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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.
American
Foundation for the Blind-Midwest
401 North Michigan Ave., Suite 350
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 396-4420
Email: chicago@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org
Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) & Accessible IT Resource Center
Southeast
Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC)
490 Tenth Street
Atlanta, GA 30318
(800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
Email: sedbtacproject@law.syr.edu
Web: http://www.sedbtac.org/
The
Arc of Kentucky
833 East Main
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 875-5225; (800) 281-1272
Email: arcofky@aol.com
Autism
Society of Kentuckiana
Web: http://www.ask-lou.org/
Autism
Society of the Bluegrass
Sara Spragens
453 Rookwood Pky
Lexington, KY 40505
(859) 299-9000
Email: sspragens@insightbb.com
Web: http://asbg.org/
The Autism Society of the Bluegrass is a resource and support group
for families and professionals in the Central Kentucky area who are
involved with autism.
Autism
Society of Western Kentucky
PO Box 1647 230 Second Street, Suite 206
Henderson, Kentucky
(270) 826-0510 Brain
Injury Association of Kentucky
4229 Bardstown Road, Suite 330
Louisville,
KY 40218
(502) 493-0609; (800) 592-1117 (in KY)
Email: operations@braincenter.org
Web: www.braincenter.org Cabinet
for Health Services
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Services
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4E-B
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
(502)
564-4527
Email: Margaret.Pennington@mail.state.ky.us Center
For Accessible Living
1051 N. 16th Street, Suite C
Murray, KY 42071
(888) 261-6194; (270) 753-7729 (Fax/TDD); (888) 261-6194
Email: calmur@calky.org
Web: www.calky.org Cerebral
Palsy K.I.D.S. Center
Mary Thompson
982 Eastern Parkway
Louisville,
KY 40217
(502) 635-6397; (502) 635-1147 (fax)
Email: mthompson@cpkidscenter.com
The K.I.D.S. Center is an outpatient treatment facility that offers physical,
occupational and speech therapy services; community referral and resource information;
parent/guardian support group; family support, activities and education; orthopedic
clinic; wheelchair and seating assessments; casting and splinting ; therapeutic
horseback riding programs; sensory motor gym; pediatric therapy equipment; and
a physical fitness gym. CHADD
Bluegrass
Lexington
(859) 264-1393 Children
and Youth Services Branch
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Services
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4W-C
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
(502)
564-7610; (800) 374-9146
Email: Randy.Oliver@mail.state.ky.us
Web: http://mhmr.ky.gov/kdmhmrs/default.asp
Children's
Law Center
104 East 7th Street
Covington, KY 41011
(859)
431-3313
Email: childrenslaw@fuse.net
Web: http://www.childrenslawky.org
We provide free legal services for children with educational disabilities, and
also so research and policy work, training and education in this area.
The
Christian County Association for Specific Perceptual Disability Inc.
"Dyslexia"
Betty Warner - Administrative Assistant for Dyslexia
414 Colonial Terrace
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
(270) 886-3169
Email: alandbettywarner@msn.com
Web:
http://www.hopkinsvilledyslexia.com
and
Dyslexia
3000 Canton St. 4 D
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
(270) 885-5804
and
School Director: Ruth Lature
136 Windsor Drive
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
(270) 885-3127
Email: lature1445@aol.com
Our mission is (1) Promote awareness of dyslexia and other disabilities
as well as the availability of services through the Association. (2)
Provide remediation for persons with dyslexia and other learning disabilities.
