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Apex Social Group
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2000+ Placements. 15+ years in service. 1 mission.
Since 2008, Apex Social Group has been providing a one of a kind, live-in child care solution that fosters development and unlocks each child’s full potential. They have honed their expertise in assisting families with special needs and offer tailored support and guidance, along with an exceptional pool of candidates.
Apex Care Professionals are unique. They are dedicated individuals who have chosen careers in health, therapy, or education. With backgrounds in Occupational, Speech, or Physical Therapy, pediatric nursing, early childhood education, RBT, and more, they bring a wealth of expertise to your home. They collaborate with your child’s therapists, integrating their knowledge into the care routine. By utilizing the Apex Individual Care Plan, the Care Professionals work closely with their Apex Educational and Therapeutic Resources Coach to create a comprehensive, goal-focused child care approach that nurtures your child’s growth and supports outcomes important to the family. They become an invaluable part of your in-home care team.
What sets Apex Care Professionals apart is their strong community. Over the past 15 years, they have cultivated a network of talented individuals committed to delivering consistent, top-notch child care with experience working with children that have autism, ADHD, cerebral palsy, and other special needs. When you choose Apex Social, you gain access to a skilled and reliable talent pool that you can trust.
Bello Machre, Inc.
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Bello Machre provides a lifetime commitment of loving care for children and adults with developmental disabilities. We promise family members that we will always be there for their loved ones. We support over 200 people in our 60 community homes and help more than 150 children, adults, and families in their own homes and communities. We also provide vocational and community-based adult day services, supported employment and/or recreational, educational, and social opportunities through our Meaningful Day Program. We believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to love and be loved– that’s what Bello Machre strives for each and every day.
Phone: 443-702-3000
First Maryland Disability Trust
Lutherville, MD 21093
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It is the mission of The First Maryland Disability Trust, Inc. to enhance the quality of life, autonomy and dignity of Marylanders with disabilities by offering cost effective trust services to protect, manage and use trust assets for our beneficiaries while preserving their eligibility for public and private benefits.
Phone: 410-296-4408
NeuroBehavioral Associates
Columbia, MD 21044
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NeuroBehavioral Associates is a specialty practice serving children, adolescents and adults with known or suspected attention, learning, or neurodevelopmental disorders. Our practice provides comprehensive neuropsychological consultation and assessment, referral services, and educational consultation.
Phone: 410-772-7155
Rose of Sharon Equestrian School
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Grades: Pre-K and up
Ages: 2 and up
Setting: Farm-based environment
ROSES offers equine-facilitated learning programs for individuals with special needs and their caregivers. ROSES is a Baltimore County Public School-approved site for student service learning projects. We partner with colleges and universities to provide internships, fieldwork placements, and residencies. Remediation for at-risk students, and merit badge workshops for scouts can also be arranged, as well as respite programs for caregivers.
While the content of our programs focuses on horses, the benefits of involvement reach well beyond the barn. Parents and participants report positive growth in the areas of self-esteem and social interaction, emotional and psychological well-being, physical confidence and stability, as well as improvements in academic achievement, work-skills development, and family/community-based relationships.
Advocates for Children and Youth
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Advocacy services for education, health, family support, and prevention.
Phone: 410-547-9200
Anne Arundel County Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Office
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Provides information and referral, advocacy, and training on disability issues.
Phone: 410-222-4383, 410-222-4355 (TTY)
Archdiocese of Baltimore, Office of Disabilities Ministry
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Special religious education classes for children with special needs. Parent meetings and adult education courses provide opportunities for parents to discuss special problems that children may have in religious education.
Phone: 410-547-5372
Baltimore County Crisis Response
Lutherville, MD 21093
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Provides Baltimore County residents who are in crisis with assistance assessing supportive community resources.
Phone: 410-931-2214
Baltimore Crisis Response
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Provides Baltimore City residents who are in crisis with assistance assessing supportive community resources. MD Relay Dial 711.
