State Department of Education: Special Education

STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION

Martha Brooks, Team Leader
Exceptional Children and Early Childhood Group
Department of Education
P.O. Box 1402
Dover, DE 19903
(302) 739-5471
E-mail:
Web: www.doe.state.de.us/Exceptional_Child/ececehome.htm

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES: AGES 3 THROUGH 5

Martha Toomey, 619 Coordinator
Exceptional Children and Early Childhood Group
Department of Education
P.O. Box 1402
Dover, DE 19903
(302) 739-4667
E-mail:
Web: www.doe.state.de.us/Exceptional_Child/ececehome.htm

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

Rosanne Griff-Cabelli, Part C Coordinator
Management Svcs. Division
Health and Social Services, 2nd Floor, Room 204
1901 North DuPont Highway
New Castle, DE 19720
(302) 577-4647
E-mail:

STATE DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION

Andrea S. Guest, Director
Delaware Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
4425 North Market Street
P. O. Box 9969
Wilmington, DE 19809-0969
(302) 761-8275; (302) 761-8336 (TTY)
E-mail:
Web: http://www.state.de.us

OFFICE OF STATE COORDINATOR OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Adam W. Fisher, Education Associate
Part B IDEA Funds
Department of Education
Exceptional Children and Early Childhood Group
P. O. Box 1402
Dover, DE 19903-1402
(302) 739-4667
E-mail:

STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY

Renata J. Henry, Director
Division of Alcoholism, Drug Abuse & Mental Health
Department of Health & Social Services
1901 North DuPont Highway
New Castle, DE 19720
(302) 577-4461

STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN

Julian R. Taplin, Director
Division of Child Mental Health Services
Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families
1825 Faulkland Road
Wilmington, DE 19805-1195
(302) 633-2600
Web: http://www.state.de.us/kids/cmhhome.htm

STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM

Marianne Smith, Director
Division of Mental Retardation
Delaware Health and Social Services
Jesse Cooper Building
P.O. Box 637/Federal Street
Dover, DE 19903
(302) 739-4386

STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL

Delaware Developmental Disabilities Council
Margaret M. O'Neill Building, 2nd Floor
410 Federal Street, Suite 2
Dover, DE 19904
(302) 739-3333
E-mail:
Web: www.state.de.us/ddc

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY

Brian Hartman, Program Director
Disabilities Law Program
913 Washington Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
(302) 575-0660; (302) 575-0696 (TTY)
(800) 292-7980 (in DE)

CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Teresa Gallagher, Director
Client Assistance Program, United Cerebral Palsy, Inc.
254 East Camden-Wyoming Avenue
Camden, DE 19934
(302) 698-9336; (302) 698-9336

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS

Loretta Newsom, MSN, RN, Director
CSHCN
Division of Public Health
P.O. Box 637, Jesse Cooper Building
Dover, DE 19903
(302) 739-4785
E-mail: .

STATE AGENCY FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Deborah Wallace, Director
Division for the Visually Impaired
Health & Social Services
1901 N. Dupont Hwy., Biggs Building
New Castle, DE 19720
(302) 577-4730

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

Lorretta Sarro, Coordinator
DE Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
4425 North Market Street, 3rd Floor
Wilmington, DE 19802
(302) 761-8275 (V/TTY); (302) 761-8336 (TTY)
E-mail:

STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE

Contact State Department of Education: Special Education
(see above)

REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY

Mid-Atlantic Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
TransCen, Inc.
451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 607
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 217-0124 (V/TTY); (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
E-mail:
Web: www.adainfo.org

OTHER STATE AGENCIES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Kyle Hodges
State Council for Persons with Disabilities
Margaret M. O'Neill Building
P.O. Box 1401
Dover, DE 19903
Wendy Strauss
Govenor's Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens (GACEC)
P.O. Box 1401
21 The Green
Dover, DE 19901
(301) 739-4553
E-mail:
Web: www.state.de.us/gacec/index.htm

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
Autism Society of Delaware
P.O. Box 7336
Wilmington, DE 19803-0336
E-mail:
Web: www.wserv.com/delautism

Brain Injury
Eve Iolley, President
Brain Injury Association of Delaware
P.O. Box 95
Middletown, DE 19709
(302) 378-3035; (800) 411-0505
Web: www.biausa.org/Delaware/bia.htm
Epilepsy
Barbara H. Blair, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of Delaware
New Castle Corporate Commons
61 Corporate Circle
New Castle, DE 19720
(302) 324-4455; (888) 324-4514
E-mail:
Mental Health
Diane Treacy, Executive Director
Mental Health Association in DE
1813 North Franklin Street
Wilmington, DE 19802
(302) 656-8308; (800) 287-6423 (In DE)
Allan T. Williams, Executive Director
Alliance for the Mentally Ill in Delaware
NAMI-Delaware
4th Street Plaza, Suite 5
2500 West 4th Street
Wilmington, DE 19805
(302) 427-0787
E-mail:
Web: http://www.nami.org/about/namide
Mental Retardation
Rita Smith, Executive Director
The Arc of DE
1016 Centre Road, Suite 1
Wilmington, DE 19805-1234
(302) 996-9400
E-mail:
Speech and Hearing
Ann Langsdorf, President
DE Speech and Hearing Association
1 Cutter Way
Middletown, DE 19709
(302) 378-0182
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:

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM

Donald L. Peters, Director
University of Delaware
Center for Disabilities Studies
A University Affiliated Program
166 Graham Hall
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-6974
E-mail:

TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE

Beth A. Mineo Mollica, Project Director
DE Assistive Technology Initiative
Univ. of Delaware/duPont Hospital for Children
1600 Rockland Road, Room 200
Wilmington, DE 19899-0269
(302) 651-6790; (302) 651-6794 (TTY)
(800) 870-3284 (in DE)
E-mail:
Web: www.asel.udel.edu/dati/

PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECT

Marie-Anne Aghazadian, Executive Director
Parent Information Center of DE, Inc. (PIC)
700 Barksdale Road, Suite 16
Newark, DE 19711
(302) 366-0152; (302) 366-0178 (TTY)
E-mail:
Web: www.picofdel.org

PARENT-TO-PARENT

Contact Parent Training and Information Project
(see above)

OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

Sandra Tuttle, President/CEO
Easter Seals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore
61 Corporate Circle
New Castle Corporate Commons
New Castle, DE 19720
(302) 324-4444; (800) 677-3800
E-mail:
Web: http://www.easter-seals.org
Beth MacDonald, Chairperson
Interagency Coordinating Council
1901 N. Dupont Highway, 2nd Floor
New Castle, DE 19720
(302) 577-4643
Jennifer Gunther, Executive Director VSA (Very Special Arts) Deleware
Art Center Gallery, Deleware State University
1200 North Dupont Hwy.
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 857-6698
E-mail: