California Autism Resources

Each state sets eligibility ages for services to children and youth with disabilities. For current information concerning this state, please contact the office listed under STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: Special Education Services.

See also California Web Resources

STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:

STATE VOCATIONAL

DEVELOPMENTAL

DISABILITY

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN

STATE VOCATIONAL

DISABILITIES

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED

EARLY

DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL

CLIENT ASSISTANCE

TECHNOLOGY RELATED

PARENTS

DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN

PARENT-TEACHER

STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION

Alice Parker, Director
Special Education, Department of Education
515 L Street, Suite 270
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 445-4729
URL: http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/index.htm

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES:
AGES 3 THROUGH 5

Alice Parker, Director
Special Education Div./California Dept. of Educ.
515 L Street, Suite 270
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 445-4623
URL: http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/sed/index.htm

PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2

Carlos Flores, Manager
Prevention & Children Services Branch
Department of Developmental Services
1600 9th Street, Room #310
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 654-2773
E-mail: DDSHQI.CFlores@HWI.CAHWNET.gov

STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY

Brenda Premo, Director
Department of Rehabilitation
830 K Street Mall, Room 307
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 445-3971      

OFFICE OF STATE COORINATOR OF VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Department of Education
721 Capital Mall
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 657-2451      

STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY

Stephen W. Mayberg, Director
Department of Mental Health
1600 9th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 654-2309      

STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Gary Pettigrew, Deputy Director
Systems of Care, Department of Mental Health
1600 9th Street, Room 250
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 654-3551      

STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM

Clifford Allenby, Director
Dept. of Developmental Services, Health & Welfare Agency
1600 9th Street, 2nd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 654-1897      

STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL

Judy McDonald, Director
State Council on Developmental Disabilities
2000 “O” Street, Room 100
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 322-8481      

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY

Catherine Blakemore, Executive Director
Protection & Advocacy, Inc.
100 Howe Avenue, Suite 185N
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 488-9950      ;             (800) 776-5746       (In CA)
E-mail: hn1232@handsnet.org
URL: http://www.pai-ca.org

CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Sheila Conlon Mentkowski, Chief
Client Assistance Program
830 K Street Mall, Second Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 322-5066      ;             (800) 952-5544       (V)
(800) 598-3273       (TTY)
E-mail: SMENTKOW@REHAB.CAWNET.gov

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS

Maridee Gregory, Chief
State Children’s Medical Services Branch
Department of Health Services
714 P Street, Room 350
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 654-0832

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING

Fred Lewis, Chief
State Office of Deaf Access
Department of Social Services
744 P Street, MS 19-91
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 229-4573      ;             (916) 229-4577       (TTY)
E-mail: deaf.access@dss.ca.gov

STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE

Ted Hawthorne, Consultant
Special Education Division
CA Department of Education
515 L Street, Suite 270
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 327-3505      

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
Claude Munday, President
Brain Injury Association of CA
P.O. Box 160786
Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 442-1710      ;             (800) 457-2443

Cerebral Palsy
Jo Gates, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Sacramento
191 Lathrop Way, #N
Sacramento, CA 95815
(916) 565-7700
E-mail: UCPSacto@aol.com

Epilepsy
Jackie Vella, Executive Director
Epilepsy Society of San Diego County
2055 El Cajon Blvd
San Diego, CA 92104
(619) 296-0161

Learning Disabilities
Betty G. Schiemenz, Administrative Director
Learning Disabilities Association of CA
655 Lewelling Boulevard, #355
San Leandro, CA 94579
(916) 725-7881
URL: http://www.ldaca.org

Mental Health
Rusty Selix, Executive Director
Mental Health Association in California
1127 11th St , #830
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 557-1167

Grace McAndrews, Executive Director
NAMI Children & Adolescent Network
California Alliance for the Mentally III
1111 Howe Ave., Suite 475
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 567-0163

Karen Hart, NAMI Young Family CA Representative
CA Alliance for the Mentally Ill
291 San Bernabe Drive
Monterey, CA 95940
(408) 373-3966

United Advocates for Children of CA
P.O. Box 214213
Sacramento, CA 95821
(530) 477-8957

Mental Retardation
Laurie Shields, Interim Executive Director
Arc California
120 I Street, 2nd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 552-6619

Speech and Hearing
CA Speech-Language-Hearing Association
825 University Ave.
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 921-1568
E-mail: csha@CAspeech.Hearing.org

Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida Association of the East Bay
P.O. Box 6015
Malaga, CA 94570
(510) 210-6006

Spina Bifida Association of Greater San Diego
P.O. Box 232272
San Diego, CA 92193-2272
(619) 491-9018

OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

Bart Charlow, C.E.O
Easter Seals of the Bay Area
6221 Geary Blvd.
San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 752-1915      Karen Pekarcik, Executive Director
Family Resource Network
5250 Claremont Avenue, Suite 235
Stockton, CA 95207
(209) 472-3674

Christine Meinsen, Founder & Advocate
FOCUSED (For Our Children Under Stress with Educational Disabilities)
P.O. Box 417
Lakeside, CA 92040-0417
(619) 390-HELP (4357)

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM

James McCracken, Director
University of California at Los Angeles, UAP
760 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90024
(310) 825-0470      Robert A. Jacobs, Director
Center for Child Development & Developmental Disabilities
Children’s Hospital LA
USC — University Affiliated Program
P. O. Box 54700, MS #53
Los Angeles, CA 90054-0700
(213) 669-2300
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UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute,
Los Angeles, California 300 UCLA Medical Plaza,
Post Office Box 956967, Los Angeles, California 90024
Contact: Linda Andron, LCSW.             (310)206-6150      .

TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE

Dennis Law, Project Coordinator
California Assistive Technology System
CA Department of Rehabilitation
830 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 324-3062       (V/TTY);             (800) 390-2699       (V/TTY, In CA)

PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECTS

Joan Tellefsen, Director
Team of Advocates for Special Kids (TASK)
100 West Cerritos Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92805-6546
(714) 533-TASK
E-mail: taskca@aol.comRichard Miller, Co-Director
Team of Advocates for Special Kids (TASK), San Diego
3750 Convoy Street, Suite 303
San Diego, CA 92111
(619) 874-2386      ;             (619) 874-2375

Mary Ellen Peterson, Chief Executive Officer
Northern California Coalition for Parent Training
Information (NCC)
Parents Helping Parents
3041 Olcott Street
Santa Clara, CA 95054-3222
(408) 727-5775
E-mail: info@php.com
URL: http://www.php.com

Lois Jones
Parents Helping Parents — San Francisco
594 Monterey Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94127
(415) 841-8820

Marion Karian, Executive Director
Exceptional Parents Unlimited
4120 North 1st Street
Fresno, CA 93726
(209) 229-2000
E-mail: epu1@cybergate.com

Susan Henderson, Director of Administration
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc. (DREDF)
2212 6th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 644-2555
E-mail: dredf@dredf.org

Deidre Hayden, Executive Director
MATRIX, A Parent Network & Resource Center
555 Northgate Drive, Suite A
San Rafael, CA 94903
(415) 499-3877
E-mail: matrix@marin.k12.ca.us
URL: http://marin.org/edu/matrix

Juno Duenas
Support for Families of Children with Disabilities
2601 Mission Street, Suite 710
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 282-7494
E-mail: sfcdmiss@aol.com

Coyne & Associates, Inc.
A Psychological Group
741 Garden View Court, Suite 101
Encinitas, CA  92024
(760)-634-1530       Business Office
(760) 213-1776       Paul Coyne Ph.D.
Provides consultative services to families who have children eligible for services
through Regional Center or through their local school district.

PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)

Rosaline Turnbull, President
California State PTA
930 Georgia Street
P.O. Box 15015
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 620-1100

California Web

Civil Liberties and Human Rights

  • ACLU of Southern California
  • ACLU of Sonoma County
  • Human Rights Commission
  • Media Access Coalition of Central California
  • Media Alliance
  • Nevada County Voice for Life
  • California State and Local Government
  • ACLU of Southern California
  • California Applicants’ Attorney Association (CAAA)
  • Legal Aid Society of Orange County
  • Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County
  • NAACP Legal Defense Fund West Regional Office
  • Better Business Bureau of San Diego And Imperial Counties
  • Consumer Credit Counseling Service of the East Bay, Inc.
  • The Other Side Of the Wall
  • Disability Information

  • Kern County Autism Center
  • Arc – California
  • Arc of San Diego
  • Arc – Ventura County
  • West Center for Independent Living
  • Work Training Center
  • CAL-TASH
  • California Applicants’ Attorney
  • Association (CAAA)
  • Center for Independent Living
  • “Create-A-Smile” Animal Assisted Therapy
  • Foundation of Resources for Equality and Employment for the Disabled (FREED)
  • Foundation For The Retarded Of The Desert
  • Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin Counties, Inc.
  • Jay Nolan Community Services (JNCS)
  • Los Angeles RSI Support Group
  • Marin Association for Retarded Citizens (MARC)
  • Special Olympics Northern California
  • Through The Looking Glass
  • Unrecables
  • Vocational Training Center of Santa Maria
  • Health

  • CH.A.D.D. of Mid-Peninsula, CA
  • CH.A.D.D. of San Francisco/North Peninsula
  • California Coalition for Ethical Mental Health Care
  • Camp Ronald McDonald For Good Times
  • Growth House
  • Health Promotion Center
  • Hollywood Supports
  • House Ear Institute
  • Medical Resource Facility of Los Gatos
  • Pet Assisted Therapy Services
  • The Salk Institute
  • San Diego Hospice
  • Young and Healthy
  • Zen Hospice Project
  • Family and Parenting