Phone: 410-433-5175
Believe In Tomorrow Children’s Foundation
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Offers pediatric respite and hospital housing including The Children’s House at Johns Hopkins, which provides overnight accommodations to critically ill children and their families; The House at St. Casimir, which focuses exclusively on the long-term housing needs of pediatric bone marrow transplant patients and their immediate family members, as well as respite housing in both beach and mountain settings.
Phone: 800-933-5470
C.H.A.N.G.E., Inc.
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Services for children with developmental disabilities in their own home or the home of a respite care worker. Two-hour night care for children with developmental disabilities and their siblings.
Phone: 410-876-2179
Canine Companions for Independence
Medford, NY 11763
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Provides highly trained assistance dogs for people with disabilities other than blindness.
Phone: 800-572-BARK(2275)
Caring Communities
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Registry of respite care providers, parent-to-parent support, respite care training for teens ages 14 and up and adults, program to train camp counselors to assist campers with disabilities.
Phone: 410-549-5707, 866-227-4644
Caring Hands, Inc.
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Services provided in one of the agency’s homes or in the home of the individual needing services. Short-term or long-term care available.
Phone: 410-575-7125, 410-272-4929
Casey Cares Foundation
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Programs for children 18 years and under who are critically and chronically ill requiring frequent medical attention and their families.
Phone: 443-568-0064
Catholic Charities
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Broad range of services to various groups including individuals with disabilities.
Phone: 667-600-2000
Catholic Charities Respite Care
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Variety of programs.
Phone: 667-600-2000
Center for Jewish Education
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Works to help educate students with special needs. Assists special education students with the preparation of their Bar or Bat Mitzvah in coordination with rabbis, cantors, and principals. Sunday School and Disabilities awareness programs.
Phone: 410-735-5000
Chimes
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We offer an 11 month non-graded educational program to students ages 5 to 21 and a new special education program for students in elementary school, grades K – 3. Adults services include day, vocational, residential and employment options.
Phone: 410-358-6400
Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
Towson, MD 21285
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Organization of attorneys, advocates, and parents established to improve the quality and quantity of legal assistance for parents of children with disabilities. Does not provide direct services or individual advocacy.
Phone: 844-426-7224
Creative Chance
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Promoting, educating, and creating opportunities within the arts for people of all abilities in the Baltimore area.
Departments of Social Services
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Links and contact information for Departments of Social Services for every county in Maryland.
Phone: (410) 260-6400, 1-800-235-4045 (toll free)
Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA), Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
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Offers referrals and funding for respite services.
Phone: 410-767-5600
Disability Rights Maryland
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Protects and advocates for the rights of people with disabilities. Publishes a free handbook Special Education Rights and Wrongs.
Phone: 410-727-6352 ext. 0
Division of Rehabilitation Services (DORS), MSDE
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Federal-state program providing leadership and support promoting employment, economic self-sufficiency, and independence of individuals with disabilities. Provides services to students transitioning from school to vocational training and/or work.
Phone: 410-554-9442, 888-554-0334, 443-798-2840 (VP)
Dr. Desmond Kaplan, Board Certified Psychiatrist
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Dr. Desmond Kaplan specializes in Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatry. He is a board certified Psychiatrist, and a nationally recognized expert in Autism and developmental disabilities. Dr. Kaplan is a part-time faculty member at Johns Hopkins & University of Maryland. Private pay practice.
Phone: 443-940-0023
Easterseals Camp Fairlee
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Weekend respite care available for families with children with special needs.
Phone: 410-778-0566
Family and Kinship Navigators Services
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Empower other families caring for children with special needs by providing individual family-to-family support, education, advocacy, coaching, information and referral, and follow-up.
Phone: Anne Arundel County, 800-485-0041; Baltimore City, 410-235-6340; Baltimore County, 410-252-4700 x117
Family Legal Advocacy Group, LLC
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Providing family representation and consultations to parents with special education children. Assistance with IEP’, 504 plans, due process hearings and other family law matters. Satellite offices in Towson and Gaithersburg.
