents workshops and inservice trainings, and manages
a loaner program of assistive devices and toys.
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Exceptional
Parent Magazine provides information, support, ideas, encouragement
and outreach for parents and families of children with disabilities
and the professionals who work with them.
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The
Eyes of Hope Foundation
is a nonprofit organization devoted to finding a cure for Spinal
Muscular Atrophy (SMA I), the number one inherited cause of infant
death. The initial goal for Eyes of Hope is to build national public
awareness of SMA and to help accelerate the funds raised for SMA
research. By working closely with all of the existing SMA fundraising
groups, The Eyes of Hope plans to maximize the results by initiating
collective marketing and public awareness campaigns.
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The Families and Advocate
Partnership for Education is a new project that aims to inform
and educate families and advocates about the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act of 1997 (IDEA 97). The Partnership helps to ensure
that the changes made in IDEA are understood by families and advocates
and are put into practice at local and state levels.
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Families
for Early Autism Treatment FEAT is a non-profit organization of
parents and professionals, designed to help families with children
who have received the diagnosis of Autism or Pervasive Developmental
Disorder (PDD NOS). It offers a network of support where families
can meet each other and discuss issues surrounding autism and treatment
options. FEAT has a Board of Directors that meets monthly to discuss
issues, establish priorities, and vote on the direction of the organization.
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Families
Together In NYS, Inc.
We are a non-profit, parent-run organization that strives to establish
a unified voice for children with emotional, behavioral and mental
disorders. Our mission is to ensure that every family has access
to needed information, supports and services.
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Families
Working Together
This comprehensive web site was developed by parents to help
meet your needs. This site contains information and resources
not only for autism, but special needs relating to autism.
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The
Federation for Children
with Special Needs is a center for parents and parent organizations
to work together on behalf of children with special needs and their
families. We can help! Organized in 1975 as a coalition of parent
groups representing children with a variety of disabilities, the
Federation operates a Parent Center, which offers a variety of services
to parents, parent groups, and others who are concerned with children
with special needs.
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The
HealthLinks.net
website is a free World-Wide Directory - Portal Service for healthcare
professionals and consumers. Our main focus is to assist in the
task of locating medical and healthcare information, products, resources,
services and practitioners on the World-Wide-Web.
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Helen
Keller Services For the Blind is a renowned non-profit agency
with a spectrum of special services that guide legally blind New
Yorkers, young and old alike, toward a life of independence and
success. With its diverse services, HKSB often works one on one
to teach, educate and rehabilitate more than 6,000 clients according
to individual needs. Its facilities throughout metropolitan New
York serve residents of Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Nassau
and Suffolk Counties.
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Hope
Project was designed to reach, inform, assist and motivate parents
to ensure that their disabled children receive appropriate help
and receive it as early as possible, thereby giving them a much
greater chance of a healthy, happy life. We find that our work especially
involved families caring for someone with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder
(ASD).
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Idaho
Federation of Families For Children’s Mental Health For families
and their children with emotional, behavioral, and mental disorders.
A state wide parent-run organization focused on the needs of children
and youth with emotional, behavioral or mental disorders and their
families.
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The
Institute for Child Health
Policy, a state-wide Institution of Florida's State University
System, was established in October 1986. The Institute has headquarters
at the University of
Florida, in Gainesville and affiliates at the University of South Florida, Florida State University and the University of Miami. The Institute
for Child Health Policy has focused its attention on children in
managed care with special a emphasis on children with special health
care needs.
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Institute
for Community Inclusion ICI supports the rights of children
and adults with disabilities to participate in all aspects of the
community. As practitioners, researchers, and teachers, we form
partnerships with individuals, families and communities. Together
we advocate for personal choice, self-determination, and social
and economic justice.
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Internet
Special Education Resources ISER is a nationwide directory of
professionals who serve the learning disabilities and special education
communities. We help parents and caregivers find local special education
professionals to help with learning disabilities and attention deficit
disorder assessment, therapy, advocacy, and other special needs.
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Iowa
Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health Our mission
is to protect the rights and provide needed services to families
who have children with emotional or behavior difficulties.
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Kentucky
Autism Training Center Our mission to enhance supports for persons
with autism by providing information and technical assistance to
families and service providers across Kentucky.
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KidsHealth.org
is one of the largest sites on the Web providing doctor-approved
health information about children from before birth through adolescence.
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Kids
Together, Inc. Our mission is to promote inclusive communities
and to provide helpful information and resources to enhance the
quality of life for children and adults with disabilities, and communities
as a whole.
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Maine
Parent Federation
We provide information about: specific disabilities, parenting
issues, education, services, support groups and other resources
available to assist families and professionals within the home,
school and community.
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Maryland
Coalition of Families for Children’s Mental Health
Our Coalition is dedicated to improving services for children with
mental health needs and their families and building a network of
information and support for families across Maryland.
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Massachusetts
Assistive Technology Partnership
(MATP) is funded under the Technology-Related Assistance
to Individuals with Disabilities Act (Tech Act), through the National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department
of Education. The purpose of the MATP is to increase access to assistive
technology for people of all ages and all disabilities through a
variety of consumer-focused activities.
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Massachusetts
Citizens for Children (MCC) was founded in 1959 by Dr. Martha
May Eliot, an internationally recognized pediatrician and chief
of the US Children's Bureau (1951 - 1956). We are a non-profit statewide
child advocacy organization, whose mission is to improve the lives
of the state's most vulnerable children through advocacy by concerned
citizens.
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The
Mental Health Association of Arizona
Serving Arizona since 1954, (MHAAZ) is the state's oldest and most
respected citizen's group dedicated to all aspects of mental health
and behavioral health disorders. An affiliate of the National Mental
Health Association, MHAAZ will support all people with mental disorders
to achieve respect and dignity, to reach their full potential, and
to be free from stigma and prejudice.
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Mental
Health Association of Nassau County The Mental Health Association
of Nassau County is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving
mental health through advocacy, education, program development and
the delivery of direct services.
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Mental
Health Infosource is a division of CME, Inc. and provides useful,
high-quality clinical information to physicians, psychiatrists,
other professionals, patients and caregivers. CME, Inc., focuses
on primary care education. You'll find a wealth of important information
on their web sites.
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Montana
Addictive and Mental Disorders Division Develop
integrated services models for individuals with co-occurring mental
illness and chemical dependency. Organize, coordinate and consolidate
data collection, storage and access across programs to provide accurate,
timely, and useful management information and performance measures.
Assure access to all AMDD provided and funded services without discrimination
due to disability.
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Mountain
State Family Alliance Our mission is to develop a collaborative
partnership between families, the Department of Education, Division
of Juvenile Services, Department of Health and Human Resources,
the Region II Summit, providers and communities to increase awareness
of children’s mental health issues in order to impact policy, service
development and delivery.
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Mountain
State Parent, Children & Adolescent Network MSPCAN is a
group of parents who came together in 1993 with a desire to help
and support West Virginia families who have children who suffer
from emotional, mental or behavioral disorders.
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MUMS:
National Parent to Parent Network is a national organization
for parents or care providers of a child with any disability, rare
or not so rare disorder, chromosomal abnormality or health condition.
MUMS' main purpose is to provide support to parents in the form
of a networking system that matches them with other parents whose
children have the same or similar condition.
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The
mission of the National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill is to eradicate mental illness
and improve the quality of life of those affected by these diseases.
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National
Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions
is a voice for health systems devoted to the well-being of America's
70 million children and their families. NACHRI is a not-for-profit
membership organization of children's hospitals, large pediatric
units of medical centers and related health systems, including those
that specialize in rehabilitative care of children with serious
chronic or congenital illnesses.
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National
Association of Protection and Advocacy Systems, Inc. Federally
mandated system in each state and territory which provides protection
of the rights of persons with disabilities through legally based
advocacy.
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National
Attention Deficit Disorder Association
ADDA's mission is to help people with ADD lead happier, more
successful lives through education, research, and public advocacy.
Whether you have ADD yourself, or someone special in your life does,
or you treat, counsel, or teach those who do, ADDA is an organization
for you.
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National
Early Childhood Technical Assistance System
NECTAS is a national technical assistance consortium working
to support states, jurisdictions, and others to improve services
and results for young children with disabilities and their families.
Our primary business is technical assistance. This is a systematic
process for transferring knowledge about early childhood research,
practice, and policy to assist people and organizations in accomplishing
their goals for young children with disabilities and their families.
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The
National Family
Caregivers Association is the only national, charitable organization
dedicated to making life better for all of America's family caregivers.
There are more than 25 million people who find themselves in a caregiving
role. And the numbers are growing daily. Family caregivers focus
on their loved one's needs. NFCA focuses on family caregivers.
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National
Federation of the Blind The Purpose of NFB is to help blind
persons achieve self-confidence and self-respect and to act as a
vehicle for collective self-expression by the blind. We provide
public education about blindness, information and referral services,
scholarships, literature and publications, aids and appliances,
advocacy services and protection of civil rights, technology, and
support.
