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Partners Dorothy E. McDonough 23 Edge Street Cranston, RI 02905
(401) 527-7062 Email: dottimcd@yahoo.com
Education Advocate and Consultant. Reviews children's educational data and
clinical test results to develop goals, instructional and classroom modifications,
including ancillary services. Attends IEP, CASP and transition meetings, etc. Advocates
in Action P.O. Box 41528 Providence, RI 02940-1528 (401) 785-2028;
(800) 745-5555 (TTY, via RI relay) Email: aina@aina-ri.org
Web: www.aina-ri.org Allpozabilities Arthur
Plitt 44 Cooke Street Pawtucket, RI 02860-6114 (401) 724-8915; (401)
369-1918 Email: allpozabilities@gmail.com Educational,
Advocacy, and Facilitated-Mediated services in the special needs areas for enabling
progress and correcting past errors. Empowerment of parents for their future advocacy. 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 Autism
Project of RI Joanne G. Quinn Executive Director 51 Sockanosset
Crossroad Cranston, RI 02920 (401)785-2666; (401)785-2272 (fax) Email:
info@theautismproject.org Web:
www.theautismproject.org The
Autism Project of RI is an independent, non-profit working to train and educate
parents, teachers, occupational therapist, speech/language pathologists, physicians
and community members on the best practices for supporting people with an Autism
Spectrum Disorder. Philomena
A. Barboza, Esq. Attorney at Law 48 Coggeshall Avenue Bristol, RI
02809 (508) 536-3115 Email: pabarboza@hotmail.com I
am an attorney specializing in special needs law,including but not limited to
special education law and special needs trusts. Brain
Injury Association of Rhode Island Independent Square, 500 Prospect Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860 (401) 725-2360 Email: sbrinkworthbia@gateway.net Thomas
Callahan, Ph.D. Inc.
The Doctor at Your Door Since 2000 Thomas Callahan, Ph.D. Educational Consultant,
School Psychologist P.O. Box 1189, Newport, RI 02840 (401) 845-6682
Email: thoscallahan@cox.net Web:
www.ThomasCallahan.com Specializing
in Psychoeducational Evaluation and Private Pay Residential Educational and Therapeutic
Placements for Troubled Teens. Center
for Autism & Developmental Disabilities Rowland P. Barrett, Ph.D.
Bradley Hospital 1011 Veterans Memorial Parkway East Providence, RI 02915
(401) 432-1189; (401) 432-1000; (401) 432-1500 (fax) Email: RBarrett@Lifespan.org
Web: http://www.bradleyhospital.org
Inpatient, day patient, residential, home-based, and outpatient services for children
and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, MR, and behavior problems. CHADD
of Rhode Island P.O. Box 8251 Cranston, RI 02920 (401) 943-9399
Fran Riessen Email: coordinator@chaddofri.org
Web: www.chaddofri.org The mission
of CHADD is to improve the lives of those affected by ADHD through education,
advocacy and support. Information,directions and meeting schedules are available
on our website. Children's
Behavioral Health Division Department of Children, Youth and Families
101 Friendship Street Providence, RI 02903 (401) 528-3548; (800) 742-4453 Division
of Developmental Disabilities Department of Mental Health, Retardation
and Hospitals 14 Harrington Road, Barry Hall Cranston, RI 02920 (401)
462-3234 Email: lkahn@mhrh.state.ri.us Down
Syndrome Society of Rhode Island, Inc. (DSSRI) Claudia M. Lowe, Coordinator
99 Bald Hill Road Cranston, RI 02920 (401) 463-5751; (401) 463-5337 (fax)
Email: coordinator@dssri.org Web:
www.dssri.org The Down Syndrome Society
of RI, Inc. (DSSRI) is dedicated to promoting the rights, dignity and potential
of all individuals with Down syndrome through advocacy, education, public awareness
and support.
Dunn
Institute for Learning Differences
Cathy Sanford
220 West Exchange Street Suite 202
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 831-7323; (401) 831-7327 (fax)
Email: sanfordcw@aol.com
Web: http://www.dunninstitute.org
The Dunn Institute provides direct services for students struggling
with learning differences, professional development courses for
teachers, and conferences & workshops for parents and educators.
