STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Darla Griffin, Executive Director
Special Education Services, Department of Education
2500 N. Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4599
(405) 521-3351
E-mail: darla_griffin@mail.sde.state.ok.us

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES 3 THROUGH 5
Amber Hackney, Coordinator
Special Education Section, Department of Education
2500 North Lincoln Blvd., Room 411
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405) 521-3351

PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH
DISABILITIES: AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2
Cathy Perri, Associate Director
Sooner Start
Special Education Section, Department of Education
2500 North Lincoln Blvd., Room 411
Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4599
(405) 521-4880
E-mail: cathy_perri@mail.sde.state.ok.us
Web: www.sde.state.ok.us/pro/ei.html

STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY
Linda S. Parker, Director
Department of Rehabilitation Services
3535 NW 58th, Suite 500
Oklahoma City, OK 73112
(405) 951-3400

OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Melanie Eick, Disabilities Specialist
Department of Vocational Technical Education
1500 West 7th Avenue
Stillwater, OK 74074
(405) 377-2000 (Ext. 138); (405) 743-5138
(800) 522-5810, ext. 138
E-mail: meick@okvotech.org

STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY
Sharron Boehler, Commissioner
Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Svcs.
P.O. Box 53277
Oklahoma City, OK 73152-3277
(405) 522-3877
Web: www.state.ok.us/~dmhsas

STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Beverly Smallwood, Director
Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services
P.O. Box 53277
Oklahoma City, OK 73152
(405) 522-3839
E-mail: Beverly_Smallwood@oklaosf.state.ok.us

STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM
Jim Nicholson, Division Administrator
Developmental Disabilities Services
Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
(405) 521-3571

STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL
Ann Trudgeon, Director
OK Developmental Disabilities Council
3033 N. Walnut, Suite 105E
P.O. Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
(405) 528-4984 or 4985; (800) 836-4470
E-mail: OPCDD@AOL.com

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
Kayla A. Bower, Executive Director
OK Disability Law Center, Inc
2828 E. 51st Street, Suite 302
Tulsa, OK 74105
(918) 743-6220 (V/TTY); (800) 226-5883 (V/TTY, in OK only)

Kayla A. Bower, Executive Director
Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Inc.
2915 Classen Blvd.
300 Cameron Building
Oklahoma City, OK 73106
(405) 525-7755 (V/TTY); (800) 880-7755 (V/TTY, in OK)
E-mail: kbower1@flash.net
Web: www.flash.net/~odlcokc

CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Helen Kutz, Director
OK Client Assistance Program
Office of Handicapped Concerns
2712 Villa Prom Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73107-2423
(405) 521-3756; (800) 522-8224

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Howard Hendrix, Director
Family Support Services
Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
(405) 521-3076

REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY
Southwest DBTAC
Independent Living Research Utilization
2323 South Shepard Boulevard, Suite 1000
Houston TX 77019
(713) 520-0232 (V); (713) 520-5136 (TTY)
Web: www.ilru.org/ilru-swdbtac.html

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)
9930 Johnnycake Ridge Rd., Suite 3E
Mentor, OH 44060
(440) 350-9595
(800) 487-2282 (Voice mail to request information packet)
E-mail: NatlADDA@AOL.com
Web: www.add.org

Autism
To identify an autism group in your state, contact:
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 657-0881; (800) 3-AUTISM
Web: www.autism-society.org

Brain Injury
Charlotte Bowen, Executive Director, Community and Family Resources
Brain Injury Association of Oklahoma, Inc.
P.O. Box 88
Hillsdale, OK 73743
(580) 635-2237; (800) 765-6809 (in OK)
E-mail: biaok@ionet.net
Web: www.ionet.net/~rxot/

Cerebral Palsy
Jim Rankin, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Oklahoma
1917 South Harvard Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73128
(405) 681-9611; (800) UCP-2289
E-mail: oklahoma@ucp.org
Web: www.ucp.org

Epilepsy
Laura E. Neece-Baltaro, President
Epilepsy Association of the Sooner State
711 Stanton L. Young Boulevard, Suite 550
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
(405) 271-3232
E-mail: brainwav@mci2000.com or kbower1@flash.net
Web: www.oklahoman.net/connections/epilepsy