Phone: 410-884-0400
Family Support Services–A Service of the Maryland Infants & Toddlers Program
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Information about community resources to families with children age birth-3 with developmental delays or disabilities. Refers families to local support groups, workshops, and advocacy groups. Provides opportunities for families to network and share ideas.
Phone: Anne Arundel County: 443-510-4591; Baltimore City: 410-396-1666; Baltimore County: 410-887-2169; Carroll County: 410-751-3955; Harford County: 410-638-3823; Howard County: 410-313-7161; Statewide: 800-535-0182
Family Tree
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Provides programs, services, and support for the job of being an effective parent. Family Stress Line, 24-hour statewide crisis line, 800-243-7337
Phone: 410-889-2300
Frank, Frank & Scherr, LLC
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Frank, Frank & Scherr assists persons with disabilities of all ages. Their attorneys prepare Wills, Powers of Attorney, Healthcare Directives, Living Wills and Special Needs Trusts. They also specialize in Medicaid eligibility planning and asset protection, Estate Administration, Veterans Benefits and Guardianship.
Phone: 410-337-8900
Governor’s Office for Children
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Refers families of children with special needs in need of assistance to appropriate organizations.
Phone: 410-697-9235
Grassroots Crisis Center/Howard County
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24-hour Crisis hotline: 410-531-6677
Center Phone: 410-531-6006
Healthcare Access Maryland, Inc.
Baltimore, MD 21202
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Help for getting health care for children, including those with special needs.
Phone: 410-649-0521
Infants and Toddlers Program, MSDE, Division of Special Education/Early Intervention
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Directs a family-centered system of early intervention services for young children ages birth-3 with developmental delays and disabilities and their families under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Phone: 410-767-0863
Jewish Community Services
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Offers a diversified range of services for persons with disabilities.
Phone: 410-466-9200, 800-735-2258 (TTY)
Judith P. Hoyer Early Child Care and Education Centers (Judy Centers)
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Combines a variety of early childhood services and resources at a single location. Many are housed in elementary schools. For list of centers and contact information: http://earlychildhood.marylandpublicschools.org/system/files/filedepot/2/judycentercoordinatorlistwebsitefeb2015_.pdf
Phone: 410-767-0100
Kennedy Krieger Institute
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Offers evaluation and treatment for children and adolescents with disorders and injuries of the brain, spinal cord and musculoskeletal system.
Phone: 443-923-9200
Kennedy Krieger Institute
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Evaluation and treatment for children with learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities, developmental delays, and other conditions.
Phone: 443-923-9200
Kennedy Krieger Institute
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Respite for families who have children with special needs.
Phone: 443-923-9200
Kodem Kol
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Provides training and services in Baltimore City’s Orthodox community for infants and toddlers who are eligible for early intervention services and their families. Sponsored by Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Baltimore Infants and Toddlers Program.
Phone: 410-298-7000
Law Offices of Brandon Bernstein, LLC
Bethesda, MD 20814
www.brandonbernsteinlaw.com/areas-of-practice/family-law/child-custody/
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When circumstances require that you need to defend your rights for child custody in Maryland, you need to ensure that your best interests are heard. Of course, you also want to ensure that your child is protected. An experienced Bethesda child custody attorney will fight on your behalf and help you protect your rights as a parent.
Lighthouse
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A youth and family center providing counseling, workshops, and referrals in the southwest Baltimore County area.
Phone: 410-788-5483
LOCATE: Child Care Special Needs Service
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Helps find safe and reliable care in your neighborhood or near your workplace.
Phone: 800-999-0120
Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic
Timonium, MD 21093
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Fulfills wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses.
Phone: 410-453-9430
Maryland Assn. of Resources for Families and Youth (MARFY)
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Provides training, a conference, newsletter, and frequent day-long seminars in different locations around the state.
Phone: 410-727-6367, option 4
Maryland Coalition for Families for Children’s Mental Health
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Organization dedicated to building a family-driven network of information and support and improving services in all systems of care for children, youth and their families. Offers leadership training for parents.
Phone: 410-730-8267
Maryland Disabilities Forum
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Coalition of organizations providing information and referrals.
