Resources by disability characteristics:
Specific disabilities, secondary conditions and special health care needs
Specific Disabilities & Chronic Conditions & Secondary Conditions
AIDS/HIV | Alzheimers Disease | Arthritis | Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder |
Blindness/Visual Impairment | Cancer | Cerebral Palsy |
Communication Disorders/Deafness/Hearing Impairment |
Diabetes | Disability Health & Wellness | Down Syndrome | Dystonia | Epilepsy |
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effect | Heart and Circulatory Conditions |
Learning and Behavior Disabilities | Limb Loss | Lung and Breathing Conditions |
Mental Illness | Metabolic Disorders | Multiple Sclerosis | Muscular Dystrophy |
Neurological Conditions | Osteoporosis | Pain | Parkinson’s Disease |
Post-polio Syndrome | Rare Disorders | Sleep Disorders | Speech and Language | Spina Bifida |
Spinal Cord Injury | Tourette Syndrome | Traumatic Brain Injury
Special Populations:
Children with Disabilities | Native Americans with Disabilities | Women with Disabilities |
National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
National Minority AIDS Council
Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention
Administration on Aging Offers The Resource Directory for Older People.
Eldercare Locator Consumers can easily link to the information and referral (I&R) services of their state and area agencies on aging. These I&R programs can help identify appropriate services in the area where consumers or their family members reside.
Alliance for Caregiving Publishes Today’s Caregiver Magazine. Web site lists support groups, provides a discussion forum and has “channels” dedicated to long term care issues, rural caregiving, technology, caregiver stories, medication management, mobility, and caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s, bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia or ovarian cancer.
American Health Assistance Foundation Provides information on common and potential treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease, information on this disease, clinical trials studying various aspects of Alzheimer’s, medical updates, and recommendations for healthy living.
ARCH National Resource Center Promotes respite services for families. Provides respite locator service, lending library, factsheets, and training.
Assisted Living Information Online guide for selecting an assisted living facility, retirement community, or other personal care facility anywhere in the United States. Site is designed to assist with the selection process and offers tools to help you evaluate a individual’s needs, facility selection tips, and a map-based search engine to find a facility near family and friends.
Caregiver Tips Free monthly e-mail newsletter.
Children of Aging Parents Provides assistance to adult children caring for elderly parents or chronically ill individuals with reliable information, referrals and support, and heightened public awareness that the health of the family caregivers is essential to ensure quality care of the nation’s growing elderly population.
FamilyCare America Resources for people providing care for elders and those with disabilities and chronic illnesses.
Family Caregiver Alliance Addresses the needs of families and friends providing long-term care at home. Offers national, state and local-level programs to support and sustain caregivers.
Eldercare Online Online community where supportive peers and professionals help improve quality of life for caregivers and their elders.
ElderWeb Includes thousands of reviewed links to long term care information, a searchable database of organizations, and an expanding library of articles and reports, news, and events.
Helpguide.org: Alzheimer’s Disease Symptoms and Stages Helpguide’s mission is to help people understand, prevent, and resolve life’s challenges. The goal is to give visitors the information and encouragement they need to take charge of their health and well-being and make healthy choices.
Montana Office on Aging, Senior and Long Term Care Division, Department of Public Health and Human Services
National Alliance for Caregiving Non-profit coalition created in 1996 to support family caregivers and the professionals who serve them. NAC’s founding partners are the American Society on Aging, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging.
National Center for Assisted Living
National Family Caregivers Association
National Group Respite Program The Brookdale National Group Respite Program awards seed grants to organizations to develop and implement social model group respite programs. These day programs have served thousands of elders with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia, and their family caregivers.
National Indian Council on Aging. Communicates and cooperates with service provider agencies and aging advocacy organizations; disseminates information on resources available to the national Indian community; intercedes with appropriate agencies to ensure that elders have access to these resources; provides information and expert testimony requested by Congress; serves as a national clearinghouse for issues affecting Indian elders.
Arthritis Foundation. Offers more than 100 free brochures on arthritis and related conditions, such as fibromyalgia.
