STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Juanita S. Pawlisch, Assistant State Superintendent
Paul Halverson, Director
Division for Learning Support: Equity and Advocacy
125 South Webster Street, P.O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
(608) 266-1649 ; (800) 441-4563
URL: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsea/een
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES:
AGES 3 THROUGH 5
Jenny Lange, Program Supervisor
Jill Haglund, Early Childhood Consultant
Early Childhood: Exceptional Educational Needs Programs
Division for Learning Support: Equity and Advocacy
Department of Public Instruction
P.O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 267-9625 ; (608) 267-9172
(800) 441-4563
PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2
Beth Wroblewski, Birth to 3 Coordinator
Division of Supported Living
Department of Health & Family Services
P.O. Box 7851, Room 418
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 266-8276 Linda Tuchman, Director
WI Personnel Development Project
231 Waisman Center
1500 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705
(608) 263-5022
E-mail: Tuchman@waisman.wisc.edu
URL: http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/earlyint/
STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY
Judy Norman-Nunnery, Administrator
Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Workforce Development
2917 International Lane, Suite 300
P.O. Box 7852
Madison, WI 53707-7852
(608) 243-5603
OFFICE OF STATE COORDINATOR OF VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Preston Smeltzer
Division for Learning Support: Equity and Advocacy
Department of Public Instruction
P.O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
(608) 266-3701 ; (800) 441-4563
STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY
Bureau of Community Mental Health
Department of Health & Family Services
P.O. Box 7851
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 267-7792
STATE MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL
Karen Robinson, Chair
Bureau of Community Mental Health
Department of HFS
P.O. Box 7851
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 267-9282
STATE CHILDREN’S SERVICES
Susan Dreyfus, Administrator
Division of Child & Family Services
Department of Health & Social Services
P.O. Box 7850
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 267-3905
STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Eleanor McLean, Chief
DHFS-DSL-BCMH
Bureau of Community Mental Health
1 West Wilson Street, Room 543
P.O. Box 7851
Madison, WI 53707-7851
(608) 267-7792
STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAM
Beverly Doherty, Director
Bureau of Developmental Disabilities Services
Department of Health and Family Services
P.O. Box 7851
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 266-0805
STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL
Linda Hutter, Acting Executive Director
WI Council on DD
722 Williamson Street, 2nd Floor; P.O. Box 7851
Madison, WI 53707-7851
(608) 266-7826
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
Lynn Breedlove, Executive Director
WI Coalition for Advocacy
16 North Carroll Street, Suite 400
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 267-0214 ; (800) 928-8778 (in WI only)
CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Linda Vegoe, Director
Client Assistance Program
1 West Wilson Street, Room 558
Madison, WI 53707-7850
(608) 266-5378
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Susan Uttech, Supervisor
CSHCN Program
1414 East Washington Ave, Room 167
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 266-3886 ; (800) 441-4576
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING
Richelle Hammett, Director
Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Department of Health and Family Services
2917 International Lane
P. O. Box 7852
Madison, WI 53707-7852
(608) 243-5625 ; (608) 243-5626 (TTY)
E-mail: hammeri@mail.state.wi.us
STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE
David Carlson, Consultant
Department of Public Instruction
125 South Webster Street
P.O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 266-9401
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
Autism
Autism Society of Wisconsin
URL: http://www.athenet.net/~griffinl/asw.htm
Brain Injury
Brain Injury Association of WI
735 North Water Street, Suite 701
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 271-7463 ; (800) 882-9282 (Family Helpline, in WI)
Cerebral Palsy
Judy Britton, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of WI
201 Ceape Street, Room 108
P.O. Box 1241
Oshkosh, WI 54902-1241
(920) 424-4071 ; (800) 261-1895 (in WI)
Dorothy Wahner, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Southeastern Wisconsin
7519 West Oklahoma Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53219
tel: (414) 329-4500 (888) 4UCP SEW
tty: (414) 329-4511
fax: (414) 329-4510
E-mail: ucpofsew@execpc.com
URL: http://www.ucp.org
Epilepsy
Madelyn Glaeden, Executive Director
Wisconsin Epilepsy Association
6400 Gisholt Drive, Suite 113
Madison, WI 53713
(608) 221-1210 ; (800) 733-1244
Learning Disabilities
LeAnn Knoeck, President
LDA — Wisconsin
Suite #109
961 S. Green Bay Road
Neenah, WI 54956-3153
(920) 720-5755
Mental Health
Karen Robison, President
MHA in Milwaukee County
734 N 4th Street, Suite 325
Milwaukee, WI 53203-2102
(414) 276-3122
E-mail: MHAMilw@execpc.com
Donna Wrenn, Executive Director
NAMI — WI
1410 Northport Drive
Madison, WI 53704-2041
(608) 242-7223
JoAnn Stormer, Executive Director
Wisconsin Family Ties
16 North Carroll Street, #830
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 267-6888 ; (800) 422-7145
Mental Retardation
The Arc-Wisconsin
121 South Hancock
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 251-9272
Speech and Hearing
WI Speech-Language-Hearing Association Inc.
P.O. Box 1109
Madison, WI 53701-1109
(608) 283-5489 ; (800) 545-0640
E-mail: WSHA@SMSWI.org
Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida Association of Southeastern WI
W 300 N1725 Timberbrook Road
Pewaukee, WI 53072
(414) 367-6226
OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Christine Fessler, President
Easter Seal Society of Wisconsin
101 Nob Hill Road, Suite 301
Madison, WI 53713
(608) 277-8288 (V); (608) 277-8031 (TTY)Families Forward
201 Capital Street
Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965
(608) 254-6791
Wisconsin First Step
c/o Gunderson/Lutheran
1910 South Avenue
LaCrosse, WI 54601-5400
(800) 642-7837
Paul A. Yochum, Executive Director
Governor’s Committee for People with Disabilities
1 West Wilson Street, Room 558
P.O. Box 7850
Madison, WI 53707-7850
(608) 266-5378 (V/TTY)
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM
Terrence R. Dolan, Director
Waisman Center UAP
University of Wisconsin – Madison
1500 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705-2280
(608) 263-5940
TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE
Sue Kidder, Project Director
Wistech
Division of Supportive Living
P.O. Box 7852
2917 International Lane
Madison, WI 53707-7852
(608) 243-5675 ; (608) 243-5601 (TTY)
PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECT
Sister Patrice Colletti, SDS, Director
Parent Education Project of Wisconsin, Inc.
2192 South 60th Street
West Allis, WI 53219
(414) 328-5520 ; (414) 328-5525 (TTY)
(800) 231-8382 (in WI)
E-mail: colletti@omnifest.uwm.edu
URL:http://members.aol.com/pepofwi/
PARENT-TO-PARENT
Julie Gordon
Mothers United for Moral Support, Inc.
150 Custer Court
Green Bay, WI 54301-1243
(920) 336-5333
E-mail: mums@netnet.netRuth Adix
Parent Projects, Waisman Center UAP
1500 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705-2280
(608) 265-2063
E-mail: Adix@waisman.wisc.edu
URL: http://www.waisman.wisc.edu/earlyint/
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)
Jane Shibilski, President
Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
4797 Hayes Road, Suite #2
Madison, WI 53704-3256
(608) 244-1455