501(c)3 providing supports and services for persons with disabilities, including day programs for adults, behavior services, residential, employment, transportation, and community inclusion activities.

Mission: To provide supports and services to persons with disabilities, enabling individuals to lead self-determined lives.

At AbilityFirst, our vision is of a society that values each individual and provides the opportunity for all people to lead full and productive lives. For more than 80 years, we have been looking beyond disabilities, focusing on capabilities, and expanding possibilities.

To achieve that vision, we offer a broad range of programs and services to help children and adults with physical and developmental disabilities realize their full potential throughout their lives, including employment, recreational and socialization programs. We also operate 11 accessible housing complexes.

The ABRITE Organization is dedicated to improving the lives of young learners with the use of early intensive intervention services based on the principles of applied behavior analysis. We view each child as an individual and develop an educational curriculum that addresses the learner’s unique strengths while remedying deficits. This goal is achieved solely with the use of empirically supported methodologies as we believe further development and dissemination of validated practices will be the way by which families and science can unite to improve the lives of children with autism and related developmental delays.

Achieva Resources empowers people to achieve greater personal, social, and economic successes.

ARC Broward is the oldest and largest private, not-for-prifit organization providing supports and assistance primarily to children and adults with Developmental Disabilities, including Autism in Broward County, Florida. The organization provides an array of 23 various services and supports, is outcomes driven and has received the highely coveted 3-year accreditation by CARF, the Rehabilitation Commission, since 1991.

Achievement Services empowers persons with disabilities in their quest to live, work and pursue leisure activities as independently as possible.

Founded in 1957 by parents with children for whom no appropriate services were available, ACLD is today a premier provider in New York State. Services include Residential Options, Vocational Training and Job Placement, Medical and Mental Health Services, Early Childhood Education, Recreation, Family Support Programs, and Day Treatment opportunities.

Bilingual services are available.

ADEC believes all people are worthwhile. We work together with people living with disabilities, along with families, friends and organizations to help maximize their abilities to meet goals and dreams and fully participate in their communities. ADEC is dedicated to supporting the prevention of disabilities and breaking down barriers, both physical and attitudinal, through active community education, advocacy and support.

Residential program serves ages 6-70.

Residential, educational,

As an autism consultant, I specialize in positive behavioral support as well as apply behavior analysis into do-able interventions. Oftentimes, family members coast through the easy years of autism and wait until the difficult adolescent years to act. An autism consultant should be the first step in formatting the big picture for the future. Families need someone that can give them critical, objective and accurate information. An autism consultant is able to help these families with solutions and putting in place a do-able intervention.

We are a staffing agency that help support other facilities for proving a safe enviroment for the mentally disabled.

Committed to developing and providing high quality home and community-based nursing, therapeutic, and clinical services, and alternative residential programs for individuals and families with special needs.

Residential program serving ages 18 and older. Must be DDD eligible.

The Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living utilizes the independent living model, a well-demonstrated and effective four-pronged advocacy and service delivery strategy.

The Ann Storck Center is a nationally accredited, highly acclaimed 501 (c) (3) non-profit human service organization serving the needs of children and adults in South Florida who present severe and multiple developmental disabilities including Epilepsy, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, and Mental Retardation. The Center strives to discover and build upon the uniqueness and strengths of each person it serves in order to provide life-enriching experiences.

The mission of Annandale at Suwanee, Inc., is to perpetuate a Village community to provide progressive life assistance to adults with developmental disabilities so that they can maximize their abilities and maintain their independence in the least restrictive environment.

The Anne Carlsen Center for Children offers a rich tradition of residential, therapeutic and educational services on one campus, located near the scenic James River in Jamestown, N.D. Our individualized services include care for children and young adults coping with cerebral palsy; orthopedic, vision and hearing impairments; autism, pervasive and other developmental disorders; and many other medical challenges. We nurture individuals with physical, mental and health impairments through creative combinations of special education and training, therapy, supportive medical care and, above all else, the unconditional love, understanding and sense of belonging every child longs for and deserves.

