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Agency List for Families of Students with Disabilities
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Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition - 303.839.1775 (Voice)
Advocates for social justice for people with all types of disabilities.
Colorado Department of Education, Office of Special Education - 303.866.6600
Special Education Director, District/BOCES
Serves families and people with all disabilities throughout their lifespan.
The Council's mission is to improve the quality and delivery of services for all Coloradans and to provide feedback as a guide for the future.
Parents Encouraging Parents (PEP)
Provides free informational conferences for parents to promote partnerships essential in supporting and including children with disabilities and their families in schools and the community.
Parent to Parent of Colorado (P2P) - 877.472.7201 (also the number for Empower Colorado)
Offers encouragement to parents by providing emotional and informational support.
PEAK Parent Center - 719.531.9400
Advocates and ensures that all people with disabilities are fully included in their neighborhood schools, communities, employment, and all walks of life.
Show and Tell - 303.632.6840
Colorado's only Community Parent Resource Information Center informs and empowers all families, particularly low-income, culturally and linguistically diverse families, as advocates for their children with disabilities.
Colorado Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services Unit (ESSU) - 303.866.6600
Behavioral Tools - A resource for behavior planning teams.
Colorado Department of Education, Office of Special Education, Mental Health - 303.866.6600
Provides guidance on positive promotion of students’ overall school success and promotes the ability to cope with challenges in life.
Colorado Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) - 303.866.7400
Provides Colorado with access to quality mental health and substance use disorder services, regardless of where they live or ability to pay.
Empower Colorado - 877.472.7201 [also the number for Parent to Parent (P2P)]
Ability Connection Colorado Recovery & Support - provides support, resources, education, and advocacy for families of children who have social/emotional mental or behavioral challenges.
Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
A child- and family-focus program that serves children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances (SED).
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) - NAMI Help Line: 800.950.6264
Dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.
Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado - 303.355.9969 or 800.955.2443
A resource for help and services for survivors of an injury to the brain, their families and providers.
Mindsource Brain Injury Network – Colorado Department of Human Services
Helps people with brain injury and their loved ones by assisting with accessing needed supports for recovery. Formerly the Colorado Brain Injury Program through CDHS.
Traumatic Brain Injury Website
BrainSTEPS consulting teams support school teams in the development and implementation of educational plans following acquired brain injury.
Cerebral Palsy Association of Colorado Springs - 719.638.0808
Financial, emotional and community support to individuals with Cerebral Palsy.
Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing offers listening and spoken language support and resources for children and adults with hearing loss.
Colorado Hands & Voices - 720.598.2648
Supports families with children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing without a bias around communication modes or methodology.
Colorado Talking Book Library - 303.727.9277
For people who can't read standard print, CTBL provides audio, Braille and large print books keeping you connected to reading, stories and adventure.
Colorado Services for Children and Youth with Combined Vision and Hearing Loss Project
Services for children with concomitant hearing and visual impairments that cannot be accommodated in programs solely for children with deafness or children with blindness.
Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB)
Provides comprehensive educational services for children, birth to age 21, who are visually impaired, blind, hard of hearing, and deaf.
Hearing Loss Association of America, Colorado Chapters
Serves to open the world of communication to people with hearing loss by providing information, education, support, and advocacy.
National Federation of the Blind Colorado (NFB) - 303.778.1130, ext. 219
Promotes full participation and integration of blind people in all areas of life; advocates for change when equal access and treatment of the blind is denied.
(The) Arc Colorado - 303.864.9334
Serves and believes that all people with intellectual and developmental disabilities have inherent value and must be treated with dignity and respect.
Autism Society of Colorado - 720.214.0794
Serves individuals with autism, families, providers, and educators.
Colorado Department of Education, Office of Special Education, Preschool Special Education and Child Find - 720.926.1453
Believes all students can engage in higher-level learning through the implementation of evidenced-based instructional practices. Affiliated with The Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD).
Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council (CDDC) - 720.772.9396 (Global Voice Service; must state your name before being connected)
Advocates in collaboration with and on behalf of people with developmental disabilities for the establishment and implementation of public policy, which will further their independence, productivity, and integration.
Early Intervention Colorado - 833.733.3734
Provides supports and services to children with developmental delays or disabilities and their families from birth until the child’s third birthday.
