STATE DEARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Robert Runkel, Director
Special Education Division
Office of Public Instruction
PO Box 202501
Helena, MT 59620 -2501
(406) 444-4429
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES:
AGES 3 THROUGH 5
Dan McCarthy, Preschool Specialist
Office of Public Instruction
P. O. Box 202501
Helena, MT 59620-2501
(406) 444-4425
PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2
Jan Spiegle, Part H Coordinator
Developmental Disabilities Program
Department of Public Health and Human Services
P.O. Box 4210
Helena, MT 59604
(406) 444-2995
STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY
Joe Mathews, Administrator
Disability Services Division
Department of Public Health & Human Services
111 Sanders Street, Room 307
P. O. Box 4210
Helena, MT 59604-4210
(406) 444-2590
OFFICE OF STATE COORDINATOR OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Joanne Erickson, Director
K-12 Vocational Education
Office of Public Instruction
PO Box 202501
Helena, MT 59620-2501
(406) 444-9019
STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY
Dan Anderson, Administrator
Addictive and Mental Disorders Division
Department of Public Health & Human Services
Cogswell Building - C118
1400 Broadway, P.O. Box 202951
Helena, MT 59620-2951
(406) 444-3969
STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Pete W. Surdock, Children's Service Officer
Addictive and Mental Disorders Division
Department of Public Health & Human Services
Cogswell Building - C118
1400 Broadway, P. O. Box 202951
Helena, MT 59620-2951
(406) 444-1290
STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAMS
Joe Mathews, Administrator
Disability Services Division
Department of Public Health and Human Services
111 Sanders Street, Room 307
P.O. Box 4210
Helena, MT 59604
(406) 444-2590
STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL
Greg Olsen, Executive Director
DD Planning & Advisory Council
P. O. Box 526
Helena, MT 59624
(406) 444-1334; (800) 337-9942 (in MT only)
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
Al Smith, Executive Director
Montana Advocacy Program
P.O. Box 1680, 316 North Park, Room 211
Helena, MT 59624
(406) 444-3889; (800) 245-4743 (V/TTY, in MT only)
E-mail: advocate@mt.net
URL: http://www.mt.net/~advocate
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Sharon Wagner, Section Supervisor
Special Health Services
Family and Community Health Bureau
Department of Public Health and Human Services
Cogswell Building, P. O. Box 200901
Helena, MT 59620 -0901
(406) 444-3622
STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE
Nancy Coopersmith, Administrator
Office of Public Instruction
P.O. Box 202501
Helena, MT 59620-2501
(406) 444-5541
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
Ann Patrick and Karen Rimel, Co-Presidents
Brain Injury Association of Montana
Montana Center
MSU-Billings, Room 147
1500 North 30th Street
Billings, MT 59101
(406) 657-2077; (800) 241-6442
Mental Health
Andrea Merrill, Executive Director
Mental Health Association of MT
555 Fuller Avenue
Helena, MT 59601
(406) 442-4276
John Sampsel, President
MT Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Box 1021
Helena, MT 59624
(406) 443-7871
Barbara Sample, Executive Director
Family Support Network (FSN)
3302 4th Avenue North, Suite 103
P. O. Box 21366
Billings, MT 59104
(406) 256-7783
Mental Retardation
Bev Owens, ARC Treasurer
602 18th Street West
Billings, MT 59102
(406) 652-5510
Speech and Hearing
Alida W. Blair, President
MT Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Box 9627
Helena, MT 59604
(406) 458-8692
E-mail: alida@netrix.net
OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Sally Cerny, President
Northern Rocky Mountain Easter Seal Society
4400 Central Avenue
Great Falls, MT 59405
(406) 761-3680 (V/TTY)
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM
R. Timm Vogelsberg, Executive Director
Montana University Affiliated Rural
Institute on Disabilities Program
52 Corbin Hall
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812
E-mail: rtvogels@selway.umt.edu
URL: http://ruralinstitute.umt.edu
TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE
Gail McGregor, Project Director
MonTECH
The University of Montana, MUARID, MonTECH
634 Eddy Avenue
Missoula, MT 59812
(406) 243-5676; (800) 732-0323 (V/TTY)
PARENT TRAINING & INFORMATION PROJECTS
Katherine Kelker, Director
Parents, Let's Unite For Kids (PLUK)
MSU/B-SPED, Room 183
1500 North 30th Street
Billings, MT 59101-0298
(406) 657-2055; (800) 222-7585 (MT only)
E-mail: PLUKMT@aol.com
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)
Jean Curtiss, President
Montana Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
1419 Howell
Missoula, MT 59802
(406) 721-1705
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