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Parent
Resource Guide—California
Crisis
Line for the Handicapped: (800) 426–4263
Golden Gate Regional Center: (650) 574–9233
3130 La Selva #202, San Mateo
One of 21 regional centers in California mandated to provide services
for persons with developmental disabilities
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Family Resource Center: (650) 259–0189
515 E. Poplar Ave. San Mateo
Family Resource Center: (650) 259–0189
Family Resource Center serving parents of children with special
needs in San Mateo County.
Peninsula
Association for Retarded Children and Adults (PARCA): (650) 312–0730
1650 S. Amphlett Blvd. Suite 213, San Mateo
Provides advocacy, recreation, sibling support group, and IEP club
for those with developmental disabilities and their families.
Schwab
Foundation for Learning: (650) 655–2410
1650 Amphlet Blvd. #300, San Mateo
Information, education, and support for parents of children with
learning differences.
Student
Services, San Mateo—Foster City School District: (650) 312–7700
51 W. 41st. Ave., San Mateo
Assesses children ages 3–14 for special education services
and provided services to those eligible in San Mateo and Foster
City.
Children's
Health Council: (650) 326–5530
700 Sand Hill Rd., Palo Alto
A multidisciplinary diagnostic/treatment center for children and
adolescents with behavioral and emotional problems, learning differences
or other neurological problems. Includes a school and a parent education
program.
Community
Alliance for Special Education: (415) 928–CASE
1031 Franklin St., Suite B5, San Francisco
Provides paralegal and legal expertise and consulting on the educational
programs of children in special education.
Mid-Peninsula
Speech and Language Clinic: (650) 321–8111
900 Welch Rd. Suite 20, Palo Alto
Provides evaluation, therapy and follow-up to persons of any age
who have speech, language, or learning disorders.
Achieve:
(650) 494–1200
A year round day treatment and special education program for children
and adolescents with emotional, behavioral, developmental, or learning
handicaps. Also mental health, behavioral, and parent/teacher support
and training services.
Parents
Helping Parents: (408) 727–5775
3041 Olcott St., Santa Clara
Provides information and referral, support, and educational trainings
to parents of children with special needs and the professional who
serve them.
Poplar
ReCare: (650) 259–8500
1764 Marco Polo Way, Burlingame
Provides therapeutic treatment, group support and loan of equipment
for those with developmental disabilities, illness or injury requiring
physical or occupational therapies.
Parents
Place: (415) 563–1041
3272 California St., San Francisco
A family resource center for families with children from birth to
18. Services include educational workshops, support groups, counseling,
tutor/mentor programs and teen groups. Childcare available.
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