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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.
A
Step Ahead Advocacy
Gail Mackler
27 Fieldstone Drive
Mansfield, MA 02048
(508) 369-2879; (440) 337-6539 (fax)
Email: stepaheaded@yahoo.com
Compassionate effective guidance and support for all abilities.
Specializing in ASD, ADHD and emotional impairments. IEP development,
TEAM meetings, School Placement.Federation trained and certified.
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.
Christine
H. Barrington, Esq.
Attorney at Law
524 Central Ave.
Pawtucket, RI 02861
(877) 252-4BLC
Email: chbarrington@barringtonlawcenters.com
Web: http://www.barringtonlawcenters.com
BLC Provides Accessible and Affordable Legal Services in Connecticut,
Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
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
Adam
J. Cox, PhD, ABPP
3964 Main Rd.
Tiverton, RI 02878
(401) 816-5900
Email: adamcox@enter.net
Web: http://www.dradamcox.com
Licensed psychologist, board-certified clinical psychology, parenting
author. ADHD, executive dysfunction, gifted, learning disabilities,
autism-spectrum, social skills; academic, behavioral & developmental
concerns. 3-adult.
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 O'Malley MT-BC, NMT
PO Box 5333
Wakefield, RI 02880
(401) 345-1738
Email: NicoleMTBC@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.handsinharmonyri.com
The mission of Hands in Harmony is to provide quality music therapy
services while working collaboratively to optimize overall treatment
and progress.
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).
Karg
Disability Advocates
LeeAnn D. Karg, M.Ed.
2598 Hartford Avenue
Johnston, RI 02919
(401) 764-0198; (401) 764-0369 (fax)
Email: leeann_karg@yahoo.com
20 years experience advocating for positive, successful education
programs for students with disabilities. Extensive knowledge of
state/federal education laws/regulations.
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
Laurie Kiely
1000 Eddy Street
Providence, RI 02905
(401) 533-9100; (401) 533-9101 (fax)
Email: lkiely@meetingstreet.org
Web: http://www.meetingstreet.org
Meeting Street provides services to children of all abilities and
ages (infants - 21 years old) in our inclusive schools, through
Early Intervention and through our out-patient therapy program.
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
Elizabeth
Struss M.Ed., Special Education Advocate
130 South Washington Street
North Attleboro, MA 02760
(508) 809-3515
Email: advocate@estruss.com
Web: http://www.estruss.com
Attend team meetings. Assist with appropriate services/placements
according to your child's specific needs. Specialize in LD, ADHD,
Aspergers and Autism Spectrum Disorders. FCSN trained.
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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