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National Organizations
EarlyInterventionSupport.com has found links to national
organizations useful to parents and parents of children with
special needs.
See our National Organizations
page.
For Pennsylvania Residents
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Pennsylvania, has many clients and
supporters in the Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania
Region. We've collected links specific to
Pennsylvania.
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Support Group and Caregiver Resources
Technical Assistance
Alliance: The Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers (the
ALLIANCE) is an innovative partnership of one national and six regional
parent technical assistance centers, each funded by the U.S. Department of
Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). These seven
projects comprise a unified technical assistance system for the purpose of
developing, assisting, and coordinating the over 100 Parent Training and
Information Centers (PTIs) and Community Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs)
under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The national and
regional parent technical assistance centers work to strengthen the
connections to the larger OSEP Technical Assistance and Dissemination
Network and fortify partnerships between Parent Centers and education
systems at local, state, and national levels.
Children's Disabilities and
Special Needs: A website with articles of children with special needs.
Disabilities-R-Us: An
online chat room and support group created by and for people with physical
disabilities (but everyone is welcome). For over 10 years we have been
providing a warm and friendly place where
National Family Caregivers Association:
The National Family Caregivers Association educates supports, empowers and
speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for loved ones
with a chronic illness or disability or the frailties of old age. NFCA
reaches across the boundaries of diagnoses, relationships and life stages to
help transform family caregivers' lives by removing barriers to health and
well being.
Today's Caregiver: Caregiver Media
Group is a leading provider of information, support and guidance for family
and professional caregivers. Founded in 1995, we produce Today's Caregiver
magazine, the first national magazine dedicated to caregivers, the "Sharing
Wisdom Caregivers Conferences", and our web site, caregiver.com which
includes topic specific newsletters, online discussion lists, back issue
articles of Today's Caregiver magazine, chat rooms and an online store.
Caregiver Media Group and all of its products are developed for caregivers,
about caregivers and by caregivers.
Empowering Caregivers: The
mission of the National Organization for Empowering Caregivers is to provide
assistance; education, support, referrals and respite for informal family
caregivers, as well as to promote public awareness about the realities of
those who care for loved ones. NOFEC is a charitable non-profit organization
deeply committed to helping family caregivers from all walks of life.
National Alliance for Caregiving:
The National Alliance for Caregiving is dedicated to providing support to
family caregivers and the professionals who help them and to increasing
public awareness of issues facing family caregivers.
The Association for the Severely
Handicapped: TASH is an international grassroots leader in advancing
inclusive communities through research, education and advocacy.
A Special Needs Plan: A
Special Needs Plan is designed to guide families, like yours, through the
Special Needs Planning Process in the development of a proper Financial,
Legal, and L.I.F.E.TM Plan.
Special Needs Parent
Coach: Our goal is to give you the practical strategies you need for
successfully navigating life as a parent of a child with special needs. Our
proven system helps you create a manageable, balanced, and joyful life,
for both you and your family.
PACER Center: The mission of PACER
Center (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights) is to expand
opportunities and enhance the quality of life of children and young adults
with disabilities and their families, based on the concept of
parents helping parents.
Family Caregiver Alliance: Founded in
1977, Family Caregiver Alliance was the first community-based nonprofit
organization in the country to address the needs of families and friends
providing long-term care at home. Long recognized as a pioneer in health
services, FCA now offers programs at national, state and local levels to
support and sustain caregivers.
Kids Together: The Goals of
Kids Together, Inc. include a desire to remove barriers that exclude people
with disabilities. We support the belief that children with disabilities,
like all children, have the need to be welcomed, cherished and embraced in
our communities.
Exceptional Parents Unlimited:
Its mission is to strengthen and empower children and families facing
extraordinary medical, developmental, and parenting challenges.
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National Respite Network: Respite is temporary relief for
caregivers and families who are caring for those with disabilities, chronic
or terminal illnesses, and the elderly.
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