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Find educational consultants, psychologists, educational diagnosticians, health care providers, academic therapists, tutors, speech language therapists, occupational therapists, coaches, advocates, and attorneys for children with disabilities on the Yellow Pages for Kids for your state.
You will also find special education schools, learning centers, treatment programs, parent groups, respite care, community centers, grassroots organizations, and government programs for children with disabilities.
Sheri
R. Abrams, P.C.
Attorney at Law
4015 Chain Bridge Road, Suite I
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 934-5450; (703) 934-4449 (fax)
Email: sheri@sheriabrams.com
Web: http://www.sheriabrams.com
Practice Social Security Disability Law and Prepare Wills, Special
Needs Trusts, Living Wills, Health Care & Financial Powers of
Attorney. Serving Virginia, DC and Maryland.
Academic
Language Therapist
Walter E. Dunson, Jr., Ph.D.
5425 Connecticut Avenue NW, #319
Washington, DC 20015
(202) 595-4002; (202) 237-8901 (fax)
Email: drwed@drdunson.com
Web: http://www.drdunson.com
We provide a systematic approach for the acquisition of reading,
writing, and spelling skills for all individuals with language-based
learning disorders.
ADA
Information Center for the Mid-Atlantic Region (DBTAC)
TransCen, Inc.
451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 607
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 217-0124 (V/TTY); (800) 949-4232 (TTY)
Email: adainfo@transcen.org
Web: www.adainfo.org
Adult
Legal, LLC
Evangeline Covington, Esq.
1625 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 797-7199; (202) 318-0594 (fax)
Email: ecesquire@earthlink.net
ADULT LEGAL provides education advocacy training to parents through
presentation of self-help seminars and a speaker's bureau, and additionally
provides legal representation and parental support.
Advocates
for Justice and Education, Inc.
2041 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, S.E.,
Suite 301
Washington, D.C. 20020
(202) 678-8060; (888) 327-8060
Email:
kim.jones@AJE-DC.org
Web: www.AJE-DC.org All
Can Read LLC
Faune
Marie Watkins
10410 Kensington Parkway Suite 217
Kensington, MD 20895
(301)
933-8900; (301) 933-8966 (fax)
Email: allcanread@starpower.net
Web: http://www.allcanread.com
We
provide intensive one-on-one tutoring, for students who are struggling learning
to read. We use scientific researched based reading programs. Visit our website
for details. American
Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(212) 502-7600; (212) 502-7662 (TTY)
Email: afbinfo@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org The
Arc of the District of Columbia, Inc.
900 Varnum Street, N.E.
Washington,
DC 20017
(202) 636-2950
Autism
Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 657-0881; (800) 3-AUTISM
Web: www.autism-society.org Autism
Society of America, DC Chapter
Sondra K. Cunningham
5167 - 7th Street,
NE
Washington, DC 20011
(202) 561-5300; (202) 561-5633 (fax)
Email:
sondrakcunningham@verizon.net
Web: http://www.autism-society.org/site/Clubs?club_id=1051&pg=main
We serve as a support group, raise funds for summer camp program, and advocate
on local level for summer programs, Saturday recreation programs. Brain
Injury Association of America
8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 611
McLean,
VA 22102
(703) 761-0750
Email: info@biausa.org
Web:
http://www.biausa.org Browns
Educational Consulting
Dr. Mildred Brown, Educational Specialist or LaTanya
Higginbotham, Educational Advocate
1930 Martin Luther King Jr., Avenue, S.E.,
2nd Floor
Washington, D.C. 20020
(202) 610-0120; (202) 610-1300 (fax)
Email: brownsconsults@yahoo.com
Community
Service Agency
Department of Mental Health
35 K Street, N.E.
Washington,
DC 20002
(202) 442-4100
DC
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Hamilton School
1401 Brentwood Parkway,
N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 543-0333
Email: dc_pres@pta.org DC
Developmental Disabilities Council
2700 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue,
S.E.
Department of Human Services/801 East Building
Washington, DC 20032
(202) 279-6085 DC
Speech-Language-Hearing Association
P.O. Box 91016
Washington, DC
20090-1016
(202) 877-8061
Email: robin.goffen@gallaudet.edu Department
of Education
825 N. Capitol Street, N.E., Suite 6100
Washington,
DC 20002
(202) 442-4800
Web: www.k12.dc.us/
Department
of Special Education
825 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington, D.C.
