New York Statewide Resources

This list includes contact name, phone #, address, internet for
state government and other major organizations in New York.

State Programs / Agencies

STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION

Lawrence Gloeckler, Deputy Commissioner

Office of Vocational & Educational Services

for Individuals with Disabilities

1 Commerce Plaza, Room 1606

Albany, NY 12234

(518) 474-2714

Web: www.nysed.gov

or VESID Direct: http://www.vesid.nysed.gov

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES:

AGES 3 THROUGH 5

Michael Plotzker, Manager

State Education Department

Office of Vocational and Education Services

for Individuals with Disabilities

1 Commerce Plaza, Room 1607

Albany, NY 12234

(518) 473-6108

PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:

AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2

Donna Noyes, Director

Early Intervention Program

Bureau of Child and Adolescent Health

Corning Tower, Room 208

Albany, NY 12237

(518) 473-7016

E-mail: dmn02@health.state.ny.us

STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY

James Stone, Commissioner

Office of Mental Health

44 Holland Avenue

Albany, NY 12229

(518) 474-4403

STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Michael Zuber, Associate Commissioner

Office of Children & Families

Office of Mental Health

44 Holland Avenue

Albany, NY 12229

(518) 473-6902

STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM

Thomas Maul, Commissioner

NY State Office of MR and DD

44 Holland Avenue

Albany, NY 12229

(518) 473-1997

STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL

Sheila Carey, Executive Director

NYS DD Planning Council

155 Washington Avenue, 2nd Floor

Albany, NY 12210

(518) 432-8233

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY

Marcel Chaine, Director Advocacy Bureau

NY Comm. on Quality of Care

99 Washington Avenue, Suite 1002

Albany, NY 12210

(518) 473-7378

Web: www.cqc.state.ny.us

CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Michael Peluso, CAP Director

NY Comm. on Quality of Care

99 Washington Avenue, Suite 1002

Albany, NY 12210

(518) 473-7378

Web: www.cqc.state.ny.us

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS

Christopher A. Kus, Director

Bureau of Child and Adolescent Health, Dept. of Health

Tower Building, Room 208

Albany, NY 12237-0618

(518) 474-2084

E-mail: cak03@health.state.ny.us

STATE AGENCY FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Thomas Robertson, Assistant Commissioner

Comm. for the Blind and Visually Handicapped

Department of Social Services

40 North Pearl Street

Albany, NY 12243

(518) 473-1801

Web: www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/cbvh

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

Dorothy Steele, Deaf Services

Office of Vocational and Educational Services

for Individuals with Disabilities

State Education Department

One Commerce Plaza, Room 1603

Albany, NY 12234

(518) 474-5652 (V/TTY)

(800) 222-5627 (V/TTY)

REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY

Northeast DBTAC Region 2 (NY, NJ, PR, VI)

Cornell University

331 Ives

Ithaca, NY 14853

607-255-8348, 607-255-6686 (TTY) (800 949-4232 National DBTACs)

Web: www.ilr.cornell.edu/ped/

NYS Technical Assistance Project

1000 Tenth Avenue

New York, NY 10019

(800) 697-8271; (212) 523-6248

STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE

Suzanne Spear, Supervisor

Department of Education

Bureau of School District Reorganization Unit

Education Building Annex, Room 876

Albany, NY 12234

(518) 474-3936

E-mail: sspear@mail.nysed.gov

Web: www.nysed.gov

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)

E-mail: national@chadd.org

Web: www.chadd.org

National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)

P.O. Box 1303

Northbrook, IL 60065-1303

E-mail: mail@add.org

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

Judith Avner, Executive Director

Brain Injury Association of New York State

10 Colvin Avenue

Albany, NY 12206

(518) 459-7911; (800) 228-8201 (in NY)

E-mail: info@bianys.org

Web: www.bianys.org

Cerebral Palsy

Michael Parker, Executive Director

United Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State, Inc.

330 West 34th Street

New York, NY 10001

(212) 947-5770, ext. 201

Epilepsy

Richard Daly, Executive Director

Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island

550 Stewart Avenue

Garden City, NY 11530

(516) 794-5500

E-mail: LIEPIL@aol.com

Web: www.epilepsyfoundation.org/longisland/

George H. Smith, Executive Director

Epilepsy Society of New York City

305 7th Avenue, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10001

(212) 633-2930

E-mail: epsocnyc@aol.com

Learning Disabilities

Michael Helman, President

Learning Disabilities Association of NY

90 South Swan Street

Albany, NY 12210

(518) 436-4633

E-mail: ar@empireone.net

Mental Health

Joseph A. Glazer, President/CEO

Mental Health Association of NY State

194 Washington Ave., Suite 4

Albany, NY 12210-2317

(518) 434-0439; (800) 766-6177

E-mail: mhanys@mhanys.org

Web: www.mhanys.org

Issac D. Rubin, President

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of NY State

260 Washington Avenue

Albany, NY 12210-1312

(518) 462-2000; (800) 950-3228

Web: www.naminys.org

Mental Retardation

Marc Brandt, Executive Director

NYSARC, Inc.

