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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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