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These are some local organizations that work with children with disabilities.
APA has been working with Support for Families with Special Needs to provide ongoing support groups for Chinese parents who have children with disabilities.
730 Commercial Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
phone: (415) 616-9797
fax: (415) 616-9796
email: apa@apasfgh.org
The Association provides education, training, support, and advocacy for Chinese parents of children with disabilities.
FCSN is a nonprofit organization located in the southern Bay Area, dedicated
to providing support, friendship, and life skills to developmentally disabled
individuals and their families. FCSN was founded in 1996 and has since
expanded to a membership of over 300 families, serving around 150 individuals
with autism, Down syndrome, and cerebral palsy.
The FCSN website contains newsletters which are bilingual in Chinese and English.
43475 Ellsworth Street
Fremont, CA 94539
phone: (510) 573-3232
email: info@fcsn1996.org
The HRIIC of San Francisco is a county-wide parent/professional collaborative concerned with infants and young children (ages B through 5 years) with special health care needs (CSHCN), and their families.
Services Section: Nicely outlines the available services in San Francisco for Children with Special Health Care Needs, B-5years.
Publications section: Birth-5year developmental checklist for parents, available in English, Spanish, and Chinese.
HRIIC published reports assessing the extent to which children from B -5 with special health care needs in San Francisco are being identified and served.
Finding Medical Homes for San Francisco Children with Special Health
Care Needs
A report prepared by Support for Families and UCSF
Pediatric Disabilities Clinic.
Glossary (http://www.hriic.org/glossary.html) Important list of with brief definitions related to the advocacy, assessment, and management of high risk infants.
Founded by parents of children with special needs in 1976, PHP is one of the oldest and largest children’s charities of its kind in the U.S. In 1988, PHP received funds from the U.S. Depart. of Education to become a Parent Training and Information Center for California.
The resource page contains detailed information about thousands of organizations, programs, non-profit corporations, for-profit corporations, government agencies and other supportive groups. The majority are located in the San Francisco Bay Area, but also contains info from other areas of the U.S.
There is a useful section on assistive technology.
There are various parenting support groups, including a Japanese, and a Vietnamese support group.
3041 Olcott Street
Santa Clara, CA 95054
email: info@php.com
Special Education Services provides instruction to meet a child's unique
needs.
A federal law called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
says that all eligible school-aged children and youth with disabilities
are entitled to receive a free appropriate public education.
This website offers some information about special education in Chinese, such as The Parent Guide to Special Education and the Special Education Newsletter.
Central Office:
555 Franklin St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
phone: (415) 241-6000,
fax: (415) 555-5555
Special Education Services:
1098 Harrison S.F., CA 94103
phone: (415) 355-7735
fax: (415) 355-7741
Since 1982, SFCD has offered information, education, and parent-to-parent support free of charge to families of children with any kind of disability or special health care need in San Francisco. This website contains information on valuable resources found in San Francisco.
A section called “Laws Affecting Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs/Disabilities” is very well put together.
The group’s newsletter is translated into Chinese and is posted on the website. Back issues can be viewed online.
SFCD also collaborates with Asian Perinatal Advocates and Chinatown Child Development Center to provide ongoing support groups for Chinese parents who have children with disabilities.
2601 Mission Street, Suite 606
San Francisco, CA 94110
phone: (415) 282-7494
fax: (415) 282-1226
email: info@supportforfamilies.org