STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Bureau of Special Education, Department of Education
333 Market Street, 7th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333
(717) 783-2311
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES:
AGES 3 THROUGH 5
Richard Price, Chief
Division of Early Intervention
Bureau of Special Education, Department of Education
333 Market Street, 7th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333
(717) 783-6879
PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2
Jacqueline Epstein, Chief
Children’s Services Division
Office of Mental Retardation, Department of Public Welfare
P.O. Box 2675
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2675
(717) 783-8302
STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY
Gil Selders, Executive Director
Office of Voc. Rehab., Department of Labor & Industry
1300 Labor & industry Bldg., Seventh and Forster Streets
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-5244
OFFICE OF STATE COORDINATOR OF VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Marjorie Lowe Blaze, Supervisor
Special Populations Section, Department of Education,
Bureau of Vocational-Technical Education
333 Market Street, 6th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333
(717) 787-5293
STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY
Charles Curie, Deputy Secretary for Mental Health
Office of Mental Health, Department of Public Welfare
Health & Welfare Bldg., Room 502
P.O. Box 2675
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2675
(717) 787-6443
STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Anita K. Thiemann, Director
Bureau of Children’s Services,
Office of Mental Health Department of Public Welfare
P.O. Box 2675
Harrisburg, PA 17105
(717) 772-2351
STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM
Nancy R. Thaler, Deputy Secretary for MR
Department of Public Welfare
Health & Welfare Bldg., Room 512, P.O. Box 2675
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2675
(717) 787-3700
E-mail: PADPWNT@aol.com
STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL
Graham Mulholland, Executive Director
DD Planning Council
568 Forum Bldg., Commonwealth Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17120
(717) 787-6057
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
Kevin Casey, Executive Director
Pennsylvania Protection & Advocacy, Inc.
1414 N. Cameron St
Suite C
Harrisburg, PA 17103
(717) 236-8110; (800) 692-7443 (V/TTY, in PA)
CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Steve Pennington, Statewide Director
Center for Disability Law & Policy
1617 JFK Boulevard, Suite 800
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 557-7112 (V/TTY)
E-mail: COLPLAW@aol.com
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
C. Gail Stock, Director
Division of Special Health Care Programs
Department of Health, Room 724
P.O. Box 90
Harrisburg, PA 17108
(717) 783-5436
STATE AGENCY FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Douglass C. Boone, Director
Blindness & Visual Services, Dept. of Public Welfare
PO Box 2675
Harrisburg, PA 17105
(717) 787-6176; (800) 622-2842 (In PA)
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING
Debra Maltese, Director
Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
1110 Labor & Industry Building
7th and Forster Streets
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0019
(717) 783-4912 (V/TTY)
(800) 233-3008 (V/TTY, in PA only)
STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE
Thomas Winters, Division Chief
Advisory Service, Department of Education
333 Market Street, 6th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17126
(717) 787-8022
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
Cerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy of PA
925 Linda Lane
Camp Hill, PA 17011
(717) 737-3477
E-mail: ucpofpa@juno.com
Epilepsy
Judy Painter, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of Western PA
1323 Forbes Avenue #102
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 261-5880; (800) 361-5885
E-mail: staff@EFWP.org
Hearing Impaired/Deaf
Debra Maltese, Director
PA Office for Deaf & Hard of Hearing
1110 Labor & Industry Building
7th & Forster Streets
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0019
(717) 783-4912 (V/TTY); (800) 233-3008 (V/TTY in PA)
Learning Disabilities
Ana Mary McHugh, President
Learning Disabilities Association of PA
P.O. Box 208
Uwchland, PA 19480
(610) 458-8193
Mental Health
Tom Gargen, President
Alliance for the Mentally Ill in PA
2149 North Second Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110
(717) 238-1514; (800) 223-0500
Glenda Fine, Director
Parents Involved Network of PA (PIN of PA)
1211 Chestnut Street, 11th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 751-1800; (800) 688-4226
Mental Retardation
W.A. West, Executive Director
The Arc of Pennsylvania
2001 N. Front, Building 2, Suite 221
Harrisburg, PA 17102-2104
(717) 234-2621
E-mail: thearcpa@usa.net
Speech and Hearing
Robert Craven, Business Manager
PA Speech-Language-Hearing Association
800 Perry Highway, Suite 3
Pittsburgh, PA 15229-1128
(412) 366-9858
E-mail: keystater@aol.com
Spina Bifida
Patricia Fulvio, Executive Director
Spina Bifida Coalition of Pennsylvania
209 E. State St, Suite B
Quarryville, PA 17566-1242
(717) 786-9280; (888) 770-SBPA (In PA)
OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Nevin Hollinger, President/CEO
Easter Seal Society of South Central Pennsylvania
331 Bridge Street, Suite 250
New Cumberland, PA 17070
(717) 774-8277James Heiden, Executive Director
Easter Seal Society of Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware
Montgomery Counties
3975 Conshohocken Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131-5484
(215) 879-1000
Larry Rager, Executive Director/CEO
Easter Seal Society of Western Pennsylvania
632 Fort Duquesne Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 281-7244
(800) 587-3257
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM
Diane Nelson Bryen, Director
Institute on Disabilities UAP
Temple University, Ritter Annex, Room 423
1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19122
(215) 204-1356 (V/TTY)
E-mail: dianeb@astro.ocis.temple.edu
URL: http://www.temple.edu/inst_disabilitiesMark L. Batshaw, Director
Children’s Seashore House
3405 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 895-3800; (215) 895-3285
E-mail: dowrick@mail.med.upenn.edu
URL: http://www.med.upenn.edu/~seashore
TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE
Amy S. Goldman, Project Director
Pennsylvania’s Initiative on Assistive Technology
Institute on Disability/UAP
1301 Cecil B. Moore Avenue
Ritter Hall Annex 423
Philadelphia, PA 19122
(215) 204-1356 (V/TTY)
(800) 204-PIAT (Voice); (800) 750-PIAT (TTY)
E-mail: piat@astro.ocis.temple.edu
PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECTS
Parents Union for Public Schools
311 South Juniper Street, Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 546-1166
E-mail: ParentsU@aol.comLouise Thieme, Director
Parent Education Network
333 East 7th Avenue
York, PA 17404
(717) 845-9722; (800) 522-5827 (V/TTY) (In PA);
(800) 441-5028 (Spanish)
E-mail: pen@parentednet.org
URL: http://www.homepagecreations.com/pen/
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)
Linda Burns, President
Pennsylvania Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
P.O.Box 4384
4804 Derry Street
Harrisburg, PA 17111-0384
(717) 564-8985
E-mail: PAPTA@juno.com