Idaho Cerebral Palsy Resources
STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Nolene Weaver, Chief
Bureau of Special Education Section
Idaho Department of Education
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0027
(208) 332-6910
E-mail: nbweaver@sde.state.id.us
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES 3 THROUGH 5
Contact State Department of Education: Special Education
(see above)
PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2
Mary Jones, Program Manager
Infant Toddler Program
Bureau of Developmental Disabilities
Department of Health and Welfare
P.O. Box 83720
450 West State Street, 5th Floor
Boise, ID 83720-0036
(208) 334-5514
E-mail: jonesm@dhw.state.id.us
STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY
F. Pat Young, Interim Administrator
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0096
(208) 334-3390 (V/TTY)
STATE DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Mike Rush, Director
State Division of Vocational Education
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0095
(208) 334-3216
E-mail: mrush@ved.state.id.us
STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY
Roy Sargeant, Chief
Bur. of Mental Health & Substance Abuse
Div. of Family & Community Service
Department of Health & Welfare
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0036
(208) 334-6500
E-mail: sargeant@idhw.state.id.us
STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN
Anna Sever, Chief
Bureau of Family & Children?s Services
Division of Family & Community Services
Department of Health & Welfare
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0036
(208) 334-5689
STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM
Paul Swatsenbarg, Chief
Bureau of Developmental Disabilities
Division of Family & Community Services
Department of Health & Welfare
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0036
(208) 334-5512
STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES COUNCIL
Marilyn Sword, Executive Director
Idaho State Council on DD
280 North 8th Street, Suite 208
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0280
(208) 334-2178
E-mail: msword@icdd.state.id.us
Web: www.state.id.us/icdd/
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
James Baugh, Director
Comprehensive Advocacy, Inc.
4477 Emerald Street, Suite B-100
Boise, ID 83706
(208) 336-5353; (800) 632-5125
E-mail: coadinc@cyberhighway.net
Web: users.moscow.com/co-ad
CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Contact Protection & Advocacy Agency
(see above)
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Brett Harrell, Manager
Children?s Special Health Program
Bureau of Clinical and Preventive Services
Idaho Department of Health & Welfare
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0036
(208) 334-5962
E-mail: harrellb@idhw.state.id.us
STATE AGENCY FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Michael Graham, Interim Administrator
Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
341 West Washington Street
Boise, ID 83702
(208) 334-3220
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING
Pennie Cooper, Executive Director
ID Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
1720 Westgate Drive
Boise, ID 83704
(208) 334-0879 (V); (208) 334-0803 (TTY)
(800) 433-1323 (Voice ? in ID only)
(800) 433-1361 (TTY ? in ID only)
E-mail: cooperp{dhwtowers/dhw04/cooperp}@dhw.state.id.us
Web: www.state.id.us/cdhh/cdhh1.htm
STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE
Nolene Weaver, Chief
Bureau of Special Education
Idaho Department of Education
P.O. Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0027
(208) 332-6910
E-mail: nbweaver@sde.state.id.us
REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY
Northwest DBTAC
WA State Governor?s Committee on Disability Issues & Employment
P.O. Box 9046, MS 6000
Olympia, WA 98507-9046
(360) 438-4116 (V/TTY)
Web: www.wata.org/NWD
DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CH.A.D.D)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 201
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
E-mail: national@chadd.org
Web: www.chadd.org
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 1303
Northbrook, IL 60065-1303
E-mail: mail@add.org
Web: www.add.org
Autism
Cheryl Fisher
ID Autism Association
7249 W. Colonial Street, D-307
Boise, ID 83709
E-mail: IAA85@AOL.com
Brain Injury
Marilyn Hern, President
Brain Injury Association of ID
PO Box 414
Boise, ID 83701-0414
(208) 336-7708; (888) 374-3447 (In ID)
Web: www.biausa.org
Cerebral Palsy
Barbara A. Leinberger, Director
United Cerebral Palsy of ID
5530 Emerald Street
Boise, ID 83706
(208) 377-8070
E-mail: ucpidaho@AOL.com
Epilepsy
David C. Blackwell, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation
310 West Idaho
Boise, ID 83702
(208) 344-4340; (800) 237-6676 (In ID)
E-mail: epilepsy@micron.net
Web: www.webpak.net/~epilepsy
Mental Health
Lee Woodland, Executive Director
NAMI-Idaho
P.O. Box 68
Albion, ID 83311
(208) 654-9915
E-mail: namiid@cyberhighway.net
Speech And Hearing
Pam Waldorf, President
ID Speech, Language & Hearing Association
100 N. McDermott Road
Kuna, ID 83634
(208) 922-1007
E-mail: pwaldorf@internetoutlet.net
Visual Impairments
Gil Johnson, Director
American Foundation for the Blind
111 Pine Street, Suite 725
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 392-4845
E-mail: sanfran@afb.org
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM
A. Lee Parks, Director
Center on Disabilities and Human Development
University Affiliated Program/University of Idaho
129 W. Third Street
Moscow, ID 83843
(208) 885-3559
E-mail: lparks@uidaho.edu
Web: www.ets.uidaho.edu/cdhd/
TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE
Ron Seiler, Project Director
Idaho Assistive Technology Project
129 W. Third Street
Moscow, ID 83843
(800) 432-8324 (V/TTY); (208) 885-3573
E-mail: seile861@uidaho.edu
Web: www.ets.uidaho.edu/cdhd/
PARENT TRAINING INFORMATION PROJECT
Cheryl Fisher, Program Director
Idaho Parents Unlimited Inc (IPUL)
4696 Overland Road, #568
Boise, ID 83705
(208) 342-5884 (V/TTY); (800) 242-4785 (in ID only)
E-mail: ipul@rmci.net
Web: home.rmci.net/IPUL
PARENT-TO-PARENT
Contact Parent Training Information Project
(see above)
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)
Pam Glenn, President
Idaho Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
500 West Washington
Boise, ID 83702-5965
(208) 344-0851; (208) 342-8585
E-mail: id_office@pta.org
OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Evelyn Mason, Executive Director
VSA (Very Special Arts) Idaho
P.O. Box 1554
Boise, ID 83701-1554
(208) 333-0122
E-mail: vsaidaho@micron.net