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.
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.
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.
A resource for mental health
consumers, particularly focusing on ways to
recover. Service area includes Aleutian/Pribilof
Islands, Aniak, Bethel,
Dillingham, and Kodiak.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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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