20002
(202) 442-4800; (202) 442-5517 (fax); (202) 442-5518
Web: http://www.k12.dc.us/dcps/specialed/dcpsspecedhome.html
Easter
Seals Society for Disabled Children and Adults, Inc.
Programs for Infants
and Children
Metropolitan DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland
4041 Powder
Mill Road, Suite 100
Calverton, MD 20705
(301) 931-8700
Email: lreeves@eseal.org
Web: www.easter-seals.org
Epilepsy
Foundation of the Chesapeake Region
300 E. Joppa Road, Suite 1103
Towson, MD 21286
(410) 828-7700; (800) 492-2523
Email: lkingham@epilepsy-foundation.org
Web: www.epilepsy-foundation.org Matthew
T. Famiglietti, Esq.
Attorney at Law
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite
300
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 669-5880; (202) 478-1890 (fax)
Email:
attorney@e-famiglietti.com
Web:
http://www.e-famiglietti.com
Committed
to being the strongest possible advocate for disabled children in need of Special
Education. Consultations, IEPs, mediation, due process hearings, Federal Court
representation.
Family
Advocacy Clinic
Georgetown
University Law Center
111 F Street, N.W., Room 312
Washington, D.C. 20001-2095
We provide legal representation to low-income parents/caregivers
in the area of special education, public benefits and consent custody/adoption.
Georgetown
University Child Development Center
3307 M Street, N.W., Suite 401
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 687-8837
Global
Enrichment Solutions
Sharman Word Dennis
5425 14th St. NW
Washington, DC 20011
(202) 882-2533; (202) 882-0533 (fax)
Email: globalenrichment@aol.com
Web: http://www.myglobalenrichment.com
Educational advocates, consultants, inclusion trainers, psychologists,
educational diagnosticians, tutors, speech language therapists,
occupational therapists, life coaches, parent and staff training
serving MD, DC & VA
Patrick
J. Hoover, Esq.
Attorney at Law
600 Jeferson Plaza, Suite 308
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 424-5777; (301) 424-1651; (301) 217-9297 (fax)
Email: phoover@hooverlaw.com
Web: http://www.hooverlaw.com
When your child is not receiving the most appropriate public education
under the law, we intervene. We protect your family's rights. We
deliver results.
The
HSC Pediatric Center
1731
Bunker Hill Road, NE
Washington, DC 20017
(202) 832-4400; (202) 635-5780 (fax)
Email: nburch@hospsc.org
Web: http://www.hscpediatriccenter.org
For over 120 years, The HSC Pediatric Center has served the community
of Washington, DC—providing rehabilitation & transitional
care for children and adolescents with special needs.
Bradford
P. Johnson
Johnson Law Group Intl PLLC
1321 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20003
(202) 544-1515; (866) 446 3240 (fax)
Email: law@johnsonlawgroupintl.com
Web: http://www.johnsonlawgroupintl.com
Our firm serves as plaintiffs' counsel in the Petties et al. v.
District of Columbia et al. lawsuit on the issues of payment for
special education and related services and the transportation of
children to and from school.
Kingsbury
Eric M. Isselhardt Ph.D.
5000 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20011
(202) 722-5555; (202) 722-5533 (fax)
Email: center@kingsbury.org
Web: http://www.kingsbury.org
Kingsbury's program services include educational and neuropsychological
testing, specialized tutoring services, and an independent day school
for students K-12 with learning disabilities and differences.
Kingsbury
Day School
Ms. Thadissa Fulwod
5000 14th St., NW
Washington, DC 20011
(202) 722-5555
Email: rbarbieri@kingsbury.org
Kingsbury Day School offers K-12 education for students with learning
disabilities, and is DC's oldest institution in the field of special
education.
Kathryn
McAuliffe, Esq.
Attorney at Law
1008 Pendleton Street
Alexandria,
VA 22314
(703) 739-4300
Email: k.mcauliffe@daltonlaw.com
Web:
http://www.daltonlaw.com
Experienced
law firm working primarily in Special Education Law in Washington, D.C. and Virginia. Mediation
System
Carol Helton, Mediation Coordinator
DC Public Schools
825 N. Capitol Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 442-5467
Email:
carol.helton@k12.dc.us
Web: www.k12.dc.us Vincent
Melehy, Esq.
