PV Schools

Support Groups

Autism Society of America – www.autism-society.org
A grass roots autism organization that exists to improve the lives of all affected by autism.

Intervention Central www.interventioncentral.org

CHADD – Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder – www.chadd.org

Yale Developmental Disabilities Clinic (Asperger’s, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Autism)info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/autism/astreatments.html

School Psychology Resources Online – another excellent listing of sites for anxiety, attention issues, autism, behavior and conduct disorders, eating disorders, gifted and talented, learning disabilities, etc.
www.schoolpsychology.net

Pre-school children – developmental issues
www.zerotothree.org

Gay/Lesbian/Transgender/Bisexual Information
www.pflag.org
www.glsen.org

Facts for families – ideas from the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/Layout/FFF_Guide-01.aspx

National Association for School Psychologists – Ideas for families
www.nasponline.org

New York National Autism Association   
https://nationalautismny.org/

Parent to Parent of NYS    
http://parenttoparentnys.org/about-us/regional-office/

OPWDD Front Door   
https://opwdd.ny.gov/get-started/front-door

Putnam Community Action Program (CAP) 
http://www.putnamcap.org/index.html

Putnam Arc  
https://www.arcmh.org/

Autism Resource Center of the Hudson Valley 
https://centerforspectrumservices.org/

NYS Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)
https://www.nyconnects.ny.gov/services/v-e-s-i-d-vocational-and-educational-services-for-individuals-with-disabilities-sofa47132

Cerebral Palsy information about different therapies, treatment options, and financial resources
http://www.cerebralpalsyguide.com/
http://www.cerebralpalsyguidance.com/

Organizations

New York State Vocational and Education Services for Individuals with Disabilities
www.vesid.nysed.gov

Federal government information about Individual with Disabilities Act
www.idea.ed.gov

Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
https://www.health.ny.gov/community/special_needs/services/developmental_disabilities.htm
Its mission coordinates and provides service for people with disabilities and their families and conduct research into the cause and prevention of disabilities.

Office of Mental Health
https://omh.ny.gov/
This organization promotes the mental health of New Yorkers with particular emphasis on hope and recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances.