| 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: |
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| www.sc.gov |
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| State Department of Education: Special Education |
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| South Carolina Department of Education
Office of Exceptional Children
1429 Senate Street, Room 808 |
| Columbia SC 29201 |
| (803) 734-8224 |
| (899) 628-0910 - toll free help line |
| sdurant@ed.sc.gov |
| www.ed.sc.gov |
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| State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind) |
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| Office of Federal Programs
South Carolina Department of Education
1429 Senate Street, Room 512 |
| Columbia SC 29201 |
| (803) 734-8105 |
| nbusbee@ed.sc.gov |
| www.ed.sc.gov |
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| Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2 |
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| Department of Health and Environmental Control/BabyNet
1751 Calhoun Street
P.O. Box 101106 |
| Columbia SC 29201 |
| (803) 898-0784 |
| (800) 868-0404 |
| babynet@dhec.sc.gov |
| www.scdhec.gov/babynet |
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| Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5 |
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| Office of Exceptional Children
South Carolina Department of Education
1429 Senate Street, 8th Floor |
| Columbia SC 29201 |
| (803) 734-8224 |
| njenkins@ed.sc.gov |
| www.ed.sc.gov |
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| State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency |
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| South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department
1410 Boston Avenue
P.O. Box 15 |
| West Columbia SC 29171-0015 |
| (803) 896-6500 |
| www.scvrd.net |
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| Coordinator for Career and Technology Education for Students with Disabilities |
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| Office of Career and Technology Education
South Carolina Department of Education
1429 Senate Street, Room 912A |
| Columbia SC 29201 |
| (803) 734-8410 |
| jcouch@ed.sc.gov |
| www.ed.sc.gov |
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| State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth |
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| Division of Children, Adolescents and Their Families
Department of Mental Health
2414 Bull Street, Room 304 |
| Columbia SC 29202 |
| (803) 898-8350 |
| lkj40@scdmh.org |
| www.state.sc.us/dmh/caf/index.htm |
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| State Department of Disabilities and Special Needs |
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| Department of Disabilities and Special Needs
3440 Harden Street Extension
P.O. Box 4706 |
| Columbia SC 29240 |
| (803) 898-9769 |
| sdelaney@ddsn.sc.gov |
| www.state.sc.us/ddsn |
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| Councils on Developmental Disabilities |
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| Developmental Disabilities Council
Office of the Governor
Edgar A. Brown Building
1205 Pendleton Street, Suite 453 |
| Columbia SC 29201 |
| (803) 734-0465 |
| clang@oepp.sc.gov |
| www.scddc.state.sc.us |
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| Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs |
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| Division of Children with Special Health Care Needs
Department of Health and Environmental Control
P.O. Box 101106 |
| Columbia SC 29201 |
| (803) 898-0784 |
| www.scdhec.gov/health/mch/cshcn/projects.htm |
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| State School for the Deaf and the Blind |
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| South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind
355 Cedar Springs Road |
| Spartanburg SC 29302-4699 |
| (864) 585-7711 |
| sgoolsby@scsdb.org |
| www.scsdb.org |
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| Telecommunications Relay Services |
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| (800) 735-2905 (V) |
| (800) 735-7293 (ASCII); 711 (TTY) |
| (877) 735-7277 (Speech to Speech) |
| (800) 735-8583 (SC Relay) |
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| Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program |
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(An outreach program administered by South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind. Distributes telecommunications equipment and alerting devices to legal permanent state residents who are deaf, hard of hearing, speech impaired, deaf-blind, or blind/low vision with hearing loss.)
South Carolina Telecommunications Equipment
Distribution Program (SC TEDP)
101 Executive Center Drive, Suite 120
Saluda Building
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| Columbia SC 29210 |
| (803) 896-8337 (V); |
| (803) 896-8334 (TTY) |
| (877) 225-8337 (V) |
| (877) 889-8337 (TTY) |
| SCTEDP@scsdb.org |
| www.scsdb.org/outreach/SCTEDP_2007.htm |
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| University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities |
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| University of South Carolina
USC School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Center for Disability Resources (UCEDD) |
| Columbia SC 29208 |
| (803) 935-5248 |
| richardf@cdd.sc.edu |
| http://uscm.med.sc.edu/cdrhome |
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| Technology-Related Assistance |
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| South Carolina Assistive Technology Program
USC School of Medicine, CDR |
| Columbia SC 29208 |
| (803) 935-5263 |
| (803) 935-5340 |
| youngs@cdd.sc.edu |
| www.sc.edu/scatp |
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| State Mediation System |
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| Deputy General Counsel
Office of General Counsel
South Carolina Department of Education
1429 Senate Street, Room 1015 |
| Columbia SC 29201 |
| (803) 734-8783 |
| bdrayton@ed.sc.gov |
| www.ed.sc.gov |
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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 |
| Landover MD 20785 |
| (301) 306-7070 |
| (800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet) |
| www.chadd.org |
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| Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
PO Box 7557 |
| Wilmington DE 19803-9997 |
| (800) 939-1019 |
| info@add.org |
| www.add.org |
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| Blind/Visual Impairments |
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| American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300 |
| New York NY 10001 |
| (212) 502-7600 |
| (800) 232-5463 |
| afbinfo@afb.net |
| www.afb.org |
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| Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities |
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| The Arc of South Carolina
1823 Gadsden Street |
| Columbia SC 29201 |
| (803) 748-5020 |
| thearc@arcsc.org |
| www.arcsc.org |
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| Mental Health |
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| Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health of South Carolina
P.O. Box 1266 |
| Columbia SC 29202 |
| (803) 779-0402 |
| (866) 779-0402 |
| info@fedfamsc.org |
| www.fedfamsc.org |
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| Speech, Language, and Hearing |
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| South Carolina Speech-Language-Hearing Association
701 Gervais Street, Suite 150-206 |
| Columbia SC 29201 |
| (888) 729-3717 |
| scsha@scsha.com |
| www.scsha.com |
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| Organizations for Parents |
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| Community Parent Resource Center |
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| Family Resource Center for Disabilities and Special Needs, Inc.
1575 Savannah Highway, Suite 6 |
| Charleston SC 29407 |
| (843) 266-1318 |
| bevmccarty@frcdsn.org |
| www.frcdsn.org |
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| Parent Teacher Association (PTA) |
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| South Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers
1826 Henderson Street |
| Columbia SC 29201-2619 |
| (800) 743-3782 |
| (803) 765-0806 |
| office@scpta.org |
| www.scpta.org |
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| Other Disability Organizations |
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| Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, RFB&D
Regional Unit of the Virginias and Carolinas
4840 Forest Drive, Suite 21-164 |
| Columbia SC 29206 |
| (802) 463-1400 |
| lainabinet@rfbdruvc.org |
| www.rfbd.org |
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| Independent Living |
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| Disability Action Center, Inc.
1115 Belleview Street |
| Columbia SC 29201 |
| (803) 779-5121 (V) |
| (803) 779-0949 (TTY) |
| www.dacsc.org |
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| Independent Living Research Utilization Project
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
2323 South Sheppard, Suite 1000 |
| Houston TX 77019 |
| (713) 520-0232 (V) |
| (713) 520-5136 (TTY) |
| ilru@ilru.org |
| www.ilru.org |
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