Referral Directory

1. Adult Education

Adult education programs provide basic skills classes to adults with less than a high school education who want to improve basic skills and/or obtain a GED diploma.

Arkansas Adult Education Programs
http://dwe.arkansas.gov/AdultEd/adulteducationcenters.html

2. Advocacy Services

Advocacy includes support and information about the legal rights and responsibilities of people with disabilities.

Disability Rights Center
http://www.arkdisabilityrights.org

Social Security Disability Claims
http://www.social-security-disability-claims.org/

Disability Secrets: Tips, Advice, Explanations, and Answers
http://www.disabilitysecrets.com/

3. Assistive Technology

Assistive technology includes a wide variety of tools designed to assist people with disabilities in order that they may reach their full potential, participate and be productive members of their communities.

Arkansas Increasing Capabilities Access Network
http://www.arkansas-ican.org/txt/index2.htm

Assistive Listening Devices Center
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Dept of Audiology and Speech
Call 501.316.2442 or 888.335.0396 (Voice/TDD)

Easter Seal Technology Resource Center
http://www.iser.com/easterseal-AR.html

Lion's World Services for the Blind Technology Center
http://www.rollanet.org/~rlions/lwsb/#assist
501.664.7100 (Voice/TDD)
800.248.0734 (Voice)

Tools for Life
http://www.gatfl.org/

4. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Assessment / Treatment

Resources for diagnosis and treatment of ADHD.

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
http://www.aacap.org

American Academy of Neurology
http://www.aan.com/public/find.cfm

American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/referral

American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
http://therapistlocator.net

American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm

American Psychological Association
http://helping.apa.org/find.html

Attention Deficit Disorders Association - Southern Region
http://www.adda-sr.org

National Association of Social Workers
http://www.socialworkers.org

National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
http://www.add.org

National Board for Certified Counselors
http://www.nbcc.org/cfind

Find local ADHD diagnosticians

Go to http://www.yellowpages.com
Enter "medical doctor" in the "Category" box.
Enter your city and state.
Click the "Find" box.
NOTE:Not all medical doctors diagnose and treat ADHD.
NOTE:You may also want to try other categories, such as "psychologist", "psychiatrist", "adhd", etc.

Some questions to ask when choosing a psychologist:

Are there any eligibility requirements for services?
What forms of payment do you accept?
What type of insurance coverage must I have to pay for assessment and treatment?
Do you provide evaluation and treatment services for all ages?

5. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Screening

Online screening tools for ADHD as a first step to deciding whether or not a diagnosis should be conducted.

Adult ADD.com
http://www.adultadd.com/index.jsp

My ADHD.com
http://myadhd.com/assessmenttools.html

6. Autism Society of America (ASA)

http://www.autism-society.org

8. Educational Services

Learning Disabilities assessment, therapy, and/or remediation.

APT Educational Services
Assessment and Prescriptive Tutoring
501.660.4333

Educational Services Associates
501.666.8686, Ext. 1129

LearningRx
http://www.learningrx.com/center2/

Southern Arkansas University Disability Support Services
http://www.saumag.edu/Disability_Support_Services.htm

University of Arkansas Center for Students with Disabilities
http://www.uark.edu/ua/csd/links.htm

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Disability Support Services
http://www.ualr.edu/~dssdept/

University of Central Arkansas Disability Support Services
http://www.uca.edu/divisions/student/disability/documentation.htm

University of the Ozarks
Jones Learning Center for Students with Learning Disabilities
http://www.ozarks.edu/campusservices/jlc/

9. Job Coaches

The purpose of job coaching is to help people with disabilities determine appropriate accommodations and/or work strategies to accomplish essential tasks of a job.

Arkansas Rehabilitation Services
http://www.arsinfo.org/employer.html

Welfare Peer Technical Assistance
http://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/inn_prog/topics.cfm?catID=2#6

10. Learning Disabilities, Assessment / Treatment

Resources for diagnosis and treatment of learning disabilities.

