STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION



STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION

Dr. Fran James-Warkomski, Director

Bureau of Special Education

Department of Education

333 Market Street, 7th Floor

Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333

(717) 783-6913

Special Education Consultline:

(800) 879-2301 (V/TTY)

Web: pde.psu.edu

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES:

AGES 3 THROUGH 5

Richard D. Price, Chief

Division of Early Intervention

Bureau of Special Education, Department of Education

333 Market Street, 7th Floor

Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333

(717) 772-2647

E-mail: rprice@ed.state.pa.us

PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:

AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2

Maureen Cronin, Chief

Children's Services Division

Office of Mental Retardation, Department of Public Welfare

P.O. Box 2675

Harrisburg, PA 17105-2675

(717) 783-7213

STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY

Susan Aldrete, Executive Director

Office of Voc. Rehab., Department of Labor & Industry

1300 Labor & industry Bldg., Seventh and Forster Streets

Harrisburg, PA 17120

(717) 787-5244

E-mail: saldrete@dli.state.pa.us

OFFICE OF STATE COORDINATOR OF VOCATIONAL

EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Marjorie Lowe Blaze, Supervisor

Technical Prep and Career Related Services Section

Department of Education

Bureau of Vocational-Technical Education

333 Market Street, 6th Floor

Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333

(717) 787-5293

STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY

Charles Curie, Deputy Secretary

Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

Department of Public Welfare

Health & Welfare Bldg., Room 502

P.O. Box 2675

Harrisburg, PA 17105-2675

(717) 787-6443

STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Anita K. Thiemann, Director

Bureau of Consumer and Family Affairs

Beechmont Building, #32, 2nd Floor

P.O. Box 2675

Harrisburg, PA 17105

(717) 772-7828

STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM

Nancy R. Thaler, Deputy Secretary for Mental Retardation

Department of Public Welfare

Health & Welfare Bldg., Room 512, P.O. Box 2675

Harrisburg, PA 17105-2675

(717) 787-3700

E-mail: nancyt@dpw.state.pa.us

STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL

Graham Mulholland, Executive Director

DD Planning Council

561 Forum Bldg., Commonwealth Avenue

Harrisburg, PA 17120

(717) 787-6057

E-mail: gmulholland@dpw.state.pa.us

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY

Kevin Casey, Executive Director

PA Protection & Advocacy Inc.

116 Pine Street

Harrisburg, PA 17101

(717) 236-8110; (800) 692-7443 (V/TTY, in PA)

E-mail: ppa@

CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Stephen Pennington, Statewide Director

Center for Disability Law & Policy

1617 JFK Boulevard, Suite 800

Philadelphia, PA 19103

(215) 557-7112 (V/TTY)

E-mail: info@

Web:

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS

C. Gail Stock, Director

Division of Special Health Care Programs

Department of Health, Room 724

P.O. Box 90

Harrisburg, PA 17108

(717) 783-5436; (800) 852-4453

E-mail: gstock@health.state.pa.us

STATE AGENCY FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Ms. Rose Putric, Acting Director

Department of Labor and Industry

Office of Vocational Rehabilitation

Blindness & Visual Services

1300 Labor and Industry Building

7th & Foster Street

Harrisburg, PA 17120

(717) 787-6176; (800) 622-2842 (in PA)

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING

Debra Scott, Director

Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

1110 Labor & Industry Building

7th and Forster Streets

Harrisburg, PA 17120-0019

(717) 783-4912 (V/TTY)

(800) 233-3008 (V/TTY, in PA only)

E-mail: doscott@dli.state.pa.us

Fran James Warkomski, Ed.D.

PA Deaf-Blind Project

6340 Flank Drive, Suite 600

Harrisburg, PA 17112-2793

(717) 541-4960; (800) 360-7282 (in PA only)

E-mail: fwarkoms@cisc.k12.pa.us

Web: cisc.pa.us

STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE

Thomas Winters, Division Chief

Advisory Service, Department of Education

333 Market Street, 6th Floor

Harrisburg, PA 17126

(717) 787-8022

REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY

Mid-Atlantic Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center

TransCen, Inc.

