a handbook for parents of children with autism spectrum disorders

Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5Richard Price, Chief, Division of Early InterventionBureau of Special Education, Department of Education333 Market Street, 7th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17126, 717-783-6879Protection and Advocacy AgencyKevin Casey, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Protection & Advocacy, Inc.1414 N. Cameron Street, Suite C, Harrisburg, PA 17103, 717-236-8110; 1-800-692-7443(V/TTY)State Agency for the Visually ImpairedDouglass C. Boone, Director, Blindness & Visual Services, Dept. of Public WelfarePO Box 2675, Harrisburg, PA 17105, 717-787-6176; 1-800-622-2842State Coordinator of Vocational Education for Students with DisabilitiesMarjorie Lowe Blaze, Supervisor, Special Populations Section, Department of EducationBureau of Vocational-Technical Education, 333 Market Street, 6th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17126717-787-5293State Department of Education: Special EducationBureau of Special Education, Department of Education333 Market Street, 7th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17126, 717-783-2311State Developmental Disabilities Planning CouncilGraham Mulholland, Executive Director, DD Planning Council568 Forum Building, Commonwealth Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17120, 717-787-6057State Education Agency Rural RepresentativeThomas Winters, Division Chief, Advisory Service, Department of Education333 Market Street, 6th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17126, 717-787-8022State Mental Health AgencyCharles Curie, Deputy Secretary for Mental HealthOffice of Mental Health, Department of Public WelfareHealth & Welfare Building, Room 502, PO Box 2675, Harrisburg, PA 17105, 717-787-6443State Mental Health Representative for Children and YouthAnita K. Thiemann, Director, Bureau of Children’s ServicesOffice of Mental Health Department of Public Welfare, PO Box 2675, Harrisburg, PA 17105, 717-772-2351State Mental Retardation ProgramNancy R. Thaler, Deputy Secretary for Mental Retardation