Learning Disabilities
Barbara Greggs, President
Learning Disabilities Association of OK
P.O. Box 2315
Stillwater, OK 74076
(405) 743-1366; (800) 532-6365 (in OK)
E-mail: ldao@fullnet.net or Barbaragreggs@hotmail.com

Joe Greggs, President
OKC Metropolitan Parent Support Group
for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities
5920 N. MacArthur
Oklahoma City, OK 73122
(405) 721-3144
E-mail: jwgreggs@hotmail.com

Mental Health
Annette Murphy, Execuive Director
Mental Health Association in OK County
(Shartel Shopping Center)
5104 North Francis, Suite B
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
(405) 843-9900

Steven Buck, Executive Director
NAMI Oklahoma
5131 Classen Blvd.
Suite 110
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
(405) 840-4746; (800) 645-5437
E-mail: namiok@oklahoma.net
Web: www.nami.org/~amiok

Special Health Care Needs
Lyn Thoreson, State Coordinator
Family Voices
P.O. Box 32255
Oklahoma City, OK 73123
(800) 766-2223 (in OK); (405) 271-6617
E-mail: LynT@health.state.ok.us
Web: www.health.state.ok.us

Speech and Hearing
Debbie Barker, President
OK Speech-Language-Hearing Association
P.O. Box 53217
Oklahoma City, OK 73152-3217
(405) 769-7329
E-mail: oslha@AOL.com

Spina Bifida
Quincy Kaufman, President
Spina Bifida Association of Oklahoma
P.O. Box 2117
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-2117
(405) 789-7056

Visual Impairments
Judy Scott
American Foundation for the Blind-Southwest
260 Treadway Plaza, Exchange Park
Dallas, TX 75235
(214) 352-7222
E-mail: afbdallas@afb.org

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM
Valerie N. Williams, Director
UAP of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
P.O. Box 26901, ROB 316
Oklahoma City, OK 73190-3042
(405) 271-2688
E-mail: valerie-williams@ouhsc.edu

TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE
Linda Jaco, Project Manager
Oklahoma ABLE Tech
Oklahoma State University
Wellness Center
1514 W. Hall of Fame
Stillwater, OK 74078-2026
(405) 744-9864; (800) 257-1705 (V/TTY)
(888) 885-5588 (ABLE Tech Info-line)
E-mail: mljwell@okway.okstate.edu
Web: www.okstate.edu/wellness/at-home.htm

PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECT
Sharon Bishop, Director
Parents Reaching Out in OK (PRO-Oklahoma)
1917 South Harvard Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73128
(405) 681-9710; (800) PL94-142 (V/TTY)
E-mail: prook1@AOL.com
Web: www.ucp.org/probase.htm

PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)
Patty Neuwirth, President
Oklahoma Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
1601 S.W. 89th Street, Building B, Suite 200
Oklahoma City, OK 73159
(405) 681-0750
E-mail: ok_office@pta.org

STATE INFORMATION & REFERRAL SERVICE
Madalyn McCollom, Director
OK Areawide Service Information System (OASIS)
4545 N. Lincoln, Suite 281
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405) 271-6302 (V/TTY; 800-42-OASIS (V/TTY)
E-mail: oasisok@juno.com
Web: oasis.ouhsc.edu

OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Patricia Filer, President
Easter Seals Oklahoma
2100 N.W. 63rd Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
(405) 848-2525
E-mail: SibleyF@MSN.com

Palma Bucher, Director
The Child & Adolescent Network (for Emotional, Behavioral,
or Mentally Unique Children and Their Families)
5131 Classen Boulevard, Suite 110
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
(405) 840-4746; (800) 645-5437 (in OK)
E-mail: namiok@oklahoma.net
Web: www.nami.org/amiok

Curt Peters, Director
J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities
1125 E. Alameda
Norman, OK 73071
(405) 321-4830
E-mail: curt@jdmc.org
Web: www.jdmc.org

Cindy Hoke-Blackburn, Executive Director
VSA (Very Special Arts) Oklahoma
3022 Paseo
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
(405) 525-2787
E-mail: vsaok@swbell.net