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National
Health Council is a private, nonprofit umbrella organization
comprised of more than 100 national health-related organizations,
including over 40 of the nation's leading patient-based groups,
also known as voluntary health agencies. These groups represent
approximately 100 million people with chronic diseases and/or disabilities.
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National
Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
NICHCY is the national information and referral center that provides
information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families,
educators, and other professionals. Our special focus is children
and youth (birth to age 22).
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The
National Mental Health
Association is dedicated to promoting mental health, preventing
mental disorders and achieving victory over mental illnesses through
advocacy, education, research and service.
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The
mission of the National
Parent Network on Disabilities (NPND) is to provide a presence
and national voice for ALL families of children youth and adults
with disabilities.
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The
National Parenting Association We believe that helping parents
helps kids. The organization was founded by author-activist Sylvia
Ann Hewlett to give parents a greater voice in the public arena.
Our goal is to build a parents' movement that unites mothers and
fathers across the country. Working together we can create a society
that values parenting, benefits children and strengthens America.
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The
National Respite
Locator Service helps parents, caregivers, and professionals
find respite services in their state and local area. The service
is also useful when a family travels or must move to another state.
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Nevada
Parents Encouraging Parents (PEP) Professionals dedicated to
family empowerment and parents work together to enhance and expand
support services for children with disabilities and their families.
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New
Hampshire Family Voices NH Family Voices is a family-to-family
health information and resource project supported by New Hampshire
Department of Health and Human Services-Special Medical Services,
and the New Hampshire Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities-Parent
Information Center. New Hampshire Family Voices are parents of children
with special health, developmental, mental health and educational
needs. These parents have years of experience accessing and receiving
services as well as working to assist others in understanding and
identifying services that can be of assistance to them.
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New
Hanover Health Network The hospitals and services that are part
of New Hanover Health Network have long, established roots in Southeastern
North Carolina. Working together under the umbrella of NHHN, they
are better equipped than ever to handle your family's health care
needs. Offering the most comprehensive and sophisticated array of
services in the region. As a public, not-for-profit system, we
offer care to everyone who needs it, regardless of their ability
to pay.
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The
New Jersey Parents' Caucus, Inc.
is a coalition of families whose mission is to ensure that every
family who has children with special emotional and behavioral needs
is given an opportunity to play a strong and active role in the
development and delivery of effective and timely services for their
children.
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New
York Families For Autistic Children, Inc. Based in New York, NYFAC is open to all
families of "special children" across the nation and around
the world. NYFAC was established to assist families in accessing
the best possible information, support, and to give families a place
to work out the huge emotional weight a diagnosis of Autism can
have on a family.
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New
York State's Parent Training & Information Center (PTI) Parents supporting parents and
professionals to enable individuals with disabilities to seek their
own potential. Congressional intent
is for parent involvement! A PTI is an organization staffed
by experienced parents who have been trained to bring up-to-date
information to: families with children with disabilities, professionals
who work with such families, and members of the community who are
interested in improving the quality of life for the people with
disabilities.
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Our-Kids
is a "Family" of parents, caregivers and others who are
working with children with physical and/or mental disabilities and
delays. The Our-Kids list consist of over 800 people representing
children of varying diagnosis; everything from indefinite developmental
delays and sensory integration problems, to cerebral palsy, to rare
genetic disorders.
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Parent
Education Network PEN is Pennsylvania's statewide Parent Training
and Information Center. Much of the information included in this
site is designed to support Pennsylvania parents of children with
special needs, but information and links are included on Federal
Special Education, National Disability Issues and Resources, Special
Education Legal Links, Transportation, and Travel that will also
pertain to parents and individuals with disabilities in other states.
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Parent
Information Center of New Hampshire is an organization serving
children and youths with special needs and their families.
We provide information, technical assistance, individual assistance,
and support and referrals to allow families to become informed,
skilled and effective advocates.
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Parent
to Parent of Pennsylvania We are a network created by families
for families of children and adults with special needs. We
connect families in similar situations with one another so that
they may share experiences, offer practical information and/or support.
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The
mission of Parents
Educating Parents and Professionals, Inc. (PEPP, Inc.) is to
provide a presence and State and National voice for all families
of children and youth with disabilities. Parents Helping Parents
http://www.php.com Parents Helping Parents is a parent-directed
family resource center serving children with special needs, their
families, and the professionals who serve them.
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Parents
Helping Parents is a parent-directed family resource center
serving children with special needs, their families, and the professionals
who serve them.