Learning Disabilities Association of America - 412.341.1515
Provides support to people with learning disabilities, their parents, teachers and other professionals. LDA of America does not currently have an active state affiliate in Colorado. Make a difference by volunteering to start an affiliate to help individuals with learning disabilities in Colorado.
Colorado Springs Down Syndrome Association - 719.633.1133
Provides support and encouragement to families of children with Down syndrome.
Rocky Mountain Down Syndrome Association - 303.797.1699
Assures inclusion and enhance independence of people with Down syndrome.
Rocky Mountain Branch of the International Dyslexia Association - 303.721.9425
Supports those living with dyslexia, language, and literacy challenges by providing research-based education and resources to individuals, families, and educators. We serve communities in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.
Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing
Administers Health First Colorado (Colorado's Medicaid Program), Child Health Plan Plus, and other health care programs.
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs (HCP) - 303.692.2000
A care coordination program for children and youth with special health care needs.
Family Voices - 781.674.7224 or Toll-free: 888.835.5669
A national family-led organization of families and friends of children and youth with special health care needs and disabilities that keeps families at the center of children’s health care.
Colorado SILC (State Independent Living Centers)
Champions the full inclusion of people with disabilities in community life, by strengthening Colorado’s Centers for Independent Living, by advocating for change with elected and appointed officials, and by educating the general public about independent living. (Formerly the Association of Colorado Centers for Independent Living.)
Colorado Colorado Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services Unit (ESSU) - 303.866.6600 - IEP Facilitation
An IEP team meeting that includes an impartial facilitator who promotes effective communication and assists an IEP team in developing an IEP based on the student’s needs.
Disability Law Colorado - 800.288.1376 or 303.722.0300
Provides direct legal representation, advocacy, education, and legislative analysis that protects and promotes the rights of people with disabilities and older people.
Guardianship Alliance of Colorado - 303.691.9339
A program through Ability Connection Colorado, provides information and training related to the guardianship process and protecting the rights and dignity of vulnerable adults.
Raise the Future/Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center
Provides services that reduce the amount of time youth in foster care live without a permanent family; transforms the lives of abused, neglected, and at-risk children through compassionate legal advocacy, clinical services, education, and public policy reform.
Rocky Mountain ADA Center - 800.949.4232
Provides training and resources on the American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA) to individuals and organizations throughout Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Colorado Department of Education, Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement
Builds on the state’s commitment to ensure graduation and school success for all students and re-engaging out of school youth.
Guardianship Alliance of Colorado - 303.691.9339
A program through Ability Connection Colorado, seeks to maximize the potential of every individual.
Colorado Respite Coalition (CRC) - 303.233.1666, ext. 431
Promotes awareness of and access to respite care services and resources that help improve the quality of life for caregivers and the individuals they care for.
Spina Bifida Organization of Colorado - 866.543.6837 (a text will be auto sent to you if we are unable to answer.)
Promotes the prevention of Spina Bifida through research and education. Enhances the lives of those living with spina bifida and their families through community and activities; offers information and resources that support different stages of life, medical issues, school, higher education, jobs, and relationships, etc.
Center for Inclusive Design and Engineering (CIDE) - 303.315.1280
Empowers individuals with disabilities to achieve their highest potential through the use of assistive technology. (Formerly Assistive Technology Partners.)
Colorado Department of Education, Office of Special Education, Secondary Transition Resources - 303.866.6600
Prepares students with disabilities for adult life after they leave high school and provides opportunities to experience positive post-school outcomes, such as higher education or training, employment, independent living, and community participation.
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Helps individuals with disabilities prepare for, obtain, advance in, and maintain employment by providing a range of services based on an individual’s employment needs and goals.
Colorado Crisis Services - 844.493.8255
Offers trained professionals and peer specialists on the phone, as well as the staff at walk-in centers, with access to more than 200 languages via telephonic translation services.
El Grupo VIDA - 303.335.9875 (Global Voice Service; must state your name before being connected.)
Empowers immigrants with disabilities and their families with information, training, and direct advocacy to help them become more self-sufficient.
This is not a complete list. Please do an online search for your child’s specific disability. The contents of this handout were funded in part by a grant from the Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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