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 19903Govenor’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