Arthritis & Heart Disease, What you should know (pdf file)
“Arthritis is Unacceptable” (pdf file)
Rock Mountain Arthritis Foundation Serves Colorado, Montana and Wyoming
Carrie Strike
Montana Programs Coordinator
(406) 461-8368
PO Box 8113
Missoula, Montana 59807
cstrike@arthritis.orgImprove lives through leadership in the prevention, control and cure of arthritis and related diseases, Montana Office (PowerPoint Presentation)
Community Medical Center – Rehabilitation Institute (Missoula) Adults and children receive individualized treatment designed to meet their needs. Physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians provide a full range of services on an inpatient or outpatient basis. Inpatient programs include pediatric rehabilitation; stroke; arthritis; brain injury; major multiple trauma; neuromusculoskeletal diseases; orthopedics; and spinal cord injuries.
Meeting Life’s Challenges Free bi-monthly electronic magazine for people living with chronic illness
Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center Research findings, news, and tips on living with fibromyalgia, juvenile arthritis, lupus, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and Wegener’s.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.
St. Vincent Healthcare – New Hope Rehabilitation Center (Billings) Specializes in rehabilitation of people who have experienced a stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, multiple trauma, neurological disorder (including Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis, and Guillian Barre). an orthopedic condition, amputation, arthritis and osteoporosis.
Academic Autistic Spectrum Partnership In Research and Education brings together the academic community and the autistic community to develop and perform research projects relevant to the needs of autistic adults.
Access for Autistic Youth is a web-based resource for caregivers of children with autism. The website has sections in Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese as well as an extensive list of related resources and links.
Autism Center at the University of Washington. Serves children with autism spectrum disorders.
Autism Link : Provides a searchable nationwide listing of services; a listserv that lets visitors customize the news they want; individual state pages featuring the latest headlines and events; over 60 discussion boards for parents, individuals with autism spectrum disorder, and more; an online chat room; general autism information; and an online store.
Autism National Committee is the only autism advocacy organization dedicated to “Social Justice for All Citizens with Autism” through a shared vision and a commitment to positive approaches. AUTCOM protects and advances the human rights and civil rights of all persons with autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, and related differences of communication and behavior.
Autism Perspective Magazine is a single resource that presents the full perspective of options for therapies, new understanding, treatments, and services.
Autism Society of America Promotes lifelong access and opportunities for persons within the autism spectrum and their families.
Autistic Self-Advocacy Network is a non-profit organization run by and for Autistic people to provide support and services to individuals on the autism spectrum while working to change public perception and combat misinformation by educating communities about persons on the autism spectrum.
Dan Marino Foundation Childnett TV internet channel has online shows, speakers, and presentations.
Easter Seals provides services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that people living with autism and other disabilities can live, learn, work and play in their communities.
Floortime Foundation The DIR (Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship-Based)/Floortime approach provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and treating children challenged by autism spectrum and related disorders. It focuses on helping children master the building blocks of relating, communicating and thinking, rather than on symptoms alone.
Foundation for Autism Information and Research (FAIR) has excerpts and full-length presentations on a variety of autism-related topics.
Future Horizons is a resource center of books, videos and conferences on autism and Asperger’s Syndrome.
M.I.N.D. Institute – University of California-Davis International, multidisciplinary research organization, committed to excellence, collaboration and hope, striving to understand the causes and develop better treatments and ultimately cures for neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism, fragile X syndrome and learning disorders.
Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication-Handicapped Children (TEACCH) Highly individualized approach stresses each child’s strengths, such as visual skills, and uses structured teaching in a highly organized environment.
Unlocking Autism Grass-roots advocacy organization.
U.S. Autism and Asperger Association Provides educational and family support through conferences/seminars and published and electronic media. USAAA distributes information with regard to biomedical treatments/adjunct therapies and research to parents, practitioners, students, and teachers who are associated with the autism and Asperger’s Syndrome communities.
Wrong Planet? created by two teens with Asperger’s Syndrome, this web community is designed for individuals (and parents of those) with Asperger’s Syndrome, Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and other Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Provides a discussion forum, exclusive articles and how-to guides, a blogging feature, and a chatroom for real-time communication with other Aspies.
