Community Resources and Organizations

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Family SHADE Member Organizations

• 321foundation  (Down syndrome advocacy, education and support)

A

• 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)

B

• 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)

C

• 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)

F

• 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)

L

• 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)
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• 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)

U

• 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)

W

• We Teach Speech – (speech/language intervention services)
• We Stand 4 Something – (advocacy group working to enhance independence for people with disabilities)