STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Darla Griffin, Executive Director
Special Education Services, Department of Education
2500 N. Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4599
(405) 521-3351
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES:
AGES 3 THROUGH 5
Barbara Pansze, Coordinator
Special Education Section, Department of Education
2500 North Lincoln Blvd., Room 411
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405) 521-3351
PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2
Cathy Perri, Associate Director
Early Intervention
Special Education Section, Department of Education
2500 North Lincoln Blvd., Room 411
Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4599
(405) 521-3351
STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY
Linda S. Parker, Director
Department of Rehabilitation Services
3535 NW 58th, Suite 500
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
(405) 951-3400
OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Melanie Eick, Disabilities Specialist
Department of Vocational Technical Education
1500 West 7th Avenue
Stillwater, OK 74074
(405) 377-2000 (Ext. 138); (405) 743-5138
(800) 522-5810
STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY
Sharron Boehler, Commissioner
Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Svcs.
P.O. Box 53277
Oklahoma City, OK 73152-3277
(405) 522-3877
STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Beverly Smallwood, Director
Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Service
P.O. Box 53277
Oklahoma City, OK 73152
(405) 522-3839
STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM
Jim Nicholson, Division Administrator
Developmental Disabilities Services
Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
(405) 521-3571
STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL
Ann Trudgeon, Director
OK Developmental Disabilities Council
3033 N. Walnut, Suite 105E
P.O. Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
(405) 528-4984 or 4985; (800) 836-4470
E-mail: OPCDD@aol.com
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
Kayla A. Bower, Executive Director
OK Disability Law Center, Inc
2828 E. 51st Street, Suite 302
Tulsa, OK 74105
(918) 743-6220 (V/TTY); (800) 226-5883 (V/TTY, in OK only)Kayla A. Bower, Executive Director
Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Inc.
2915 Classen Blvd.
300 Cameron Building
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
(405) 525-7755 (V/TTY); (800) 880-7755 (V/TTY, in OK)
CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Helen Kutz, Director
OK Client Assistance Program
Office of Handicapped Concerns
2712 Villa Prom Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73107-2423
(405) 521-3756 ; (800) 522-8224 (in OK)
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Raymond Haddock, Division Administrator
Family Support Services
Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
(405) 521-3076
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
Charlotte Bowen, Executive Director
Brain Injury Association of Oklahoma, Inc.
P.O. Box 88
Hillsdale, OK 73743
(405) 635-2237 ; (800) 765-6809 (in OK)
Cerebral Palsy
Jim Rankin, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Oklahoma
1917 South Harvard Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73128
(405) 681-9611 ; (800) UCP-2289
Epilepsy
Laura E. Neece-Baltaro, President
Epilepsy Association of the Sooner State
2405 NW 39th St. Expwy., Suite 200J
Oklahoma City, OK 73112-8770
(405) 521-1018
E-mail: brainwave@swbell.net or baltaro@msn.com
URL: http://www.oklahoman.net/connections/epilepsy
Learning Disabilities
Barbara Greggs, President
Learning Disabilities Association of OK
P.O. Box 2315
Stillwater, OK 74076
(405) 743-1366
Joe Greggs, President
OKC Metropolitan Parent Support Group
for Parents of Children with Disabilities
5920 N. MacArthur
Oklahoma City, OK 73122
(405) 721-3144
Mental Health
Elizabeth Holmes, Execuive Director
Mental Health Association in OK County
(Shartel Shopping Center)
5104 North Francis, Suite B
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
(405) 843-9900
Ms. Gerry Bridge, President
OK Alliance for the Mentally Ill
200 NW 66th Street, Suite 925
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
(405) 848-4330 ; (800) 645-5437
Speech and Hearing
Debbie Barker, President
OK Speech-Language-Hearing Association
P.O. Box 53217
Oklahoma City, OK 73152-3217
(405) 769-7329
E-mail: oslha@aol.com
Spina Bifida
Quincy Kaufman, President
Spina Bifida Association of Oklahoma
P.O. Box 2117
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-2117
(405) 789-7056
STATE INFORMATION & REFERRAL SERVICE
Madalyn McCollom, Director
OK Areawide Service Information System (OASIS)
4545 N. Lincoln, Suite 281
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405) 271-6302 (V/TTY; 800-42-OASIS (V/TTY)
E-mail: oasisok@juno.com
OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Pat Filer, Executive Director
OK Easter Seal Society, Inc.
2100 N.W. 63rd Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
(405) 848-7603 Palma Bucher, Director
The Child & Adolescent Network (for Emotional, Behavioral,
or Mentally Unique Children and Their Families)
200 NW 66th, Suite 925
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
(405) 840-4746 ; (800) 645-5437 (in OK)
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM
Valerie N. Williams, Director
UAP of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
P.O. Box 26901, ROB 316
Oklahoma City, OK 73190-3042
(405) 271-2688
TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE
Linda Jaco, Project Director
Oklahoma ABLE Tech
Oklahoma State University
Wellness Center
1514 W. Hall of Fame
Stillwater, OK 74078-2026
(405) 744-9864 ; (800) 257-1705 (V/TTY)
(888) 885-5588 (ABLE Tech Info-line)
E-mail: mljwell@okway.okstate.edu
URL: http://www.okstate.edu/wellness/at-home.htm
PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECT
Sharon Bishop, Director
Parents Reaching Out in OK (PRO-Oklahoma)
1917 South Harvard Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73128
(405) 681-9710 ; (800) PL94-142 (V/TTY)
E-mail: prook1@aol.com
URL: http://www.ucp.org/probase.htm
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)
Liz Parker, President
Oklahoma Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
1601 S.W. 89th Street, Building B, Suite 2100
Oklahoma City, OK 73159
(405) 681-0750