STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Nolene Weaver, Director
Special Education Section
Idaho Department of Education
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0027
(208) 332-6910
E-mail: nbweaver@sde.state.id.us
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES:
AGES 3 THROUGH 5
Contact State Department of Education: Special Education
(see above)
PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2
Mary Jones, Program Manager
Infant Toddler Program
Bureau of Developmental Disabilities
Department of Health and Welfare
P.O. Box 83720
450 West State Street, 5th Floor
Boise, ID 83720-0036
(208) 334-5514
E-mail: jonesm@dhw.state.id.us
STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY
F. Pat Young, Interim Administrator
Division of Rehabilitation
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0096
(208) 334-3390 (V/TTY)
STATE DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Mike Rush, Manager, Special Programs
State Division of Vocational Education
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0095
(208) 334-3216
E-mail: mrush@ved.state.id.us
STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY
Roy Sargeant, Chief
Bur. of Mental Health & Substance Abuse
Div. of Family & Community Service
Department of Health & Welfare
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0036
(208) 334-6500
STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN
Wes Engel, Program Specialist
Division of Family & Community Services
Department of Health & Welfare
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0036
(208) 334-5525
STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM
Paul Swatsenbarg, Chief
Bureau of Developmental Disabilities
Division of Family & Community Services
Department of Health & Welfare
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0036
(208) 334-5512
STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES COUNCIL
Marilyn Sword, Executive Director
Idaho State Council on DD
280 North 8th Street, Suite 208
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0280
(208) 334-2178
E-mail: msword@icdd.state.id.us
URL: http://www.state.id.us/icdd/
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
James Baugh, Director
Comprehensive Advocacy, Inc.
4477 Emerald Street, Suite B-100
Boise, ID 83706
(208) 336-5353; (800) 632-5125
E-mail: coadinc@cyberhighway.net
URL: http://users.moscow.com/co-ad
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Brett Harrell, Manager
Children's Special Health Program
Bureau of Clinical and Preventive Services
Idaho Department of Health & Welfare
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0036
(208) 334-5962
STATE AGENCY FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Mike Blackaller, Acting Administrator
Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
341 West Washington Street
Boise, ID 83702
(208) 334-3220
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING
Pennie Cooper, Executive Director
ID Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
1720 Westgate Drive
Boise, ID 83704
(208) 334-0879 (V); (208) 334-0803 (TTY)
(800) 433-1323 (Voice -- in ID only)
(800) 433-1361 (TTY -- in ID only)
E-mail: cooperp@dhw.state.id.us
URL: http://www2.state.id.us/cdhh/cdhh1.htm
STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE
Nolene Weaver, Director, Special Education Section
Department of Education
650 West State Street
Boise, ID 83720-0001
(208) 334-2165
E-mail: nbweaver@sde.state.id.us
TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE
Ron Seiler, Project Director
Idaho Assistive Technology Project
129 W. Third Street
Moscow, ID 83843
(800) 432-8324 (V/TTY); (208) 885-3573
E-mail: seile861@uidaho.edu/icdd/
URL: http://www.ets.uidaho.edu/icdd/
REGIONAL ADA ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AGENCY
WA State Governor's Committee on Disability Issues &
Employment
P.O. Box 9046, MS 6000
Olympia, WA 98507-9046
(360) 438-4116 (V/TTY)
E-mail: krutherford@esd.wa.gov
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
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
9930 Johnnycake Ridge Rd., Suite 3E
Mentor, OH 44060
(440) 350-9595
(800) 487-2282 (Voice mail to request information packet)
E-mail: NatlADDA@aol.com
URL: http://www.add.org
Autism
Cheryl Nickels
ID Autism Association
P.O. Box 2550
Twin Falls, ID 83303-2550
E-mail: IAA85@aol.com
Brain Injury
Marilyn Hern
Brain Injury Association of ID
POPO Box 414
Boise, ID 83701-0414
(208) 336-7708
URL: http://www.biausa.org
Cerebral Palsy
Barbara A. Leinberger
United Cerebral Palsy of ID
5530 Emerald Street
Boise, ID 83706
(208) 377-8070
Epilepsy
David C. Blackwell, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation
310 West Idaho
Boise, ID 83702
(208) 344-4340; (800) 237-6676 (In ID)
E-mail: efila@micron.net
URL: http://www.webpak.net/~epilepsy
Mental Health
Mary Robertson, President
Idaho Alliance for the Mentally Ill
P.O. Box 92
Declo, ID 83323
(208) 654-9915
E-mail: namiid@cyberhighway.net
Speech And Hearing
Kim Ennis, President
ID Speech, Language & Hearing Association
1554 Riverstone, Apartment 206
Boise, ID 83706
(208) 343-8430
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM
A. Lee Parks, Director
ID Center on Developmental Disabilities
University Affiliated Program/University of Idaho
129 W. Third Street
Moscow, ID 83843
(208) 885-3559
E-mail: lparks@uidaho.edu
URL: http://www.ets.uidaho.edu/icdd/
PARENT TRAINING INFORMATION PROJECT
Ruth Griggs, Executive Director
Idaho Parents Unlimited Inc (IPUL)
4696 Overland Road, #478
Boise, ID 83705
(208) 342-5884 (V/TTY); (800) 242-4785 (in ID only)
E-mail: ipul@rmci.net
URL: http://home.rmci.net/IPUL
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)
Emily Yost, President
Idaho Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
500 West Washington
Boise, ID 83702-5965
(208) 344-0851; (208) 342-8585
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