Organizations Supporting Students with Disabilities
Organizations by Disability Category |
Organizations in the Special Education Programs Technical Assistance and Dissemination Network
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Organizations by Disability Category
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 201
Landover, MD 20785
www.chadd.org -
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
1788 Second Street, Suite 200
Highland Park, IL 60035
www.add.org
Autism
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Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814-3015
www.autism-society.org -
Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities
Indiana Resource Center for Autism
Indiana University
2853 East 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408-2696
www.iidc.indiana.edu
Developmental Disabilities
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American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR)
444 N. Capitol Street NW, Suite 846
Washington, DC 20001-1512
www.aamr.org -
The Arc
1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 650
Silver Spring, MD 20910
www.thearc.org -
National Down Syndrome Congress
7000 Peachtree-Dunwoody Road NE
Lake Ridge 400 Office Park
Building 5, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30328
www.ndsccenter.org -
National Down Syndrome Society
666 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
www.ndss.org -
Emotional Disabilities
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Public Information Office
3615 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016-3007
www.aacap.org -
Federation for Families for Children's Mental Health
1101 King Street, Suite 420
Alexandria, VA 22314
www.ffcmh.org -
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Colonial Place Three
2107 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22203-3042
www.nami.org -
National Mental Health Association
1021 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22134-2971
www.nmha.org -
Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health
Portland State University
P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751
www.rtc.pdx.edu
Hearing Impairments
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National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB)
Teaching Research Institute
Western Oregon University
345 North Monmouth Avenue
Monmouth, OR 97361
http://www.nationaldb.org
Learning Disabilities
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Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD)
P.O. Box 40303
Overland Park, KS 66204
www.cldinternational.org -
Council for Exceptional Children
Division of Learning Disabilities
1920 Association Drive
Reston, VA 22091-1589
www.cec.sped.org -
International Dyslexia Society
Chester Bldg., Suite 382
8600 LaSalle Road
Baltimore, MD 21286-2044
www.interdys.org -
Learning Disabilities Association of America
4156 Library Road
Pittsburgh, PA 14234-1349
www.ldanatl.org -
National Center for Learning Disabilities
381 Park Avenue South, Suite 1401
New York, New York 10016
www.ncld.org
Orthopedic and Other Health Impairments
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American Cancer Society
2200 Lake Boulevard
Atlanta, GA 303019
www.cancer.org -
American Diabetes Association
1701 N. Beauregard Street
Alexandria, VA 22313
www.diabetes.org -
Arthritis Foundation
P.O. Box 7669
Atlanta, GA 30357-0669
www.arthritis.org -
Epilepsy Foundation of America
4351 garden City Drive
Landover, MD 20785
www.epilepsyfoundation.org -
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plans, NY 10605
www.modimes.org -
Muscular Dystrophy Association
3300 E. Sunrise Drive
Tucson, AZ 85718
www.mdausa.org -
National Association of People with AIDS
1413 K. Street NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC 2005
www.napwa.org -
National Foundation for Asthma
1233 20th Street, NW, Suite 402
Washington, DC 20036
www.aafa.org -
Spina Bifida Association of America
4590 MacArthur Boulevard NW, Suite 250
Washington, DC 20007-4226
www.sbaa.org -
United Cerebral Palsy Associations
1660 L Street NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036-5602