Montana Resources | National Resources
Low Vision Montana Based in Bozeman, this group of service providers and consumers promotes independence for Montanans with poor eyesight. Call 406-522-7300.
Montana Association for the Blind (MAB) – This statewide, nonprofit, self-help consumer organization works for the social and economic improvement of Montanans with visual impairments.
Montana Blind and Low Vision Visual Medical Services Available to people who need treatment to prevent blindness or restore sight. Provides other appropriate eye treatment when vision loss is unpreventable or sight cannot be restored.
Montana School for the Deaf and Blind Residential and day school which provides educational opportunities to students, preschool through high school, at its Great Falls campus. MSDB is also a statewide resource center which provides information and technical support through its Outreach Program to students attending school in their local districts.
Montana Talking Book Library Eligible Montana residents who are unable to use standard print materials due to visual, physical and/or reading disabilities can apply to the Montana Talking Book Library to receive free mail loan of recorded books and playback equipment.
American Council of the Blind Web site provides general information about the Council, including recent issues of its monthly publication, The Braille Forum.
American Foundation for the Blind Provides information on living with vision loss, education, employment, technology and Braille for individuals with disabilities, their friends & family, seniors, children, professionals and employers.
American Health Assistance Foundation Provides information on common and potential treatments for macular degeneration and glaucoma research, information on these diseases, clinical trials studying various aspects of each, medical updates, and recommendations for healthy living.
Association of Blind Citizens Assistive Technology Fund Covers 50% of the retail price of adaptive devices or software for eligible applicants.
BlazeSports America In partnership with National Recreation and Parks Association, offers high quality sports instruction, training and competition opportunities to children and adults with physical disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs, have a neuro-muscular disability such as cerebral palsy or spina bifida, have an amputation or a visual impairment or blindness. Sports include wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis, wheelchair rugby, swimming and track and field. Other sports may be offered by individual BlazeSports Clubs.
Blinded American Veterans Foundation
Bookshare Provides accessible books in digital formats for people with print disabilities.
Choice Magazine Listening Free service for adults unable to read standard print due to visual, learning or physical disabilities. Six times each year CML assembles 8-hour tapes of unabridged selections of articles, short stories and poems from 100 publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Esquire, Gourmet, Sports Illustrated, literary magazines and others.
Described and Captioned Media Program Provides a free-loan media program of over 4,000 open-captioned titles (videos, CD-ROM, and DVD) available to deaf and hard of hearing persons, blind and visually impaired persons, teachers, parents, and others with no rental, registration, or postage fees. Several hundred titles are also streamed on the DCMP web site. DCMP also provides a print/online clearinghouse of information and materials on the subject of captioning available to consumers, agencies, businesses, and schools. The clearinghouse maintains a database of described and captioned media available for purchase.
Descriptive Video Service As part of the WGBH Media Access Group, provides verbal descriptions of public television shows, videotapes and DVDs for those with blindness or low vision.
Disability & The National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision: This collaboration between Mississippi State University, San Diego State University, and the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults focuses on strategies to improve outcomes for persons who are aging with dual hearing and vision loss, with a special emphasis on issues of persons who were either deaf/hard of hearing or blind/visually impaired, and who after age 55 acquired the second sensory loss.
FamilyConnect gives parents of children with visual impairments access to message boards where they can talk to other parents, videos featuring real-life families, parenting articles, a blog authored by a parent, a glossary of more than 30 eye conditions, and links to local resources. The site also features sections dedicated to multiple disabilities, technology, education, and every age group from infants to teens.
Glaucoma Research Foundation. Provides information for people newly-diagnosed with glaucoma. Site has a test to determine if visitors are at risk.
Hadley School for the Blind is the largest worldwide distance educator of blind and visually impaired people, their families and blindness service professionals. Hadley offers classes free of charge to its blind and visually impaired students and their families and affordable tuition classes to blindness professionals.
Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults National rehabilitation program serving youth and adults who are deaf-blind.