Attorney at Law
Zipin & Melehy, LLC
8403 Colesville
Road, Suite 610
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
(301) 587-6364
Email:
ovmelehy@zmdlaw.com
Web: http://www.zipinandmelehy.com
Special Education attorneys in Washington, DC and Maryland. Mental
Health Association of DC
1628 l6th Street, N.W., 4th Floor
Washington,
DC 20009
(202) 265-6363
Email: info@mhadc.org
Web: www.mhadc.org
Mental
Retardation/Developmental Disabilities Administration
Department of Human Services
429 O Street, N.W., Suite 202
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 673-7678; (202) 673-3580 (TTY)
Multicultural
Rehab, Inc.
Michael Branagan
9801 Georgia Avenue, Suite 229
Silver Spring, MD 20902
(301) 754-2200; (301) 754-2226 (fax)
Email: mrehab@mrehab.com
Web: http://www.mrehab.com
Mrehab provides in-home & site PT, OT & SP therapy &
multi- & single discipline evaluations for 0-to-3 population.
10 years experience with Spanish speakers & DC MCO, OSSE, ITDD.
NAMI
DC
422 8th Street, S.E.
Washington, DC 20003-2832
(202) 546-0646
Email: namidc@juno.com
Web: http://www.nami.org
Programs
for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 3
DC Early Intervention Program
717 14th Street, N.W., Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 727-5371
Project
MORE/Putnam County Educational Service Center
Amy Freeman
124 Putnam Pkwy
Ottawa, OH 45875
(419) 523-5951; (419) 523-6126 (fax)
Email: afreeman@pm.noacsc.org
Project MORE, Mentoring in Ohio for Reading Excellence, a scientifically
based reading research. Project MORE is a (SBRR) 1:1 volunteer reading
mentoring project designed for students with disabilities has demonstrated
statistically significant reading results since 1999.
Rehabilitation
Services Administration
Department of Human Services
810 First Street,
N.E., 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 442-8663
Sonja
I. Smith, Consultant, Reading Specialist
3511 Stark Street
Kensington, MD 20895
(301) 962-3285
Email: sonja@readingcoach.net
Web: http://www.ReadingCoach.net
Consultant and Reading Specialist providing expert tutoring and
diagnostic testing services in DC and Montgomery County, Maryland.
Certified Phono-Graphix® Reading Therapist.
Spina
Bifida Association of the National Capital Area
P.O. Box 523415
Springfield,
VA 22152-5415
(703) 455-4900 Tourette
Syndrome Association of Greater Washington
33 University Boulevard, East
Silver Spring, MD 20901
(301) 681-4133
Email: TSAGW@aol.com
Web: www.TSAGW.org
Anna
Forbes Towns, Esq., MSW
Anna Forbes Towns and Associates
313 Hammonton Place
Silver Spring, MD 20904
(301) 680-9175; (202) 318-4755 (fax)
Email: law@annatowns.com
Special education advocacy; legal representation of DC residents.
Social Security Disability Appeals.
TutorExcel
Tutoring for Excellence
Soumonie Heng
6925 Terrace Place
Annandale, VA 22003
(703) 400-4138; (888) 618-5533 (fax)
Email: sheng25@hotmail.com
Web: http://www.tutorexcelonline.com
We provide private tutoring services for all ages and all subjects.
We serve the DC metro area which includes Northern Virginia, Washington
DC, and suburban Maryland.
United
Cerebral Palsy of Washington, DC
3135 8th Street, N.E.
Washington,
DC 20017-1601
(202) 269-1500
Email: tbergeron@ucpdc.org
Web: http://www.ucpdc.org/
University
Legal Services: Protection and Advocacy
300 I Street, N.E., Suite 202
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 547-0198; (202) 547-2657 (TTY)
Washington
Psychology Associates
Dr. Dana J. Grasso
1301 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite #750
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 374-5756
Email: dgrasso@washspych.com
Web: http://www.washpsych.com
We provide comprehensive evaluations that have a tremendous impact
by identifying specialized needs, faciliating appropriate educational
placements, and providing important diagnostic clarity for treatment.
Weinfeld
Education Group
104 Northwood Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20901
(301)
681-6233
Email: weinfeld@comcast.net
Web:
http://www.weinfeldeducationgroup.com
Rich Weinfeld and his group of educational consultants advocate
for services for children with learning difficulties, and provide
training and consultation to schools and parents.
WVSA
Arts Connection
1100 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
(202)
296-9100
Email: info@wvsarts.org
Web: http://www.wvsarts.org
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Total Education Solutions provides special education services in various settings.
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