Client
Assistance Program
209 St. Clair, 5th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-8035; (800) 633-6283 (in KY) Coalition
for Reform in Special Education Services (C.R.I.S.E.S)
243 Shady Lane
Lexington, KY 40503
(859) 278-4991
Email: tynerwilso@aol.com
Commission
for Children with Special Health Care Needs
982 Eastern Parkway
Louisville,
KY 40217
(502) 595-4459, ext. 271; (800) 232-1160
Email: eric.friedlander@mail.state.ky.us
Web: http://chfs.ky.gov/ Council
on Mental Retardation
1146 South Third Street
Louisville, KY 40203-2997
(502) 584-1239
Email: info@councilonmr.org
Web site: www.councilonmr.org Department
for the Blind
P.O. Box 757
Frankfort, KY 40602-0757
(502) 564-4754;
(502) 564-2929 (TTY)
Email: Denise.Placido@mail.state.ky.us
Web: http://blind.ky.gov/ Department
of Vocational Rehabilitation
Cabinet for Workforce Development
209
St. Clair
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-4440
Email: Bruce.Crump@mail.state.ky.us Directions
Disability Link
First Link of the Bluegrass
2480 Fortune Drive, Suite
150
Lexington, KY 40509
(859) 313-5465, ext. 10
Email: dawn@first-link.org
Web: www.first-link.org Division
of Exceptional Children's Services
Kentucky Department of Education
Capitol Plaza Tower, 8th Floor
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-4970
Email: jmallory@kde.state.ky.us
Web: http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Default.htm
Division
of Mental Retardation
Claudia
Johnson
100 Fair Oaks Ln 4W-C
Frankfort, KY 40621
(502) 564-7700; (502)
564-8917 (fax)
Email: Claudia.Johnson@ky.gov
Web:
http://mhmr.ky.gov/kdmhmrs Down
Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky
Karen Boudreaux
2808 Ashbrooke
Drive
Lexington, KY 40513
(859) 219-3404
Email: kboudreaux@insightbb.com
Web: http://www.dsack.org
We are interested
in providing support, information and education about and for Down syndrome to
families and professionals that make up Central Kentucky. Down
Syndrome InfoSource, Inc.
P.O. Box 221316
Louisville, KY 40252-1316
(502) 412-3759; (888) 999-3759
Email: GTLowe@aol.com Down
Syndrome of Louisville, Inc.
1939 Goldsmith Lane #208
Louisville,
Kentucky 40218
Executive Director Diana Merzweiler
(502) 458-6392; (888)
458-Down
Email: dianam@downsyndromeoflouisville.org
Web: www.downsyndromeoflouisville.org
We serve families through out the Kentuckiana area. We are not limited to the
Louisville.
Dyslexia
Solutions Inc.
Cindy Baumert
P.O. Box 436765
Louisville, KY 40253-6765
(502) 499-2744; (502) 415-7189 (fax)
Email: cbaumert@readfluent.com
Web: http://www.readfluent.com
A tax-exempt, nonprofit 501c3 corporation founded on the discoveries
of Dr. Robert Dahlem to promote and distribute a new patented invention,
RAD Prism, that significantly improves reading fluency for individuals
with reading difficulties associated with the symptoms of dyslexia.
Easter
Seals Kentucky
2050 Versailles Road
Lexington, KY 40504
(859)
254-5701; (800) 888-5377
Web: www.cardinalhill.org Epilepsy
Council of Greater Cincinnati, Inc.
3 Centennial Plaza
895 Central
Avenue, Suite 550
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 721-2905; (877) 804-2241
Email: ecgc@fuse.net
Web: www.ecgc.net FIND
of Louisville
1146 South Third Street
Louisville, KY 40203-2997
(502) 584-1239
Email: info@councilonmr.org
Web site: www.findoflouisville.org
FIND provides training for parents and educators on the processes surrounding
IDEA, Section 504, and the IEP with the importance of working together for the
educational growth of children with differing abilities. Human
Development Institute
University Center for Excellence
University
of Kentucky
126 Mineral Industries Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0051
(859) 257-3045
Email: haroldk@ihdi.uky.edu
Jordans'
Gait Stables, Inc.
Donna Means
515 Dry Ridge Road
Eastview, Ky 42732
(270) 862-2290; (270) 862-2290; (801) 460-4854 (fax)
Email: jordans_gait_stables@yahoo.com
A 501C(3) non-profit center providing free therapeutic horseback riding
to the mentally and physically challenged.
Kelly
Autism Program
Marty Boman, EdD
104 14th Street
Bowling Green, KY 42101
(270) 745-4527; (270) 745-4KAP; (270) 745-6435 (fax)
Email: kellyautismprogram@wku.edu
Web: http://kap.wku.edu
KAP provides academic, social, emotional, behavioral, transition,
sensory, and communication support for individuals from age 7 through
adulthood. Parent support and community participation are available.