Large Print Reviews Provides large print book and audio-book reviews for people with low vision. Includes articles on eye health, eye diseases and disorders, accessibility issues, literature, products for people who are blind and visually impaired, travel articles and travel tips.
National Beep Baseball Association is the organization for the adaptive version of baseball for the blind and visually impaired.
National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness is a comprehensive source of information and resources for families and teachers on deaf-blindness, technical assistance, and personnel training.
National Eye Institute Conducts and supports research that helps prevent and treat eye diseases and other disorders of vision
National Eye Care Project Helpline: For individuals 65 or older who have not had eye exams in the last three years and who are not covered by an HMO or Managed Care organization, this American Optometric Association/American Academy of Ophthalmology/U.S. Health Care Financing Administration project provides free eye exam and up to one year of follow-up care for any condition diagnosed in that exam.
National Federation of the Blind Sponsors the Diabetes Action Networkand publishes Voice of the Diabeticnewsletter.
NFB-Newsline Subscribers who cannot read conventional print can access 140 daily newspapers and two magazines by using a touch-tone telephone to call toll-free. Users can change the speed and voice quality, spell out words, or search for a particular word or subject. Additional newspapers and magazines will be added, and future upgrades will allow more options, such as new “voices” and newspapers in other languages.
NFB-LINK is a one-stop resource for information from successful blind and visually impaired people on topics such as career paths, educational opportunities, recreational activities, technology, and more. NFB-LINK pairs individuals seeking information about blindness with successful blind people. Individuals may join the pool of mentors or request a mentor to help answer blindness-related questions.
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Prevent Blindness America . Provides public and professional education, community and patient services programs and research.
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic Non-profit volunteer organization is an educational library for people with visual impairments, dyslexia and/or physical disabilities which prevent them from effectively reading standard print.
Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision enhances employment and independent living outcomes for individuals who are blind or visually impaired through research, training, education, and dissemination.
Teaching Research Division, Western Oregon University. Resources and training for children and adults with deaf-blindness, their families, and the professionals who serve them.
Vision for Learning Web site of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development is concerned with the needs of the 25% of children who have undiagnosed vision problems which can interfere with learning and lead to academic and/or behavioral problems.
Alliance for Caregiving Publishes Today’s Caregiver Magazine. Web site lists support groups, provides a discussion forum and has “channels” dedicated to long term care issues, rural caregiving, technology, caregiver stories, medication management, mobility, and caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer’s, bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia or ovarian cancer.
Montana contact information:
Kristin Page Nei, Montana Government Relations Director
National Government Relations Department
3550 Mullan Road, Ste. 105
Missoula, MT 59808
1.877.488.7723, opt 3, ext 207 or 406-542-2191
Fax: 406-327-0146
Kristin.Nei@cancer.orgLinda Lang, Montana Grassroots Advocacy Manager
550 North 31st Suite 103
Billings, MT 59101
1.800.252.5470, opt 3, ext 211 or 406-256-7150
Fax: 406-256-7170
Linda.Lang@cancer.org
American Society of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Net web site provides information for patients and families about cancer types, learning about cancer, diagnosis and treatment, coping, survivorship, advocacy and policy. It has a library and other resources, and information about cancer-related news and events.
Managing the Costs of Cancer Care downloadable booklet
Breast Health Access for Women with Disabilities Model of breast health care services designed to overcome barriers to accessible breast health care and meet the special needs of women with physical, visual and other disabilities.
Children’s National Medical Center: The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
Kalispell Regional Medical Center – Cancer Care Services
Montana Public Health and Safety Division;
Montana Cancer Control Coalition :
Montana Cancer Consortium is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to bring “state of the art” cancer treatment to Montana and Northern Wyoming through clinical trials sponsored by the National Cancer Institute.
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Native American Cancer Research Native American owned and operated non-profit organization implements cancer primary prevention, secondary prevention, risk reduction, screening (early detection), education, training, research, diagnoses, control, treatment, support, quality of life, and / or studies of cancer among Native Americans. Primary support is from federal agencies (e.g., the National Institutes of Health) and national organizations (e.g., the National Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation).
