STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Ora Spann, Director
State Department of Education
Office of Programs for Exceptional Children
1429 Senate Street, Room 808
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 734-8806
E-mail: ospann@sde.state.sc.us
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITES:
AGES 3 THROUGH 5
Norma Donaldson-Jenkins, Education Associate
Office of Programs for Expectional Children
1429 Senate Street, 8th Floor
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 734-8811
E-mail: njenkins@sde.state.sc.us
PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2
Kathy Hart, Part H Coordinator
Dept. of Health & Environmental Control/Baby Net
Robert Mills Complex, Box 101106
Columbia, SC 29211
(803) 737-4046
STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY
P. Charles LaRosa, Jr., Commissioner
Vocational Rehabilitation Department
1410 Boston Avenue, P.O. Box 15
West Columbia, SC 29171-0015
(803) 896-6504
OFFICE OF STATE COORDINATOR OF VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Steve Abbott, Education Associate
Office of Occupational Education
Rutledge Building, 9th Floor, 924
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 734-8486
E-mail: sabbott@sde.state.sc.us
STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY
Stephen M. Sottys, State Director
Department of Mental Health
Box 485
Columbia, SC 29202
(803) 734-7780
STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Jerome H. Hanley, Director
Division of Children, Adolescents & their Families
Department of Mental Health
2414 Bull Street, Room 304
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 734-7859
E-mail: VW143@co.dmh.state.sc.us
STATE DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS
Stanley J. Butkus, Director
Department of Disabilities & Special Needs
3440 Harden Street Extension, P.O. Box 4706
Columbia, SC 29240
(803) 737-6444
URL: http://www.state.sc.us/ddsn
STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL
Charles Lang, Executive Director
SC DD Council
Edgar Brown Bldg.
1205 Pendleton Street, Room 372
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 734-0465
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
Gloria M. Prevost, Executive Director
P&A for People with Disabilities
3710 Landmark Drive, Suite 208
Columbia, SC 29204
(803) 782-0639; (800) 922-5225 (In SC)
(800) 531-9781 (Spanish)
E-mail: scpa0639@aol.com
CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Larry Barker, Director
Office of Governor; Division of Ombudsman & Citizen
Svcs
Edgar Brown Bldg., Room 308
1205 Pendelton St.
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 734-0285; (800) 868-0040 (In SC)
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Linda Price, Director
Division of Children's Rehabilitative Services
Department of Health & Environmental Control
1751 Calhoun Street, Box 101106
Columbia, SC 29211
(803) 737-4072
STATE AGENCY FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Donald Gist, Commissioner
Commission for the Blind
1430 Confederate Avenue
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 734-7520
STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND
Sheila Breitweiser, President
South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind
355 Cedar Springs Road
Spartanburg, SC 29302-4699
(864) 585-7711
STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE
Jean Schwartz, Education Associate
Orthopedically Handicapped, Department of Education
Office of Technical Assistance
1429 Senate Street, 506 Rutledge Bldg.
Columbia, SC 29201-3730
(803) 734-8223
DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact
either:
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (CH.A.D.D.)
499 NW 70th Avenue, Suite 101
Plantation, FL 33317
(954) 587-3700
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
URL: http://www.chadd.org
Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 972
Mentor, OH 44061
(216) 350-9595
(800) 487-2282 (Voice mail to request information packet)
E-mail: NATLADDA@aol.com
URL: http://www.add.org
Autism
Craig Stoxen, Executive Director
SC Autism Society
229 Parson Street, Suite 315
W. Columbia, SC 29169
(803) 794-2300
E-mail: scautismsociety@juno.com
Brain Injury
Charles L. McLafferty, President
Brain Injury Association of South Carolina
P.O. Box 1912
Orangeburg, SC 29116
(803) 531-3376
Epilepsy
Christine Porter, Executive Director
Epilepsy Association of the Midlands
Logan Community School
815 Elmwood Avenue, Room 307
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 733-6210
Learning Disabilities
Carol Sunderman, President
Learning Disabilities Association of SC
P.O. Box 1592
Cayce, SC 29033
(803) 926-8302
Mental Health
Rebecca Miles, Executive Director
Mental Health Association in SC
1823 Gadsden Street
Columbia, SC 29201
(803) 779-5363
Yvonne Miller
SC Alliance for the Mentally Ill
P.O. Box 963
Columbia, SC 29202-2963
(803) 561-0000; (800) 788-5131
Mental Retardation
Judith E. Cooper, Executive Secretary
The Arc of SC
P.O. Box 8707
Columbia, SC 29202
(803) 935-5266
Speech and Hearing
Jennifer Mungo, President
SC Speech-Language-Hearing Association
3008 Millwood Avenue
Columbia, SC 29205
(803) 252-5646
OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Joseph D. Jones, CEO
Easter Seals Society
3020 Farrow Road
Columbia, SC 29203
(803) 256-0735; (800) 951-4090
Denise Rivers, Director
South Carolina Services Information System
Center for Developmental Disabilities
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 935-5231 (Admin. Number Only)
(803) 935-5300 (Columbia Area)
(800) 922-1107
E-mail: scsis@cdd.sc.edu
Family Connection of SC, Inc.
2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 103B
Columbia, SC 29204
(803) 252-0914 (in Columbia)
(864) 455-6213 (in Greenville)
(800) 578-8750
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM
Richard Ferrante, Director
UAP of South Carolina
USC School of Medicine
Center for Developmental Disabilities
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 935-5231
E-mail: richardf@cdd.sc.edu
TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE
Evelyn Evans, Project Director
SC Assistive Technology Project
USC School of Medicine
Center for Developmental Disabilities
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 935-5263
URL: http://www.scapt@scsn.net
PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECT
Mary Eaddy, Director
PRO-PARENTS
2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 203
Columbia, SC 29204
(803) 779-3859 (V/TTY); (800) 759-4776 (In SC) (V/TTY)
E-mail: pro-parents@aol.com
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)
Bev Hildreth, President
South Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers
1826 Henderson Street
Columbia, SC 29201-2619
(800) 743-3782
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