The
Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Listed by Title or searchable by keyword
http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/KAR/frntpage.htm
Kentucky
Administrative Regulations- Education = Title 700
http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/kar/titles.htm
Kentucky
Assistive Technology Service (KATS) Network
Charles McDowell Center
8412 Westport Road
Louisville, KY 40242
(502) 327-0022 (V/TTY); (800)
327-5287 (V/TTY, in KY only)
Email: katsnet@iglou.com
Web: www.katsnet.org Kentucky
Autism Training Center
http://kyautism.org/
Kentucky
Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
632 Versailles Road
Frankfort,
KY 40601
(502) 573-2604 (V/TTY); (800) 372-2907 (V/TTY, in KY only)
Email:
kcdhh@mail.state.ky.us
Web: www.kcdhh.org
Kentucky Congress of Parents and Teachers
P.O. Box 654
Frankfort,
KY 40602-0654
(502) 564-4378
Email: KY_office@pta.org
Web: www.kypta.org Kentucky
Developmental Disabilities Council
Department of Mental Health and Mental
Retardation Services
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4E-F
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
(502) 564-7842
Email: pat.seybold@mail.state.ky.us
Web: www.kddc.org Kentucky
Disabilities Coalition
P.O. Box 1589
Frankfort, KY 40602
(502)
875-1871 (V/TTY); (800) 977-7505 (in KY)
Email: kydis@mis.net
Web: www.geocities.com/kydisabilitiescoalition
Kentucky
Division of Exceptional Children Services Kentucky
Education Rights Center, Inc.
106 North Main Street
Versailles, Kentucky
40383
(859) 879-0411; (859) 879-0412 (fax)
Email: kerc@edrights.com
Web: www.edrights.com Kentucky
Instructional and Diagnostic Services
Kentucky School for the Blind
1867 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206
(502) 897-1583
Email: lsmith@ksb.k12.ky.us
Web: www.ksb.k12.ky.us Kentucky
Mental Health Coalition
120 Sears Avenue, Suite 212
Louisville, KY
40207
(502) 894-0222
Email: drsasod@bellsouth.net
Web: www.kymhc.org Kentucky
Partnership for Families and Children
Carol Cecil
207 Holmes Street
Frankfort,
KY 40601
(502) 875-1320
Email: kpfc@kypartnership.org
Web: www.kypartnership.org Kentucky
Protection and Advocacy
Maureen Fitzgerald
100 Fair Oaks Lane--Third
Floor
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
(800) 372-2988 (Voice/TTY), (502) 564-2967
(Voice/TTY); (502) 564-0848 (fax)
Email: Info@mail.pa.state.ky.us
Web: http://www.kypa.net
P&A is an independent
state agency made up of advocates and attorneys working together with people who
have disabilities to promote and protect their legal rights.
Kentucky
Revised Statutes TITLE XIII - EDUCATION
Listed by Title
http://www.LRC.state.ky.us/KRS/TITLES.HTM
Kentucky
Special Parent Involvement Network (KY-SPIN)
10301-B Deering Road
Louisville, KY 40272
(502) 937-6894; (800) 525-7746; (502) 937-6464 (fax)
Email: spininc@aol.com
Web: www.kyspin.com
SPIN provides training, information and support to people with disabilities, their
parents and families, and information on all types of disabilities and topics
for all age groups. Through a "Families Training Families" model, consultants
conduct community workshops on the issues of laws, rights, listening and communication
skills, to promote better understanding of disability issues. Kentucky
Speech-Language-Hearing Association
365 Waller Avenue, Suite 120
Lexington, KY 40504
(859) 252-3776; (800) 837-2446
Email: KSHAoffice@aol.com
Web: www.kysha.org Kentucky
State Department of Education
1930 Capital Plaza Tower
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-3421, (800) 533-5372; (502) 564-6470 (fax)
Web: http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Default.htm
Julie
Kraska, OTR/L
Kraska & Associates, Inc.