Phone: 443-539-0178
Maryland Family Network
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Coordinates Maryland’s network of community-based Family Support Centers.
Phone: 410-659-7701
Maryland Family Voices
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Education and advocacy project of The Parents’ Place of Maryland, Inc. Trains parents in leadership skills and educates them about healthcare issues. Advocacy, representation, and information in matters dealing with health care for children with special needs.
Phone: 1-800-394-5694
Maryland Legal Aid
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Full legal services to low-income individuals and children.
Phone: 800-999-8904
Maryland Medical Assistance
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Provides help for parents having difficulty paying for health care for their child.
Phone: 800-456-8900
Maryland Special Needs Advocacy Project (MDSNAP)
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Offers free educational advocacy for Jewish families in the greater Baltimore area. Will help parents prepare for IEP meetings and accompany them to meetings.
Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)
Baltimore, MD 21201-2595
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Publishes Guidelines for Maryland Special Education Mediation/Due Process Hearings in English, Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
Phone: 410-767-0100
Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services
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Monitors local education agencies for compliance with state and federal laws. Will provide a copy of IDEA, COMAR and Procedural Safeguards and Parental Rights. Collaborates with families, local early intervention systems, and local school systems to ensure that all children and youth with disabilities have access to appropriate services and educational opportunities to which they are entitled under federal and state laws. Transition Planning and Anticipated Services in the Individualized Education Program(IEP).
Phone: 410-767-0238
Maryland Technology Assistance Program (MD TAP)
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Information, demonstration, and short-term equipment loans for assistive technology. Additional resources to assist individuals with disabilities including funding guidance. Low-interest loans may be available for assistive technology.
Phone: 410-554-9230
Maryland Transitioning Youth
Baltimore, MD 21202
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Information and resources for transition planning, post secondary education, employment services, and more.
Phone: 410-767-3660
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service
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Matches low-income individuals with volunteer lawyers for legal assistance in civil legal matters.
Phone: 410-539-6800
Maryland Youth Crisis Hotline
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Phone: 1-800-422-0009
Maryland Youth Leadership Forum
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Identifies high school students with disabilities who have demonstrated qualities—leadership potential, academic success, and involvement in their school and community – and provide them with training and experiences.
Phone: 301-277-2839
Mentor Maryland
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MENTOR Maryland serves children and adolescents who are facing a range of challenges and their families. The home- and community-based services that make up our continuum of care are personalized to meet the unique needs of each individual we serve. Whether the child has emotional and behavioral challenges or complex medical conditions, we offer the service or mix of services to help them reach their full potential.
Phone: 410-455-4609
Mid-Atlantic ADA Center
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The Mid-Atlantic ADA Center provides information, guidance and training on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), tailored to meet the needs of businesses, government entities, organizations, and individuals in the Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, and WV). If you are outside of this area, please visit the ADA National Network (link is external) to locate your regional center.
We are part of the ADA National Network, which consists of ten regional centers located throughout the United States that provide personalized assistance to educate the public about the ADA. We are not an enforcement or regulatory agency, but a helpful resource for obtaining information and guidance on compliance with the requirements of the ADA.
Phone: 800-949-4232 (Voice and TTY)
NeuroClics
Pikesville, MD 21208
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NeuroClics is a short term treatment program that will allow your child to maintain a higher level of academic performance without the need for continuous intervention.
NeuroClics focuses on the underlying cause of one’s academic and social difficulties, retraining the brain to process information easier and faster to maximize one’s self-confidence and potential.
Phone: 443-464-0808
No Boundaries Assistive Technology Center
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Provides assessment, therapy, and training for children and adults with communication and computer-access difficulties with any type of disability. Staffed with licensed speech-language pathologists who specialize in assistive technology.
Phone: 410-484-4540
Office for Genetics and Children with Special Health Care Needs
Baltimore, MD 21201
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Specialty medical and rehabilitative care for children with chronic illnesses or disabling conditions.
Phone: 410-767-6730
Office of Administrative Hearings
Hunt Valley, MD 21031
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Conducts due process hearings in cases involving the IDEA. Website has information about hearing procedures.