  • After School Day Care, Inc.
  • Family Communication Center
  • Family Service Agency of San Francisco
  • Grandparents Parenting…Again
  • Jewish Family and Children Services
  • Las Madres Neighborhood Playgroups
  • Neighborhood Parents Network
  • PHP–The Family Resource Center
  • RESOLVE of Northern California
  • United Community Caregivers Foster Parent Association
  • Job Training and Workplace

  • Career Resources Development Center
  • Forty Plus of Northern California
  • Fresno Private Industry Council
  • Minorities in Broadcasting Training Program
  • Sacramento SCORE
  • Silicon Valley SCORE
  • Conflict Resolution and Mediation Center of Monterey County
  • Nautilus Institute
  • Northern California Mediation Association
  • Pacific Center for Violence Prevention
  • Physicians for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles
  • Victim Offender Reconcilliation Program
  • Bakersfield Homeless Center
  • Bay & Valley Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
  • Christmas in April Mid-Peninsula
  • Christmas in April San Francisco
  • Dorothy Day House
  • East Bay Habitat for Humanity [Oakland, CA]
  • Elm Street Mission
  • Emergency Housing Consortium
  • Fair Housing Council of San Diego
  • Foothill Family Shelter
  • Habitat for Humanity Harbor Area/Long Beach
  • Habitat for Humanity San Francisco
  • Homeless Garden Project
  • House of Hope
  • InnVision
  • InnVision of Santa Clara Valley
  • Orange County Rescue Mission
  • Pajaro Valley Shelter Services
  • Peninsula Habitat For Humanity
  • Pomona Valley Habitat for Humanity
  • Prototypes
  • St. Vincent de Paul Village
  • Samaritan House
  • UCSF Student Homeless Clinic
  • Valley Resources
  • YWCA WINGS Shelter
  • Your House South
  • California Emergency Food Link
  • Free The Need
  • Frontline Foundation
  • InnVision of Santa Clara Valley
  • Los Angeles Regional Foodbank
  • Meals-On-Wheels San Diego
  • Meals On Wheels of San Francisco
  • Project Open Hand
  • St. Vincent de Paul Society
  • Samaritan House
  • San Francisco Food Bank
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
  • Share Northern California
  • 1st Aid For Victims
  • The Camp Recovery Centers
  • Contact-Care
  • EYE Counseling and Crisis Services
  • La Casa de las Madres
  • Narcotics Anonymous – San Jose Area
  • Recovery Anonymous
  • Safeguarding Our Children – United Mothers
  • San Jose Chapter of Parents United
  • Shasta County Women’s Refuge
  • Shelter Against Violent Environments
  • Solidarity Fellowship, Inc.
  • Teen Age Grief (T.A.G.)
  • Assistance League of Southern California
  • Bay Area Volunteer Information Center
  • Bellflower Volunteer Center
  • Big Brothers of the Inland Empire
  • Key Club – Pacific Northwest District
  • Leadership Monterey Peninsula
  • Los Medicos Voladores
  • Orange County Corporate Combined
  • Volunteer Project
  • San Francisco, California
  • San Francisco Conservation Corps
  • Touchstone Support Network
  • United Way Job Jar
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  • Children and Youth

  • After School Day Care, Inc.
  • All Stars Helping Kids
  • Alternative Group Home, Inc.
  • Bajito Onda Community
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  • Development Foundation
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  • Bryan Foundation
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  • Camp Ronald McDonald For Good Times
  • Children Now
  • Coleman Advocates For Children And Youth
  • Connections For Children
  • Crippled Children’s Society of Southern California
  • Fort Bragg Chapter of Future Farmers of America
  • Girls Incorporated of Alameda County
  • Girls Inc. – Orange County
  • Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County
  • Golden Hills 4-H
  • Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation
  • Healthy Kids Resource Center
  • Homes of Hope-Foster Family Agency
  • Inner City Games – Greaer San Jose
  • Jewish Family and Children Services
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  • Leo Club of Oakland/Chinatown
  • Nevada Union Key Club
  • Olive Crest Home and Services for Abused Children
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  • Plugged In
  • Pomona Boys and Girls Club
  • Raphael House of San Francisco
  • Sacramento Children’s Home
  • San Diego Center for Children
  • San Francisco Conservation Corps
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  • Santa Clarita Valley Family YMCA
  • Straight-Up AmeriCorps
  • Take A Stand For Kids
  • Teen Age Grief (T.A.G.)
  • Touchstone Support Network
  • Ventura Family YMCA
  • West Valley Boys and Girls Club
  • Women Of the Music Business (WOMB) Mentoring Program
  • Young and Healthy
  • Youth Development Center, Inc.
  • Youth Mountain Biking Program
  • Artful Children
  • Bibliotecas Para La Gente
  • Buckingham Charter School PAC
  • California Community College Foundation
  • California Homeschool Network
  • California Odyssey of the Mind
  • Children’s Learning Center
  • The Commonwealth Club
  • Copmuter-Using Educators
  • Del Rey Toastmasters Club 2646
  • District 7 Toastmasters
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  • Odyssey of the Mind
  • Petaluma Wildlife and Natural Science Museum
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  • Southern California Indian Center, Inc.
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