Links for Kentucky Special Needs Children.
Learning Disabilities Association of Kentucky, Inc.
Tim Woods, Executive Director
2210 Goldsmith Lane, Suite 118
Louisville, KY 40218
(502) 473-1256; (877) 587-1256
Email: LDAofKY@yahoo.com
State Mediation System
Division of Exceptional Children Services
Department of Education
Capital Plaza Tower
500 Mero Street, Room 818
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-4970
The Langsford Center
1810 Sils Ave
Louisville, KY 40205
(502) 473-7000; (502) 459-8522 (fax)
Email: stephen@langsfordcenter.com
The Learning Connection
"Where the Right Brain is Visited"
Catherine Nagle Senn, Director
2233 Alta Ave.
Louisville, KY 40205-1105
(502) 451-8011
Email: naglesenn@aol.com
The dePaul School
1925 Duker Avenue
Louisville, KY 40205
Telephone (502) 459-6131
http://www.depaulschool.org
Meredith Dunn School
http://www.meredithdunnschool.org/
3023 Melbourne Avenue
Louisville, KY 40220
Phone: 502-456-5819
Fax: 502-456-5953
Summit Academy of Louisville
11508 Main Street
Louisville, KY 40043
(502) 244-7090
Email: apedersen@summit-academy.org
Pitt Academy
6010 Preston Hwy
Louisville, KY 40219
Office: 502-966-6979
Fax: 502-962-8878
http://pitt.com/
Academy for Individual Excellence
3101 Bluebird Lane
Louisville, KY 40299
Phone: (502) 267-6187
Fax: (502) 261-9687
http://www.aiexcellence.com
Dr. F. Allen Walker
Creative Psychiatry P.L.L.C.
9900 Corporate Campus Drive , Suite 3000
Louisville, Kentucky 40223
Office: (502) 657-6070
Fax: (502) 657-6071
www.louisvilleadhd.com
drwalker@louisvilleadhd.com
Square One Specialists in Child and Adolescent Development
6440 Dutchmans Parkway
Louisville KY 40205
(502) 896-2606 or Toll-Free (866) 415-3036
Fax (502) 896-0487
Judith A. Axelrod
info@squareonemd.com
Comprehensive Evaluations: Medical, psychological, psychiatric, educational, and speech-language evaluations are offered to help understand differences that impact children's and adolescents' development, behaviors, and emotions.
Robert A. Underwood, Ph.D.
Edelson and Associates, PSC
7511 New LaGrange Road
Louisville, KY 40222
(502) 423-1151
Email: drunderwood@npsych.info
Web: http://www.edelsonandassociates.info
Neuropsychological, ADHD, Learning Disability, Autism and Psychological Disorder Evaluations.
Byron White, Psy.D
Edelson & Associates
7511 New Lagrange Rd
Louisville, KY 40222
(502) 423-1151; (502) 423-1557; (502) 423-1748 (fax)
Email: edelson@npsych.info
Web: http://edelsonandassociates.info
Associated Therapeutics-The Center for Dyslexia
(also known as)
The Reading Room
3306 Clays Mill Road, Suite 102
Lexington, KY 40503
859-219-0127
Email: kimberly.hudson@dyslexiaky.com
Web: http://www.dyslexiaky.com
Dyslexia diagnostics and tutoring in Lexington and vicinity.
University of Kentucky School Psychology Clinic
641 Maxwelton Ct.
Lexington, KY 40506
(859) 257-1381
Psychoeducational assessments, intervention and consultation services to address behavioral, academic, and social-emotional concerns which impact an individual's learning and development.
Progressive Educational
Program, Inc.
212 Venture Way
Somerset, Kentucky
Phone: 606-677-2514
Website: www.WeTeachSpelling.com
Email: Progressiveeduprogram@windstream.net
Specializing in Tutoring
Children with Dyslexia.
Joni Strickland, Director of Tutoring Service and Karen Cress, Certified
Dyslexia Tester
The Arc of Kentucky
833 East Main
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 875-5225; (800) 281-1272
Email: arcofky@aol.com
Adult Education in Kentucky
Kentucky Adult Education
Council on Postsecondary Education
1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 250
Frankfort, KY 40601
http://www.kyae.ky.gov
502/573-5114 V/TTY or
800/928-7323 V/TTY
FAX: 502/573-5436
Autism Society of the Bluegrass
Web: http://www.geocities.com/autismsocietyofthebluegrass/
Autism Society of Western Kentucky
PO Box 1647 230 Second Street, Suite 206
Henderson, Kentucky
(270) 826-0510
Brain Injury Association of Kentucky
4229 Bardstown Road, Suite 330
Louisville, KY 40218
(502) 493-0609; (800) 592-1117 (in KY)
Email: operations@braincenter.org
Web: www.braincenter.org
Cabinet for Health Services
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4E-B
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
(502) 564-4527
Center For Accessible Living
1051 N. 16th Street, Suite C
Murray, KY 42071
(888) 261-6194; (270) 753-7729 (Fax/TDD); (888) 261-6194
Email: calmur@calky.org
Web: www.calky.org
Cerebral Palsy K.I.D.S. Center
982 Eastern Parkway
Louisville, KY 40217
(502) 635-6397; (502) 635-1147 (fax)
The K.I.D.S. Center is an outpatient treatment facility that offers physical, occupational and speech therapy services; community referral and resource information; parent/guardian support group; family support, activities and education; orthopedic clinic; wheelchair and seating assessments; casting and splinting ; therapeutic horseback riding programs; sensory motor gym; pediatric therapy equipment; and a physical fitness gym.
CHADD Bluegrass
Lexington
(859) 264-1393
Children and Youth Services Branch
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4W-C
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
(502) 564-7610; (800) 374-9146
Web: http://mhmr.ky.gov/kdmhmrs/default.asp
Children's Law Center
104 East 7th Street
Covington, KY 41011
(859) 431-3313
Email: childrenslaw@fuse.net
Web: http://www.childrenslawky.org
We provide free legal services for children with educational disabilities, and also so research and policy work, training and education in this area.
The Christian County Association for Specific Perceptual Disability Inc. "Dyslexia"
Betty Warner - Administrative Assistant for Dyslexia
414 Colonial Terrace
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
(270) 886-3169
http://www.hopkinsvilledyslexia.org/
Dyslexia
3000 Canton St. 4 D
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
(270) 885-5804
School Director: Ruth Lature
136 Windsor Drive
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
(270) 885-3127
Email: lature1445@aol.com
Our mission is (1) Promote awareness of dyslexia and other disabilities as well as the availability of services through the Association. (2) Provide remediation for persons with dyslexia and other learning disabilities.
Client Assistance Program
209 St. Clair, 5th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-8035;
(800) 633-6283 (in KY)
Coalition for Reform in Special Education Services (C.R.I.S.E.S)
243 Shady Lane
Lexington, KY 40503
(859) 278-4991
Email: tynerwilso@aol.com
Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs
982 Eastern Parkway
Louisville, KY 40217
(502) 595-4459, ext. 271; (800) 232-1160
Email: eric.friedlander@mail.state.ky.us
Web: http://chfs.ky.gov/
Council on Mental Retardation
1146 South Third Street
Louisville, KY 40203-2997
(502) 584-1239
Email: info@councilonmr.org
Web site: www.councilonmr.org
Creative Learning Center
576 Centre View Blvd
Crestview Hills, KY 41017
(859) 341-1647; (859) 341-1821
Provides support and education to families in Northern Kentucky regarding IDEA 2004 and No Child Left Behind.
Department for the Blind
P.O. Box 757
Frankfort, KY 40602-0757
(502) 564-4754
(502) 564-2929 (TTY)
Web: http://blind.ky.gov/
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
Cabinet for Workforce Development
209 St. Clair
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-4440
Directions Disability Link
First Link of the Bluegrass
2480 Fortune Drive, Suite 150
Lexington, KY 40509
(859) 313-5465, ext. 10
Web: www.first-link.org
Division of Exceptional Children's Services
Kentucky Department of Education
Capitol Plaza Tower, 8th Floor
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-4970
Web: http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Default.htm
Division of Mental Retardation
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4E-E
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
(502) 564-7700
Web: http://mhmr.ky.gov/kdmhmrs/default.asp
Down Syndrome Association of Central Kentucky
2808 Ashbrooke Drive
Lexington, KY 40513
(859) 219-3404
Web: http://www.dsack.org
We are interested in providing support, information and education about and for Down syndrome to families and professionals that make up Central Kentucky.
Down Syndrome InfoSource, Inc.
P.O. Box 221316
Louisville, KY 40252-1316
(502) 412-3759; (888) 999-3759
Email: GTLowe@aol.com
Down Syndrome of Louisville, Inc.
1939 Goldsmith Lane #208
Louisville, Kentucky 40218
(502) 458-6392;
(888) 458-Down
Web: www.downsyndromeoflouisville.org
Serves families through out the Kentuckiana area.
Dyslexia Solutions Inc.
Dr. Robert Dahlem
3509 South Hurstbourne Parkway
Louisville, KY 40299
(502) 499-2744;
(502) 741-1297;
(502) 499-1881 (fax)
Email: bdahlem@readfluent.com
Web: http://www.readfluent.com
A tax-exempt, nonprofit 501c3 corporation founded on the discoveries of Dr. Robert Dahlem, DVM, to promote and distribute a new invention that significantly improves reading fluency for individuals with reading difficulties associated with the symptoms of dyslexia.
Easter Seals Kentucky
2050 Versailles Road
Lexington, KY 40504
(859) 254-5701; (800) 888-5377
Web: www.cardinalhill.org
Epilepsy Council of Greater Cincinnati, Inc.
3 Centennial Plaza
895 Central Avenue, Suite 550
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 721-2905; (877) 804-2241
Email: ecgc@fuse.net
Web: www.ecgc.net
Human Development Institute
University Center for Excellence
University of Kentucky
126 Mineral Industries Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0051
(859) 257-3045
Email: haroldk@ihdi.uky.edu
Jordans' Gait Stables, Inc.
515 Dry Ridge Road
Eastview, Ky 42732
(270) 862-2290; (270) 862-2290; (801) 460-4854 (fax)
Email: jordans_gait_stables@yahoo.com
A 501C(3) non-profit center providing free therapeutic horseback riding to the mentally and physically challenged.
The Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Listed by Title or searchable by keyword
http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/KAR/frntpage.htm
Kentucky Administrative Regulations- Education = Title 700
http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/kar/titles.htm
Kentucky Assistive Technology Service (KATS) Network
Charles McDowell Center
8412 Westport Road
Louisville, KY 40242
(502) 327-0022 (V/TTY); (800) 327-5287 (V/TTY, in KY only)
Email: katsnet@iglou.com
Web: www.katsnet.org
Kentucky Autism Training Center
Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
632 Versailles Road
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 573-2604 (V/TTY); (800) 372-2907 (V/TTY, in KY only)
Email: kcdhh@mail.state.ky.us
Web: www.kcdhh.org
Kentucky Congress of Parents and Teachers
P.O. Box 654
Frankfort, KY 40602-0654
(502) 564-4378
Email: KY_office@pta.org
Web: www.kypta.org
Kentucky Developmental Disabilities Council
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services
100 Fair Oaks Lane, 4E-F
Frankfort, KY 40621-0001
(502) 564-7842
Web: www.kddc.org
Kentucky Disabilities Coalition
P.O. Box 1589
Frankfort, KY 40602
(502) 875-1871 (V/TTY); (800) 977-7505 (in KY)
Email: kydis@mis.net
Web: www.geocities.com/kydisabilitiescoalition
Kentucky Division of Exceptional Children Services
Kentucky Education Rights Center, Inc.
106 North Main Street
Versailles, Kentucky 40383
(859) 879-0411; (859) 879-0412 (fax)
Email: kerc@edrights.com
Web: www.edrights.com
Kentucky Instructional and Diagnostic Services
Kentucky School for the Blind
1867 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206
(502) 897-1583
Web: www.ksb.k12.ky.us
Kentucky Mental Health Coalition
120 Sears Avenue, Suite 212
Louisville, KY 40207
(502) 894-0222
Web: www.kymhc.org
Kentucky Partnership for Families and Children
Carol Cecil
207 Holmes Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 875-1320
Email: kpfc@kypartnership.org
Kentucky Protection and Advocacy
Maureen Fitzgerald
100 Fair Oaks Lane--Third Floor
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
(800) 372-2988 (Voice/TTY), (502) 564-2967 (Voice/TTY); (502) 564-0848 (fax)
Email: Info@mail.pa.state.ky.us
Web: http://www.kypa.net
P&A is an independent state agency made up of advocates and attorneys working together with people who have disabilities to promote and protect their legal rights.
Kentucky Revised Statutes TITLE XIII - EDUCATION
Listed by Title
http://www.LRC.state.ky.us/KRS/TITLES.HTM
Kentucky Special Parent Involvement Network (KY-SPIN)
10301-B Deering Road
Louisville, KY 40272
(502) 937-6894; (800) 525-7746; (502) 937-6464 (fax)
Email: spininc@aol.com
Web: www.kyspin.com
Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association
365 Waller Avenue, Suite 120
Lexington, KY 40504
(859) 252-3776; (800) 837-2446
Email: KSHAoffice@aol.com
Web: www.kysha.org
Kentucky State Department of Education
1930 Capital Plaza Tower
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-3421, (800) 533-5372; (502) 564-6470 (fax)
Web: http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Default.htm
Julie Kraska, OTR/L
Kraska & Associates, Inc.
437 Lewis Hargett Circle Suite 120
Lexington, KY 40503
(859) 219-0956; (859) 219-1186 (fax)
Private practice providing occupational and speech therapy services. Family-centered approach. Areas of speciality include sensory integration, sensory processing disorder, fine motor/handwriting, dyspraxia, autism, aspergers, articulation, phonological disorders, reading programs
Mental Health Association of Kentucky
120 Sears Avenue, Suite 213
Louisville, KY 40207
(502) 893-0460; (888) 705-0463
Email: mhaky@kih.net
Web: www.mhaky.org
Mental Health Association of Northern Kentucky
605 Madison Avenue
Covington, KY 41011
(859) 431-1077
Email: mhnky@aol.com
Web: http://mhanky.org
Music for Life: Music Therapy and Music Education
Patricia Guobis, M. M., MT-BC
1815 Deerwood Avenue
Louisville, KY 40205
(502) 456-2682; (502) 767-8308
NAMI Kentucky (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
10510 LaGrange Road, Building 103
Louisville, KY 40223-1228
(502) 245-5284; (800) 257-5081
Email: namiky.hgmills@mindspring.com
Web: http://ky.nami.org
Parent Outreach: Parents Supporting Parents
1146 S. Third Street
Louisville, KY 40203
(502) 584-1239
Email: outreach@councilonmr.org
Web: www.councilonmr.org
Pathways to Careers and Special Programs
Capitol Plaza Tower, Room 2113
500 Mero Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-3775
Web: www.kde.state.ky.us
Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5
Division of Extended Learning
Office of Academic and Professional Development
500 Mero Street, Capitol Plaza Tower, 17th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-7056
Web: www.kde.state.ky.us
Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2
First Steps Program
3717 Taylorsville Road
Louisville, KY 40220-1366
(502) 459-0225; (800) 442-0087;
(502) 452-9079 (fax)
Web: http://chfs.ky.gov/dph/firststeps.htm
Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Developmental Delays: Ages Birth to 3.
Protection and Advocacy Division
100 Fair Oaks Lane, Third Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-2967; (800) 372-2988 (In KY) (Voice and TTY)
Web: www.kypa.net
Seven Counties Services - Developmental Services
3717 Taylorsville Road
Louisville, KY 40220-1366
(502) 459-5292; (800) 459-5292; (502) 452-9079 (fax)
Web: http://www.sevencounties.org
Provides services for people in the Seven Counties region (Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, and Trimble)with Mental Retardation or other developmental disabilities. These services are provided to individuals aged birth through the lifespan.
Special Needs Resource Directory
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Ave. MLC 9012
Cincinnati, OH 45229
(513) 636-1970; (513) 636-7151 (fax)
Web: http://cincinnatichildrens.org/special-needs
The Special Needs Resource Directory includes a comprehensive accumulation of resources for Kentucky, Southwest Ohio, and Indiana, as well as national and international website links.
Special Olympics Kentucky
Melissa Hardison & Mary Dee Boemker
105 Lakeview Court
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 695-8222; (800) 633-7403; (502) 695-0496 (fax)
Web: http://www.soky.org
Special Olympics is the world's largest program of sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
Spina Bifida Association of Kentucky
982 Eastern Parkway, Box 18
Louisville, KY 40217
(502) 637-7363; (502) 637-1010
Email: sbak@sbak.org
Web: www.sbak.org
State Education Agency Rural Representative
Department of Education
500 Mero Street, Capitol Plaza Tower, 1st Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-4474
Web: www.kde.state.ky.us
Turning Point for Autism, Inc.
P.O. Box 445
Goshen, KY 40026
(502) 899-9128; (502) 228-8391 (fax)
A non profit -501(c)3- organization that provides ABA therapy through the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CA.) with therapists based in the Kentucky area.
VSA Arts of Kentucky
824 Ironwood Drive
Bowling Green, KY 42103
(270) 781-0872 (V/TTY); (877) 417-9594
Email: vsaky@bellsouth.net
WHAS Crusade for Children Lending Library
3717 Taylorsville Road
Louisville, KY 40220-1366
(502) 459-5292; (800) 459-5292
(502) 452-9079 (fax)
United Partners in Kentucky
UP in KY is a functional, non-compensated partnership to enhance each others'
work on behalf of children, youth and young adults with disabilities and their
families. The intention is to collaborate with each other, reduce duplication of
effort and help determine and influence policies.
http://www.up-in-ky.com