STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Juanita S. Pawlisch, Assistant State
Superintendent
Paul Halverson, Director of Special Education
Division for Learning Support: Equity and
Advocacy
125 South Webster Street, P.O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
(608) 266-1649 ; (800) 441-4563
Web: www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsea/een
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES:
AGES 3 THROUGH 5
Jenny Lange, Program Supervisor
Jill Haglund, Early Childhood Consultant
Early Childhood: Exceptional Educational
Needs Programs
Division for Learning Support: Equity and
Advocacy
Department of Public Instruction
P.O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 267-9625 ; (608) 267-9172
(800) 441-4563
PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES BIRTH THROUGH 3
Mitch Kremer, Birth to 3 Coordinator
Division of Supported Living
Department of Health & Family Services
P.O. Box 7851, Room 418
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 267-3270
STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY
Judy Norman-Nunnery, Administrator
Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Workforce Development
2917 International Lane, Suite 300
P.O. Box 7852
Madison, WI 53707-7852
(608) 243-5603
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Bryan Albrecht, Director
Division for Learning Support: Equity and
Advocacy
Department of Public Instruction
P.O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53707-7841
(608) 267-9251 ; (800) 441-4563
STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY
Bureau of Community Mental Health
Department of Health & Family Services
P.O. Box 7851
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 267-7792
STATE MENTAL HEALTH COUNCIL
Karen Robinson, Chair
Bureau of Community Mental Health
Department of HFS
P.O. Box 7851
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 267-9282
STATE CHILDREN’S SERVICES
Susan Dreyfus, Administrator
Division of Children & Family Services
Department of Health & Family Services
P.O. Box 8916
Madison, WI 53708-8916
(608) 267-3905
STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Eleanor McLean, Chief
DHFS-DSL-BCMH
Bureau of Community Mental Health
1 West Wilson Street, Room 543
P.O. Box 7851
Madison, WI 53707-7851
(608) 267-7792
STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PROGRAM
Beverly Doherty, Director
Bureau of Developmental Disabilities
Services
Department of Health and Family Services
P.O. Box 7851
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 266-0805
STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
PLANNING COUNCIL
Jennifer Ondrejka, Executive Director
WI Council on DD
600 Williamson Street, 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 7851
Madison, WI 53707-7851
(608) 266-7826
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
Lynn Breedlove, Executive Director
WI Coalition for Advocacy
16 North Carroll Street, Suite 400
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 267-0214; (800) 928-8778 (in WI only)
CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Linda Vegoe, Director
Client Assistance Program
1 West Wilson Street, Room 558
Madison, WI 53707-7850
(608) 267-7422
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Susan Uttech, Supervisor
CSHCN Program
1414 East Washington Ave, Room 167
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 266-3886; (800) 441-4576
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING
Richelle Hammett, Director
Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Department of Health and Family Services
2917 International Lane
P. O. Box 7852
Madison, WI 53707-7852
(608) 243-5625 ; (608) 243-5626 (V/TTY)
STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL
REPRESENTATIVE
David Carlson, Consultant
Department of Public Instruction
125 South Webster Street
P.O. Box 7841
Madison, WI 53702
(608) 266-9401
Web: www.dpi.state.wi.us
REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY
Great Lakes DBTAC
University of IL/Chicago
Institute on Disability & Human Development
1640 West Roosevelt Road (MC/626)
Chicago, IL 60608-6902
(312) 413-1407 (V/TTY)
Web: ahs.uic.edu/disability-human-development/
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 WI
3505 N 124 Street
Brookfield, WI 53005
(414) 790-6901 ; (800) 882-9282 (Family
Helpline, in WI)
Cerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy of WI
201 Ceape Street, Room 108
P.O. Box 1241
Oshkosh, WI 54902-1241
(920) 424-4071; (800) 261-1895 (in WI)
Cheryl Boehmke, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Southeastern
Wisconsin, Inc.
7519 West Oklahoma Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53219
(414) 329-4500 (414) 329-4511 (TTY)
(888) 482-7739
Epilepsy
Madelyn Glaeden, Executive Director
Wisconsin Epilepsy Association
6400 Gisholt Drive, Suite 113
Madison, WI 53713
(608) 221-1210 ; (800) 733-1244
Learning Disabilities
LeAnn Knoeck, President
LDA Wisconsin
Suite #109
961 S. Green Bay Road
Neenah, WI 54956-3153
(920) 720-5755; (920) 725-3634
Mental Health
Martha Rasmus, President
MHA in Milwaukee County
734 N 4th Street, Suite 325
Milwaukee, WI 53203-2102
(414) 276-3122
Donna Wrenn, Executive Director
NAMI WI
1410 Northport Drive
Madison, WI 53704-2041
(608) 242-7223
JoAnn Stormer, Executive Director
Wisconsin Family Ties
16 North Carroll Street, #830
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 267-6888; (800) 422-7145
Mental Retardation
Gerry Born, Executive Director
The Arc-Wisconsin
121 South Hancock
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 251-9272
Speech and Hearing
WI Speech-Language-Hearing Association Inc.
P.O. Box 1109
Madison, WI 53701-1109
(608) 283-5489 ; (800) 545-0640 , ext 532
Web: wisha.org
Spina Bifida
Spina Bifida Association of Southeastern WI
W 300 N1725 Timberbrook Road
Pewaukee, WI 53072
(414) 367-6226
Visual Impairments
Paul Schroeder, Director
American Foundation for the Blind
401 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 308
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 245-9961
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM
Terrence R. Dolan, Director
Waisman Center UAP
University of Wisconsin – Madison
1500 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705-2280
(608) 263-5940
Web: www.waisman.wisc.edu
TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE
Sue Kidder, Project Director
Wistech
Division of Supportive Living
P.O. Box 7852
2917 International Lane
Madison, WI 53707-7852
(608) 243-5675 ; (608) 243-5601 (TTY)
PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECT
Sister Patrice Colletti, SDS, Director
Parent Education Project of Wisconsin, Inc.
2192 South 60th Street
West Allis, WI 53219
(414) 328-5520; (414) 328-5525 (TTY)
(800) 231-8382 (in WI)
PARENT-TO-PARENT
Julie Gordon
Mothers United for Moral Support, Inc.
150 Custer Court
Green Bay, WI 54301-1243
(920) 336-5333
Ruth Adix
Parent Projects, Waisman Center UAP
1500 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705-2280
(608) 265-2063
Web: www.waisman.wisc.edu/earlyint/
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)
Jane Shibilski, President
Wisconsin Congress of Parents and
Teachers, Inc.
4797 Hayes Road, Suite #2
Madison, WI 53704-3256
(608) 244-1455
OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Christine Fessler, President
Easter Seals-Wisconsin
101 Nob Hill Road, Suite 301
Madison, WI 53713
(608) 277-8288 (V); (608) 277-8031 (TTY)
Wisconsin First Step
c/o Gundersen Lutheran
1910 South Avenue
LaCrosse, WI 54601-5400
(800) 642-7837
Linda Huffer
Governor’s Committee for People with
Disabilities
1 West Wilson Street, Room 550
P.O. Box 7850
Madison, WI 53707-7850
(608) 266-5451
Kay Lindblade, President
VSA (Very Special Arts) Wisconsin
4785 Hayes Road
Madison, WI 53704
(608) 241-2131