437 Lewis Hargett Circle
Suite 120
Lexington, KY 40503
(859) 219-0956; (859) 219-1186 (fax)
Email:
soxkraska@aol.com
Private practice
providing occupational and speech therapy services. Family-centered approach.
Areas of speciality include sensory integration, sensory processing disorder,
fine motor/handwriting, dyspraxia, autism, aspergers, articulation, phonological
disorders, reading programs Langsford
Learning Center
Stephen
McCrocklin
2520 Bardstown Road
Louisville, KY 40205
(502) 473-7000; (866)
223-3443 (fax)
Email: info@langsfordcenter.com
Web:
http://www.WeTeachReading.com
Langsford
Learning Center has extensive experience helping individuals with learning disabilities.
We create a highly customized plan of action taught in multi-sensory, one-to-one
learning sessions. Learning
Disabilities Association of Kentucky, Inc.
2210 Goldsmith Lane, Suite
118
Louisville, KY 40218
(502) 473-1256; (877) 587-1256
Email: ldaofky@yahoo.com
Web: www.ldaofky.org Mental
Health Association of Kentucky
120 Sears Avenue, Suite 213
Louisville,
KY 40207
(502) 893-0460; (888) 705-0463
Email: mhaky@kih.net
Web: www.mhaky.org
Mental
Health Association of Northern Kentucky
605 Madison Avenue
Covington,
KY 41011
(859) 431-1077
Email: mhnky@aol.com
Web: http://mhanky.org Music
for Life: Music Therapy and Music Education
Patricia Guobis, M. M., MT-BC
1815
Deerwood Avenue
Louisville, KY 40205
(502) 456-2682; (502) 767-8308
Email:
patguobis@yahoo.com
I offer music
therapy services for individuals and groups, do consultations, assessments and
offer adaptive piano lessons. Sessions can address communication, behavior, and
social, cognitive and physical skills. NAMI
Kentucky (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
10510 LaGrange Road,
Building 103
Louisville, KY 40223-1228
(502) 245-5284; (800) 257-5081
Email: namiky.hgmills@mindspring.com
Web: http://ky.nami.org
Office
of Special Instructional Services
The Office of Special Instructional
Services (OSIS) consists of:
Kentucky School for the Blind (KSB)
Kentucky
School for the Deaf (KSD)
Division of Exceptional Children
Division of
Secondary Vocational Education
Division of Program Resources Parent
Outreach: Parents Supporting Parents
1146 S. Third Street
Louisville,
KY 40203
(502) 584-1239
Email: outreach@councilonmr.org
Web: www.councilonmr.org Pathways
to Careers and Special Programs
Capitol Plaza Tower, Room 2113
500
Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-3775
Email: dstratto@kde.state.ky.us
Web: www.kde.state.ky.us Programs
for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5
Division of Extended
Learning
Office of Academic and Professional Development
500 Mero Street,
Capitol Plaza Tower, 17th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-7056
Web: www.kde.state.ky.us Programs
for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2
First
Steps Program
Bonnie Thorson Young
3717 Taylorsville Road
Louisville,
KY 40220-1366
(502) 459-0225; (800) 442-0087; (502) 452-9079 (fax)
Email:
byoung@sevencounties.org
Web:
http://chfs.ky.gov/dph/firststeps.htm
Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Developmental Delays:
Ages Birth to 3. Protection
and Advocacy Division
100 Fair Oaks Lane, Third Floor
Frankfort, KY
40601
(502) 564-2967; (800) 372-2988 (In KY) (Voice and TTY)
Email:
mfitzgerald@mail.pa.state.ky.us
Web: www.kypa.net Seven
Counties Services - Developmental Services
Bonnie Thorson Young
3717
Taylorsville Road
Louisville, KY 40220-1366
(502) 459-5292; (800) 459-5292;
(502) 452-9079 (fax)
Email: byoung@sevencounties.org
Web: http://www.sevencounties.org
Provides services for people in the Seven Counties region (Bullitt, Henry,
Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, and Trimble)with Mental Retardation or other
developmental disabilities. These services are provided to individuals aged birth
