Organizations Supporting Students with Disabilities

Organizations by Disability Category

Organizations in the Special Education Programs Technical Assistance and Dissemination Network



Organizations by Disability Category

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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