Easter
Seals Rhode Island
Judy Fortier
245 Waterman Street, Suite 111
Providence, RI 02906
(401) 437-6373; (401) 284-1000; (401) 437-6486 (fax)
Email: JFortier@eastersealsri.org
Web: http://www.eastersealsri.org
Easter Seals provides exceptional services to ensure that all people
with disabilities or special needs and their families have equal
opportunitis to live, learn, work and play in their communities.
E.
P. Local Advisory Committee for Special Education Laurie Brown/Karen Rebello
80 Burnside Ave Riverside, RI 02915 (401) 497-0470; (401) 578-7476
Email: EPLAC07@yahoo.com Web: http://epschoolsri.com
Laurie Brown Co-Chair 497-0470 Sbrown8025@verizon.net;
Karen Rebello Co-Chair 578-7476 krebello@epschoolsri.com
Educational
Advocate and Coaching Services Checklist International 44 Cooke Street
Pawtucket RI 02860-6114 (401) 724-8915 Email: educationnet2020@yahoo.com Epilepsy
Foundation of Massachusetts and Rhode Island 95 Berkeley Street, Suite
409 Boston, MA 02116 (617) 542-2292; (888) 576-9996 Email: epilepsymassri@aol.com
Web: www.epilepsymassri.org Family
Voices of Rhode Island 175 Main Street Pawtucket, RI 02860 (401)
727-4144, ext. 58; (800) 464-3399, ext. 58 (in RI) Email: familyvoices@ripin.org
Web: http://www.ripin.org/fvri.html
Governor's
Commission on Disabilities 41 Cherry Dale Court Cranston, RI 02920
(401) 462-0100; (401) 462-0101 (TTY) Email: disabilities@gcd.state.ri.us
Web: www.gcd.state.ri.us/ Shelly
Greene, M.Ed. Educational Consultant/Advocate 30 Lorimer Ave.
Providence, RI 02906 (401) 454-4682; (401) 454-8558 (fax) Email: shellygreene@cox.net Hands
in Harmony Nicole Perreault MT-BC PO Box 5333 Wakefield, RI 02880
(401) 783-3692; (401) 783-3692 (fax) Email: NicolePerreaultMTBC@verizon.net
Web: http://www.handsinharmonyri.com Hands
in Harmony offers direct music therapy services to a variety of individuals. Assessments,
individual sessions, and group sessions are offered by a board certified music
therapist. Tim
Hillman Associates 175 Kenyon Hill Trail Wyoming, RI 02898 (401)
207-5222; (401) 491-9444 Email: tim@timhillman.com
Web: http://www.timhillman.com I
work with a broad range of possible disabilities to connect them with the proper
educational match. My practice is centered around the idea of aiding the widest
range of children possible; also provided guidance for children with severe physical
disabilities in traditional classroom settings. Steve
C. Imber, Ph.D. Psychoeducational Consultants Steve C. Imber, Ph.D.
145 Waterman Street Providence, RI 02906 (401) 421-4004; (401) 233-0946
(fax) Email: scimber1@aol.com Web:
www.dr-imber.com Consultation, independent
educational evaluations and advocacy services are provided for parents of children
and adolescents with disabilities (ADD, ED, LD and other disability areas).
Kent County ARC J. Arthur Trudeau Memorial
Center 3445 Post Road Warwick, RI 02886 (401) 739-2700; (401) 737-8907
(fax); (800) 745-5555 (TTY) Email: webmaster@kentcountyarc.org
Web: www.kentcountyarc.org
Jon S. Ladd, Ph.D. 194 Waterman Street
Providence, RI 02906 (401) 474-1422 Email: jonladdphd@cox.net
Individual practice offering psychological, neuropsychological and psychoeducational
assessments for children and adolescents, and counseling and parental guidance
sessions. Accept BC/BS of RIl and self-pay. Mason
Associates Maureen Brennan 16 High Street, Suite 7 Westerly, RI
02891 (401) 348-0729; (401) 315-0462 (fax) Email: maureen@masonconsult.com
Web: http://www.masonconsult.com
Educational Consultants serving clients throughout the US and internationally.