Native Circle at the Mayo Clinic is a resource center providing cancer-related materials to health care professionals and lay people involved in the education, care and treatment of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Nicotine Anonymous Non-Profit 12-Step Fellowship of men and women helping each other live nicotine-free lives.
Online Guide to Quitting includes tobacco cessation resources, expert advice and support, referrals to local resources, tools for individuals and professionals, and more.
St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center – Montana Cancer Center (Missoula)
St. Vincent Healthcare – Cancer Care Center (Billings) Regional referral center for the diagnosis and multidisciplinary treatment of all forms of cancer.
St. Vincent Healthcare – Headway Program (Billings) is a treatment program for people who have an acquired brain injury caused by an external physical force or trauma from a motor vehicle accident, assault, or fall; or as the result of internal damage from a stroke, tumor, or chemical exposure.
Susan G. Komen for the Cure – Montana Affiliate
2009-2010 Montana Mammography Directory (pdf file)
2009-2010 Montana Mammography Directory (Word file)
Tobacco Information and Prevention Source at the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Children’s Issues: Montana Resources | National Resources
Child Development Center in Missoula provides services to families whose children are considered to be “at risk” for delays in development or have a diagnosed developmental disability. CDC works to promote the development of children from birth through age 21.
Community Medical Center – Pediatric Specialty Clinics (Missoula) Cleft/Craniofacial Clinic; Cystic Fibrosis Clinic; Endocrine Clinic; Medical Genetics Clinic; Spina Bifida Clinic; Metabolic Clinic: Pulmonary Clinic; Spasticity/Tone Management Clinic; Rheumatology Clinic; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Follow-Up Clinic; and Muscular Dystrophy Clinic.
Community Medical Center – Rehabilitation Institute (Missoula) Adults and children receive individualized treatment designed to meet their needs. Physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians provide a full range of services on an inpatient or outpatient basis. Inpatient programs include pediatric rehabilitation; stroke; arthritis; brain injury; major multiple trauma; neuromusculoskeletal diseases; orthopedics; and spinal cord injuries.
Developmental Educational Assistance Program (Miles City) is a private not for profit corporation that provides family education and support, residential, and crisis intervention services to families whose children are birth to 18 years of age and adults. Services are provided in 28 eastern Montana counties. The main office is located in Miles City with satellite offices in Glendive, Lame Deer and Colstrip.
Easter Seals/Goodwill, Northern Rocky Mountain (Great Falls & Missoula) Children with and without disabilities receive day care and preschool services at the Easter Seals Child Developmental Centers.
Hi-Line Home Programs (Glasgow) Provides child care resource and referral services, developmental intervention and support services (infant and toddler, General Fund family education and support, & intensive family education and support), and Partnership home visitors to families in Eastern Montana.
Montana Association of School Psychologists
The Montana Center for Inclusive Education (MCIE) The Montana Center for Inclusive Education is a unique public service unit of Montana State University Billings that operates a number of externally funded projects. The center serves the diverse population of Montana and provides continuing professional development opportunities for educators and direct service providers.
Montana Children’s Mental Health Services
PRTF Waiver: Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility Waiver/Demonstration Grant
Montana Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP)
Montana Children’s Special Health Services According to program guidelines, provides financial assistance with evaluation, treatment, and management of medical conditions that are potentially disabling.
Montana Council for Exceptional Children
Montana Early Childhood Services Bureau, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, helps children and families succeed by increasing the affordability, accessibility and quality of early care and education.
Montana Education Association – Montana Federation of Teachers
Montana’s Expanded Newborn Screening Conducts hearing screening and heelstick blood tests for several inborn errors of metabolism including phenylketonuria (PKU), galactosemia, and congenital hypothyroidism, and hemoglobinopathies.
Montana Office of Public Instruction
Montana Parent Information and Resource Center provides leadership, technical assistance and coordination to help boost student academic achievement. The MT PIRC provides technical assistance and resources for school-family-community partnerships; and brings information, training and support to parents, educators, and those working with families. The focus is on early learning and school readiness; parent leadership; school-family-community partnerships; and statewide networking.
