STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL …



STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION

Barbara Gantwerk, Director

Office of Special Education Programs, Dept. of Education

100 Riverview Plaza, P. O. Box 500

Trenton, NJ 08625-0500

(609) 633-6833

E-mail: bgantwer@doe.state.nj.us

Web: state.nj.us/education

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES:

AGES 3 THROUGH 5

Barbara Tkach, Section 619 Coordinator

Office of Special Education Programs/Department of Education

P. O. Box 500, 100 Riverview Plaza

Trenton, NJ 08625-0500

(609) 984-4950

E-mail: btkach@doe.state.nj.us

PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:

AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2

Terry Harrison, Part C Coordinator

Division of Family Health Services

Early Intervention System

P. O. Box 364

Trenton, NJ 08625

(609) 777-7734

E-mail: tharrison@doh.state.nj.us

Web: state.nj.us/health/fhs/eiphome.htm

STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY

Thomas G. Jennings, Director

NJ Dept. of Labor, Div. of Vocational Rehabilitation Svcs.

P. O. Box 398

Trenton, NJ 08625-0398

(609) 292-5987; (609) 292-2919 (TTY)

Web: wnjpin.state.nj.us/

OFFICE OF STATE COORDINATOR OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Dr. Thomas Henry, Director

Office of School-to-Career & College Initiatives

NJ Department of Education

P. O. Box 500

Trenton, NJ 08625

(609) 633-0665

E-mail: thenry@doe.state.nj.us

Web: state.nj.us/education

STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY

Alan G. Kaufman, Director

Div. of Mental Health Services/Dept. of Human Services

50 East State Street, Capital Center

P. O. Box 727

Trenton, NJ 08625

(609) 777-0702; (800) 382-6717

E-mail: dmhsmail@DHS.state.nj.us

STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Lucy C. Keating, Assistant Director

Division of Mental Health Services

Office of Children's Services

Capital Center

P. O. Box 727

Trenton, NJ 08625

(609) 777-0740

E-mail: lkeating@dhs.state.nj.us

STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM

Deborah Trub Wehrlen, Director

Division of Developmental Disabilities

Department of Human Services

Capital Center, P.O. Box 726

Trenton, NJ 08625

(609) 292-7260

E-mail: dwehrlen@dhs.state.nj.us

STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL

Ethan B. Ellis, Executive Director

New Jersey DD Council

20 West State Street, 7th floor

P. O. Box 700

Trenton, NJ 08625

(609) 292-3745

E-mail: njddc@

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY

Sarah W. Mitchell, Executive Director

NJ Protection and Advocacy, Inc.

210 South Broad Street, 3rd Floor

Trenton, NJ 08608

(609) 292-9742; (609) 633-7106 (TTY)

(800) 922-7233 (in NJ)

E-mail: advoca@

Web:

CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Lillie Lowe-Reid, Coordinator

Contact Protection and Advocacy Agency

(see above)

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS

Gloria Jones-Grant, Director

NJ Department of Health & Senior Services

Special Child, Adult & Early Intervention Services

50 East State Street, P.O. Box 364

Trenton, NJ 08625

(609) 984-0755

E-mail: gjonesgrant@doh.state.nj.us

Web: state.nj.us/health

STATE AGENCY FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Jamie Casabianca Hilton, Executive Director

Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Department of Human Services

P.O. Box 47017, 153 Halsey Street

Newark, NJ 07101

(973) 648-2324

E-mail: jhilton@dhs.state.nj.us

Web: state.nj.us/humanservices/BVI.html

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING

Carol Grant, Acting Director

Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

NJ Department of Human Services

P. O. Box 074

Trenton, NJ 08625-0074

(609) 984-7281 (V/TTY)

(800) 792-8339 (V/TTY, in NJ only)

STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE

Diane L. Paine, Supervisor

Special Education

High Point Regional High School

299 Pigeon Hill Road

Sussex, NJ 07461

(973) 875-3102

REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL AGENCY

Northeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center

United Cerebral Palsy Associations of NJ

354 South Broad Street

Trenton, NJ 08608

(800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)

E-mail: DBTACUCPNJ@

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

Paul Potito, Executive Director

NJ Center for Outreach & Services

for the Autism Community

(COSAC)

1450 Parkside Avenue, Suite 22

Ewing, NJ 08638

(609) 883-8100; (800) 4-AUTISM (in NJ)

E-mail: njautism@

Web:

Brain Injury

Barbara Geiger-Parker, Executive Director

Brain Injury Association of New Jersey

1090 King George Post Road, Suite 708

Edison, NJ 08837

(908) 738-1002; (800) 669-4323 (in NJ only)

E-mail: info@bianj

Web:

Epilepsy

Eric M. Joice, Executive Director

Epilepsy Foundation of NJ

429 River View Plaza

Trenton, NJ 08611

(609) 392-4900; (800) 336-5843

E-mail: EMJEFNJ@

Web:

Learning Disabilities

Ronee Groff, President

Learning Disabilities Association of NJ

P.O. Box 187

Oceanport, NJ 07757

(732) 661-0312; (609) 823-5608

Mental Health

Carolyn Beauchamp, Executive Director

Mental Health Association in NJ

60 South Fullerton Avenue, Room 105

Montclair, NJ 07042

(973) 744-2500

E-mail: mhanj@

Web:

Sylvia Axelrod, Executive Director

NAMI New Jersey

1562 Route 130

North Brunswick, NJ 08902

(732) 940-0991

E-mail: aminj@

Web:

Mental Retardation

Tom Baffuto, Executive Director

The Arc of NJ

985 Livingston Avenue

North Brunswick, NJ 08902-1843

(732) 246-2525

E-mail: info@

Web:

Special Health Care Needs

Lauren Agoratus and Louise McIntosh, Co-Coordinators Region II, NJ

Family Voices

c/o SPAN

35 Halsey Street, 4th floor

Newark, NJ 07102

(973) 642-8100; (908) 277-2883

(800) 654-SPAN

E-mail: span@

Web:

Speech and Hearing

Sheree Reese, President

NJ Speech-Language-Hearing Association

203 Towne Centre Drive

Hillsborough, NJ 08876

(908) 359-5308

E-mail: information@

Web:

Tourette Syndrome

Faith Warner Rice, President

Tourette Syndrome Association of New Jersey

26 W. High Street

Somerville, NJ 08876

(732) 972-4459

E-mail: NJTSA@

Web:

Visual Impairments

Regina Genwright, Acting Director of Information Center

American Foundation for the Blind

11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300

New York, NY 10001

(212) 502-7600; (212) 502-7662 (TTY)

E-mail: afbinfo@

Web:

Carol Castellano, Director

Blind Children's Resource Center

23 Alexander Avenue

Madison, NJ 07940

(888) 625-6066; (973) 625-5999; (973) 377-0976

E-mail: center@

Joe Ruffalo, President

National Federation of the Blind of NJ

69 Prospect Place

Belleville, NJ 07109

(973) 450-3030

Carol Castellano, President

Parents of Blind Children-NJ

23 Alexander Avenue

Madison, NJ 07940

(973) 377-0976

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM

Deborah Spitalnik, Ph.D., Executive Director

The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities

The University Affiliated Program of New Jersey

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Liberty Plaza

335 George Street, 3rd Floor

P.O. Box 2688

New Brunswick, NJ 08903-2688

(732) 235-9300 (V); (732) 235-9328 (TTY)

E-mail: spitalde@umdnj.edu

Web: rwjms.umdnj.edu/boggscenter

TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE

Ellen Lence, Project Director

New Jersey Technology Assistive Resource Program

210 South Broad Street, Third Floor

Trenton, NJ 08608

(609) 777-0945; (609) 633-7106 (TTY)

E-mail: gblue@

Web:

PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECT

Diana Autin, Executive Director

Statewide Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN)

35 Halsey Street, 4th Floor

Newark, NJ 07102

(973) 642-8100; (973) 642-8080

(800) 654-7726 (In NJ)

E-mail: SPAN@

Web:

PARENT-TO-PARENT

Malia Corde, Program Coordinator

NJ Statewide Parent-to-Parent

35 Halsey Street

Newark, NJ 07102

(973) 642-8100; (800) 372-6510

E-mail: MaliaC@

Web: /njparenttoparent

OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

Brian Fitzgerald, CEO

Easter Seals New Jersey

1 Kimberly Road

E. Brunswick, NJ 08816-1076

(732) 257-6662; (800) 486-0027

E-mail: e.ssnj@

Vivian Bartkus, Director

Family Support Center of New Jersey

Lions Head Office Park

35 Beaverson Blvd., Suite 8A

Brick, NJ 08723

(732) 262-8020; (800) 372-6510 (in NJ)

E-mail: VBEFNJ1@

Web:

Lowell Arye, Executive Director

Alliance for the Betterment of Citizens with Disabilities

127 Route 206, Suite 18

Hamilton, NJ 08610

(609) 581-8375

E-mail: abcdnj@

Edward Madara, Director

NJ Self-Help Clearinghouse

100 Hanover Avenue, 2nd Floor

Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927-2020

(973) 326-6789; (800) 367-6274 (in NJ)

E-mail: njshc@

Web:

William A. B. Ditto, Executive Director

State Office on Disability Services

P.O. Box 700

Trenton, NJ 08625-0700

(609) 292-7800; (609) 292-1210 (TTY)

(888) 285-3036

E-mail: wditto@dhs.state.nj.us

Web: state.nj.us/humanservices/offdis

Illene Isaacs, Executive Director

VSA arts New Jersey

703 Jersey Avenue

New Brunswick, NJ 08901

(732) 745-3885

E-mail: vsanj@

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