The mission of Arc BRIDGES is to improve the welfare of persons with mental retardation and their families. This mission includes the provision of support, training and care through day services, residential programs and social services that help people with all levels of mental retardation develop skills and abilities that assist their movement toward more integration, independence and happiness.

The mission further includes participation and leadership in local, state and national organizations and the provision of education programs which actively promote understanding and respect of the rights, problems and needs of persons with mental retardation.

ARC Broward is a private, not-for-profit organization providing supports and assistance primarily to children and adults with mental retardation, autism, Down's syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other developmental disabilities.

Incorporated in 1956, ARC Broward provides a continuum of supports to over 1000 children and adults with disabilities and employs over 450 health-care, educational, and other professionals.

To create lifetime opportunities for persons with disabilities to reach their fullest potential by providing advocacy, education, employment, residential and recreational services.

Assisted Living Facility

Helping Mentally and Physically Challenged People Achieve Their Potential.

Offers residential and other services.

The Arc of Mower County is a not for profit agency comprised of people dedicated to assisting and supporting individuals with disabilities realizing a productive and fulfilling life, their families and the community in Mower County and the surrounding area.

Established as Berks County Chapter for Retarded Children (later name changed to Berks County Chapter for Retarded Citizens; Association for Retarded Citizens, Berks County; to current - The Arc of Berks County).

Provided preschool programs, residential and sheltered employment opportunities until 1979 when Arc staff created a new agency, Prospectus Associates,Inc., direct services were spun-off. Current focus is Advocacy - supports provided to individuals, families and agencies. A Board of Directors guides the organization.

The Mission of The Arc of the Bluegrass, Inc.
Arc of the Bluegrass, Inc. is committed to securing for all people with mental retardation the opportunity to choose and realize their goals of where and how they learn, live, work, and play.

The Arc is further committed to reducing the incidence and limiting the consequence of mental retardation through education, research, advocacy, and the support of families, friends, and community.

Through the successful pursuit of quality and justice, the Arc will provide leadership in the field of mental retadation and develop necessary human and financial resources to attain its goals.

ARC Services of Macomb exists to assure that people with disabilities are valued and that they and their families can participate fully in, and contribute to, the life of their communities.

We are committed to securing, for all people with disabilities, the opportunities to choose and realize their goals and dreams regarding where and how they learn, live, play and work.

Arc Ventura County is a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1954 that provides educational, vocational and residential services for people with developmental disabilities.

The mission of Arc/Muskegon is to assure that citizens of Muskegon County with cognitive and developmental disabilities and their families have an equal opportunity to participate in, and contribute to the quality of life in their community.

Residential Program designed spefically to address the needs of adolescents with Aspergers Syndrome. Strong emphasis on education, relationship and social skill building, and life skills.

www.foundationforautismsupportandtraining.org

or

www.myarchway.org

we also have a social networking site at www.myarchway.ning.com

Our phone number is: 301-260-2777

Our Mission:
Our mission is guided by a vision of a good life for people with autism across the entire spectrum. Through a person-centered process called Lifespan Planning, we can ensure that our loved ones have the choice to live and thrive in the communities they know. To accomplish this, we also need to find or develop a menu of high-quality community housing options that are sustainable, integrated, accessible, affordable, and most importantly, are real homes that are specifically adapted to support the needs of adults with autism. We also need to find and train qualified support staff, provide augmentative communication (speech generating devices) to help people with autism communicate and we also need to understand how assistive technology can be used to support greater independence.

ARCHway was designed for family members, loved ones, caregivers, professionals and other stakeholders whose lives are personally touched by teens and adults with autism. ARCHway is a place to develop communities where people can communicate with other like-minded people who are also looking for solutions about where they can find or develop long-term, sustainable housing options. Here we share knowledge and provide facilitated discussion forums specifically on this topic. ARCHway provides a place where members can recommend or not recommend group homes to others. By request, ARCHway provides contact information of other members in your local area that also want to connect and form chapters in order to develop friendships and plan happy, safe and sound futures for adults with autism. The ARCHway pages on this site contain an expanded Table of Contents with a tremendous amount of
information on developing community housing options and much more.

