Local Resources

Useful links to Delaware state agencies, Delaware Department of Education websites, and local organizations.

ORGANIZATIONS:

The ARC of Delaware

http://www.thearcofdelaware.org/

Autism Delaware

http://www.delautism.org/

Best Buddies Delaware

http://www.bestbuddiesdelaware.org/site/c.eoJHIWOCIrH/b.4049395/k.3FE0/WE_ARE_BEST_BUDDIES8482.htm

Delaware Assistive Technology Initiative

http://www.dati.org/

Delaware Association for the Blind

http://www.dabdel.org/index.html

Down Syndrome Association of Delaware

http://www.dsadelaware.org/

Epilepsy Foundation of Delaware

http://old.epilepsyfoundation.org/local/delaware/

Greater Newark CHADD

http://www.chadd.net/template.cfm?affid=880&p=about

Hearing Loss Association of Delaware

http://www.hlade.org/

Jobs for Delaware Graduates

http://www.jobsdegrads.org/

Parent Information Center of Delaware

http://www.picofdel.org/

Pyramid Educational Consultants

http://www.pecsusa.com/

United Cerebral Palsy of Delaware

http://www.ucpde.org/

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT RESOURCES:

Child Development Watch

http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dph/chs/chscdw.html

Delaware Department of Education

http://www.doe.k12.de.us/default.shtml

Delaware Information on Response to Intervention

http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/staff/profdev/rti_docs.shtml

Delaware School Profiles

http://profiles.doe.k12.de.us/SchoolProfiles/State/Default.aspx

Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families

http://kids.delaware.gov/default.shtml

Crisis Help

http://kids.delaware.gov/services/crisis.shtml

Prevention and Behavioral Health Services

http://kids.delaware.gov/pbhs/pbhs_families_links.shtml

Developmental Disabilities Council

http://ddc.delaware.gov/

Division for the Visually Impaired (DVI)

http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dvi/

New Castle County Head Start

http://www.ncchs.org/

Parents as Teachers

http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/students_family/earlychildhood/parentsasteachers.shtml

MENTAL HEALTH:

Child Mental Health Provider Network

http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/staff/cmh/dcmh/sub10.shtml

Delaware Guidance

http://delawareguidance.org/

Dover Behavioral Health System

http://www.doverbehavioral.com/index.html

Mental Health Association in Delaware

http://www.mhainde.org/

National Alliance of Mental Illness Delaware

http://www.namidelaware.org/

The Rockford Center

http://www.rockfordcenter.com/

HEALTH AND WELLNESS:

Delaware Special Needs Alert Program

http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/ems/emscsnap.html

Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

http://www.nemours.org/about/location/nchaidhc.html

Nurses ‘n Kids (Pediatric Nursing and Daycare)

http://www.nursesnkids.com/

Practice Without Pressure

http://www.pwpde.com/

OTHER:

Acronym List

http://ddc.delaware.gov/pdf/Acronym_List_02-01-08.pdf