Alaska Family Directory
Community Organizations
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A service
specializing from children age 3 to the geriatric
in Speech
Therapy. Patients may be seen as outpatients in the
clinic or in their own
home. Treatment areas include developmental or acquired
communication
disorders arising congenitally or from stroke, trauma,
or diseases of the
brain, head and neck. Office is in Fairbanks.
Access Alaska provides independent living services to
people who experience a disability. They encourage and
promote the total integration of people who experience
a disability to live independently within the community
of their choice.
The ADA Partner's Project is a cooperative effort of
the Disability & Business Technical Assistance Centers
and Access Alaska. The purpose of the Partner's Project
is to provide expert in-depth advice for implementing
the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Alaska Center for Resource Families
www.acrf.org
The Foster Parent Training Center recognizes foster
parents as the dedicated volunteers they are and is dedicated
to offering specific trainings and resources that will
enhance the skills foster parents already have and assist
them in developing new ones.
The Chapter’s purpose remains to provide education
and disseminate information for members, new parents
and the community as a whole; to provide parent-to-parent
support to families of children with Down syndrome; to
gather socially and share experiences; and to he an advocacy
group for political effectiveness.
Alaska Child Abuse Prevention Network
E-mail: rcpc@ptialaska.net
The Alaska Child Abuse Prevention Network is a statewide
prevention initiative working together with the Alaska
Children's Trust and community partners to raise awareness
about child abuse prevention and opportunities to support
families. Serving Fairbanks area.
Items available
for use include wheelchairs (adult and children sizes),
walkers, crutches (adult and children sizes), tub transfer
benches, shower
stools, bedside commodes, assist rails, and canes.
Items are available for short term use, about 6 weeks,
located in Fairbanks.
These clinics offer specialty genetics clinics for diagnosis
and genetic counseling for individuals with inherited
conditions, chromosomal disorders (i.e. Down syndrome)
or birth defects.
An Internet resource for mental health consumers, with
a focus on recovery.
Service area includes Fairbanks, Tok, and McGrath-Anvik.
The Mental Health Association in Alaska (MHAA) is a
Division of the National Mental Health Association and
is dedicated to the promotion of good mental health,
the prevention of mental illness and ongoing improvement
in the care and treatment of the mentally ill through
advocacy, education, referral, research, legislative
input and the monitoring of existing programs.
Screens Alaska newborns for diseases that are not apparent at birth. Very early treatment can prevent or reduce physical effects and brain damage.
The mission of the Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually
Impaired is to provide quality rehabilitation and training
to persons who experience blindness or visual impairment
so that they may reach their highest level of independence.
Alaska Youth and Family Network
www.ayfn.org
Alaska Youth and Family Network advocates for families
and children with social/emotional/behavioral challenges
and related disabilities to be included as equal partners
with professionals in developing policies, programs and
ensuring adequate services and information.
The mission of the Arc of Anchorage is to secure for
all people with developmental and other disabilities
the opportunity to choose and realize their goals of
where and how they learn, live, work, and play.
Special Needs Services provides care for children who
experience developmental disabilities and offers a support
system for their families. Trained providers accompany
clients on outings and care for them from their homes.
Challenge Alaska is a non-profit organization that provides
sports and therapeutic recreation opportunities for those
with disabilities.
Children's Advocates, Resources and Educational
Services
www.alaskacares.org
Training and resources are
available to child care providers, parents,
students, educators and others working with young children
throughout the
Northern and Interior regions of Alaska. Service area
includes Fairbanks,
North Pole, Salcha, Delta, Healy, Nome, Kotzebue, Barrow,
Point Hope and
other communities.
Deaf Community Services - Interpreter Referral Coordinator
www.ptialaska.net/~padcs/
24 hour emergency referral services for all types of
situations: job
interviews, doctors visits, school classes, and legal
matters. Service area
includes Fairbanks. Contact Shelly (907-451-4889).
RA has been providing community-based services to children
and adults of Interior Alaska with developmental disabilities
and related impairments since 1967. Family services
offers a variety of programs designed
around the individual needs of developmentally disabled
children and their families.
The goal of this Web site is to provide information
about community-based diagnostic teams, local agencies
and programs that work with families, children and adults
affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
The mission of the Council is to create change that
improves the independence, productivity, and inclusion
into the community for people with developmental disabilities
and students in special education.
The Learning Disabilities Association of Alaska (LDAalaska)
is a non-profit, nationally affiliated, organization
staffed solely by volunteers dedicated to helping individuals
with learning disabilities, their families and professionals.
The State of Alaska Department of Health and Social
Services is committed to promoting an accessible, flexible
array of quality services to all Alaska infants and toddlers
with special developmental needs and to their families.
The Specialty clinics improve access to care for children
with special health care needs in need of consultation,
screening and follow-up. Cleft Lip and Palate, Cardiac
and Neurodevelopmental specialty clinics are included.
NAMI is dedicated to the eradication of mental illnesses
and to the improvement of the quality of life of all
whose lives are affected by these diseases. The National
Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is a nonprofit,
grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization
of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe
mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, major depression,
bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and
anxiety disorders.
This state office provides trainings on guardianship
and conservatorship.
Funded through a grant from
the U.S. Department of Education, PAT supports
training parent educators to provide early childhood
information to parents.
The vision of PAT is "All parents will be their
child's first and most
important teacher." The PAT curriculum incorporates
child development
information, early literacy development, and parent-child
activities
appropriate for the age of their child. This program
is available for
everyone in the Fairbanks area. There is priority on
enrolling Alaskan
Native families as required in the grant agreement with
the U.S. Department
of Education.
Parents Inc. is a parent training organization based
on the philosophy that parents of all children with disabilities
can help other families face similar challenges.
Programs for Infants and Children, Inc.
www.picak.org
Programs for Infants and Children, Inc. provides early
intervention services for infants and toddlers with special
needs. Training is individualized and implemented in
a family centered home environment.
Project FACTS Fetal Alcohol Consultation and Training
Services
http://fasalaska.com/
Information on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders (FASD), Fetal Alcohol
Effects (FAE), Alcohol Related Birth Defects (ARBD),
and Alcohol Related
Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND), with a focus on
intervention techniques
for educators.
An early
intervention program serving children from birth
to age 3 with
offices in Fairbanks.
The Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms
www.websciences.org/sltbr/
A not-for-profit international organization founded
in 1988, dedicated to fostering research, professional
development and clinical applications in the fields of
light therapy and biological rhythms.
SERRC – Alaska's Educational Resource Center
www.serrc.org
SERRC - Alaska 's Educational Resource Center - provides a variety of programs designed to meet the educational needs of all Alaskans. From Even Start Family Literacy Programs to school district-based services to adult education, SERRC provides education programs and services that impact thousands of Alaskans from Ketchikan to Barrow.
Special Education Service Agency
www.sesa.org
The Special Education Service Agency (SESA) is a publicly
funded agency which provides assistance to Alaskan school
districts and early intervention programs serving students
with low incidence disabilities.
Special Needs Services provides care for children who
experience developmental disabilities and offers a support
system for their families. Trained providers accompany
clients on outings and care for them from their homes.
Special Olympics Alaska provides year-round sports training
and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type
sports for people eight years of age and older with mental
retardation, giving them continuing opportunities to
develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience
joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and
friendship with their families, other Special Olympics
athletes and the community.
Stone Soup Group is a statewide organization that exists to sustain the health and well being of Alaskan children with special needs and their families. They are responsible for the implementation of the Parent Training and Information Center (PTI).
University of Anchorage-Alaska Center for Human Development
www.alaskachd.org/about.html
The Center for Human Development (CHD) is one of 61
University Centers located in every state and territory,
which attempts to bring together the resources of the
university and the community in support of individuals
with developmental disabilities.
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