Special Needs Resources (LIST)

Special Needs Resource Places

Cerebral Palsy Toolkit – https://levinperconti.com/birth-injury/cerebral-palsy/guide-toolkit/

Autism Society of America – (800) 3-AUTISM

Board of Education – (718) 390 -1662

Center for Special Children – For students entering College thru CUNY@CSU. They help children with support and advocate for their needs in the College.  They have 2 & 4 year programs.  For information, call Margaret VanDitti (718) 982-2000.

City Access of NY – www.cityaccessny.org

Committee on Preschool Special Education – (718) 420-5788

Elizabeth W. Pouch Center for Special People – (718) 448-9775

Feingold Resource Center for Attention Deficit Disorder – (631) 369-9340

Grace Foundation of NY – (718) 605-7500

International Dyslexia Assoc. – (800) 530-2234

Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders web site http://www.icdl.com/. On this web site you will find out information regarding DIR – Development, Individual difference, Relationship Based Approach by Dr. Stanley Greenspan which has become a highly affective approach for Autism.  At this web site you will have access to his web broadcasts (i.e., Social Skills Groups, Regulatory Sensory Processing Disorders), online workshops, link to www.Glimpse( art, poetry, stories, etc. of individuals with ASD).

Learning Disabilities Assoc. of NY – (212) 645- 6730

Lighthouse International – (212) 821-9200

Muscular Dystrophy – (732) 750-2333

NYC Dept. Of Education School Based Support Team (Special Ed.) (718) 935-2000

National Deaf Education Center – (202) 651-5031

Parent to Parent NY, Inc. – (718) 494-4872

Resources for Children with Special Needs  – (212) 677-4650

Stuttering Foundation of America – (800) 992-9392

United Cerebral Palsy  – (718) 442-6006

 Wrights Law – Information about special education law & advocacy for children with disabilities.  http://www.wrightslaw.com/

By FHF in Guidance Documents, Resource Library on September 28, 2011