Community Resources and Organizations
Family SHADE Member Organizations
- 321foundation (Down syndrome advocacy, education and support)
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- A Better Chance For Our Children (adoption of children with special needs)
- Accessible Pharmacy – (comprehensive home delivery)
- A.I Dupont Transition Office – (pediatric and youth transitional services)
- All the Difference, Inc. (evaluation, treatment, and research of sensory integration dysfunction)
- American Academy of Pediatrics (DE Chapter) (professional association for pediatricians)
- Art Studio 410 (art classes for kids with special needs and their typical peers)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DE – (Delaware medicaid managed care provider)
- Art Therapy Express Program, Inc. (art therapy for children and adults with special needs)
- Autism Delaware (support and services for individuals with autism)
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- BAYADA Pediatrics – (home health care)
- Behavioral Interventions, Inc. – (assessment & treatment for behavioral needs including Applied Behavior Analysis therapy)
- Best Buddies of DE – (one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and development disabilities)
- Birth to Three Early Intervention – (early intervention services)
- Blood Bank of Delmarva – (provides blood and blood products)
- Boardwalk Buddy Walk – (fun community event with a one mile walk to support individuals with Down syndrome)
- Brain Injury Association of Delaware – (support and education to traumatic brain injury survivors)
- Brandywine Valley Hemophilia Foundation – (services the hemophilia community by providing for special needs of patients and families)
- Bright Bloom Centers – (Formerly known as Brandywine Center for Autism) – (Applied Behavior Analysis therapy services)
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- Central DE Speech Language Pathology – (assessment & treatment of communication & social skills)
- Champions for Children’s Mental Health – (support families with children who have behavioral and/or mental health challenges)
- Child, Inc. – (education and support for parents and caregivers to create safe and loving environments for kids)
- Children’s Choice – (social service agency providing specialized community-based services)
D
- Danio Diary – ( free resource that allows you to share information about your or a loved one’s healthcare securely and in real time, anywhere in the world)
- Delaware Asperger’s Support Group – (resources and supports for families)
- Delaware Bureau of Oral Health and Dental Services – (public health services to improve the oral health and well-being of all Delawareans)
- Delaware Early Childhood Center – (early childhood centers)
- Delaware Ecumenical Council on Children and Families – (faith-based health education & services)
- Delaware Family Voices – (help navigating healthcare services and insurance issues)
- Delaware Hands & Voices – (support to individuals who are deaf and hard-of-hearing)
- Delaware Hospice – (children’s programs with hospice/palliative care services)
- Delaware Sled Snipers – (sled hockey team for youth with medical conditions)
- Delaware State PTA – (advocacy for DE children & resources for parents relating to public education)
- Division of Social Services – Community Partner Support Unit – (family assistance)
- Dover AFB Exceptional Family Member Program – (program for active duty service members who have family with special needs)
- Dover Behavioral Health – (offers comprehensive behavioral health treatment services to children, adolescents and adults)
- Down Syndrome Association of Delaware – (state-wide source for up-to-date information and education about Down syndrome)
E
- Easter Seals DE & MD Eastern Shore – (wide variety of services for individuals with special needs)
- Embrace – (offers respite care services to families that have children with disabilities)
- Epilepsy Foundation of Delaware – (Epilepsy programs, support and fundraising for a cure)
- Exceptional Care for Children – (skilled pediatric nursing facility)
- Expanding Options, Inc. (ExpO) – (for adults with disabilities, 18 and older, who have high-functioning skills, to expand their options for social engagement, employment and independent living)
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- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder Task Force – (leadership for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder prevention and intervention)
- First State Educate – (education/advocacy group empowering families with information related to the education system in DE)
- Freedom Center for Independent Living – (resources and advocacy in support of independent living)
- Fusion Inclusion – (provide opportunities to participate in local races by providing access to adaptive running chairs)
G
- Governor’s Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens – (leadership to improve the lives of exceptional citizens)
