STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION

George Dowaliby, Chief
Bur. of Special Educ. & Pupil Svcs.
CT Dept. of Education
25 Industrial Park Road
Middletown, CT 06457-1520
(860) 807-2025
E-mail:

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES: AGES 3 THROUGH 5

Maria Synodi, 3-5 Coord., State Preschool Program
Bureau of Early Childhood Education & Social Svcs.
CT Department of Education
25 Industrial Park Road
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 807-2054
E-mail:
Web: www.state.ct.us/sde

PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES: AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2

Linda Goodman, Birth-3 Part C Coordinator
State Birth to Three System
Department of Mental Retardation
460 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 418-6147; (800) 505-7000 (In CT)
(860) 571-7556
E-mail:
Web: www.birth23.org

STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

John F. Halliday, Director
Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 424-4848

STATE TRANSITION COORDINATOR

George Dowaliby, Chief
Bureau of Special Education and Pupil Services
CT Department of Education
25 Industrial Park Road
Middletown, CT 06457-1543
(860) 807-2025
E-mail:

STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY

Albert J. Solnit, Commissioner
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
410 Capitol Avenue, P.O. Box 341431
Hartford, CT 06134
(860) 418-7000
Web: http://www.state.ct.us

STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN

Karen Andersson, Director of Mental Health
Department of Children & Families
505 Hudson Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 550-6683
E-mail:

STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM

Peter O'Meara, Commissioner
Department of Mental Retardation
460 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 418-6000
Web: http://www.state.ct.us/dmr

STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL

Edward T. Preneta, Director
Council on Developmental Disabilities
460 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106-1308
(860) 418-6160; (860) 418-6172 (TTY)
E-mail:
Web: http://www.state.ct.us/ctcdd

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY

James McGaughey, Executive Director
Office of Protection & Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
60 B Weston Street
Hartford, CT 06120-1551
(860) 297-4300; (800) 842-7303 (In CT)
(860) 566-2102 (TTY)
E-mail:
Web: http://www.state.ct.us/opapd/

CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Susan Werboff, Director
Client Assistance Program
Contact Protection and Advocacy Agency
(see above)

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS

Lisa Davis, Supervisor
Maternal & Child Health Unit
CT Department of Public Health
410 Capital Avenue, MS #11 MAT
P. O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
(860) 509-8074
Easter Seals Camp Hemlocks
85 Jones Street, P.O. Box 198
Hebron, CT 06248-0198
(860) 228-9496; (860) 228-2091 (TTY)
E-mail:
Web: www.eastersealsofct.org

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING

Stacie Mawson, Executive Director
Connecticut Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
1245 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06107
(860) 561-0196 (V/TTY)
E-mail:
Web: http://www.state.ct.us/cdhi/index.htm

REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY

Valerie Fletcher, Executive Director
New England ADA Technical Assistance Center
374 Congress Street, Suite 301
Boston, MA 02210
(800) 949-4232 (V/TTY); (617) 695-0085 (V/TTY)
E-mail:
Web: www.adaptenv.org

DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 201
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
E-mail:
Web: www.chadd.org
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 1303
Northbrook, IL 60065-1303
E-mail:
Web: www.add.org
Autism
To identify an autism group in your state, contact:
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 657-0881; (800) 3-AUTISM
Web: www.autism-society.org

Brain Injury
M. Billye Simmers, Executive Director
Brain Injury Association of CT
1800 Silas Deane Highway, Suite 224
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
(860) 721-8111; (800) 278-8242 (in CT)
Web: www.biact.org

Epilepsy
Linda Wallace, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of CT, Inc.
1800 Silas Deane Highway, Suite 168
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
(860) 721-9226; (800) 899-3745 (in CT)
E-mail:

Learning Disabilities
Hillary Pease, Executive Director
Learning Disabilities Association of CT (LDA)
999 Asylum Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 560-1711
E-mail:
Web: http://www.ldanatl.org/Connecticut/connecticut.html

Beryl Kaufman, Executive Director
The Connecticut Association for Children and Adults
with Learning Disabilities (CACLD)
25 Van Vent Street, Suite 15-5
East Norwalk, CT 06855-1719
(203) 838-5010
E-mail:
Web: www.cacld.org

Mental Health
Beverly Walton, President & CEO
Mental Health Association of CT
20-30 Beaver Road, Suite 101
Wethersfield, CT 06109
(860) 529-1970
E-mail:

Liz Smith, Executive Director
NAMI-Connecticut
151 New Park Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 586-2319; (800) 215-3021
E-mail:
Web: www.namict.org

Mental Retardation
Margaret Dignoti, Executive Director
The Arc of Connecticut
1030 New Britain Avenue, Suite 102B
West Hartford, CT 06110
(860) 953-8335
E-mail:

Speech and Hearing
Elizabeth MacKenzie, President
CT Speech-Language-Hearing Association
213 Back Lane
Newington, CT 06111-4204
(860) 666-6900
E-mail:

Visual Impairments
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(212) 502-7600; (212) 502-7662 (TTY)
E-mail:
Web: www.afb.org

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM

Lee McLean, Director
A. J. Pappanikou Ctr. on Disability Studies
A University Affiliated Program
249 Glenbrook Road, U2064
Storrs, CT 06269-2064
(860) 486-5035; (860) 486-5069 (TTY)
E-mail:

TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE

John M. Ficarro, Project Director
Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
DSS/BRS
25 Sigourney Street, 11 Floor
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 424-4881; (800) 537-2549
(860) 424-4839 (TTY)
E-mail:
Web: www.techact.uconn.edu

PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECT

Nancy Prescott, Director
Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC)
338 Main Street
Niantic, CT 06357
(860) 739-3089; (800) 445-2722 (In CT)
E-mail:
Web: members.aol.com/cpacinc/cpac.htm

PARENT-TO-PARENT

Mary Ann Meade, Network Coordinator
Parent-to-Parent Network of CT
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
282 Washington Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 545-9021
E-mail:
Pat Tomka, Coordinator
WeCAHR (Western Connecticut Association for Human Rights)
11 Lake Avenue Ext.
Danbury, CT 06811
(203) 792-3540
E-mail:
Web: www.wecahr.org

OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

John R. Quinn, President
Easter Seals Connecticut
85 Jones Street, P.O. Box 100
Hebron, CT 06248-0100
(860) 228-9438; (800) 832-4409
E-mail:
Web: www.eastersealsofct.org

Molly Cole, Director
The Family Center
CT Children's Medical Center
282 Washington Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 545-9023
E-mail:
Jane F. Archer, Executive Director
VSA arts Connecticut (formerly Very Special Arts)
26 Wintonbury Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002
(860) 243-9910
E-mail: