STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Gene Lenz, Senior Director
Texas Education Agency
Division of Special Education
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701-1494
(512) 463-9414
E-mail: sped@tea.tetn.net
Web: www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES 3 THROUGH 5
Kathy Clayton, Coordinator
Special Education Programs
Texas Education Agency
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701-1494
(512) 463-9414
E-mail: kclayton@tmail.tea.state.tx.us

PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2
Mary Elder, Executive Director
Early Childhood Intervention Program
4900 N. Lamar Boulevard
Austin, TX 78751-2399
(512) 424-6754; (800) 250-2246 (Information & Referral)
E-mail: melder@eci.state.tx.us
Web: www.eci.state.tx.us

STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY
Vernon M. Arrell, Commissioner
Texas Rehabilitation Commission
4900 North Lamar, Room 7102
Austin, TX 78751-2399
(512) 424-4001
E-mail: max.arrell.rehab@rehab.state.tx.us

CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
Ward N. McCain, Division Director
Texas Education Agency
Division of Career and Technology Education
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 463-9446; (512) 475-3575
Web: www.tea.state.tx.us/Cate

STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY
Karen Hale, Acting Commissioner
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
P.O. Box 12668, Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711-2668
(512) 206-4588

STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Debbie Berndt, Director
Children?s Services
Texas Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation
P.O. Box 12668
Austin, TX 78711-2668
(512) 206-4722

STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL
Roger A. Webb, Executive Director
Texas Planning Council for DD
4900 North Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX 78751-2399
(512) 424-4080; (800) 262-0334
(512) 424-4099 (TTY)
E-mail: TXDDC@rehab.state.tx.us

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
James Comstock-Galagan, Executive Director
Advocacy, Inc.
7800 Shoal Creek Blvd., Suite 171-E
Austin, TX 78757
(512) 454-4816; (800) 252-9108 (In TX)

CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Judith Sokolow, CAP Coordinator
Client Assistant Program
Advocacy, Inc.
7800 Shoal Creek Blvd., Ste. 171-E
Austin, TX 78757
(512) 454-4816
E-mail: info@advocacyinc.org
Web: www.advocacyinc.org

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Susan C. Penfield, Director
CSHCN Planning & Policy Development
Bureau of Children?s Health
TX Department of Health
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756-3179
(512) 458-7355
E-mail: susan.penfield@tdh.state.tx.us

STATE AGENCY FOR THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED
Terrell Murphy, Executive Director
Texas Commission for the Blind
P.O. Box 12866
Austin, TX 78711
(512) 459-2500
E-mail: TerryM@tcb.state.tx.us

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING
David Myers, Executive Director
Texas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
P. O. Box 12904
Austin, TX 78711-2904
(512) 407-3250 (V); (512) 407 3251 (TTY)
E-mail: dmyers@tcb.state.tx.us

STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE
Gene Lenz, Senior Director
Special Education
Texas Education Agency
William B. Travis Building
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701-1494
(512) 463-9414
E-mail: sped@tea.tetn.net
Web: www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed

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)
E-mail: ilru@ilru.org
Web: www.ilru.org/ilru-swdbtac.html

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

Opal Cummings, President
Attention Deficit Disorder Association - Southern Region (ADDA)
12345 Jones Road, Suite 287
Houston, TX 77070
(281) 955-3720
Web: www.adda-sr.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
Brain Injury Association of Texas
Plaza 290 Office Building, Suite 306
6633 East Highway 290
Austin, TX 78723
(512) 467-6872; (800) 392-0040 (In TX)

Cerebral Palsy
Patty Anderson, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy of Texas
900 Congress Avenue, Suite 220
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 472-8696; (800) 798-1492 (in TX)
E-mail: ucptx@onr.com

Epilepsy
Donna Stahlhut, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation of Southeast Texas
2650 Fountain View, Suite 316
Houston, TX 77057
(713) 789-6295; (888) 548-9716 (in TX)
E-mail: dstahlhut@MSN.com
Web: www.efset.org

Epilepsy Foundation of Greater North Texas
2906 Swiss Avenue
Dallas, TX 75204
(214) 823-8809; (800) 447-7778 (in TX only)
E-mail: info@efgnt.org
Web: www.efgnt.org

Francis Kragle, Interim President
Easter Seal Epilepsy Services
2100 Circle Drive
Ft. Worth, TX 76119
(817) 536-8693

Sindi Rosales, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation, Central & South Texas
10615 Perrin Beitel, Suite 602
San Antonio, TX 78217
(210) 653-5353
E-mail: sindi@efcst.org
Web: www.efcst.org

Learning Disabilities
Ann Robinson, Coordinator
Learning Disabilities Association of TX
1011 West 3lst Street
Austin, TX 78705
(512) 458-8234; (800) 604-7500 (TX only)
E-mail: LDAT@compuserve.com

Mental Health
Stella C. Mullins, President/CEO
Mental Health Association in Texas
8401 Shoal Creek Blvd.
Austin, TX 78757
(512) 454-3706
E-mail: scmullins@mhatexas.org
Web: www.mhatexas.org

TX Alliance for the Mentally Ill
1000 E. 7th Street, Suite 208
Austin, TX 78702-3257
(512) 474-2225; (800) 633-3760

Patti Derr, Director
Texas Federation of Families for Children?s Mental Health
7701 North Lamar, Suite 504
Austin, TX 78752
(866) 893-3264
(512) 407-8844
E-mail: txffcmh@prodigy.net
Web: http://www.txffcmh.org

Mental Retardation
Mike Bright, Executive Director
The Arc of TX
1600 W 38th St, #200
Austin, TX 78731
(512) 454-6694; (800) 252-9729

Speech and Hearing
TX Speech-Language-Hearing Association
1033 La Posada Drive, Suite 220
Austin, TX 78752-3880
(512) 452-4636
E-mail: tsha@assnmgmt.com
Web: www.txsha.org

Visual Impairments
Judy Scott, Director
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
Penny Seay, Executive Director
Texas UAP for Developmental Disabilities
University of Texas at Austin
SZB 252/D5100
Austin, TX 78712-1290
(512) 471-7621; (800) 828-7839; (512) 471-1844 (TTY)
E-mail: pseay@mail.utexas.edu
Web: uap.edb.utexas.edu

TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE
Susanne Elrod, Project Director
Texas Assistive Technology Partnership
Texas UAP for Developmental Disabilities
University of Texas at Austin
SZB 252/D5100
Austin, TX 78712
(512) 471-7621; (512) 471-1844 (TTY)
(800) 828-7839
E-mail: s.elrod@mail.utexas.edu
Web: tatp.edb.utexas.edu

PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECTS
Janice and Michael Meyer, Co-Directors
Partners Resource Network, Inc.
1090 Longfellow Drive, Suite B
Beaumont, TX 77706-4819
(409) 898-4684; (800) 866-4726 (In TX)
E-mail: txprn@juno.com
Web: partnerstx.org

Agnes A. Johnson
Grassroots Consortium
6202 Belmark
P.O. Box 61628
Houston, TX 77208-1628
(713) 643-9576
E-mail: SpecKids@AOL.com

Yvette Hinojosa
Project PODER
1017 N. Main Avenue, Suite 207
San Antonio, TX 78212
(210) 222-2637; (800) 682-9747 (in TX only)
E-mail: poder@tfepoder.org
Web: www.tfepoder.org

PARENT-TO-PARENT
Contact PARENT TRAINING INFORMATION PROJECT
(see above)

COMMUNITY PARENT RESOURCE CENTERProviding training primarily in Hidalgo County and Willacy County with outreach to Starr and Cameron Counties.)

Margarita Tagle-Greenlees
Parents Supporting Parents Network
614 N. Texas Blvd., Suite C
Weslaco, TX 78596
(888) 857-8668; (956) 447-8408
E-mail: weslaco@gte.net

PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)
Gail McAda, President
Texas PTA
408 West 11th Street
Austin, TX 78701-2199
(512) 476-6769; (800) 825-5782
E-mail: txpta@txpta.org
Web: www.txpta.org

OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Rebecca Rabinowitz, President
Easter Seals Greater Dallas, TX
4443 N. Josey Lane
Carrollton, TX 75010
(972) 394-8900; (800) 580-4718
E-mail: rebecca@easterseals.com
Web: www.easterseals.com

Cherie Manis, Director
Parent Connection
1020 Riverwood Court
Conroe, TX 77304
(409) 756-8321

Texas Advocates Supporting Kids with Disabilities (TASK)
P.O. Box 162685
Austin, TX 78716
(512) 310-2102 (V or Fax)
E-mail: ASKTASK@AOL.com

Bob Geyer, Director
Disability Policy Consortium
7800 Shoal Creek Blvd., Suite 171-E
Austin, TX 78757
(512) 454-4816 (V/TTY)
E-mail: klandrum@advocacyinc.org
Web: www.dpctexas.org