Phone: 410-229-4100
PACT: Helping Children with Special Needs
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Two early education programs.
Our program in Baltimore County is for children birth – 5 years with health care needs and/or developmental disabilities. Free full-day PreK, nurses and therapists on site.
Our program in Baltimore City is an Early Head Start program for children birth 0 3 years who are experiencing homelessness. The program is located at Sarah’s Hope in West Baltimore with mental health services on site.
Phone: 410-298-7000
Partners for Success: Resource Centers for Families and Schools
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Support for families of children ages 3-21 with disabilities, with answers about special education services, parent trainings, support groups, help in planning for transitions.
Phone:
Anne Arundel County: 410-222-3805; Baltimore City: 443-642-4221; Baltimore County: 410-887-5443; Carroll County: 410-751-3955; Harford County: 410-273-5579; Howard County: 410-313-716; Statewide: 800-535-0182
Pathways Program
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Collaborative effort of the MSDE, DORS and CCBC Disability Support Services to facilitate the transition for students with ASD to post secondary education.
Phone: 410-554-9274 or CCBC’s Disability Support Services, 443-840-1741
Project Access
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Facilitates the transition of high school students with disabilities into postsecondary education, to increase the success rate and retention of freshman students with disabilities at Howard Community College.
Phone: 443-518-4625
Public Justice Center
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Dedicated to expanding the legal rights of the under-represented through litigation, client and public education, and policy and legislative advocacy. Focused primarily on significant civil rights and anti-poverty issues.
Phone: 410-625-9409
Resource Finder at Kennedy Krieger Institute
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The goal of the Resource Finder is to inform consumers, families, and professionals about community services, trainings, research, and other information on developmental disabilities and related disorders across the lifespan. This is accomplished through ways that would best suit the customer such as telephone, email, conferences, printed materials, video, and other methods.
Phone: 800-390-3372, TTY MD Relay 711
Safe Kids Maryland
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Information on general car seat safety, car seat safety for children with special needs, and recalls, as well as general injury prevention information. State Coordinator: MD Emergency Medical Services for Children, MD Institute for Emergency Medicine.
Phone: 410-706-1758
Sibshops
Baltimore, MD 21209
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Sibshops is offered in Baltimore for ages 8-13 in the Fall, Spring, and Summer and ages 4-7 in the Spring. We meet from 10:00am-2:00pm for the 8-13 age group and from 10am-12pm in the Spring for the 4-7 age group. Staff from Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital facilitate the sessions and lunch is provided. We are also in the process of starting a teen Sibshops for ages 14+. Please contact us for more information. Come join the fun!
Phone: 410-578-5169
Social Security Administration
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Information about benefits for children with disabilities.
Phone: 800-772-1213
Special Education Citizen's Advisory Council - AA Co.
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Established by local school systems to seek meaningful input from parents, community partners, service providers, educators, and administrators on local issues concerning the provision of a free and appropriate public education (FAPE).
Phone: 410-222-5410
SpeechLeap
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At SpeechLeap, we understand that every client is unique and deserves a unique treatment plan. Our skilled speech-language pathologist, Samara Shalom (Mrs. Sami), uses an eclectic approach of research-driven strategies that are tailored to the individual needs of your child.
Phone 410-394-8794
The Children's Spot
Columbia, MD 21045
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The Children’s SPOT offers Speech, Occupational and Applied Behavioral Analysis programming for children with a variety of cognitive disorders and developmental delays, including Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Phone: 877-776-8502
The Coordinating Center
Millersville, MD 21108
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Care coordination services for children and adolescents with complex medical needs.
Phone: 410-987-1048
Transition Program for Visually Impaired Students
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Transition program for visually impaired high school students interested in attending college. Activities designed to simulate college classes and college experiences.
Phone: 410-444-5000
Villa Maria
Lutherville-Timonium, MD 21093
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Services for children ages 6-12 with mental health diagnoses.
Phone: 410-252-6343
Wrightslaw
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Website with articles, cases, newsletter, and other information about special education law.