STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION



STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Nolene Weaver, Chief

Bureau of Special Education

Idaho Department of Education

P.O. Box 83720

Boise, ID 83720-0027

(208) 332-6910

E-mail: nbweaver@sde.state.id.us

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES:

AGES 3 THROUGH 5

Contact State Department of Education: Special Education

(see above)

PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:

AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2

Mary Jones, Program Manager

Infant Toddler Program

Bureau of Developmental Disabilities

Department of Health and Welfare

P.O. Box 83720

450 West State Street, 5th Floor

Boise, ID 83720-0036

(208) 334-5514

E-mail: jonesm@idhw.state.id.us

STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY

F. Pat Young, Administrator

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

P.O. Box 83720

Boise, ID 83720-0096

(208) 334-3390 (V/TTY)

E-mail: pyoung@idvr.state.id.us

STATE DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

Mike Rush, Director

State Division of Vocational Education

P.O. Box 83720

Boise, ID 83720-0095

(208) 334-3216

E-mail: mrush@pte.state.id.us

STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY

Roy Sargeant, Chief

Bur. of Mental Health & Substance Abuse

Div. of Family & Community Service

Department of Health & Welfare

P.O. Box 83720

Boise, ID 83720-0036

(208) 334-6500

E-mail: sargeant@idhw.state.id.us

Web:

STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN

Chuck Halligan, Chief

Bureau of Family & Children's Services

Division of Family & Community Services

Department of Health & Welfare

P.O. Box 83720, 5th Floor

Boise, ID 83720-0036

(208) 334-6559

STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM

Paul Swatsenbarg, Chief

Bureau of Developmental Disabilities

Division of Family & Community Services

Department of Health & Welfare

P.O. Box 83720

Boise, ID 83720-0036

(208) 334-5512

E-mail: swatsenb@idhw.state.id.us

STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES COUNCIL

Marilyn Sword, Executive Director

Idaho State Council on DD

802 Bannock Street, Suite 308

Boise, ID 83720-0802

(208) 334-2178

E-mail: msword@icdd.state.id.us

Web: state.id.us/icdd/

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY

James Baugh, Director

Comprehensive Advocacy, Inc.

4477 Emerald Street, Suite B-100

Boise, ID 83706

(208) 336-5353; (800) 632-5125

E-mail: coadinc@

Web: users.co-ad

CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Contact Protection & Advocacy Agency

(see above)

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS

Brett Harrell, Manager

Children's Special Health Program

Bureau of Clinical and Preventive Services

Idaho Department of Health & Welfare

P.O. Box 83720

Boise, ID 83720-0036

(208) 334-5962

E-mail: harrellb@idhw.state.id.us

STATE AGENCY FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Michael Graham, Administrator

Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired

341 West Washington Street, P.O. Box 83720-0012

Boise, ID 83702

(208) 334-3220; (800) 542-8688

E-mail: mgraham@icbvi.state.id.us

Web: icbvi.state.id.us

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING

Pennie Cooper, Executive Director

ID Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

1720 Westgate Drive

Boise, ID 83704

(208) 334-0879 (V); (208) 334-0803 (TTY)

(800) 433-1323 (Voice -- in ID only)

(800) 433-1361 (TTY -- in ID only)

E-mail: cooperp@idhw.state.id.us

Web: state.id.us/cdhh/cdhh1.htm

STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE

Nolene Weaver, Chief

Bureau of Special Education

Idaho Department of Education

P.O. Box 83720

Boise, ID 83720-0027

(208) 332-6910

E-mail: nbweaver@sde.state.id.us

REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY

Northwest DBTAC

WA State Governor's Committee on Disability Issues & Employment

P.O. Box 9046, MS 6000

Olympia, WA 98507-9046

(360) 438-4116 (V/TTY)

Web: NWD

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

Cheryl Fisher

ID Autism Association

7249 W. Colonial Street, D-307

Boise, ID 83709

E-mail: IAA85@

Brain Injury

Marilyn Hern, President

Brain Injury Association of ID

PO Box 414

Boise, ID 83701-0414

(208) 336-7708; (888) 374-3447 (In ID)

E-mail: melelina@

Web:

Epilepsy

David C. Blackwell, Executive Director

Epilepsy Foundation of Idaho

310 West Idaho

Boise, ID 83702

(208) 344-4340; (800) 237-6676 (In ID)

E-mail: epilepsy@

Web:

Learning Disabilities

Ginny Hughes

Learning Disabilities Association of Idaho

1308 Circle Drive

Hayden Lake, ID 83835-9503

(208) 762-2316

Mental Health

Lee Woodland, Executive Director

NAMI-Idaho

P.O. Box 68

Albion, ID 83311

(208) 673-6672; (800) 572-9940

E-mail: namiid@

Web: ~namiid/

Claire Kiener, M.S.W., Executive Director

Idaho Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, Inc.

1111 S. Orchard, Suite 250

Boise, ID 83705

(208) 433-8845; (800) 905-3436

E-mail: idffcmh@

Web:

Speech And Hearing

Kim Ennis

Idaho Speech-Language-Hearing Association

100 N. McDermott Road

Kuna, ID 83634-1106

(208) 922-3494

E-mail: pwaldorf@

Web:

Visual Impairments

Gil Johnson, Director, AFB West

American Foundation for the Blind

111 Pine Street, Suite 725

San Francisco, CA 94111

(415) 392-4845

E-mail: sanfran@

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM

Julie Fodor, Interim Director

Center on Disabilities and Human Development

University Affiliated Program/University of Idaho

129 W. Third Street

Moscow, ID 83843

(208) 885-3559

E-mail: jfdavis@uidaho.edu

Web: ets.uidaho.edu/cdhd/

TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE

Ron Seiler, Project Director

Idaho Assistive Technology Project

129 W. Third Street

Moscow, ID 83843

(800) 432-8324 (V/TTY); (208) 885-3573

E-mail: seile861@uidaho.edu

Web: ets.uidaho.edu/idatech

PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECT

Cheryl Fisher, Program Director

Idaho Parents Unlimited Inc (IPUL)

4696 Overland Road, Suite 568

Boise, ID 83705

(208) 342-5884 (V/TTY); (800) 242-4785 (in ID only)

E-mail: ipul@

Web: home.IPUL

PARENT-TO-PARENT

Contact Parent Training Information Project

(see above)

OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

Evelyn Mason, Executive Director

VSA arts of Idaho

P.O. Box 1554

Boise, ID 83701-1554

(208) 333-0122

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