STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION



STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION

Mabrey Whetstone, Director

Alabama Department of Education

Special Education Services

P.O. Box 302101

Montgomery, AL 36130-2101

(334) 242-8114

E-mail: mabreyw@sdenet.alsde.edu

Web: alsde.edu/

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES:

AGES 3 THROUGH 5

Phyllis Mayfield, Education Specialist/Coordinator 619

Contact State Department of Education

Special Education

PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:

AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2

Ouida G. Holder, Part C Coordinator

Alabama's Early Intervention System

Department of Rehabilitation Services/Division of Early Intervention

2129 East South Blvd., P.O. Box 11586

Montgomery, AL 36111-0586

(334) 281-8780, ext. 398

E-mail: oholder@rehab.state.al.us

Web: rehab.state.al.us

STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY

Steve Shivers, Commissioner

Department of Rehabilitation Services

2129 East South Blvd., P.O. Box 11586

Montgomery, AL 36111-0586

(334) 281-8780

E-mail: sshivers@rehab.state.al.us

Web: rehab.state.al.us/vr.html

OFFICE OF STATE COORINATOR OF VOCATIONAL

EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

James Kendrick, Education Administrator

Curriculum Innovation, Department of Education

Gordon Persons Building, Room 5234

P.O. Box 302101

Montgomery, AL 36130-2101

(334) 242-9108

E-mail: jkendric@sdenet.alsde.edu

STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Kathy Sawyer, Commissioner

Alabama Department of Mental Health

RSA Union Bldg.

P.O. Box 301410

Montgomery, AL 36130-1410

(334) 242-3218

E-mail: ksawyer@mh.state.al.us

STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM

Catharine P. Maddox, Associate Commissioner

Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation

RSA Union Bldg.

100 N. Union Street

P.O. Box 301410

Montgomery, AL 36130-1410

(334) 242-3701

STATE DEVELOPMENTAL

DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL

Sheryl R. Matney, Director

Alabama Council on Developmental Disabilities

RSA Union Bldg.

100 N. Union Street

P.O. Box 301410

Montgomery, AL 36130-1410

(334) 242-3973; (800) 232-2158

E-mail: ADDPC@mh.state.al.us

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY

Reuben Cook, Director

Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP)

526 Martha Parham West

The University of Alabama

P.O. Box 870395

Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0395

(800) 826-1675; (205) 348-4928

(205)348-9484 (TTY)

E-mail: ADAP@law.ua.edu

Web:

CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Jerry Norsworthy, Coordinator

Department of Rehabilitation Services

P.O. Box 11586

Montgomery, AL 36111-0586

(800) 228-3231 (V/TTY in AL)

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS

Christine Kendall, Assistant Commissioner

Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services

Children's Rehabilitation Service

2129 East South Blvd., P.O. Box 11586

Montgomery, AL 36111-0586

(334) 281-8780; (800) 846-3697

E-mail: ckendall@rehab.state.al.us

Web: rehab.state.al.us

REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY

Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center

United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc.

490 10th Street

Atlanta, GA 30318

(404) 385-0636

E-mail: se-dbtac@

Web:

DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

Attention Deficit Disorder

To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)

8181 Professional Place, Suite 201

Landover, MD 20785

(301) 306-7070

(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)

E-mail: national@

Web:

National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)

P.O. Box 1303

Northbrook, IL 60065-1303

E-mail: mail@

Web:

Autism

Julie Oetting, Executive Director

Autism Society of Alabama

P.O. Box 248

Alabaster, AL 35007

(877) 428-8476 (toll-free)

E-mail: julieASA@

Web: autism-

Epilepsy

Judith Lindsay Adamson, Executive Director

Epilepsy Foundation of North & Central AL

701 37th Street, South, Suite 2

Birmingham, AL 35222

(205) 324-4222; (800) 950-6662 (In AL)

E-mail: epilepsy@

Web: epilepsy

F. Mitchell Garrett, Executive Director

Epilepsy Chapter of Mobile and Gulf Coast

951 Government Street, Suite 201

Mobile, AL 36604

(334) 432-0970; (800) 626-1582 (In AL)

Head Injury

Charles Priest, Director

Alabama Head Injury Foundation

3600 8th Avenue, South

Birmingham, AL 35222

(205) 328-3505; (800) 433-8002 (In AL)

E-mail: ahif1@

Web:

Learning Disabilities

Debbie Gibson, President

Learning Disabilities Association of Alabama

P.O. Box 11588

Montgomery, AL 36111

(334) 277-9151

Mental Health

Ann Denbo, President

Alabama Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI-AL)

6900 6th Avenue South, Suite B

Birmingham, AL 35212-1902

(205) 833-8336; (800) 626-4199 (In AL)

E-mail: nami-alabama@worldnet.

Mental Retardation

Alys Hayden, Executive Director

The Arc of Alabama

300 S. Hull Street

Montgomery, AL 36104

(334) 262-7688

E-mail: haybar@

Speech and Hearing

Byron McCain, CAE Executive Director

Alabama Speech-Language-Hearing Association

P.O. Box 130220

Birmingham, AL 35213

(205) 802-7551

E-mail: bwmccain@

Web: shaa

Visual Impairments

Frances Mary D'Andrea, Director

American Foundation for the Blind-Southeast

100 Peachtree Street, Suite 620

Atlanta, GA 30303

(404) 525-2303

E-mail: atlanta@

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM

Craig T. and Sharon L. Ramey, Directors

Civitan International Research Center

University of AL at Birmingham

1719 Sixth Avenue South

Birmingham, AL 35294-0021

(205) 934-8900

Web: circ.uab.edu

TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE

Ted Bridges, Executive Director

STAR (Statewide Technology Access and Response for Alabamians with Disabilities)

2125 East South Boulevard

P.O. Box 20752

Montgomery, AL 36120-0759

(334) 613-3480; (334) 613-3519 (TTY);

(800) 782-7656 (In AL)

E-mail: tbridges@rehab.state.al.us

Web:rehab.state.al.us/star

Glenda Anderson, Director

Technology Assistance for Special Consumers (T.A.S.C.)

P.O. Box 443

Huntsville, AL 35803

(256) 532-5996

E-mail: tasc@

PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECT

Carol Blades, Director

Special Education Action Committee Inc. (SEAC)

P.O. Box 161274

Mobile, AL 36616-2274

(334) 478-1208; (800) 222-7322 (In AL)

E-mail: seacofmobile@

OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

Barry F. Cavan, President

Alabama Easter Seal Society

P.O. Box 20320

Montgomery, AL 36120-0320

(334) 288-8382; (800) 388-7325

E-mail: alaseal@worldnet.

Joseph F. Busta, Jr., President

Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind

P.O. Box 698

Talladega, AL 35161

(256) 761-3200

E-mail: jbusta@aidb.state.al.us

Web:

Tim Chapman, Executive Director

VSA arts Alabama (formerly Very Special Arts)

701 S. 37th Street, Suite 10

Birmingham, AL 35222

(205) 322-4086

E-mail: vsachap@

Web:

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