Specializing in placement for students with LD, AD/HD, at-risk behaviors and special
learning needs. Meeting
Street Beth Carter 667 Waterman Avenue East Providence, RI 02914
(401) 438-9500 Email: BCarter@meetingstreet.org
Web: www.meetingstreet.org Nearly
six decades of experience working with children in the following areas of expertise:
Assistive Technology, Sensory Integration, Audiology, Gait Therapy, Speech, and
Physical Therapy. Mental
Health Association of Rhode Island 500 Prospect Street Pawtucket,
RI 02860 (401) 726-2285 Email: mhari@mhari.org
Web: www.mhari.org NAMI
Rhode Island (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) Chaz Gross, Executive
Director 154 Waterman St, Suite 5B Providence, RI 02906 (401) 331-3060;
(401) 274-3020 (fax) Email: chaznami@cox.net
Web: http://www.namirhodeisland.org New
England ADA Technical Assistance Center Adaptive Environments Center,
Inc. 374 Congress Street, Suite 301 Boston, MA 02210 (617) 695-0085
(V/TTY); (800) 949-4232 V/TTY) Email: adaptive@adaptenv.org
Web: www.adaptenv.org North
Kingstown Special Education Local Advisory Committee 100 Fairway Drive
North Kingstown, RI 02852 We meet the first Tuesday of the month. Davisville
Elementary 50 East Court Avenue North Kingstown RI 02852 Please contact
Pamela Weiger at (401) 268-6222 ext. 133-9570 Advice/assistance at IEP's and
support is available via the Committee Voting Members. We also hold Special Educational
Workshops. Leave Name/Phone Number/ and address on our Voice Mail and we will
place you on our Mailing List. Office
for Children with Special Health Care Needs State Department of Health
3 Capitol Hill, Room 302 Providence, RI 02908-5097 (401) 222-4632;
(401) 222-2312 Email: daveh@doh.state.ri.us
Web: www.health.state.ri.us Office
of Rehabilitation Services Department of Human Services 40 Fountain
Street Providence, RI 02903 (401) 421-7005, Ext. 301 Email: rcarroll@ors.state.ri.us
Web: www.ors.state.ri.us Office
of Special Needs Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education 255 Westminster Street, Room 400, Shepard Building Providence,
RI 02903-3400 (401) 222-4600, ext. 2301 Web: www.ridoe.net Parent
Support Network 400 Warwick Avenue, Suite 12 Warwick, RI 02888
(401) 467-6855; (800) 483-8844 (in RI) Email: cathyciano@aol.com
Web: http://www.psnri.org/ Programs
for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5 Office of Integrated
Social Services Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
255 Westminster Street, Shepard Building Providence, RI 02903-3414 (401)
222-4600, ext. 2408
Email: abcohen@ride.ri.net
Web: www.ridoe.net Programs
for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2 Early
Intervention State Department of Health 3 Capital Hill, Room 302 Providence,
RI 02908-5097 (401) 222-4632 Email: daveh@doh.state.ri.us Psychological
Support Services Lazara Garcia 1020 Park Avenue, Suite 213 Cranston,
RI 02910 (401) 808-0070 Email: contact@psychologicalsupportservices.com
Web: http://www.psychologicalsupportservices.com
PSS provides comprehensive and individualized psychological, educational,
and behavioral services to children. Our expertise includes learning disabilities,
developmental disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and behavior/emotional
problems. Rehab
New England/ Physiotherapy Associates Don Kelly 1160 Post Road Suite
8 Warwick, RI 02888 (401) 941-9111; (401) 781-4446 (fax) Email: don.kelly@stryker.com
Web: http://www.rehabnewengland.org
Comprehensive pediatric outpatient occupational, speech, and physical therapy
services for sensory integration disorders, autism spectrum disorders, and developmental
delay. Rhode
Island Arc 99 Bald Hill Road Cranston, RI 02920 (401) 463-9191
Email: riarc@compuserve.com Rhode
Island Assistive Technology Access Partnership Office of Rehabilitation
Services 40 Fountain Street Providence, RI 02903-1898 (401) 421-7005,
ext. 390; (401) 421-7016 (TTY); (800) 752-8088, ext. 2608 (in RI) Email: reginac@ors.state.ri.us
Web: www.atap.state.ri.us Rhode