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Parents
Involved Network of Pennsylvania (PIN)
PIN is an organization that helps families of children who
have emotional or behavioral disorders to find answers, get services,
and learn their rights and how to fight for them. We provide support,
information, referrals and advocacy.
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Parents,
Let's Unite for Kids PLUK is a private, nonprofit organization
formed in 1984 by parents of children with disabilities and chronic
illnesses in the state of Montana for the purpose of information,
support, training and assistance to aid their children at home,
school and as adults.
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Patient
Advocate Foundation
is a national non-profit organization that serves as an active liaison
between the patient and their insurer, employer and/or creditors
to resolve insurance, job discrimination and/or debt crisis matters
relative to their diagnosis through case managers, doctors and attorneys.
Patient Advocate Foundation seeks to safeguard patients through
effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment
and preservation of their financial stability.
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Positive
Approaches to Challenging Behavior The purpose of our web site
is to discuss positive behavioral supports for young children with
disabilities who engage in challenging behavior. The information
on this web site is intended to help families, caregivers, and service
providers.
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Prader-Willi
Syndrome Association (USA) is dedicated to serving individuals
affected by Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), their families, and interested
professionals.
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Research
& Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health
The Center's research and training activities focus on improving
services to children and youth who have mental, emotional, or behavioral
disorders and their families.
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Reaching
Potentials, Inc. is a private, non profit organization established
by a small group of parents dedicated to supporting a broad spectrum
of services to individuals with autism and their families.
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The
Rhode Island Parent Information Network, Inc.
We are a group parents and professionals with the goal of
improving education for children with disabilities. They believed
that if parents were informed and educated, they could help their
children reach their full potential.
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The
Sibling
Support Project is a national program dedicated to the interests
of brothers and sisters of people with special health and developmental
needs. The Project's primary goal is to increase the availability
of peer support and education programs for brothers and sisters
of people with special health and developmental needs.
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South
Dakota University Affiliated Program (SDUAP)
Our Mission:The SDUAP works with others creating opportunities that
improve the lives of persons with disabilities and those they consider
their families. The SDUAP creates opportunities through training,
services and information.
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Special
Child An online publication dedicated to parents of children
with special needs.
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Special
Education News Our vision is for every individual with a disability
to automatically receive the services and inclusion they are entitled
to in order to reach their fullest potential.
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Special
Needs Advocate for Parents Provides information, education,
advocacy, and referrals to families with special needs children
of all ages and disabilities.
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The
Special Needs Agency
consults and educates families in Pennsylvania and Maryland in appropriate
long-term planning and government entitlements for a person with
special needs. Spina Bifida Association of America http://www.sbaa.org
The Mission of the Spina Bifida Association of America is to promote
the prevention of spina bifida and to enhance the lives of all affected.
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Statewide
Parent Advocacy Network, Inc SPAN is a non-profit educational
and advocacy center for parents of children from birth to 21 years
of age. SPAN assists families of infants, toddlers, children and
youth with and without disabilities. Our overall purpose is to serve
as a vehicle for the exchange of ideas, promoting awareness of the
abilities and needs of children and youth and improving services
for children and families in the State of New Jersey.
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Tourette
Syndrome Plus On this site you will find up-to-date, comprehensive
information on a number of childhood-onset conditions, including
diagnosis, treatment, parenting, and school-related issues and tips.
Learn the signs and symptoms of various conditions and what you
can do to help.
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United
We Stand of New York We are a community based parent resource
center servicing primarily culturally diverse families, who have
children with disabilities who reside in but not limited to, the
Greenpoint/Williamsburg sections of Brooklyn. Our goal is to assist
families in improving the quality of life for individuals with disabilities
in our community.
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The
Vascular
Birthmarks Foundation provides support and resources for children
and adults born with hemangiomas, port wine stains, and other vascular
birthmarks.
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The
Vermont Parent Information
Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing
and expanding educational and developmental opportunities that improve
the quality of life for children with special needs and their families.
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West
Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities
The mission of (WVUCED) is to enhance the quality of life of individuals
of all ages with developmental and other disabilities so that they
and their families can experience productive, independent, and totally
integrated lives.
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World
Association of Persons with Disabilities WAPD advances the interests
of persons with disabilities at national, state, local and home
levels. WAPD links the disabled and supporters to current "leading
edge" disability information via the various mediums of communication.
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is committed to providing our visitors and subscribers with access
to accurate and timely information on a broad range of topics relative
to developmental disabilities. If you have any special requests
or would like to see a specific topic covered in this informational
section, please e-mail us at info@kidneeds.com
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