Karen Kaye-Beall, Executive Director
Foundation for Autism Support & Training (FAST)
Developing high quality, model community homes and supportive living options for adult consumers with autism
Speech, Communication & Reading Center (SCRC)
To improve a person with autism's functional communication abilities and reading skills is to greatly improve their overall quality of life
Center for Autism Support & Training (CAST)
Providing in-home intensive support services, respite care and family training services for families and children with autism up to 21 years of age

801 Norwood Road
Silver Spring, MD 20905
Phone: 301.260.2777
Fax: 301.260.7643
Email: kkbcast@verizon.net
www.foundationforautismsupportandtraining.org

Services offered: Adult Residential Treatment Facilities ; Special Education ; Disability Programs ; Development Disabilities Programs ; Residential Treatment Facilities
Other information: State-approved special ed program

Ardmore Enterprises, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization providing supports to empower individuals with developmental disabilities.

Residential services for individuals with developmental disabilities.

The mission of the Judevine? Center for Autism is to make a real difference in the quality of life for children and adults with autism and their families wherever they may live.

From infants to seniors, Aspire serves people with disabilities across their lifetimes. We offer one of the most comprehensive arrays of support for individuals with developmental disabilities in Chicagoland.

Our name-Aspire-best sums up our approach. We help our participants and their families to aspire to a world of possibilities.

ASSIST! to Independence is a community based non-profit agency that was established for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions to help fill some of the gaps in service delivery. The agency serves as a consumer driven community action program to facilitate general awareness of disability related issues, community access, education, information sharing, assistive technology access, advocacy, and independent living that is relevant and culturally appropriate for American Indians. This is done through a comprehensive collaborative network which provides support and resources that promote the active participation of each individual in their self-care management. Program staff work to provide the tools necessary for individuals to make informed choices and decisions; to maintain a maximum level of independent living; to achieve equality of opportunity, inclusion and integration in the community and society; and for economic and social self-sufficiency.

The Autism Academy of Learning is structured to provide every student with Autism Spectrum Disorder an appropriate foundation in the areas of academics, behavior, daily living skills, vocational skills, and independence. Our goal is to promote a higher quality of life, and the realization of the full intellectual and social development of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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Autism Home Support focuses on consulting with parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, trainings for behavior strategies and developing home programs. Our goal is to give the parents the support necessary to be advocates for their children and keep consistency between school and home settings.

Provides service coordination, residential (homes, supervised apartments, foster care), day programs, personal care, assessments and evaluations, supported employment, independent living and family support.

ASMC provides residential and community support services for people with Autism, Traumatic Brain Injury and other developmental disabilities. Residential services include group homes and Alternative Family Living (AFL). A full range of clinical supports are available when needed. These include Psychology, Speech and Language, Nursing, Dietary and Social Work. In the event of an emergency, supervisory and nursing staff are available 24-hours a day.

Autism Skills Trainer; Specializing in high-functioning children and adolescents. Counseling for parents and family. Very effective with aggressive children. Use, non-prescriptive holistic approach based on ABA therapy. 100% fluency in English and Spanish.

Cited for excellence on the job by D.O.E. of Hawaii, D.O.E. of Boston and Eagle Hill School in Greenwich, Ct for speedy results.

Focus: Dramatically enhancing quality of life, self-reliance skills in as short a time as possible. Training parents to effectively deal with child.

Based locally in Greenwich, Ct. I work at the family home and can integrate flawlessly into a team environment. All I need is no more than 4-8 hours a week I guarantee positive dramatic results with my approach.

My name is Bill and my number is 203-554-9857. I work in the Greenwich, Ct., Westchester, N.Y. area.

Provides supported living, supported employment, day training, family support, and respite services to individuals with ASD. Treatment is based on an individualized plan using applied behavior analysis with functional assessment as its base. All modalities are included: sensory integration, alternative communication skills, etc. depending on the individuals needs.

This group will meet every first Sunday of each month from 6pm-8pm beginning May 1st. Child care will be provided.

The mission of the Autism Treatment Center is to assist people with autism and related disorders throughout their lives as they learn, play, work and live in the community.

The mission of the Autism Treatment Center is to assist people with autism and related disorders throughout their lives as they learn, play, work and live in the community.

