| Official State Web Site |
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| Connect with your state's official website to find all manner of state agencies and information, including how to contact your governor and/or your representatives in the Senate and House: |
| www.flgov.com |
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| State Department of Education: Special Education |
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| Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services
Florida Department of Education
325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 614 |
| Tallahassee FL 32399-0400 |
| (850) 245-0475 |
| bambi.lockman@fldoe.org |
| www.fldoe.org/ese |
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| State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind) |
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| Office of No Child Left Behind
Florida Department of Education
325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 316 |
| Tallahassee FL 32399-0400 |
| (850) 245-0501 |
| pam.kaperak@fldoe.org |
| www.fldoe.org |
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| Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5 |
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| Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services
Florida Department of Education
325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 601 |
| Tallahassee FL 32399-0400 |
| (850) 245-0478 |
| marilyn.hibbard@fldoe.org |
| www.fldoe.org |
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| State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency |
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| Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Education
2002 Old St. Augustine Road, Building A |
| Tallahassee FL 32301-4862 |
| (800) 451-4327 |
| (850) 488-6210 |
| www.rehabworks.org |
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| Coordinator for Transition Services |
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Project 10: Transition Education Network
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
140 7th Avenue South, SVB 112 (mailing address)
529 First Street South (physical address)
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| St. Petersburg FL 33701 |
| (727) 873-4661 |
| (727) 873-4660 (Fax) |
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www.project10.info
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| School To Work Transition Services
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Education
2002 Old Saint Augustine Road, Building A |
| Tallahassee FL 32301 |
| (850) 245-3360 |
| Kirk.Hall@vr.fldoe.org |
| www.rehabworks.org |
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| Career and Technical Education for Students with Disabilities |
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| Career Education for Students with Special Needs
Division of Workforce Education
Department of Education, Turlington Building
325 W. Gaines Street, Room 701 |
| Tallahassee FL 32399-0400 |
| (850) 245-9022 |
| Jane.Silveria@fldoe.org |
| www.myfloridaeducation.com/commhome |
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| State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth |
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| Mental Health Programs Office
Department of Children and Families
1317 Winewood Boulevard, Building 6, Room 290 |
| Tallahassee FL 32399-0700 |
| (850) 410-1177 |
| Sue_Ross@dcf.state.fl.us |
| www.state.fl.us/cf_web/ |
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| Councils on Developmental Disabilities |
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| Florida Developmental Disabilities Council, Inc.
124 Marriott Drive, Suite 203 |
| Tallahassee FL 32301-2981 |
| (800) 580-7801 (in FL) |
| (850) 488-4180 |
| www.fddc.org |
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| Protection and Advocacy Agency |
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| Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities
2728 Centerview Drive, Suite 102 |
| Tallahassee FL 32301 |
| (800) 342-0823 |
| (800) 350-4566 (Spanish and Creole Speaking Clients) |
| (850) 488-9071 |
| (800) 346-4127 (TTY) |
| www.AdvocacyCenter.org |
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| Client Assistance Program |
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| Contact Protection and Advocacy Agency. |
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| Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs |
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| Children's Medical Services, Department of Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A-06 |
| Tallahassee FL 32399-1707 |
| (800) 654-4440 |
| (850) 245-4218 |
| phyllis_sloyer@doh.state.fl.us |
| www.myflorida.com |
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| Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired |
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| Division of Blind Services
Department of Education
325 W. Gaines Street, Room 1114, Turlington Building |
| Tallahassee FL 32399-0400 |
| (800) 342-1828 (in FL) |
| (850) 245-0322 |
| michael.elliott@dbs.fldoe.org |
| http://myflorida.com/dbs |
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| Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing |
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| Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Education
2002 Old St. Augustine Road, Building A |
| Tallahassee FL 32301-4862 |
| (850) 245-3353 |
| (850) 245-3350 (V) |
| (850) 245-3413 (TTY or VP) |
| (850) 245-3404 (TTY) |
| cecil.bradley@vr.fldoe.org |
| www.rehabworks.org |
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| Telecommunications Relay Services |
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| Florida Telecommunications Relay, Inc.
1820 E. Park Avenue, Suite 101 |
| Tallahassee FL 32301 |
| (800) 222-3448 (V); (888) 447-5620 (TTY) |
| Relay, dial 711, or: (800) 955-8771 (TTY); (800) 955-8770 (Voice) |
| (800) 955-1339 (ASCII); (877) 955-8260 (Voice Carry Over-Direct) |
| (877) 955-5334 (Speech to Speech ); (877) 955-8773 (Spanish); (877) 955-8707 (French Cr) |
| jforstall@ftri.org |
| www.ftri.org |
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| State Education Agency Rural Representative |
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| Exceptional Student Education Program Development and Services
Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services
Florida Department of Education
325 W. Gaines, Suite 601 |
| Tallahaseee FL 32399-0400 |
| (850) 245-0478 |
| ginny.chance@fldoe.org |
| www.fldoe.org |
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| Technology-Related Assistance |
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| Florida Alliance for Assistive Service and Technology
325 John Knox Road, Building 400, Suite 402 |
| Tallahassee FL 32303 |
| (888) 788-9216 |
| (850) 487-3278 |
| (850) 922-5951 (TTY) |
| faast@faast.org |
| http://faast.org/ |
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| Disability-Specific Organizations |
| Attention Deficit Disorder |
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To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 150
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| Landover MD 20785 |
| (800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet) |
| (301) 306-7070 |
| www.chadd.org |
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| Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 543 |
| Pottstown PA 19464-0543 |
| (484) 945-2101 |
| www.add.org |
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| Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD)
(One of six regional centers for autism and related disabilities)
University of Florida
P.O. Box 100234 |
| Gainesville FL 32610 |
| (800) 754-5891 |
| (352) 846-2761 |
| card_info@ufl.edu |
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www.card.ufl.edu
To identify the CARD serving your region, either call the 800 number above, or visit:
www.card.ufl.edu/state.html
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| Blindness/Visual Impairment |
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| American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300 |
| New York NY 10001 |
| (800) 232-5463 |
| (212) 502-7600 |
| afbinfo@afb.net |
| www.afb.org |
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| Brain Injury |
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| Brain Injury Association of Florida (BIAF)
1655 E. Semoran Boulevard, Suite 8 |
| Apopka FL 32703 |
| (800) 992-3442 (in FL) |
| biafhelp@biaf.org |
| www.biaf.org |
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| Learning Disabilities |
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| Learning Disabilities Association of Florida, Inc. (LDA-FL)
331 E. Henry Street |
| Punta Gorda FL 33950 |
| (941) 637-8957 |
| ldaf00@sunline.net |
| www.lda-fl.org |
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| Speech, Language, and Hearing |
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| Florida Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (FLASHA)
222 S. Westmonte Drive #101 |
| Altamonte Springs FL 32714 |
| (800) 243-3574 |
| (407) 774-7880 |
| tkautter@kmgnet.com |
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| Spina Bifida |
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| Spina Bifida Association of Florida of Jacksonville, Inc.
807 Children's Way |
| Jacksonville FL 32207 |
| (800) 722-6355 |
| (904) 390-3686 |
| mquinone@nemours.org |
| www.sbaj.org |
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| Organizations for Parents |
| Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) |
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| Central Florida Parent Center, Inc.
Assistance with Achieving Results in Education (AWARE Project)
1021 Delaware Avenue |
| Palm Harbor FL 34683-3529 |
| (888) 612-9273 |
| (727) 789-2400 |
| cfpc@cflparents.org |
| www.cflparents.org |
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| Parent Education Network Project
2735 Whitney Road |
| Clearwater FL 33760-1610 |
| (800) 825-5736 (In Fl only) |
| (727) 523-1130 |
| pen@fndfl.org |
| www.fndfl.org/ |
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| (Serving Northwest Florida from Escambia county to Alachua county)
Parents of the Panhandle Information Network
1002 Miccosukee Road |
| Tallahassee FL 32308 |
| (800) 825-5736 (in FL) |
| (850) 980-1103 |
| popin@fndfl.org |
| www.fndfl.org |
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| Community Parent Resource Center |
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| Parent to Parent of Miami, Inc.
Community Parent Resource Center
7990 S.W. 117th Avenue, Suite 201 |
| Miami FL 33183 |
| (800) 527-9552 |
| (305) 271-9797 |
| info@ptopmiami.org |
| www.ptopmiami.org |
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| Other Disability Organizations |
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| Independent Living |
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To find the contact information for the Statewide
Independent Living Council (SILC) in your state, contact:
Independent Living Research Utilization Project
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
2323 South Sheppard, Suite 1000
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| Houston TX 77019 |
| (713) 520-0232 (V) |
| (713) 520-5136 (TTY) |
| ilru@ilru.org |
| www.ilru.org |
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| To find the contact information for centers for
independent living (CILs) in your state, contact:
National Council on Independent Living
1710 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, 5th Floor |
| Washington DC 20036 |
| (202) 207-0034 (V) |
| (202) 207-0340 (TTY) |
| ncil@ncil.org |
| www.ncil.org |
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