LibGuides: Community Resources for Children and Teens: Disablities

Organizations

Alabama’s Early Intervention System
A division of the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services, Early Intervention provides supports and services for infants and toddlers birth through age 2 (0 to 36 months of age) who have a medical diagnosis that can delay normal development or who have a developmental delay causing the child to not meet developmental milestones. Early intervention supports and services focus on teaching the parents and other caregivers ways to help the child learn and participate in everyday activities.
The Arc
The Arc is an organization where those with intellectual disabilities are given loving care and guidance as they find their place in the community and the world at large. Opportunities abound for those at every level of interaction, from those needing highly skilled nursing care to those looking to make a difference through gainful employment.
BUDS
Support for parents of children with Down Syndrome.
Centers for the Developmentally Disabled/North Central Alabama
The mission of the organization is to provide support and services for people who are mentally and/or physically challenged, or developmentally delayed, that recognize each person’s individual strengths, dreams, and preferences to empower him/her to live, work, and recreate in their community with dignity and the greatest degree of independence possible. Early Intervention, Residential Services, Day Habilitation (Morgan and Lawrence counties), Supported Employment, Camp CDD.
Children’s Rehabilitation Services
Children's Rehabilitation Service ( CRS ) is a statewide organization of skilled professionals providing quality medical, rehabilitative, coordination and educational support services for children with special health care needs and their families.

Related Library Materials

The Early Intervention Guidebook for Families and Professionals by Bonnie Keilty (Editor)
Call Number: PARENTING CENTER 649.1528 KEI
ISBN: 0807750271
Publication Date: 2010-04-01
What is early intervention? -- The child's way: everyday learning and development -- For the family, for the child -- The child, important people, and particular places -- What and why, where and when, who and how: planning early intervention supports --A partnership learning together -- Joining the community -- Making it all make sense -- Considering now--and later -- Family-professional partnerships going forward.
Views from Our Shoes by Donald Meyer (Editor); Cary Pillo (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0933149980
Publication Date: 1997-11-01
In Views From Our Shoes, 45 siblings share their experiences as the brother or sister of someone with a disability. The children whose essays are featured here range from four to eighteen and are the siblings of youngsters with a variety of special needs, including autism, cerebral palsy, developmental delays, ADD, hydrocephalus, visual and hearing impairments, Down and Tourette syndromes.
Their personal tales introduce young siblings to others like them, perhaps for the first time, and allow them to compare experiences. A glossary of disabilities provides easy-to-understand definitions of many of the conditions mentioned.