Arkansas Children's Hospital
Child Study Center
501.364.4670

Arkansas Directory of Psychologists
http://psychologyinfo.com/directory/AR/

Arkansas Mental Health Association
http://www.mhca.org/member.htm

Internet Special Education Resources
http://www.iser.com/CAassess.html

School Psychology Resources Online
http://www.bcpl.net/~sandyste/school_psych.html

Find local psychologists

Go to http://www.yellowpages.com
Enter "psychologist" in the "Category" box.
Enter your city and state.
Click the "Find" box.

Some questions to ask when choosing a psychologist:

Are there any eligibility requirements for services?
What forms of payment do you accept?
What type of insurance coverage must I have to pay for assessment and treatment?
Do you provide evaluation and treatment services for all ages?

10. Learning Disabilities Websites for Teachers, Adults with Learning Disabilities, Parents, and Children

Most of these websites include information for parents, teachers, advocates, and students, and include resources for both children and adults.

Ennis William Cosby Foundation
http://hellofriend.org

LD Online
http://www.ldonline.org

Learning Disabilities Association of Arkansas
http://www.ldaarkansas.org/

National Institute for Literacy
Special Collections, Literacy and Learning Disabilities
http://ldlink.coe.utk.edu/

Schwab Foundation
http://www.schwablearning.org

11. Literacy

Arkansas Literacy programs provide one-on-one tutoring for children and adults to remediate basic skills.

Arkansas Literacy Councils
http://www.arkansasliteracy.org/directory.htm

12. Mentoring

Local support services for people with disabilities.

Mainstream Independent Living Center
Little Rock, AR
http://www.mainstreamilrc.com/

Sources for Community Independent Living Services
Fayetteville, AR
http://www.arsources.org/

13. Nationwide Support Services Information

Online support services for people with disabilities.

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) Reference Circulars for Learning Disabilities Organizations and Resources
http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/circulars/learn.html

National Institute for Literacy
Special Collections, Literacy and Learning Disabilities
http://ldlink.coe.utk.edu/

Southeast Disability and Business Technical Alliance
http://www.sedbtac.org

14. Optometrists

Search for an Optometrist
http://www.arkansasoptometric.org/search.html

Developmental Vision Assessment

College of Optometrists in Vision Development
http://www.covd.org

Home Therapy Systems
http://www.homevisiontherapy.com

15. Post-Secondary Scholarships, Disability-Related

General

Arkansas Governor's Commission on People with Disabilities Scholarship Committee PO Box 3781 Little Rock, AR 72203 501.296.1626 501.296.1623 (TDD) 501.296.1627 (FAX) Call and request an application, then mail to the address above	Personnel Representative Undergraduate Scholar Program Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) P.O. Box 12727 Arlington, VA 22209-8727 703.482.0677
Bank of America ADA Abilities Scholarship Program Center for Scholarship Administration, Inc. PO Box 1465 Taylors, SC 29687-0031 864.268.3363 http://www.scholarshipprograms.org/fsp_bankofamerica.html	Stanley E. Jackson Scholarship Award for Students with Disabilities Foundation for Exceptional Children 1920 Association Drive Reston, VA 22091 703.264.3507
Foundation for Science and Disability, Inc. Richard Mankin, Grants Committee Chair 503 NW 89 Street Gainesville, FL 32607-1400	Venture Clubs Student Aid Award and Venture Clubs of America 2 Penn Center Plaza, #1000 Philadelphia, PA 19102-1883 215.557.9300
Lions Club International (Check with your local chapter) http://www.lionsclubs.org/

Hearing Loss/Deafness

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf 3417 Volta Place NW Washington, DC 20007 202.337.5221 http://www.agbell.org/financialaid.cfm	Stokoe Scholarship National Association of the Deaf 814 Thayer Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910 301.587.1788 301.587.1789 (TTY) http://www.nad.org/
Minnie Pearl Scholarship Program EAR Foundation 2000 Church Street, Box 111 Nashville, TN 37236 800-545-HEAR	The Geoffrey Foundation (For oral deaf) P.O. Box 1112 Kennebunkport, ME 04046 207.967.5798