through the lifespan. Special
Education Procedures Manual
Division of Exceptional Children Services Special
Needs Resource Directory
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
3333
Burnet Ave. MLC 9012
Cincinnati, OH 45229
(513) 636-1970; (513) 636-7151
(fax)
Email: ava.fried@cchmc.org
Web:
http://cincinnatichildrens.org/special-needs
The Special Needs Resource Directory includes a comprehensive accumulation
of resources for Kentucky, Southwest Ohio, and Indiana, as well as national and
international website links. Special
Olympics Kentucky
Melissa Hardison & Mary Dee Boemker
105 Lakeview
Court
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 695-8222; (800) 633-7403; (502) 695-0496
(fax)
Email: mhardison@soky.org &
mdboemker@soky.org
Web: http://www.soky.org
Special Olympics is the world's largest program of sports training and competition
for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Spina
Bifida Association of Kentucky
982 Eastern Parkway, Box 18
Louisville,
KY 40217
(502) 637-7363; (502) 637-1010
Email: sbak@sbak.org
Web: www.sbak.org State
Education Agency Rural Representative
Department of Education
500
Mero Street, Capitol Plaza Tower, 1st Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502)
564-4474
Email: knolan@kde.state.ky.us
Web: www.kde.state.ky.us State
Mediation System
Division of Exceptional Children Services
Department
of Education
Capital Plaza Tower
500 Mero Street, Room 818
Frankfort,
KY 40601
(502) 564-4970
Email: pgoins@kde.state.ky.us
Summit
Academy of Louisville
11508 Main Street
Louisville, KY 40043
(502) 244-7090
Email: apedersen@summit-academy.org
Web: www.summit-academy.org
Summit Academy is a non-profit, PreK - 8th grade school for children
who learn differently.
Trimble
County Special Needs Support Group
Lori Boehm
4405 Coopers Bottom Rd #14
Milton, KY 40045
(502) 525-3322
Email: loribhm@yahoo.com
We provide support for parents with special needs children. We help
as advocates with school issues.
A
Turning Point for Autism
Betsy Gibbs
PO Box 7721
Louisville, KY 40257
(502) 899-9128; (502) 895-5398 (fax)
Email: bgibbs@turningpoint1.org
Web: http://www.turningpoint1.org
A Turning Point for Autism is here to support families so that they
can find resources (ABA. Biomedical, Legal, etc.) to treat and support
their child with Autism.
Robert
A. Underwood, Ph.D.
Edelson and Associates, PSC
7511 New LaGrange
Road
Louisville, KY 40222
(502) 423-1151
Email: drunderwood@npsych.info
Web: http://www.edelsonandassociates.info
Neuropsychological, ADHD, Learning Disability, Autism and Psychological Disorder
Evaluations. University
of Kentucky School Psychology Clinic
641 Maxwelton Ct.
Lexington,
KY 40506
(859) 257-1381
Web: http://www.ukschoolpsychclinic.com
Psychoeducational assessments, intervention and consultation services to address
behavioral, academic, and social-emotional concerns which impact an individual's
learning and development. VSA
Arts of Kentucky
824 Ironwood Drive
Bowling Green, KY 42103
(270)
781-0872 (V/TTY); (877) 417-9594
Email: vsaky@bellsouth.net
WHAS
Crusade for Children Lending Library
Bonnie Thorson Young
3717 Taylorsville
Road
Louisville, KY 40220-1366
(502) 459-5292; (800) 459-5292;(502) 452-9079
(fax)
Email: byoung@sevencounties.org
Loans adaptive equipment to the families of children with Developmental Disabilities.
These services are provided until the child reaches the age of 18. Byron
White, Psy.D
Edelson & Associates
7511 New Lagrange Rd
Louisville,
KY 40222
(502) 423-1151; (502) 423-1557; (502) 423-1748 (fax)
Email: edelson@npsych.info
Web: http://edelsonandassociates.info
Neuropsychological, Psychoeducational, and Psychological Testing Services.
ADHD, LD, Cognitive Impairment, Emotional Issues
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