Private, non-profit agency that offers community supported employment, educational programming and
community based group homes for individuals who are autistic and deaf/blind and multi-handicapped.
They serve all ages with residential placement beginning at age two. Fees are on a scale.

We are a K-12 school for students with special learning needs. We serve students in the autism spectrum and have impressive results in social skills and in language among these children. The directo's thesis is entitled, "Autism: Reducting obsessive behaviors." The medical director, Dr. Eric Tridas, MD, is nationally known for his work with autism. We also serve students with learning disabilities and developmental delay.

Our mission is to provide children and young adults with autism the education and training to develop to their fullest potential. We provide educational, residential, early childhood, and day habilitation services.

The Mission of Bancroft NeuroHealth is to provide a spectrum of individualized services for children and adults with neurological and related disabilities to help them achieve greater independence and fulfillment in their lives, while improving their function, activity and participation in society.

Colon Hydrotherapy with an OPEN SYSTEM, High Enema, it is very important to understand that we need to get our children Hydrated. We need to bring water into the body so their bodies can release the toxins. Hydration is so important and my system has worked wonders for children in the Spectrum, including my SON.
Check out my web site. www.GreatHealthBeginsWithin .com

Thank You,
Arleen Ehritz
Begin Within Wellness Spa

We are a wrap around agency located in Montgomery County PA. Our agency specializes in behavior analytical principles and we use only BCBA or BCBA eligible staff as Behavior Specialist Consultants (BSC). We have a mobile psychologist which allows for the wrap around services to be truely "mobile" and can accomadate families without transportation to and from evaluations. We will also provide trainings for parents as well as organizations on a wide variety of topics related to the treatment of Autistic children.

Our Mission is to provide homes, support, and loving care for individuals with developmental disabilities, enabling them to participate as fully as they wish in all aspects of community life.

The Benedictine Open Community Program is based on the intrinsic value of human life; this worth, Benedictine believes, bestows a dignity requiring respect, support and nurturance. The Open Community Program's mission is to lead its adults with developmental disabilities to independence to fulfill their potential as participating members of society.

Our mission at Beverly Farm Foundation is to provide a loving, caring home for adults with developmental disabilities, providing each individual with physical and emotional security and a dignified quality of life, with opportunities and challenges, within functional capabilities.

Beyond the Spectrum, Inc. is a non-profit organization focused on behavioral therapy for children with autism and autism spectrum disorder. We provide in-home ABA 1:1 therapy, school inclusion assistance, school shadowing and natural environment programs. We utilize the ABLLS Assessment, Verbal Behavior Therapy (ABA), as well as PECS.

Recognizing that all individuals have dignity and worth, it is the mission of Bi-County Services, Inc. to enable individuals with disabilities to make choices and to live, learn and work productively in their community.

Bilingual Speech-Language Pathology Center, Inc. offers speech-language evaluation and treatment in Spanish and English. We provide home-based services in Lee County Florida including: Lehigh Acres, Fort Myers, Alva, LaBelle and Immokalee.

Bittersweet Inc. is a care and treatment facility for adolescents and adults with autism. We have five main directorates at Bittersweet: Residential; Vocational; Supported Living and Respite; Advocacy and Supported Employment. Our residential program serves 20 persons in three Medicaid Licensed homes on our main campus. The habilitation program at these facilities happens in the morning and in the evening after completing their work. The residential schedules are full of exercise, academic programs and community outings. Habilitation goals of daily
living and skills of adaptive living such as laundry, personal hygiene, meal preparation, and structured social interaction play a large part in the success of our residential program. Our facility has five supported living homes. The participants come to our main campus for day programming and then go back to homes in the community that they share with other participants. Habilitation and skills development continue through all residential programs just as though they were living in our main campus housing. Bittersweet advocates and helps schools through consulting and planning, working with the local courts to advocate on the rights of individuals with autism. We also consult to groups or families to give them assistance on how to best serve persons with autism. We conduct tours to professionals and students to expose them to our model and perhaps to their first experience to someone with autism. Bittersweet offers Respite Services to families

The mission of Bittersweet, Inc. is to maximize opportunities for individual development of persons with autism by providing an array of premier services to individuals, and support to families.