451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 607

Rockville, MD 20850

(301) 217-0124 (V/TT); (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)

E-mail: adainfo@

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

To identify an autism group in your state, contact:

Autism Society of America

7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300

Bethesda, MD 20814

(301) 657-0881; (800) 3-AUTISM

Web: autism-

Epilepsy

Judy Painter, Executive Director

Epilepsy Foundation of Western PA

Vocational Rehabiliation Center

1323 Forbes Avenue, Suite 102

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

(412) 261-5880; (800) 361-5885

E-mail: staff@

Web:

Jeanette K. Chelius, Executive Director

Epilepsy Foundation of Southeastern Pennsylvania

Seven Benjamin Franklin Parkway, 6th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19103-1208

(215) 523-9180; (800) 887-7165 (in PA)

E-mail: efsepa@

Web: efsepa.

Hearing Impaired/Deaf

Debra Scott, Director

Office for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing

1110 Labor & Industry Building

7th & Forster Streets

Harrisburg, PA 17120-0019

(717) 783-4912 (V/TTY); (800) 233-3008 (V/TTY in PA)

E-mail: doscott@dli.state.pa.us

Learning Disabilities

Debbie Rodes, President

Learning Disabilities Association of PA

P.O. Box 208, Toomey Bldg.

Uwchland, PA 19480

(610) 458-8193

Mental Health

Al Froy, Executive Director

NAMI PA

2149 North Second Street

Harrisburg, PA 17110

(717) 238-1514; (800) 223-0500

E-mail: nami-pa@

Web: namipa.namipa/

Glenda Fine, Director

Parents Involved Network of PA (PIN of PA)

1211 Chestnut Street, 11th Floor

Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 751-1800; (800) 688-4226

E-mail: pin@

Web:

Mental Retardation

Martie Worley, Executive Director

The Arc of Pennsylvania

2001 N. Front, Building 2, Suite 221

Harrisburg, PA 17102-2104

(717) 234-2621

E-mail: thearcpa@

Speech and Hearing

Robert Craven, Business Manager

PA Speech-Language-Hearing Association

800 Perry Highway, Suite 3

Pittsburgh, PA 15229-1128

(412) 366-9858

E-mail: keystater@

Web: psha

Visual Impairments

Regina Genwright, Director of Information Center

American Foundation for the Blind

11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300

New York, NY 10001

(202) 502-7600; (212) 502-7662 (TTY)

E-mail: afbinfo@

Web:

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM

Diane Nelson Bryen, Director

Institute on Disabilities UAP

Temple University, Ritter Annex, Room 423

1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19122

(215) 204-1356 (V/TTY)

E-mail: dianeb@astro.ocis.temple.edu

Web: temple.edu/inst_disabilities

James Coplan, Director, UAP/LEND

Children's Seashore House of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

3405 Civic Center Boulevard

Philadelphia, PA 19104-4388

(215) 590-7466

E-mail: coplan@email.CHOP.edu

TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE

Amy S. Goldman, Project Director

Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology

Institute on Disability/UAP

1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue

Ritter Hall Annex 423

Philadelphia, PA 19122

(215) 204-3862

(800) 204-PIAT (Voice); (800) 750-PIAT (TTY)

E-mail: piat@astro.ocis.temple.edu

PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECTS

Linda White, Director

Parents Union for Public Schools

The Philadelphia Building

1315 Walnut Street, Suite 1124

Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 546-1166

E-mail: ParentsU@

Louise Thieme, Director

Parent Education Network

2107 Industrial Highway

York, PA 17402

(717) 600-0100; (800) 522-5827 (V/TTY) (In PA);

(800) 441-5028 (Spanish)

E-mail: pen@

Web:

PARENT-TO-PARENT

Kathy Brill, Program Director

Parent to Parent of Pennsylvania

6340 Flank Drive, Suite 600

Harrisburg, PA 17112-2764

(717) 540-4722; (800) 986-4550 (in PA)

E-mail: ksbrill@

Web:

OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

Nevin Hollinger, President/CEO

Easter Seals South Central Pennyslvania

331 Bridge Street, Suite 250

New Cumberland, PA 17070

(717) 774-8277; (888) 273-7251

E-mail: eastersealnc@

E-mail: nhollinger@

Web:

James Heiden, Executive Director

Easter Seals Metropolitan Philadelphia

3975 Conshohocken Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19131

(215) 879-1000

E-mail: philaess@

Web:

Larry Rager, Executive Director/CEO

Easter Seal Society of Western Pennsylvania

632 Fort Duquesne Boulevard

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

(412) 281-7244

(800) 587-3257

Pennsylvania Special Education Mediation Service (PA SEMS)

6340 Flank Drive

Suite 600

Harrisburg, PA 17112-2764

(800) 992-4334 (in PA); (717) 541-4960, ext. 3301, 3324, or 3306

(800) 654-5984 (TTY)

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