- Growing Bones Orthopaedic Institute – (subspecialty orthopaedic care to all children and individuals with chronic neurologic conditions)
H
- Hearing Loss Association of Delaware – (support for children and families of hearing loss)
- Howard T. Ennis School – (public school for children with significant disabilities)
I
- Icing Smiles – (provider of custom celebration cakes to critically ill kids and their siblings)
- Innovation Behavior Services, LLC – (offers Applied Behavioral Analysis therapy services to improve behavioral, social, and adaptive skill functioning)
- Interim HealthCare – (home health care)
J
- Jay’s House Inc. -(support and services for children with autism)
- JDRF – (Type 1 Diabetes support and fundraising for a cure)
K
- Kent-Sussex Industries, Inc. – (vocational rehabilitation)
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- Learning Disabilities Association of Delaware (LDADE) – (provide support to people with learning disabilities, their parents, teachers and other professionals)
- LifeStance Health (formerly known as Mid-Atlantic Behavioral Health, LLC) – (behavioral health therapy and testing)
M
- Mary Campbell Center Children & Youth Program – (social and recreational programs)
- Maxim Healthcare Services – (home health care)
- Meadowood PTA – (Parent Teacher Association of Meadowood serving students ages 3-21 with disabilities)
- Merrill Lynch – Families of Children with Disabilities Program – (financial planning services)
- Mosaic – (support for those with intellectual disabilities)
- Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater DE Valley Chapter – (MS support and fundraising for a cure)
- The Music School of Delaware – (music therapy that provides individual and group programs designed for children and adults with a variety of special needs)
N
- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) – Delaware – (mental health organization that provides public awareness, advocacy, support, education and housing for those affected by mental illness in Delaware)
- National Youth Leadership Network – (national voice for young leaders with disabilities)
- NC7, Inc. – (support for abused/neglected children)
- New Behavioral Network – (wide variety of services for kids with mental & behavioral health needs)
- New Castle County Government Community Resources Division – (provide diverse activities to meet the recreational, information, cultural and public service needs of the community)
- New Directions Early Head Start – (child care centers for kids with special needs & their typical peers)
- Nurses ‘n Kids – (child care centers for kids with acute and chronic medical needs)
O
- Office of Preparedness/Vulnerable Populations – DE Division of Public Health (assistance and resources for individuals with access and functional needs)
P
- Parent Information Center of Delaware – (help navigating the education system for kids with special needs)
- Parents as Teachers – (in home parent education services)
- Patient Sortal – (healthcare data management services)
- PAWS for People – (therapeutic pet visits)
- Pediatric Specialty Care – (in-patient care for kids with medically complex and technology dependent needs)
- Point of Hope, Inc. – (day programs for individuals with intellectual disabilities and other special needs)
- Practice Without Pressure, Inc. – (routine medical and personal care designed for people with special needs)
- Project Search – (transition)
R
- Rockford Center – (short-term in-patient psychiatric care)
- Ronald McDonald House of Delaware – (home away from home for families of a child receiving medical treatment)
S
- Skyzone – (trampoline park with sensory hours to provide a quieter, toned-down jumping experience for those with special needs)
- Styles by the Mile – (in-home hair styling)
- Sunny Days – (developmental intervention and therapy services)
- Sussex County Health Coalition – (collaborative effort to improve the health of children, youth and families in Sussex County)
- Swarthmore Financial Services – (special needs planning)
T
- Tender Hearts, Inc. – (supports medically fragile children)
- Theraplay Inc. – (pediatric therapy services)
- Tourette Syndrome Association of DE – (supports people living with Tourette Syndrome through education & public awareness)
- Transition, Education and Employment Model – (supported employment program for young adults)
- True Mobility – (accessible vehicles as well as lifts for vehicles and staircases)
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- United Cerebral Palsy of Delaware – (programs and support for people with CP & other orthopedic disabilities)
- University of Delaware, Center for Disabilities Studies – (education, prevention, service, and research related to disabilities)
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- We Teach Speech – (speech/language intervention services)
- We Stand 4 Something – (advocacy group working to enhance independence for people with disabilities)