www.ucp.org
Speech and Language Disorders
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Alliance for Technology Access
2175 E. Francisco Boulevard, Suite L
San Rafael, CA 94901
www.ataccess.org -
American Sppech-Language-Hearing Association
10801 Rockville Pike
Rockville, MD 20852
www.asha.org -
Council for Exceptional Children
Division for Children with Communication Disorders
1920 Assocation Drive
Reston, VA 22091-1589
www.cec.sped.org -
Easter Seals
230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1800
Chicago, IL 60606
www.easter-seals.org -
Trace Research and Development Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
5901 Research Park Boulevard
Madison, WI 53705-1252
trace.wisc.edu -
Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain Injury Association
105 N. Alfred Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
www.biausa.org
Visual Impairments
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American Council of the Blind
1155 15th Street NW, Suite 1004
Washington, DC 20005
www.acb.org -
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
www.afb.org -
Blind Children's Center
4120 Marathon Street
Los Angeles, CA 90029-3584
www.blindcntr.org -
Council for Exceptional Children
Division for the Visually Handicapped
1920 Reston Drive
Reston, VA 22091-1589
www.cec.sped.org -
National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments
P.O. Box 317
Watertown, MA 02471
www.spedex.com/napvi -
National Association for the Visually Handicapped
22 West Street
New York, NY 10010
www.navh.org -
National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB)
Teaching Research Institute
Western Oregon University
345 North Monmouth Avenue
Monmouth, OR 97361
http://www.nationaldb.org -
National Eye Institute
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
2020 Vision Place
Bethesda, MD 20892-3655
www.nei.nih.gov -
National Federation of the Blind
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
www.nfb.org -
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress
1291 Taylor Street NW
Washington, DC 20542
www.loc.gov/nls
Organizations in the Special Education Programs Technical Assistance and Dissemination Network
Regional Resource and Federal Centers
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North Central Regional Resource Center (NCRRC)
Institute on Community Integration
University of Minnesota
5 Pattee Hall
150 Pillsbury Drive, SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
phone: 612.624.9722 | fax: 612.624.9344
TTY: 800.627.3529
www.rrfcnetwork.org/ncrrc -
Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center (MPRRC)
Utah State University
1780 North Research Pkwy, Suite 112
Logan, UT 84341
phone: 435.752.0238 | fax: 435.753.9750
TTY: 435.753.9750
http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/mprrc -
Western Regional Resource Center (WRRC)
1268 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1268
phone: 541.346.5641 | fax: 541.346.0322
TTY: 541.346.0367
http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/wrrc -
The Federal Resource Center for Special Education (FRC)
Academy for Educational Development (AED)
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
phone: 202.884.8215 | fax: 202.884.8443
TTY: 202.884.8200
http://www.rrfcnetwork.org -
Northeast Regional Resource Center (NERRC)
Learning Innovations at WestEd
20 Winter Sport Lane
Williston, VT 05495
phone: 802.951.8226 | fax: 802.951.8222
TTY: 802.951.8213
http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/nerrc/ -
Mid-South Regional Resource Center (MSRRC)
Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute/UK
1 Quality Street - Suite 722
Lexington, KY 40507
phone: 859.257.4921 | fax: 859.257.4353
TTY: 859.257.2903
http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/msrrc -
Southeast Regional Resource Center (SERRC)
School of Education
Auburn University Montgomery
P.O. Box 244023
Montgomery, AL 36124-4023
phone: 334.244.3100 | fax: 334.244.3101
http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/serrc
Data Management
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National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring (NCSEAM)
