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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
1250 H Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 399-6137;
(202) 399-6519 (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. The
Kingsbury Center
Carolyn A. Thornell
5000 14th Street, N.W.
Washington,
DC 20011
(202) 722-5555; (202) 722-5533 (fax)
Email: center@kingsbury.org
Web: www.kingsbury.org
Kingsbury's
program services include educational and neuropsychological testing, specialized
tutoring services, and an independent day school for students 5-15 with learning
disabilities and differences. 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) 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 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. 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) 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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