Resources
Adult Protective Services: Contacts by County (pdf file)
United Against Sexual Assault - www.uasasonoma.org
Abuse and Women with Disabilities - www.bcm.edu/crowd/abuse_women/abuse_women.html
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder - www.chadd.org or www.chaddnorcal.org
ADHD Support - www.adhdsupportcompany.com
The National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) - www.add.org
National Research Center on ADHD - www.help4adhd.org
Protection and Advocacy Inc. - www.pai-ca.org
Special Needs Advocate for Parents (SNAP) - www.snapcc.org
The Action Starts Here (TASH) - www.tash.org
Aging with Developmental Disabilities
Safe Mobility for Elders - www.eldersafety.org
Health, Wellness, and Aging with Disability - www.jik.com/hwawd.html
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities - www.uic.edu/orgs/rrtcamr
Canine Companions for Independence - www.caninecompanions.org
Assistance Dog Institute - www.berginu.org
Guide Dogs for the Blind - www.guidedogs.com
Mayer Johnson Educational Software - www.mayer-johnson.com
Assistive Technology Partners - www.uchsc.edu/atp
Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) - www.cast.org
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance (NECTAC) - www.nectac.org/
Autism Speaks - www.cureautismnow.org
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Autism Research - www.nichd.nih.gov/autism
Talk About Curing Autism - www.tacanow.org
Autism Society of America - www.autism-society.org
Asperger Syndrome Coalition - www.asperger.org
Interactive Autism Network Community - www.iancommunity.org
Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice - www.air.org/cecp
Preventive Ounce - www.preventiveoz.org
Infant, Child, and Adult Temperament - www.temperament.com
Positive Parenting - www.positiveparenting.com
Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders - www.ccbd.net
Foundation for Children with Behavioral Challenges - www.explosivekids.org
Boost Camp - www.boostcamp.org
Camp Channel: Search Engine - www.campchannel.com
Kamp Kennedy - http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/departments/recreationandparks/programs/camps/summercamps/Pages/kampkennedy.aspx
National Camp Association - www.summercamp.org
For Caregivers - www.caregiving.com
California Nursing Home Search - www.calnhs.org
National Respite Network - www.respitelocator.org
National Alliance for Care Giving - www.caregiving.org
Sonoma County In Home Support Services - http://www.sonomacounty-ihsspa.org/
United Cerebral Palsy - www.ucpa.org
American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine - www.aacpdm.org
Children with Disabilities (Parent Resources)
Parents Helping Parents - www.php.com/
Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers - www.taalliance.org/
Matrix Parent’s Network - www.matrixparents.org
Parents Can - www.parentscan.org/
Early Learning Institute - www.earlylearninginstitute.com/home.htm
Easter Seals - www.noca.easterseals.com/
Parents Helping Parents - http://www.php.com/
California Map to Inclusive Childcare - http://cainclusivechildcare.org/camap/inclusionworks.html#parent
National Association for the Education of Young Children - www.naeyc.org
Zero to Three - www.zerotothree.org/
Hearing Loss Association of America - www.shhh.org
National Association of the Deaf - www.nad.org
Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing - www.tdi-online.org/
Telecommunications Relay Services - www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/trs.html
Described and Captioned Media Program - www.dcmp.org
National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness - www.nationaldb.org/
Technical Assistance Products - www.oaktreeproducts.com
National Down Syndrome Society - www.ndss.org/
Sonoma County Down Syndrome Support - www.sonomacountydownsyndromesupport.org/index.htm
Schwab Learning: The Parent’s Guide to K-12 Success - www.schwablearning.com
California Department of Education: Special Education - www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/
American Council on Education - www.acenet.edu
Families and Advocates Partnership for Education - www.fape.org
Parents Engaged in Education Reform (PEER) - www.fcsn.org/peer
Sonoma County Office of Education: Special Education - www.scoe.org/pub/htdocs/specialedl
Sonoma County Special Education Local Plan Area - www.sonomaselpa.org
Santa Rosa Junior College Disabilities Resource Department - http://online.santarosa.edu/presentation/page/?35773
Santa Rosa Emergency Information - http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/emergency/Pages/default.aspx
Emergency Preparedness - http://www.disability.gov/clickTrack/confirm/5617239?external=true&parentFolderId=7336&linkId=45685
Disaster Resources - www.jik.com/disaster.html
Epilepsy Foundation - www.epilepsyfoundation.org/
The Dale Law Firm - www.dalelawfirm.com/
State of California - Department of Developmental Services - www.dds.ca.gov
National Center for Learning Disabilities - www.ncld.org
American Association on Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities - www.aamr.org
American Association of People with Disabilities - www.aapd-dc.org
Disability Info - www.disability.gov
California State Resources - www.nichcy.org/stateshe/ca.htm
A History of Developmental Disabilities - http://www.mnddc.org/parallels
Congressional Record - www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/index.html
Write to Your Representative - https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Act)
IDEA.gov - http://idea.ed.gov/
IEP (Individualized Education Program)
A Guide to the Individualized Education Program - www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/iepguide/index.html
IEP Tips for Parents - www.kidstogether.org/IEP.htm
California Map to Inclusive Child Care - www.cainclusivechildcare.org/
Kids Included Together - www.kitonline.org/
Individual Program Plan - www.ggrc.org/fi_ipp.htm
All Kinds of Minds - www.allkindsofminds.org/
Learning Disabilities Association of America - www.ldanatl.org/
LD Resources - www.ldresources.org/
Recreation and Leisure (also see Travel)
Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center - www.giantstepsriding.org/
Access Adventure - www.access-adventure.org/people_files/people_dmartin.html
Outdoor Adventure Trips - www.wildernessinquiry.org/programs/gateway.php
Special Olympics Northern California - www.sonc.org/
Access Northern California - www.accessnca.com
North Bay Regional Center - www.nbrc.net
Department of Developmental Services Regional Center Locator - www.dds.cahwnet.gov/rc/RCLookup.cfm
Department of Health and Human Services: Protections for Patient Privacy - www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund - www.dredf.org
Lanterman Act and Related Laws - www.lanterman.org/index.php/lanterman_act
Legal Rights of Persons with Disabilities - www.ag.ca.gov/consumers/pdf/disabled.pdf
Hand Speak - www.handspeak.com
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association - www.asha.org
National Stuttering Association - www.nsastutter.org
Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. - www.tsa-usa.org/
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition - www.ncset.org/
Transition Coalition - www.transitioncoalition.org
Sonoma County Transit - www.sctransit.com/scp.htm
Santa Rosa City Bus - http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/DEPARTMENTS/TRANSITANDPARKING/TRANSIT/Pages/default.aspx
Travel (also see "Recreation & Leisure")
The Guided Tour, Inc. - www.guidedtour.com
Trips, Inc. - www.tripsinc.com
Smiles - BI video narrated by Demi Moore
ArtWorks for All - BI video about ArtWorks program
To Purchase either of these videos...
visit: 1425
Corporate Center Parkway
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
Phone: 707-524-6600
Fax: 707-527-1206
TTY: 707-526-6711
Becoming Independent's YouTube Channel - www.youtube.com/biwebmaster
"WE Include" employment video from California's Department of Developmental Services - www.dds.ca.gov/weinclude
A Video from Sonoma County Down Syndrome Support:
American Printing House for the Blind - www.aph.org
American Foundation for the Blind - www.afb.org
Earle Baum Center - www.earlebaum.org
Canine Companions for Independence - www.caninecompanions.org
National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness - www.nationaldb.org/
Disability Specific Information - www.cainclusivechildcare.org/camap/disability.htm
Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities - http://bhawd.org/