Visual Impairments

American Council of the Blind 1155 15th Street NW, Suite 720 Washington, DC 20005 202.467.5081 http://www.acb.org/	Council of Citizens with Low Vision (CCLV) 6511 26th Street West Bradenton, FL 34207 800.733.2258 http://www.cclvi.org/
American Foundation for the Blind 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300 New York, NY 10001 800.232.5463 http://www.afb.org/	Ezra Davis Memorial Scholarship National Federation of the Blind Chair, Scholarship Committee 814 Fourth Avenue, Suite 200 Grinnell, IA 50112 515.236.3366
Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired 4600 Duke Street #430 P.O. Box 22397 Alexandria, VA 22304 703.823.9690	Learning Through Listening Award Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic 20 Roszel Road Princeton, NJ 08540 609.453.0606 http://www.rfbd.org/
Christian Record Services PO Box 6097 Lincoln NE 68506-0097 402.488.0981 http://www.christianrecord.org/	Lighthouse International 111 E. 59 Street New York, NY 10022-1202 800.829.0500 http://www.lighthouse.org/

Mobility Impairments

ChairScholars Foundation 16101 Carencia Lane Odessa, FL 33556 813.920.2737 http://www.chairscholars.org/	Venture Clubs of America 2 Penn Center Plaza, #1000 Philadelphia, PA 19102-1883 215.557.9300
Spina Bifida Association of America 4590 MacArthur Boulevard NW, Suite 250 Washington, DC 20007 800.621.3141 http://www.sbaa.org/

Health Impairments

Hemophilia Federation of America
102 B Westmark Boulevard
Lafayette, LA 70506
800.230.9797
http://www.hemophiliafed.org/

Parke Davis Epilepsy Scholarship Award
c/o IntraMed
1622 Broadway, 25th Floor
New York, NY 10019
800.292.7373

Learning Disabilities

AHEAD Scholarship Program
http://www.ahead.org/resources
Ann Ford Scholarship Program
National Center for Learning Disabilities
381 Park Avenue South Suite 1401
New York, NY 10016
888.575.7373
http://www.ld.org/

Learning Through Listening Award
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
20 Roszel Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
609.453.0606
http://www.rfbd.org/

16. Resource Centers / Libraries

Local, statewide, and national resources for people with disabilities, including training, materials, and referral information.

To find disability-related resources at any public library website, go to the call number section of the website and search for "adc."

Arkansas Adult Learning Resource Center
http://aalrc.org

Arkansas Special Education Resource Center
800.482.8437

Arkansas State Resources
http://www.nichcy.org/stateshe/ar.htm

Community Services
http://www.state.ar.us/aric/search/search.cgi

Disability Resources, Inc.
http://www.disabilityresources.org/

Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/ASL_LBPH.htm
Arkansas Regional Library f/t Blind & PH
One Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 682-1155
TOLL FREE: 1-866-660-0885

Library for the Blind and Handicapped, Southwest
Columbia County Library
220 East Main Street
P.O. Box 668
Magnolia, AR 71754
Telephone: (870) 234-0399
Toll-free (In-state): (866) 234-8273
E-mail: lbph@hotmail.com

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
http://www.loc.gov/nls/index.html

National Resource Center on AD/HD
http://www.help4adhd.org/

17. Speech, Language & Hearing

Local and statewide services for education, diagnosis, and/or treatment for people with speech, language, and/or hearing disabilities.