393 Delaware Avenue

Delmar, NY 12054

(518) 439-8311; (800) 724-2094

E-mail: nysarc@crisny.org

Web: www.nysarc.org

Speech and Hearing

Luis F. Riguelme, President

NY State Speech-Language-Hearing Association

25 Chamberlain Street, P. O. Box 997

Glenmont, NY 12077-0997

(518) 463-5272; (800) 697-7542 (in NY)

Web: www.nysslha.org

Spina Bifida

Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Association of NY State

382 Ridge Road

Scotia, NY 12302

(518) 399-9151

Visual Impairments

Elga Joffee, Director of Information Center

American Foundation for the Blind

11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300

New York, NY 10001

(212) 502-7600; (212) 502-7662 (TTY)

E-mail: afbinfo@afb.org

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM

Madeline W. Appell, Director

DD Center/St. Lukes - Roosevelt Hospital Center

1000 10th Avenue

New York, NY 10019

(212) 523-6230

Ansley Bacon, Director

WIHD/University Affiliated Program

Westchester Medical Center

Valhalla, NY 10595

(914) 493-8204

E-mail: Ansley_Bacon@NYMC.edu

Herbert J. Cohen, Director

Univ. Affiliated Program/Rose F. Kennedy Center

Albert Einstein Coll. of Medicine/Yeshiva University

1410 Pelham Parkway South

Bronx, NY 10461

(718) 430-8522

Philip W. Davidson, Director

Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities

University of Rochester Medical Center

601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 671

Rochester, NY 14642

(716) 275-2986

E-mail: scdd@cc.urmc.rochester.edu

Web: www.urmc.rochester.edu/strong/scdd

TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE

David Grapka, Project Coordinator

New York State Assistive Technology Resources (TRE) Center

1979 Central Ave.

Albany, NY 12205

518-464-6346, toll free in NY: 800-248-YTRE

TREcenter.org Universal Design for Learning: UDLinNYS.org

David@trecenter.org

Deborah Buck, Project Director

New York State TRAID Project

Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities

NYS One Empire State Plaza, Suite 1001

Albany, NY 12223-1150

(518) 474-2825 (V); (800) 522-4369 (V/TTY/Spanish, in NY)

(518) 473-4231 (TTY)

E-mail: traid@emi.com

Web: http://www.cqcapd.state.ny.us/Asst-Tech-TRAID.htm

PARENT TRAINING & INFORMATION PROJECT

Joan M. Watkins, Executive Director

Parent Network Center

250 Delaware Avenue, Suite #3

Buffalo, NY 14202

(716) 853-1570; (800) 724-7408 (In NY)

(716) 853-1573 (TTY)

Galen Kirkland

Advocates for Children of New York (NY City)

105 Court Street, 4th Floor

Brooklyn, NY 11201

(718) 624-8450

E-mail: advocat1@idt.net

Karen Schlesinger, Director

Resources for Children with Special Needs

200 Park Avenue South, Suite 816

New York, NY 10003

(212) 667-4650

E-mail: resourcesnyc@prodigy.net

Myrta Cuada-Lash, Executive Director

Singergia/Metropolitan Parent Center

15 West 65th Street, 6th Floor

New York, NY 10023

(212) 496-1300

E-mail: Sinergia@panix.com

Web: www.sinergiany.org

COMMUNITY PARENT RESOURCE CENTER

(Serving primarily the areas of Green Point and Williamsburg)

Lourdes Rivera-Putz

United We Stand of New York

Casa del Barrio

728 Driggs Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11211

(718) 302-4313

PARENT-TO-PARENT

Carolyn Schimanski, Director

Parent to Parent of New York State

500 Balltown Road

Schenectady, NY 12304

(800) 305-8817; (518) 381-4350

E-mail: Parent2Par@aol.com

Web: www.parenttoparentnys.org

Mary Bonsignore, Project Coordinator

Family Support Project for the DD

North Central Bronx Hospital

3424 Kossuth Avenue, Room 15A10

Bronx, NY 10467

(718) 519-4797

PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)

Carolyn Fiori, President

New York State Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.

One Wembley Square

Albany, NY 12205-3830

(518) 452-8808

OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

Christine McMahon, Chief Operating Officer

New York Easter Seal Society

845 Central Avenue

Albany, NY 12206

(518) 438-8785

Michael Reif, Director

Regional Early Childhood Direction Center

(Clearinghouse of information about resources serving children birth to 5 and their families)

Box 671

601 Elmwood Avenue

Rochester, NY 14642

(800) 462-4344; (716) 275-2263

(Call to find out the Early Childhood Direction Center serving your community.)

Richard Warrender, State Advocate

NYS Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities

1 Empire State Plaza, Suite 1001

Albany, NY 12223-1150

(518) 473-4129 (V); (518) 473-4231 (TTY)

(800) 522-4369 (V/TTY/Spanish, in NY only)

E-mail: information@oapwd.state.ny.us

Web: http://www.advoc4disabled.state.ny.us

Bebe Bernstein, Director

VSA (Very Special Arts) New York City

18-05 215 Street, Suite 15N

Bayside, NY 11360

(718) 225-6305