Each state sets eligibility ages for services to children and youth with disabilities. For current information concerning this state, please contact the office listed under STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: Special Education Services.

STATE DEPARTMENT OF  EDUCATION: STATE  VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES DISABILITY PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN  STATE  VOCATIONAL DISABILITIES UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED EARLY DEPARTMENT OF  MENTAL HEALTH  . CLIENT ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGY RELATED PARENTS  DEPARTMENT OF  MENTAL HEALTH  PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN PARENT-TEACHER

 

 

STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION Bureau of Special Education, Department of Education  333 Market Street, 7th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333  (717) 783-2311 PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES: AGES 3 THROUGH 5 Richard Price, Chief Division of Early Intervention  Bureau of Special Education, Department of Education  333 Market Street, 7th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333 (717) 783-6879 PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES: AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2 Jacqueline Epstein, Chief  Children’s Services Division Office of Mental Retardation, Department of Public Welfare  P.O. Box 2675 Harrisburg, PA 17105-2675  (717) 783-8302 STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY Gil Selders, Executive Director Office of Voc. Rehab., Department of Labor & Industry  1300 Labor & industry Bldg., Seventh and Forster Streets  Harrisburg, PA 17120 (717) 787-5244 OFFICE OF STATE COORDINATOR OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES Marjorie Lowe Blaze, SupervisorSpecial Populations 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 for Mental Health Office of Mental Health, 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 Children’s Services,  Office of Mental Health Department of Public Welfare P.O. Box 2675 Harrisburg, PA 17105  (717) 772-2351 STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM Nancy R. Thaler, Deputy Secretary for MR  Department of Public Welfare Health & Welfare Bldg., Room 512, P.O. Box 2675  Harrisburg, PA 17105-2675  (717) 787-3700 E-mail: PADPWNT@aol.com STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL Graham Mulholland, Executive Director DD Planning Council  568 Forum Bldg., Commonwealth Avenue  Harrisburg, PA17120  (717) 787-6057 PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY Kevin Casey, Executive Director Pennsylvania Protection & Advocacy, Inc. 1414 N. Cameron St Suite C Harrisburg, PA 17103  (717) 236-8110; (800) 692-7443 (V/TTY, in PA) CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Steve Pennington, Statewide Director  Center for Disability Law & Policy 1617 JFK Boulevard, Suite 800 Philadelphia, PA 19103  (215) 557-7112 (V/TTY) E-mail: COLPLAW@aol.com 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 STATE AGENCY FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED Douglass C. Boone, Director Blindness & Visual Services, Dept. of Public Welfare PO Box 2675 Harrisburg, PA 17105 (717) 787-6176; (800) 622-2842 (In PA) PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING Debra Maltese, Director Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 1110 Labor & Industry Building 7th andForster Streets Harrisburg, PA 17120-0019 (717) 783-4912 (V/TTY) (800) 233-3008 (V/TTY, in PA only) 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 DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS Attention Deficit Disorder To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (CH.A.D.D.) 499 NW 70th Avenue, Suite 101 Plantation, FL 33317 (954) 587-3700 (800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet) URL:  Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) P.O. Box 972 Mentor, OH 44061 (216) 350-9595 (800) 487-2282 (Voice mail to request information packet) E-mail: NATLADDA@aol.com URL:  Cerebral Palsy United Cerebral Palsy of PA 925 Linda Lane Camp Hill, PA 17011 (717) 737-3477 E-mail: ucpofpa@juno.com Epilepsy Judy Painter, Executive Director Epilepsy Foundation of Western PA 1323 Forbes Avenue #102Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (412) 261-5880; (800) 361-5885 E-mail: staff@EFWP.org Hearing Impaired/Deaf Debra Maltese, Director PA Office for 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) Learning Disabilities Ana Mary McHugh, President Learning Disabilities Association of PA P.O. Box 208 Uwchland, PA 19480 (610) 458-8193 Mental Health Tom Gargen, President Alliance for the Mentally Ill in PA 2149 North Second Street Harrisburg, PA 17110 (717) 238-1514; (800) 223-0500 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 Mental Retardation W.A. West, Executive Director The Arc of Pennsylvania 2001 N. Front, Building 2, Suite 221 Harrisburg, PA 17102-2104 (717) 234-2621 E-mail: thearcpa@usa.net Speech and Hearing Robert Craven, Business Manager PA Speech-Language-HearingAssociation 800 Perry Highway, Suite 3 Pittsburgh, PA 15229-1128 (412) 366-9858 E-mail: keystater@aol.com Spina Bifida Patricia Fulvio, Executive Director Spina Bifida Coalition of Pennsylvania 209 E. State St, Suite B Quarryville, PA 17566-1242 (717) 786-9280; (888) 770-SBPA (In PA) OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS  Nevin Hollinger, President/CEO Easter Seal Society of South Central Pennsylvania 331 Bridge Street, Suite 250 New Cumberland, PA 17070 (717) 774-8277James Heiden, Executive Director Easter Seal Society of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware Montgomery Counties 3975 Conshohocken Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19131-5484 (215) 879-1000 Larry Rager, Executive Director/CEO Easter Seal Society of Western Pennsylvania 632 Fort Duquesne Boulevard Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (412) 281-7244 (800) 587-3257 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 URL: Mark L. Batshaw, Director Children’s Seashore House 3405 Civic Center Boulevard Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 895-3800; (215) 895-3285 E-mail: dowrick@mail.med.upenn.edu URL:  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) 204-1356 (V/TTY) (800) 204-PIAT (Voice); (800) 750-PIAT (TTY) E-mail: piat@astro.ocis.temple.edu PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECTS Parents Union for Public Schools 311 South Juniper Street, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215) 546-1166 E-mail: ParentsU@aol.comLouise Thieme, Director Parent Education Network 333 East 7th Avenue York, PA 17404 (717) 845-9722; (800) 522-5827 (V/TTY) (In PA);  (800) 441-5028 (Spanish) E-mail: pen@parentednet.org URL:  PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)  Linda Burns, President Pennsylvania Congress ofParents and Teachers, Inc. 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