STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
George Dowaliby, Chief
Bur. of Special Educ. & Pupil Svcs.
CT Dept. of Education
25 Industrial Park Road
Middletown, CT 06457-1520
(860) 807-2025
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES 3 THROUGH 5
Maria Synodi, 3-5 Coord., State Preschool Program
Bureau of Early Childhood Education & Social Svcs.
CT Department of Education
25 Industrial Park Road
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 807-2054
Web: www.state.ct.us/sde
PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES: AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2
Linda Goodman, Birth-3 Part C Coordinator
State Birth to Three System
Department of Mental Retardation
460 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 418-6147; (800) 505-7000 (In CT)
(860) 571-7556
Web: www.birth23.org
STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
John F. Halliday, Director
Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 424-4848
STATE TRANSITION COORDINATOR
George Dowaliby, Chief
Bureau of Special Education and Pupil Services
CT Department of Education
25 Industrial Park Road
Middletown, CT 06457-1543
(860) 638-4242
STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY
Albert J. Solnit, Commissioner
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
410 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 418-7000
STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN
Karen Andersson, Director of Mental Health
Department of Children & Families
505 Hudson Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 550-6683
STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM
Peter O’Meara, Commissioner
Department of Mental Retardation
460 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 418-6000
STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL
Edward T. Preneta, Director
Council on Developmental Disabilities
460 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106-1308
(860) 418-6160; (860) 418-6172 (TTY)
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
James McGaughey, Executive Director
Office of P & A for Persons with Disabilities
60 B Weston Street
Hartford, CT 06120-1551
(860) 297-4300; (800) 842-7303 (In CT)
(860) 566-2102 (TTY)
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Lisa Davis, Supervisor
Maternal & Child Health Unit
410 Capital Avenue, MF #911MAT
P. O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
(860) 509-8074
Easter Seals Camp Hemlocks
147 Jones Street, P.O. Box 198
Hebron, CT 06248-0198
(860) 228-9496; (860) 228-2091 (TTY)
Web: www.eastersealsofct.org
STATE AGENCY FOR THE LEGALLY BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Kenneth R. Tripp, Executive Director
Board of Education and Services for the Blind (BESB)
184 Windsor Avenue
Windsor, CT 06095
(860) 566-5800
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING
Stacie Mawson, Executive Director
Connecticut Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired
1245 Farmington Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06107
(860) 561-0196 (V/TTY)
REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY
Valerie Fletcher, Executive Director
New England ADA Technical Assistance Center
374 Congress Street, Suite 301
Boston, MA 02210
(800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
Web: www.adaptenv.org
DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CH.A.D.D)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 201
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
Web: www.chadd.org
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 1303
Northbrook, IL 60065-1303
Web: www.add.org
Autism
To identify an autism group in your state, contact:
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 657-0881; (800) 3-AUTISM
Web: www.autism-society.org
Brain Injury
Brain Injury Association of CT
1800 Silas Deane Highway, Suite 224
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
(860) 721-8111; (800) 278-8242 (in CT)
Web: www.biact.org
Cerebral Palsy
Barry Buxbaum, President/CEO
St. Vincents Special Needs Services
Trumbull Corporate Park, 95 Merritt Blvd
Trumbull, CT 06611
(203) 375-6400
Epilepsy
Linda Wallace, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of CT
1800 Silas Deane Highway, Suite 168
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
(860) 721-9226; (800) 899-3745 (in CT)
Learning Disabilities
Hillary Pease, Executive Director
Learning Disabilities Association of CT (LDA)
999 Asylum Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 560-1711
Beryl Kaufman, Executive Director
The CT Association for Children
with Learning Disabilities (CACLD)
25 Van Vent Street, Suite 15-5
East Norwalk, CT 06855
(203) 838-5010
Web: www.cacld.org
Mental Health
Beverly Walton, President & CEO
Mental Health Association of CT
20-30 Beaver Road, Suite 101
Wethersfield, CT 06109
(860) 529-1970
Tracy Carroll, Executive Director
NAMI-CT
151 New Park Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 586-2319; (800) 215-3021
Web: www.namict.org
Mental Retardation
Margaret Dignoti, Executive Director
Association for Retarded Citizens/CT
1030 New Britain Avenue, Suite 102B
West Hartford, CT 06110
(860) 953-8335
Speech and Hearing
Andrew Lees, President
CT Speech-Language-Hearing Association
213 Back Lane
Newington, CT 06111
(860) 666-6900
Visual Impairments
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(212) 502-7600; (212) 502-7662 (TTY)
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM
Lee McLean, Director
A. J. Pappanikou Ctr. on Disability Studies
A University Affiliated Program
249 Glenbrook Road, 2064
Storrs, CT 06269-2064
(860) 486-5035; (860) 486-5069 (TTY)
Web: uconnucedd.org
TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE
John M. Ficarro, Project Director
Bureau of Rehabilitation Services DSS/BRS
25 Sigourney Street, 11 Floor
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 424-4881; (800) 537-2549
(860) 424-4839 (TTY)
PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECT
Nancy Prescott, Director
Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC)
338 Main Street
Niantic, CT 06357
(860) 739-3089; (800) 445-2722 (In CT)
PARENT-TO-PARENT
Mary Ann Meade, Network Coordinator
Parent-to-Parent Network of CT
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
282 Washington Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 545-9021
Pat Tomka, Coordinator
WeCAHR
11 Lake Avenue Ext.
Danbury, CT 06811
(203) 792-3540
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION
The Parent-Teacher Association of CT
Wilbur Cross Commons, Building #12
60 Connolly Parkway
Hamden, CT 06514-2519
(203) 281-6617
OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
John R. Quinn, President
Easter Seals of CT, Inc.
147 Jones Street
P.O. Box 100
Hebron, CT 06248-0100
(860) 228-9438; (860) 228-2091 (TTY)
Web: www.eastersealsofct.org
Molly Cole, Director
The Family Center
CT Children’s Medical Center
282 Washington Street
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 545-9023
Melissa Chamberland, Executive Director
VSA (Very Special Arts) Connecticut
26 Wintonbury Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002
(860) 243-9910