Blessed Assurance (BACS) provides continuing education opportunities for individuals with mental retardation, developmental disabilities and acquired brain injuries.

Psychiatric services for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Inpatient, day, residential, home-based, and outpatient services are provided by multidisciplinary staff members including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, special education teachers, physical therapists, and psychiatrric nurses.

The Developmental Disabilities Program is a unique and highly specialized clinical service for children and adolescents between the ages of 4 and 22 years who show signs of serious emotional and behavioral problems in addition to a developmental disability, such as autism or mental retardation. The program offers a variety of clinical services including: Inpatient, Day patient, Residential, Home-based, Outpatient care and Research. The program's staff is highly experienced and professionally trained in the area of developmental disabilities and psychiatric disorders. The Developmental Disabilities Program's model of care emphasizes family involvement as well as continuity of care across its various treatment settings. Regardless of where a patient is transferred within the program (inpatient, day, residential, home-based or outpatient), the treatment team remains unchanged. Patients and their families keep the same doctors, nurses, social workers, therapists and teachers. The continuum of care model results in a seamless transition of patients across treatment settings. We believe that continuity of care is critical to effective treatment and that it is among the key factors responsible for producing favorable treatment outcomes.

Breakthrough provides residential services, therapeutic recreation, in home supportive services and day services for adults with autism.

Board Certified Behavior Analyst providing in-home services for children with Autism and intellectual disabilities,

Workshops for parents, teachers, and support groups of individuals with Autism.

The mission of Bridges is to provide the services necessary to allow individuals with disabilities, with the support of their families and friends, to live, learn and work where they choose within the community.

A Central Florida resource directory for children and families with special needs. Directory of medical providers and businesses that offer services to children with special health care or educational needs. We also have a message board for parents to connect with other parents with similar issues.

Building Bridges, Inc. is a long-term therapeutic residential and educational adventure based program that uses adventure based trips as an adjunct learning tool to the daily therapy and education. Strong counseling and educational components are key to successfully serving male students between the ages of 14-18. Building Bridges is located in scenic Thompson Falls, Montana and was founded in 1996 with the purpose of creating a close family setting in which to serve young men having difficulties emotionally, academically and socially.

At California Program for the Autistic we provide an opportunity for Life Long Living and Learning in the community for individuals with developmental disabilities such as autism and severe disorders of behavior and communication.

Summer resident camp for children & adults with developmental disabilities.

Featured Activities: Arts and Crafts, Counselor Training (CIT), Drama, Hiking, Music, Team Field Sports, Recreational Swimming.

Other Activities: Aerobics/Exercise, Backpacking, Baseball/Softball, Basketball, Camping Skills/Outdoor Living, Community Service, Dance, Hockey, Nature/Environmental Studies

Special Needs: This camp specializes in serving campers with the following special needs: Attention Deficit Disorder, Autism, Mental Retardation, Limited Mobility.

Residential Camp Fees: More Than $651 per week.

A residential camp for school-aged children & teens with autism or PDD.

Camp HASC is the award winning summer program of the Hebrew Academy for Special Children. Located in the scenic Catskill Mountains of upstate New York, Camp HASC provides over 300 mentally and physically handicapped children and adults with the opportunity to enjoy a seven week sleep-away camp experience, just like many of their siblings and friends.

The mission of Camp Horizons is to provide high quality residential, recreational, support and work programs for people who are developmentally disabled or who have other challenging social and emotional needs. To fulfill this mission, we are committed to continuous improvement in our programs, facilities, and staffing. We understand and respond to the changing needs of program participants, families and communities. The Camp Horizons vision serves as a guide to our efforts.

Provides high quality residential, recreational, support and work programs for people who are developmentally disabled or who have other challenging social and emotional needs

The Mainstreaming-At-Camp (MAC) Program , offered through YAI/National Institute for people with Disabilities’ Clinical and Family Services Department provides children and young adults with developmental and learning disabilities a fantastic summer experience in traditional camp settings.
YAI’s partnerships with two of the leading YMCA summer camps in the northeast enable us to provide a fun and unique summer camp experience in an *inclusive*, residential setting. Rather than segregate individuals with disabilities from their typically developing peers, MAC offers a camping experience within traditional summer camps to foster YAI/NIPD’s goals of inclusion and independence. In the course of our partnership, the program also promotes acceptance of diversity within the entire camp community by providing typically developing campers with a new awareness and acceptance of people with disabilities. MAC is also a valuable resource for families and caregivers in need of respite. See website for more details.

Camp Starfish fosters the success
and growth of children with emotional,
learning and behavioral problems by
providing individualized attention as
part of structured, nurturing, and fun
group programs.

Camphill Special School is a nonprofit Pennsylvania Approved Private School and Waldorf school that offers day and residential programs for children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Respite Care Provider

The objective of Caring Hands, Inc. is to provide the individuals they serve an atmosphere that enables each to enjoy a life of dignity and which encourages each to achieve individual goals, dreams, and full potential.

Provider of residential services in South Carolina. Serving all levels of functioning for children and adults with the following pervasive developmental disorders; autism, pdd-nos, retts, childhood disintegrative disorder.

Supported living and applied behavioral services

Carolina Autism Supported Living Services, Ltd. sees as its mission the support, unconditional acceptance and betterment of people with autism. The ultimate goal of Carolina Autism Supported Living Services, Ltd. is to see each client return to a happy and productive life with his/her family. Carolina Autism Supported Living Services, Ltd. recognizes that some clients will require intense support such as that offered by CASLS, Ltd. for the span of their life. For those clients Carolina Autism Supported Living Services, Ltd. aims to provide them a life filled with dignity, respect and personal fulfillment in their community.

Casa Colina will provide individuals the opportunity to maximize their medical recovery and rehabilitation potential efficiently in an environment that recognizes their uniqueness, dignity and self-esteem.

The mission of Cedar Lake is to provide residential options, housing, services and supports designed to meet the individual needs of persons with intellectual disabilities.

A free-standing, non-profit health care provider offering comprehensive psychiatric and addiction services with high quality care, compassion and cost-effectiveness in order to enhance the quality of life for the patients we serve and our community.

Independent living center serving youth and adults with all disabilities. Programs include housing search assistance, employment readiness training & search assistance,independent living skills training,advocacy, rampbuilding, ADA outreach, information and referral, American Sign Language Interpreter Service, and attendant care program. All services are free of charge except ASL for agencies.

Residential/living facilities

Residential Program: Ages served: 10-56

CPWD's goal is an integrated community that equally welcomes all members. The Center for People with Disabilities works so that people with disabilities in Boulder and Broomfield Counties may live independently. We believe that there is nothing more disabling than pity.

People with disabilities are a powerful and significant part of our community, yet; as a group our social roles have been marginalized by bigotry, discrimination, poverty, isolation, dependency and pity. Americans with disabilities have not had access to transportation, housing and employment that other citizens have enjoyed; CPWD will change that.

Center for Social Change (CSC) is a nonprofit organization that provides residential and supported employment services to children and adults with development disabilities in the community. CSC is a strong advocate of personal choices for individuals who are developmentally, physically, psychologically and emotionally challenged. It has been serving the mentally and physically disadvantaged individuals in Maryland (USA) for the past 10 years.

Contact the Director of Community and Social Service -has a residential facility for short-term care.

I'm a certified respite provider available to provide short-term and long-term care for individuals with autism. I have extensive experience; Special Education for 12 years, a respite provider privately for 10 years, and for the state of Connecticut for 3 years. I'm certified in first aid and CPR and trained in dispensing medication and diapering.
I'm available to provide care in my home or your home. Available full-time for summer care. Please call or email for more information.

Chandler-Gilbert Arc is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing training and support to adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities. We offer Residential, Employment, and Day Treatment and Training opportunities to approximately 200 individuals of varying levels of disability daily.

Supported Employment, Sheltered Workshop/Vocational Day Program, Day Habilitation Program, Family and Individual Support Services, Community Supported Living Arrangements, Respite Care, Transportation, Sports, Recreation, Leisure, Services for Children.

To provide quality services that enhance and improve the life of individuals who are developmentally disabled.