Alaska Family Directory
Community Organizations
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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.
AABA's goal is to provide prevention, training, placement
and treatment for children diagnosed with and those
working with children diagnosed as Reactive Attachment Disorder
and Attachment Disorder. They also publish (paper and
web) the RAD Advocate Newsletter. Service area includes
Wasilla.
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.
An
organization that provides on-line resources for
Alaska's hearing
impaired to better serve the communities state
wide, and provide support to
local agencies in publishing their services.
The main office is in Anchorage, AK. Phone # (907)
563 2331
Text Telephone: Call through your Relay.
Alaska Center for Resource Families
www.acrf.org
The Alaska Center For Resource Families (ACRF) was established
to provide training, support, and information to Alaska
licensed foster and adoptive parents. ACRF offers a variety
of educational opportunities, onsite and distance delivery
programs, for families who are wishing to become foster
or adoptive parents and on-going training to meet the
State of Alaska requirement for foster parents.
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 Anchorage, Copper
River, Cordova,
Homer, Seward, Soldotna-Kenai, and Wasilla.
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.
This
service includes a wide range of public health programs
that are
administered by the following five program units: Emergency
Medical
Services; Injury Surveillance and Prevention Primary
Care Program (ISAPP)
Unit; Alaska Primary Care and Rural Health (PC&RH) Unit; Behavioral
Health
Planning Unit; and the Occupational Injury Prevention
Program Unit. Service
area includes Anchorage, Kenai, and Kodiak.
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.
This organization promotes inclusive child care for all
children in Southcentral Alaska. Child Care Connection
collaborates and works in partnership with organizations
and individuals throughout the
community to build diverse, early care and education
resources, programs and services.
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).
Offers support groups, medical
and legal resources, education and a warm
line - committed to helping all those affected by
Fibromyalgia Syndrome.
Service area is Eagle River (907)696-7886 or (907)694-8427
or via
e-mail: fmsak@pobox.alaska.net.
FOCUS, the Family Outreach Center for Understanding
Special Needs
www.focusoutreach.org
FOCUS, the Family Outreach Center for Understanding Special Needs provides family
centered early intervention/infant learning services for infants and toddlers
from birth to three years of age who experience a delay or a disability in Eagle
River/Chugiak and through a satellite site in Cordova. FOCUS provides a range
of supports for individuals who experience developmental disabilities and their
families including: residential and day habilitation, chore services and hourly
and daily respite care. The agency also offers short term assistance and referral
(STAR) for families, respite, support in accessing core services and a summer
program.
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 mission of Hope Community Resources is to provide services
and supports, requested and designed by individuals and
families who experience disabilities, resulting in
choice, control, family preservation and community
inclusion.
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.
Mat-Su Parent Resource Center is dedicated
to providing information, support, and assistance to parents of
children with disabilities, their professional
partners, and their
communities. We are committed to listening to and
learning from families, and encouraging full participation in
community life by all people.
Mat-Su Services for Children and Adults, Inc.
www.mssca.org
MSSCA is a Valley-based non-profit
corporation providing a wide range of
home and community based services for: families who
need additional support
at the time of a new birth or families with children
experiencing
developmental delays or disabilities.
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.
Resources,
parent support groups, and research/evaluation.
Service areas
include Anchorage and Kenai.
This state office provides trainings on guardianship
and conservatorship.
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.
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.
The State of Alaska Office of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
http://hss.state.ak.us/fas/
Quick links, parent support,
educational services, and Alaska's Consumer
Boards.
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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