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Sue Eaker,
Contact Person
P.O. Box
690753
Charlotte, NC 28227-7013
(704)
551-9120
Services:
Offers a support group for parents of children and adults
who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Provides
a forum for continuing education for both parents and
professionals about AHAD. Offers information and referral
services.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Chapter # 147
April
Butler, President
13706
Poppleton Court
Charlotte, NC 27273
(704)
543-6707 (work)
(704)
588-4656 (fax)
Services:
Provides professionals and other interested people with an
opportunity to meet and share knowledge about
exceptionalities. Promotes understanding of all exceptional
children. Updates professional knowledge through journals.
Offers evaluation services through Screen-O-Rama. Recognizes
professionals who provide services for exceptional children.
Provides in-service training to administrators and teachers
about effective practices of exceptional children's
programming.
Connie
Hawkins, Executive Director
P.O. Box
16
Davidson,
NC 28036-0016
(704)
892-1321 (704) 892-5028 (fax)
e-mail:
ecacl@aol.com Web Site:
ecac-parentcenter.org
Services:
Offers individual assistance with educational problems.
Conducts parent education workshops in these areas: special
education laws; writing effective IEP's (Individualized
Education Programs); inclusion; preschool transition to
school; transition from school to adult planning;
communication schools; parent adjustment; exceptional parent
leadership planning; and other topics upon request.
ECAC also
offers information and referral services, sends out a
newsletter, has a lending library, offers parent to parent
support and information and assistance to parent support
groups. All of ECAC's parent educators are parents of
children with disabilities. ECAC is the statewide training
and information center for North Carolina parents of
children with disabilities.
The
disabilities they cover include: learning, orthopedic,
physical, behavioral, emotional and multiple disabilities;
visual, hearing and health impairments; mental retardation;
speech problems; autism; and traumatic brain injuries.
8600
LaSalle Road
Chester
Building, Suite A
Baltimore, MD 21286-0232
(800)
ABCD123 or (410) 296-0232
(919)
788-0906 (fax)
email:
lswann@naminc.org
North Carolina Branch of the IDA
2005
Riverview Drive
Clayton,
NC 27520-8708
Services:
Professional organization for parents, students, teachers,
physicians and others. Follows a multidisciplinary approach
to dyslexia (disabilities in reading, writing and spelling).
Holds international and branch conferences. Has monthly and
yearly publications. Offers support groups at individual
branches.
Dawn
Keller, President
Mary
Ellis, Executive Director
Cathy
Carroll, Administrator
6401
Carmel Road, Suite 209
Charlotte, NC 28226
(704)
542-0470
(704)
846-9618 (fax)
P.O. Box
3542
Chapel
Hill, NC 27515-3542
(919)
493-5362
(919)
489-0788 (fax)
4156
Library Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15234
(412)
341-1515 |
