Delaware State Resources

 Each state sets eligibility ages for services to children and youth with disabilities.
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 STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: Special Education Services.

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STATE DEPARTMENT OF  
EDUCATION:  Special 
Education Services.
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN
with Special Health Care 
Needs.
DEVELOPMENTAL  
DISABILITIES 
Planning Council.
DISABILITY  Organizations 
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED
  
 Programs 
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN ages 3 through 5.  STATE VOCATIONAL 
 Special Needs Programs 
DISABILITIES 
Advocacy  Program 
MENTAL HEALTH Agency   
EARLY  
Intervention System.
MENTAL HEALTH  
for children and youth.
CLIENT ASSISTANCE  
Program.
TECHNOLOGY RELATED 
Assistance.
PARENTS  Training and 
Information Project.
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH /Retardation STATE VOCATIONAL  
Rehabilitation Agency.
PARENT-TEACHER 
Association (PTA)
 
  
 STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Martha Brooks, Director 
Exceptional Children and Early Childhood Group 
Department of Education 
P.O. Box 1402 
Dover, DE 19903 
(302) 739-5471 
E-mail: mbrooks@state.de.us 
 
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES: 
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: mtoomey@state.de.us 
 
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: rcabelli@state.de.us 
 
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) 
 
OFFICE OF STATE COORDINATOR OF VOCATIONAL 
EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Adam W. Fisher, Education Associate 
Vocational Technology Education & School to Work Transition 
Department of Education 
P. O. Box 1402 
Dover, DE 19903 
(302) 739-4638 
E-mail: afisher@state.de.us 
 
STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY
Thomas M. Fritz, 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 
 

STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM
William E. Love, Director 
Division of Mental Retardation 
Department of Health & Social Services 
Jesse Cooper Building 
P.O. Box 637/Federal Street 
Dover, DE 19903 
(302) 739-4386 
 

STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL
James F. Linehan, Director 
Delaware Developmental Disabilities Planning Council 
821 Silver Lake Boulevard, Suite 108 
Townsend Building 
Dover, DE 19904 
(302) 739-3333 

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
Brian Hartman, Director 
Disabilities Law Program 
913 Washington Street 
Wilmington, DE 19801 
(302) 575-0660 
 
CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Teresa Gallagher, Director 
Client Assistance Program, United Cerebral Palsy, Inc. 
254 East Camden-Wyoming Avenue 
Camden, DE 19934 
(302) 698-9336 
 
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Joan Powell, Director 
Family Health Services 
Division of Public Health 
P.O. Box 637, Jesse Cooper Building 
Dover, DE 19903 
(302) 739-3111 
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: LSarro@dvr.state.de.us 
 
REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY
TransCen, Inc. 
451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 607 
Rockville, MD 20850 
(301) 217-0124 (V/TTY) 
URL: http://www.transcen.org 
 
  
DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Attention Deficit Disorder 
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either: 

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (CH.A.D.D.) 
499 NW 70th Avenue, Suite 101 
Plantation, FL 33317 
(954) 587-3700 
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet) 
URL: http://www.chadd.org 

Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) 
P.O. Box 972 
Mentor, OH 44061 
(216) 350-9595 
(800) 487-2282 (Voice mail to request information packet) 
E-mail: NATLADDA@aol.com 
URL: http://www.add.org 

Brain Injury 
Eve Colley, President 
Brain Injury Association of Delaware 
P.O. Box 9876 
Newark, DE 19714 
(302) 378-3035; (800) 411-0505 

Cerebral Palsy 
William McCool III, Executive Director 
United Cerebral Palsy of DE -- New Castle Co. Branch 
700 A River Road 
Wilmington, DE 19809 
(302) 764-2400 

Carma Carpenter, Director 
United Cerebral Palsy of DE -- Kent/Sussex Co. Branch 
3249 Midstate Road 
Filton, DE 19943 
(302) 335-5626 

Epilepsy 
Barbara Blair, Executive Director 
Epilepsy Foundation of Delaware 
New Castle Corporate Commons 
61 Corporate Circle 
New Castle, DE 19720-2405 
(302) 324-4455 
E-mail: BHB@NC.ESDEL.org 

Mental Health 
Merrie Bailey, Executive Director 
Mental Health Association in DE 
1813 North Franklin Street 
Wilmington, DE 19802 
(302) 656-8308; (800) 287-6423 (In DE) 

Mark Pacilio, Director 
Alliance for the Mentally Ill in Delaware 
4th Street Plaza, Suite 12 
2500 West 4th Street 
Wilmington, DE 19805 
(302) 427-0787 

Mental Retardation 
Rita Mariani, Executive Director 
Arc of DE 
1016 Centre Road, Suite 1 
Wilmington, DE 19805 
(302) 996-9400 

Speech and Hearing 
Pamela Patterson, President 
DE Speech and Hearing Association 
P.O. Box 7383 
Newark, DE 19714-7383 
(302) 478-3552 

Spina Bifida 
Marie Baca, Parent Information Contact 
Spina Bifida Association of Delaware 
461 Granger Drive 
Bear, DE 19701-2175 
(302) 832-0298; (302) 836-7227 
E-mail: mariebaca@usa.net 

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 

Govenor's Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens 
P.O. Box 1401 
21 The Green 
Dover, DE 19901 
(301) 739-4553 

OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Sandra Tuttle, President 
Easter Seal Society of Del-Mar, Inc. 
61 Corporate Circle 
New Castle Corporate Commons 
New Castle, DE 19720 
(302) 324-4444 

Beth MacDonald, Chairperson 
Interagency Coordinating Council 
1901 N. Dupont Highway, 2nd Floor 
New Castle, DE 19720 
(302) 577-4643 
 

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM
Donald L. Peters, Director 
University of Delaware 
Center for Disabilities Studies 
A University Affiliated Program 
101 Alison Hall 
Newark, DE 19716 
(302) 831-6974 
 
TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE
Beth A. Mineo Mollica, Project Director 
DE Assistive Technology Initiative 
Univ. of Delaware 
DuPont Hospital for Children 
1600 Rockland Road, Room 117E 
Wilmington, DE 19899-0269 
(302) 651-6790; (302) 651-6794 (TTY) 
 
PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECTS
Marie-Anne Aghazadian, Executive Director 
Parent Information Center of DE, Inc. (PIC) 
700 Barksdale Road, Suite 3 
Newark, DE 19711 
(302) 366-0152; (302) 366-0178 (TTY) 
E-mail: PEP700@aol.com 
 
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)
Margaret Tansley, President 
Delaware Congress of Parents and Teachers 
100 South Gerald Drive 
Newark, DE 19713-3299 
(302) 737-4646 
 
Delaware Web
 
 Education   
Catalyst Project 
Delaware Autistic Program 
Delaware Education Network 
Sussex Tech Adult Education 

Family and Parenting   
Adoptio Network 

Recovery, Addiction, and Abuse   
Alcoholics Anonymous 

Health  
American Cancer Society Delaware Division 
P.L.Active, Incorporated 
Ronald McDonald House for Delaware 

Job Training and Workplace   
Executive Service Corp 

Computers and Technology   
Catalyst Project 
M.U.D 
 

Children and Youth   
Crossmen Drum & Bugle Corp 
Dover-Kent County Youth Center 
 
 

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