Educational Services for the Hearing Impaired
Arkansas School for the Deaf
501.324.9825 (Voice/TDY)

University of Arkansas Speech and Hearing Clinic
http://www.uark.edu/depts/coehp/SPCL.htm
501.575.4509

University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Speech and Hearing Clinic
http://www.ualr.edu/audiology/_backup/clinic.html
501.569.3155

University of Central Arkansas, Dept of Speech Therapy
501.450.5494 (Voice/TDD)
501.450.5776 (Evaluation Information)

Assistive Listening Devices Center
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Deptartment of Audiology and Speech
501.316.2442
888.335.0396 (Voice/TDD)

18. Statewide Services

Statewide resources for people with disabilities.

Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
Gallaudet University
Statewide Services for People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/501.html

LD Online State Resources
http://www.ldonline.org/ldresources/local_org/arkansas.html

Learning Disabilities Association of Arkansas
http://www.ldaarkansas.org/

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities Arkansas State Resources
http://www.nichcy.org/stateshe/ar.htm

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
http://www.loc.gov/nls/index.html

Reference.com
Arkansas Disability Information
http://www.reference.com/browse/Arkansas+Disability+Information

19. Support Groups

Local support group information for people with disabilities.

Brain Injury Association of Arkansas Support Groups
http://www.brainassociation.org/support_groups.htm

Learning Disabilities Association of Arkansas
http://www.ldaarkansas.org/

20. Support Services

Local, statewide, and national resources for support services for people with disabilities; includes information for children and adults.

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Arkansas Association on Higher Education and Disability (Ark-AHEAD)
http://www.arkahead.org/

Arkansas Disability Coalition
http://adcpti.org/
800.223.1330

Arkansas Fathers' Network
800.482.5850, ext. 22277

Arkansas Special Education
http://arksped.k12.ar.us/
501.682.4225

Arkansas Rehabilitation Services
http://www.arsinfo.org/

Arkansas Job Network
http://www.arkansasjobnetwork.com/library.asp?pagemode=4&cid=83

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
http://www.chadd.org
501.835.9000 (Schedule Announcement Line, and volunteer contact number)

Easter Seals
http://www.ar.easterseals.com

Health on the Net Foundation
http://members.tripod.com/carl.daisy/resources.htm

Increasing Capabilities Access Network
http://www.arkansas-ican.org/

Independent Living Centers

Name	Phone Number	Service Area
Delta Resource Center	870.535.2222	Chicot, Ashley, Jefferson, Grant, Cleveland, Arkansas, Lincoln, Desha, and Drew Counties
Mainstream	501.280.0012 (Voice) 502.280.9262 (TDD)	Pulaski County
Sources for Independent Living	501.442.5600	Washington, Benton, Madison, and Carroll Counties
Spa Area Independent Living Services	501.624.7710	Garland, Hot Spring, Saline, Clark, and Montgomery Counties

Job Accommodation Network
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/

LD Online resource guide for home and school on identifying and treating ADHD (PDF Format)
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/add_adhd/adhd_2003.pdf

LD Resources
http://www.ldresources.com/

Learning Disabilities Association of Arkansas
http://www.ldaarkansas.org/

Mayo Clinic ADHD Information
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/adhd/DS00275

National Resource Center on ADHD
http://www.help4adhd.org/

Parent Advisory Council
501.682.1461

Partners for Inclusive Communities
http://www.uams.edu/UAP/

Southern Arkansas University Disability Support Services
http://www.saumag.edu/Disability_Support_Services.htm

SUPORT--Behavioral Health Counseling and Rehabilitation
http://www.iser.com/SUPORT-AR.html

University of Arkansas Center for Students with Disabilities
http://www.uark.edu/ua/csd/links.htm

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Disability Support Services
http://www.ualr.edu/~dssdept/

University of Central Arkansas Disability Support Services
http://www.uca.edu/divisions/student/disability/documentation.htm

University of the Ozarks Jones Learning Center for Students with Learning Disabilities
http://www.ozarks.edu/campusservices/jlc/

21. Transition

Statewide agency providing local support and referral assistance for K-12 students with disabilities for transition from public schools to post-secondary education and/or employment.

Transition Referral
http://arkedu.state.ar.us/directory/accountability_p5.html#Transition