LSUHSC/SAHP/HDC
1900 Gravier St.
New Orleans, LA 70112
phone: 504.556.7559 | fax: 504.556.7584
http://www.monitoringcenter.lsuhsc.edu -
Technical Assistance in Data Collection, Analysis, and Report Preparation
Westat
RA 1210
1650 Research Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20850
phone: 888.819.7024 | fax: 301.294.4475
http://www.IDEAdata.org
Deaf-Blind
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National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB)
Teaching Research Institute
Western Oregon University
345 North Monmouth Avenue
Monmouth, OR 97361
phone: 800.438.9376 | fax: 503.838.8150
TTY: 800.854.7013
http://www.nationaldb.org -
Helen Keller National Center
141 Middle Neck Road
Sands Point, NY 11050
phone: 516.944.8900 | fax: 516.944.7302
TTY: 516.944.8637
http://www.hknc.org
Dissemination
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National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
Academy for Educational Development (AED)
P.O. Box 1492
Washington, DC 20013-1492
V/TTY: 800.695.0285; 202.884.8200
fax: 202.884.8441
http://www.nichcy.org -
Reading Rockets
WETA
2775 S. Quincy Street
Arlington, VA 22206
phone: 703.998.2001 | fax: 703.998.2060
www.readingrockets.org
Early Childhood
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Center for Early Literacy Learning
18 A Regent Park Boulevard
Asheville, NC 28806
phone: (828) 255-0470 | fax: (828) 255-9035
www.earlyliteracylearning.org -
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC)
Campus Box 8040, UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8040
phone: 919.962.2001 | fax: 919.966.7463
TTY: 919.843.3269
http://www.nectac.org
Instruction/Behavior
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The Access Center: Improving Outcomes for All Students K-8
American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007-3835
phone: 202.403.5300 | fax: 202.403.5454
TTY: 877.334.3499
http://www.k8accesscenter.org -
Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
1235 University of Oregon
1761 Alder Street
Eugene, OR 97403
phone: 541.346.2505 | fax: 541.346.5517
http://www.pbis.org -
National Center on Student Progress Monitoring
American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
phone: 866.770.6111 | fax: 202.403.5001
TTY: 877.334.3499
http://www.studentprogress.org -
National Institute for Urban School Improvement (NIUSI)
University of Colorado at Denver
1380 Lawrence Street, Suite 625
Denver, CO 80204
phone: 303.556.3990 | fax: 303.556.6141
http://www.urbanschools.org -
Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE)
Direction Service, Inc.
P.O. Box 51360
Eugene, OR 97405-0906
phone: 541.686.5060 | fax: 541.686.5063
toll-free: 800.695.0285 (NICHCY)
http://www.directionservice.org/cadre -
Project Forum
National Association of State Directors
of Special Education (NASDSE)
1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 320
Alexandria, VA 22314-2840
phone: 703.519.3800 | fax: 703.519.3808
http://www.projectforum.org
Leadership
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IDEA Partnership
National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 320
Alexandria, VA 22314-2840
phone: 877.IDEA.INFO (toll-free); 703.519.3800
fax: 703.519.3808; TDD: 703.519.7008
http://www.ideapartnership.org -
NIUSI-LeadScape
The Principal Professional Development Center
Mary Lou Fulton College of Education
Arizona State University
PO Box 872011
Tempe, AZ 85287-2011
phone: 480. 727-8642 | fax: 480.965.4942
www.niusileadscape.org
Learning Disabilities Initiative
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National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD)
Vanderbilt University
Peabody College, Box 328
Nashville, TN 37203-5701
phone: 615.322.8150 | fax: 615.343.1570
http://nrcld.org
Minorities/Diversity
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Linking Academic Scholars to Educational Resources (Project LASER)
University of South Florida
Department of Special Education
4202 East Fowler Avenue, EDU 162
Tampa, FL 33620
phone: 813.974.3195 | fax: 813.974.5542
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/laser -
National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRES)
University of Colorado at Denver
1380 Lawrence Street, Suite 625
Denver, CO 80204
phone: 303.556.3990 | fax: 303.556.6141
http://www.nccrest.org -
National Center for Personnel Preparation in Special Education at Minority Institutions of Higher Education (Monarch Center)
University of Illinois at Chicago
1640 West Roosevelt Road (M/C947), Room 651
Chicago, IL 60608
phone: 866.323.7648 | fax: 312.996.1427
http://www.monarchcenter.org
Outcomes
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The Early Childhood Outcomes Center
SRI International
333 Ravenswood Avenue
Menlo Park, CA 94025-3493
