STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION



STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION

Robert Pasternack, Ph.D., State Director

Special Education, Department of Education - Education Building

300 Don Gaspar Avenue

Santa Fe, NM 87501-2786

(505) 827-6541

E-mail: bpasternack@sde.state.nm.us

Web: sde.state.nm.us

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES:

AGES 3 THROUGH 5

Maria Landazuri, State Coordinator E.C. Spec. Ed.

Early Childhood Consultant

Special Education Unit, Department of Education

300 Don Gasper Avenue

Santa Fe, NM 87501-2786

(505) 827-6788

E-mail: mlandazuri@sde.state.nm.us

PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:

AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2

Cathy Stevenson, Part C Coordinator

New Mexico Department of Health

1190 St. Francis Drive

P.O. Box 26110

Santa Fe, NM 87502-6110

(505) 827-2578

E-mail: cstevens@health.state.nm.us

Web: health.state.nm.us

STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY

Terry Brigance, Director

Div. of Vocational Rehabilitation, Dept. of Education

435 St. Michaels Drive, Building D

Santa Fe, NM 87505

(505) 954-8511

Web: state.nm.us/dvr

OFFICE OF STATE COORDINATOR OF

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Lena Trujillo-Chavez, Assistant Superintendent

Vocational Technical Adult Basic Education, State Dept. of Education

Education Building, 300 Don Gaspar Avenue

Santa Fe, NM 87501-2786

(505) 827-6512

E-mail: ltrujillo@sde.state.nm.us

Web: sde.state.nm.us

STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY

Mary D. Schumacher, Director

Behavioral Health Services Division

Department of Health

1190 St. Francis Drive, Room 3300

Santa Fe, NM 87502

(505) 827-2601

STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

David F. Martinez, Director

Children, Youth & Families Department

Prevention & Intervention Division

P.O. Box 5160

Santa Fe, NM 87502-5160

(505) 827-5888

E-mail: dfmartinez@cyf02.cyfd.state.nm.us

STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM

Ramona Florez-Lopez, Director

Long-Term Services, Dept. of Health

1190 Saint Francis Drive

P.O. Box 26110, Room N 3050

Santa Fe, NM 87502-6110

(505) 827-2574

STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL

James P. Crews, Acting Director

New Mexico DD Planning Council

435 Saint Michael's Drive, Bldg D

Santa Fe, NM 87505

(505) 827-7590; (505) 827-7589 (Fax)

E-mail: jcrews@state.nm.us

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY

James Jackson, Executive Director

Protection and Advocacy System

1720 Louisiana Blvd., N.E., Suite 204

Albuquerque, NM 87110

(505) 256-3100; (800) 432-4682 (In NM)

Therese E. Yanan, Director

Native American Protection and Advocacy Project

P.O. Box 392

Shiprock, NM 87420

(505) 368-3216; (800) 862-7271

E-mail: napap@

Native American Protection and Advocacy Project

P.O. Box 3539

Tuba City, AZ 86045

(520) 283-3208; (877) 283-3208

E-mail: napap@

CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Vince Montano, CAP Advocate

Contact Protection & Advocacy Agency

(see above)

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS

Marilyn Sakara, Bureau Chief

Family Health Bureau, Dept. of Health

1190 Saint Francis Drive

Santa Fe, NM 87505

(505) 476-8589

Lynn Christiansen, Program Manager

Department of Health, Public Health Division

Family Health Bureau, Children's Medical Services

1190 Saint Francis Drive, Room S-1250

Santa Fe, NM 87505

(505) 827-2548; (877) 890-4692

E-mail: LChristiansen@Doh.state.nm.us

STATE AGENCY FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Greg Trapp, Director

Commission for the Blind

PERA Building, Room 553

Santa Fe, NM 87503

(505) 827-4479

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

Karen L. Courtney, Executive Director

NM Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons

1435 St. Francis Drive

Santa Fe, NM 87505-4083

(505) 827-7584 (V/TTY); (505) 827-7584 (TTY)

(800) 489-8536 (V/TTY, in NM only)

E-mail: NMCDHHA@DOH.state.nm.us

Web:

Joyce Horvath, Director

Educational Resource Center on Deafness

New Mexico School for the Deaf

1060 Cerrillos Road

Santa Fe, NM 87503

(505) 827-6647 (V/TTY)

E-mail: jhorvath@nmsd.k12.nm.us

STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE

Robert Pasternack, Ph.D., State Director

Department of Education, Special Education

300 Don Gaspar, Education Building

Santa Fe, NM 87501-2786

(505) 827-6541

E-mail: bpasternack@sde.state.nm.us

REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY

Laurie Redd, Administrative Director

Southwest DBTAC

Independent Living Research Utilization

2323 South Shepard Boulevard, Suite 1000

Houston, TX 77019

(713) 520-0232 (V)

(713) 520-5136 (TTY)

E-mail: ilru@

Web: ilru-swdbtac.html

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:

Attention Deficit Disorders Association - Southern Region (ADDA)

12345 Jones Road, Suite 287

Houston, TX 77070

(281) 897-0982

Web: adda-

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-

Brain Injury

Karen Krout, President

Brain Injury Association of New Mexico

11000 Candelaria Blvd., NE, Suite 113-W

Albuquerque, NM 87112

(505) 292-7414; (888) 292-7415 (in NM)

Learning Disabilities

Gail Stewart, President

NM Learning Disabilities Association

6301 Menaul NE, Box 556

Albuquerque, NM 87110

(505) 821-2545

E-mail: bp@

Web: nm/nmlda

Mental Health

Lawrence "L.J." Lovell, President

NAMI-New Mexico

P.O. Box 3086

Albuquerque, NM 87190-3086

(505) 260-0154; (800) 953-6745

E-mail: NAMI-NM@

Mental Retardation

John Foley, Executive Director

The Arc of New Mexico

3655 Carlisle NE

Albuquerque, NM 87110

(505) 883-4630; (800) 358-6493 (in NM)

E-mail: arcnm@

Web:

Speech and Hearing

NM Speech-Language-Hearing Association

P.O. Box 66085

Albuquerque, NM 87153-3580

(800) 292-8465

E-mail: nmsha@

Web: nmsha

Visual Impairments

Mary Ann Siller, National Education Consultant

American Foundation for the Blind—Southwest

260 Treadway Plaza, Exchange Park

Dallas, TX 75235

(214) 352-7222

E-mail: dallas@

Web:

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM

Dr. Catherine McClain, Director

Center for Development and Disability (CDD)

University of New Mexico

2300 Menaul Boulevard, NE

Albuquerque, NM 87107

(505) 272-3000

E-mail: cmcclain@unm.edu

TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE

Alan Klaus, Project Director

New Mexico Technology Assistance Program

435 St. Michael's Drive, Building D

Santa Fe, NM 87505

(800) 866-2253 (V); (505) 954-8539

(800) 659-4915 (TTY)

E-mail: a.klaus@state.nm.us

PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECTS

Sallie Van Curen, Executive Director

Parents Reaching Out (P.R.O.)

1000 A Main Street, NW

Los Lunas, NM 87031

(505) 865-3700; (800) 524-5176 (In NM)

E-mail: nmproth@

Web:

Rosemary Gallegos, Director

STEP*HI Parent/Infant Program

Early Childhood Programs

New Mexico School for the Deaf

1060 Cerrillos Road

Santa Fe, NM 87503

(505) 827-6789 (V/TTY)

E-mail: rmgalleg@nmsd.k12.nm.us

Martha J. Gorospe-Charlie, Project Director

Education for Parents of Indian Children

with Special Needs/(EPICS) Project

P.O. Box 788

Bernalillo, NM 87004

(505) 867-3396; (800) 765-7320 (V/TTY)

E-mail: epics@

Web:

PARENT-TO-PARENT

Sallie Van Curen, Executive Director

Parents Reaching Out (P.R.O)

1000 A Main Street, NW

Los Lunas, NM 87031

(505) 865-3700; (800) 524-5176 (In NM)

E-mail: nmproth@

Web:

OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

Marlis Hadley, President

Easter Seals, NM

2819 Richmond Drive, N.E.

Albuquerque, NM 87107

(505) 888-3811; (800) 279-5261

E-mail: esnm1@

Web: easter-

Delfy Roach, Executive Director

Parents for Behaviorally Different Children

5905 Marble NE, Suite 8

Albuquerque, NM 87110

(505) 265-0430; (800) 273-7232

E-mail: pbdc2000@

Beth Rudolph, Executive Director

VSA arts of New Mexico

4904 4th, N.W.

Albuquerque, NM 87107

(505) 345-2872

STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION

Lawrence Gloeckler, Deputy Commissioner

Office of Vocational & Educational Services

for Individuals with Disabilities

1 Commerce Plaza, Room 1606

Albany, NY 12234

(518) 474-2714

Web:

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES:

AGES 3 THROUGH 5

Michael C. Plotzker, Manager

State Education Department

Office of Vocational and Education Services

for Individuals with Disabilities

1 Commerce Plaza, Room 1607

Albany, NY 12234

(518) 473-6108

E-mail: mplotzke@mail.

PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:

AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2

Donna M. Noyes, Ph.D., Director

Early Intervention Program

Division of Family and Local Health

New York State Department of Health

Empire State Plaza, Corning Tower Building, Room 208

Albany, NY 12237-0618

(518) 473-7016

E-mail: dmn02@health.state.ny.us

STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY

Lawrence Gloeckler, Deputy Comm.

Office of Vocational and Educational Services

for Individuals with Disabilities

State Education Department

1 Commerce Plaza, Room 1606

Albany, NY 12234

(518) 474-2714

Web:

STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY

James Stone, Commissioner

Office of Mental Health

44 Holland Avenue

Albany, NY 12229

(518) 474-4403

E-mail: cocojls@omh.state.ny.us

STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Michael Zuber, Associate Commissioner

Office of Children & Families

Office of Mental Health

44 Holland Avenue

Albany, NY 12229

(518) 473-6902

E-mail: cocompz@omh.state.ny.us

STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM

Thomas Maul, Commissioner

NY State Office of MR and DD

44 Holland Avenue

Albany, NY 12229

(518) 473-1997

Web: omr.state.ny.us

STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL

Sheila Carey, Executive Director

NYS DD Planning Council

155 Washington Avenue, 2nd Floor

Albany, NY 12210

(518) 486-7505; (800) 395-3372

E-mail: scarey@nycap.

Web: ddpc.state.ny.us

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY

Marcel Chaine, Director Advocacy Bureau

NY Comm. on Quality of Care

401 State Street

Schenectady, NY 12305-2397

(518) 381-7098

E-mail: marcelc@cqc.state.ny.us

Web: cqc.state.ny.us

CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Michael Peluso, CAP Director

NY Comm. on Quality of Care

401 State Street

Schenectady, NY 12305-2397

(518) 381-7098

E-mail: michaelp@cqc.state.ny.us

Web: cqc.state.ny.us

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS

Claudia Lee, Acting Director

Bur. of Child and Adolescent Health

Department of Health

Tower Building, Room 208

Albany, NY 12237-0618

(518) 474-2084

E-mail: cxl04@health.state.ny.us

STATE AGENCY FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Thomas Robertson, Associate Commissioner

Comm. for the Blind and Visually Handicapped

Department of Social Services

40 North Pearl Street

Albany, NY 12243

(518) 473-1801

Web: dfa.state.ny.us/cbvh

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

Dorothy Steele, Coordinator, Deaf Services

NY Office of Vocational and Educational Services

for Individuals with Disabilities

State Education Department

One Commerce Plaza, Room 1601

Albany, NY 12234

(518) 474-5652 (V/TTY)

(800) 222-5627 (V/TTY)

E-mail: dsteele@mail.

Web:

STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE

Suzanne Spear, Supervisor

Department of Education

Bureau of School District Reorganization Unit

Education Building Annex, Room 876

Albany, NY 12234

(518) 474-3936

E-mail: sspear@mail.

Web:

REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER

Northeast Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center

United Cerebral Palsy Associations of NJ

354 South Broad Street

Trenton, NJ 08608

(609) 392-4004; (609) 392-7044 (TTY)

(800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)

E-mail: DBTACUCPNJ@

Web:

SPECIAL FORMAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH AGES 3-19

(Serving upstate New York)

Jane Somers, Director

New York State Talking Book & Braille Library

New York State Library

Cultural Education Center

Albany, NY 12230

(518) 474-5935; (800) 342-3688

E-mail: tbblkids@mail.

Web:

(Serving New York City and Long Island)

Paul LeClerc, President

Andrew Heiskell Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped

New York Public Library

476 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10018

(212) 206-5400; (212) 206-5425

E-mail: pleclerc@

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-

Brain Injury

Judith Avner, Executive Director

Brain Injury Association of New York State

10 Colvin Avenue

Albany, NY 12206

(518) 459-7911; (800) 228-8201 (in NY)

E-mail: info@

Web:

Epilepsy

Richard Daly, Executive Director

Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island

506 Stewart Avenue

Garden City, NY 11530

(516) 739-7733

E-mail: rdaly@

Web:

George H. Smith, Executive Director

Epilepsy Society of New York City

305 7th Avenue, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10001

(212) 633-2930

E-mail: epsocnyc@

Learning Disabilities

Michael Helman, President

Learning Disabilities Association of NYS

90 South Swan Street

Albany, NY 12210

(518) 436-4633

E-mail: LDA@

Mental Health

Joseph A. Glazer, President/CEO

Mental Health Association of NY State

194 Washington Ave., Suite 415

Albany, NY 12210-2317

(518) 434-0439; (800) 766-6177

E-mail: mhanys@

Web:

Michael Silverberg, President

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of NY State

260 Washington Avenue

Albany, NY 12210-1312

(518) 462-2000; (800) 950-3228

E-mail: naminys@

Web:

Mental Retardation

Marc Brandt, Executive Director

NYSARC, Inc.

393 Delaware Avenue

Delmar, NY 12054

(518) 439-8311; (800) 724-2094

E-mail: nysarc@

Web:

Speech and Hearing

Joan Arvedson, President

NY State Speech-Language-Hearing Association

146 Washington Avenue

Albany, NY 12210

(518) 463-5272; (800) 697-7542 (in NY)

E-mail: nysslha@

Web: nysslha

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@

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM

Dr. Steven Wolf, Director

DD Center/St. Lukes - Roosevelt Hospital Center

1000 10th Avenue

New York, NY 10019

(212) 523-6230

Ansley Bacon, Director

WIHD/University Affiliated Program

Westchester Medical Center

Valhalla, NY 10595

(914) 493-8204

E-mail: Ansley_Bacon@NYMC.edu

Web: nymc.edu/wihd

Herbert J. Cohen, Director

Univ. Affiliated Program/Rose F. Kennedy Center

Albert Einstein Coll. of Medicine/Yeshiva University

1410 Pelham Parkway South

Bronx, NY 10461

(718) 430-8522

E-mail: hcohen@aecom.yu.edu

Philip W. Davidson, Director

Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities

University of Rochester Medical Center

601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 671

Rochester, NY 14642

(716) 275-2986

E-mail: phil_davidson@urmc.rochester.edu

Web: urmc.rochester.edu/strong/scdd

TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE

Deborah Buck, Project Director

New York State TRAID Project

Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities

NYS One Empire State Plaza, Suite 1001

Albany, NY 12223-1150

(518) 474-2825 (V); (800) 522-4369 (V/TTY/Spanish, in NY)

(518) 473-4231 (TTY)

E-mail: traid@

Web: advoc4disabled.state.ny.us

PARENT TRAINING & INFORMATION PROJECT

Paul Shew, Executive Director

The Advocacy Center

277 Alexander Street, Suite 500

Rochester, NY 14607

(716) 546-1700; (800) 650-4967 (in NY)

E-mail: advocacy@

Web:

Jill Chaifetz, Executive Director

Advocates for Children of New York (NY City)

151 West 30th Street, 5th Floor

New York, NY 10001

(212) 947-9779

E-mail: info@

Web:

Karen Schlesinger, Director

Resources for Children with Special Needs

200 Park Avenue South, Suite 816

New York, NY 10003

(212) 667-4650

E-mail: info@

Web:

Donna Lash, Acting Executive Director

Singergia/Metropolitan Parent Center

15 West 65th Street, 6th Floor

New York, NY 10023

(212) 496-1300

E-mail: Sinergia@

Web:

PARENT-TO-PARENT

Carolyn Schimanski, Director

Parent to Parent of New York State

500 Balltown Road

Schenectady, NY 12304

(800) 305-8817; (518) 381-4350

E-mail: Parent2Par@

Web:

Monica Sanabria, Project Coordinator

Family Support Project for the

Developmentally Disabled

North Central Bronx Hospital

3424 Kossuth Avenue, Room 15A10, Social Work Dept.

Bronx, NY 10467

(718) 519-4797

COMMUNITY PARENT RESOURCE CENTER

(Serving primarily the areas of Green Point and Williamsburg)

Lourdes Rivera-Putz, Program Director

United We Stand of New York

312 S. 3rd Street

Brooklyn, NY 11211

(718) 302-4313/4314

E-mail: uwsofny@

OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

Christine McMahon, Chief Operating Officer

Easter Seals New York

845 Central Avenue

Albany, NY 12206

(518) 438-8785; (800) 727-8785 (in NY)

E-mail: essofny@

Michael Reif, Director

Regional Early Childhood Direction Center

(Clearinghouse of information about resources serving children birth to 5 and their families)

Box 671

601 Elmwood Avenue

Rochester, NY 14642

(800) 462-4344; (716) 275-2263

(Call to find out the Early Childhood Direction Center serving your community.)

Dr. Bebe Bernstein, Director

VSA arts of New York City

18-05 215 Street, Suite 15N

Bayside, NY 11360

(718) 225-6305

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