Island Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing One Capitol Hill, Ground
Level Providence, RI 02908-5850 (401) 222-1204; (401) 222-1205 (TTY)
Email: cdhh@cdhh.state.ri.us Web:
http://www.cdhh.ri.gov/ Rhode
Island Congress of Parents and Teachers RIC East Campus-Building 6
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue Providence, RI 02908 (401) 272-6405 Email:
ri_office@pta.org Rhode
Island Developmental Disabilities Council 400 Bald Hill Road, Suite 515
Warwick, RI 02886 (401) 737-1238 Email: riddc@riddc.org
Web: www.riddc.org Rhode
Island Disability Law Center 349 Eddy Street Providence, RI 02903
(401) 831-3150; (401) 831-5335 (TTY); (800) 733-5332 (in RI) Email: hn7384@handsnet.org
Web: http://www.icdri.org/legal/ripad.htm
Rhode Island Parent Info Network (RIPIN) 175 Main Street
Pawtucket, RI 02860 (401) 727-4144; (800) 464-3399 (In RI) Email: ripin@ripin.org
Web: www.ripin.org Rhode
Island Speech-Language-Hearing Association P.O. Box 9241 Providence,
RI 02940 (401) 455-7472 Email: PBCLCTMS@uriacc.uri.edu Services
for the Blind and Visually Impaired Department of Human Services
40 Fountain Street Providence, RI 02903 (401) 222-2300; (800) 752-8088,
Ext. 2300; (401) 222-3010 (TTY); (401) 272-7990 (Cambodian telephone line); (401)
272-8090 (Hispanic telephone line) Web: www.ors.state.ri.us Tavit
Smith, LICSW Child and Family Counseling 6899 Post Road Suite 2E
North Kingstown, RI 02852 (401) 398-0109 Email: Tavit@cox.net Spina
Bifida Association of Rhode Island P.O. Box 6948 Warwick, RI 02887
(401) 732-7862 Email: sbaofrhodeisland@yahoo.com
Web: www.spinabifida.org State
Education Agency Rural Representative Office of Special Needs Rhode
Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 255 Westminster Street,
Room 400, Shepard Building Providence, RI 02903-3400 (401) 222-3505
Web: www.ridoe.net State
Mediation System Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education 255 Westminster Street, Shephard Building Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-4600 Email: dkane@providence.edu
Web: http://www.ridoe.net/Special_needs/dispute.htm
State
Mental Health Agency Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals
14 Harrington Road Cranston, RI 02920 (401) 462-3201 Email: kpower@mhrh.state.ri.us
Web: www.mhrh.state.ri.us TheraPediatrics,
Inc. Dina L DiCola 55 Village Square Drive, Suite #6 South Kingstown,
RI 02879 (401) 284-4357; (401) 284-4358 (fax) Email: info@TheraPediatricsRI.com Web:
http://www.TheraPediatricsRI.com Occupational
therapy services for children, specializing in sensory integration therapy. Offering
comprehensive evaluation, treatment, consultaion, SIPT, Berard AIT, Listening
Programs, Interactive Metronome, and neurofeedback/edufeedback. United
Cerebral Palsy of Rhode Island 1704 Broad Street Cranston, RI 02905
(401) 941-9377 Email: all@ucpri.org
Web: www.ucpri.org University
Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Paul V. Sherlock
Center on Disabilities Rhode Island College 600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Providence, RI 02908 (401) 456-8072; (401 456-8773 (TTY) Email:
aantosh@ric.edu Web: www.sherlockcenter.org
Vocational
Education for Students with Disabilities Rhode Island Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education 255 Westminster Street, Shepard Building Providence,
RI 02903-3400 (401) 222-4600, ext. 2216 Email: rid03249@ride.ri.net
Web: www.ridoe.net VSA
Arts of Rhode Island 500 Prospect Street Pawtucket, RI 02860 (401)
725-0247; (800) 745-5555 (TTY/Relay) Email: ri@vsarts.org
Web: www.vsarts.org D.
Luray Wallace, Esq. Wallace Law Office One Post Office Square
Sharon, MA 02067 Phone: (781) 793-0575 (888) 737-0575; (781) 793-0600
(fax) Email: admin@wallacelawoffice.com
Web: http://www.wallacelawoffice.com
Four-attorney, firm concentrating in: Education Law, including special education
and school discipline; Juvenile Justice, including CHINS and delinquency, Family
Law; and Mediation.
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