phone: 530.758.7483 | fax: 530.753.0832
http://www.the-eco-center.org -
National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO)
University of Minnesota
350 Elliott Hall
75 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455
phone: 612.626.1530 | fax: 612.624.0879
http://www.nceo.info -
National Post-School Outcomes Center
1268 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1268
phone: 541.346.5641 | fax: 541.346.0322
TTY: 541.346.0367
http://psocenter.org
Professional Development/Personnel
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Center for Improving Teacher Quality
Council for Chief State School Officers
One Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20001-1431
phone: 202.336.7058 | fax: 202.371.1766
http://www.centerforteacherquality.org -
IRIS Center for Faculty Enhancement
Vanderbilt University
Peabody College, Box 160
Nashville, TN 37203
phone: 866.831.6134 | fax: 615.343.5611
http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu -
The National Center for Special Education Personnel and Related Service Providers (Personnel Center)
National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 320
Alexandria, VA 22314
phone: 866.BECOME1 | fax 703.519.3808
http://www.personnelcenter.org -
National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI)
Campus Box 8185, UNC-CH
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8185
phone: 919.843.5418 | fax: 919.843.5784
http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~npdci/ -
Professional Development in Autism (PDA) Center
University of Washington
Experimental Education Unit, Box 357925
Seattle, WA 98195
phone: 206.543.4011 | fax: 206.616.8177
http://www.pdacenter.org
Secondary/Postsecondary
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National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities
Clemson University
209 Martin Street
Clemson, SC 29631-1555
phone: 864.656.2599 | fax: 864.656.0136
http://www.ndpc-sd.org -
National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center
UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
phone: 704.687.8606 | fax: 704.687.2916
http://www.nsttac.org -
Northeast Regional Center
Rochester Institute of Technology
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
52 Lomb Memorial Drive, 50C-A260
Rochester, NY 14623-5604
phone: 585.475.6433 | fax: 585.475.7660
TTY: 585.475.6433
http://www.netac.rit.edu -
PEPNet Midwest
Saint Paul College
235 Marshall Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55102
phone: 651.846.1337 | fax: 651.221.1339
TTY: 651.846.1537
http://www.pepnet.org -
PEPNet-South
Center on Deafness
The University of Tennessee
Claxton Complex A239
Knoxville, TN 37996-3442
phone: 865.974.0607 | fax: 865.974.3522
TTY: 865.974.0607
http://www.pepnet.org -
PEPNet-West
National Center on Deafness
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8267
phone: 888.684.4695 | fax: 818.677.6270
TTY: 888.684.4695; 818.677.2099
http://www.pepnet.org
Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers
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National Technical Assistance Center
PACER Center
8161 Normandale Blvd
Minneapolis, MN 55437-1044
phone: 952.838.9000 | fax: 952.838.0199
TTY: 952.838.0190
http://www.taalliance.org -
Statewide Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN)
35 Halsey Street, 4th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
phone: 973.642.8100 | fax: 973.642.8080
http://www.neparentcenters.org -
Exceptional Children's Assistance Center (ECAC)
907 Barra Row, Suites 102/103
Davidson, NC 28036
phone: 800.962.6817 | fax: 704.892.5028
http://www.ecac-parentcenter.org -
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities (OCECD)
165 West Center Street, Suite 302
Marion, OH 43302-3741
phone: 800.374.2806 | fax: 740.383.6421
http://www.ocecd.org -
PEAK Parent Center
611 North Weber, Suite 200
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
phone: 719.531.9400 | fax: 719.531.9452
http://www.peakparent.org -
Matrix Parent Network and Resource Center
94 Galli Drive, Suite C
Novato, CA 94949
phone: 415.884.3535 | fax: 415.884.3555
http://www.matrixparents.org
Technology
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Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITE)
American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007-3835
phone: 202.403.5000 | fax: 202.403.5001
http://www.citeducation.org -
Family Center on Technology and Disability (FCTD)
Academy for Educational Development (AED)
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC 20009-5721
phone: 202.884.8068 | fax: 202.884.8441
http://www.fctd.info -
NIMAS Development and Technical Assistance Centers
CAST
40 Harvard Mills Square, Suite 3
Wakefield, MA 01880
phone: 781.245.2212 | fax: 781.245.5212
TTY: 781.245.9320
http://nimas.cast.org