Montana Parent-Teacher Association
Montana Public Health Home Visiting Program Provides home visiting services to high-risk pregnant women and infants.
Montana School for the Deaf and Blind Residential and day school which provides educational opportunities to students, preschool through high school, at its Great Falls campus. MSDB is also a statewide resource center which provides information and technical support through its Outreach Program to students attending school in their local districts.
Montana Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities The Wrightslaw site provides these resource pages for each state.
Montana Youth Leadership Forum Career and leadership training program for high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors with disabilities. By serving as delegates from their communities at a 5-day intensive training, youth with disabilities cultivate leadership, citizenship, and social skills.
Montana Youth Transitions provides information for young adults on employment, housing, transportation, education, social/recreational opportunities, money and health.
Parents, Let’s Unite for Kids (PLUK) is a private, nonprofit organization formed in 1984 by Montana parents of children with disabilities and chronic illnesses to provide information, support, training and assistance useful to their children at home, school and as adults. PLUK serves families and individuals with disabilities of any age and at no cost. Also publishes:
Montana Recreation, Travel, & Camp Resource Handbook for People with Special Needs
PEAK Parent Center, Inc. – Region 5 Parent Training Technical Assistance Center serves Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.
Quality Life Concepts (Great Falls) Serves Cascade, Chouteau, Teton, Pondera, Liberty, Glacier, Hill, Toole, and Blaine Counties. Children’s home-based services include the Infant/Toddler program and three variations of Family Education and Support (Full Family Education and Support, Intensive Family Education and Support, Limited Family Education and Support). These programs provide intervention services within the family’s home to enhance the development of a child who is experiencing difficulties as well as promote the family’s independence. QLF conducts Early Childhood Screenings in collaboration with local school districts, regional Cooperatives, Headstart and Early Headstart to identify and refer children from birth to age three who may have a condition that interferes with growth, development and/or learning.
Region IV Family Outreach (Helena) Provides Family Education & Support services, Federal Part C Early Intervention services, General Fund services, and Family Education and Support- Intensive to 12 Southwestern Montana counties.
Scottish Rite Childhood Language Disorders Clinics:
Eugene F. Herman Scottish Rite Childhood Language Disorders Clinic
Scottish Rite Temple
514 14th St. West
Billings, MT 59102
Telephone: (406) 259-1680
Fax: (406) 259-1777
srldc@wtp.netScottish Rite Childhood Language Disorders Clinic
Scottish Rite Temple
1304 13th Street South
Great Falls, MT 59405-4611
Telephone: (406) 727-1088
Fax: (406) 452-2063Western Montana Scottish Rite Childhood Language Disorders Clinic
The University of Montana Curry Health Center
634 Eddy Avenue
Missoula, MT 59801
Telephone: (406) 243-5261 or or 406-243-5467
Fax: (406) 243-4730
lucy.hartpaulson@mso.umt.edu or rosemary.johnson@mso.umt.eduShodair Hospital (Helena) The Children’s Unit provides in-patient psychiatric services for children 3-12 years old. Two Adolescent Units provide residential psychiatric treatment for children 12-18 years old. Shodair also conducts more than 70 genetics clinics annually throughout Montana to diagnose genetic conditions or disorders. Staff work with state perinatologists to diagnose and manage pregnancies at high risk for genetic disorders or birth defects.
Special Olympics of Montana Nonprofit international program of year-round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
The University of Montana Clinical Psychology Center, Department of Psychology, The University of Montana. Resource for low-income children who are not eligible for CHIPS or Medicaid. Provides confidential assessment and psycho-therapeutic services for children, adolescents, adults, couples and families.
The University of Montana Rural Institute: A Center for Excellence in Disability Education, Research and Services is part of the national network of programs funded by the Federal Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) committed to increasing and supporting the independence, productivity, and inclusion of persons with disabilities into the community.
Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch (Billings) Psychiatric Residential Treatment Center provides multiple levels of residential treatment for seriously emotionally disturbed youth. Yellowstone Academy provides on-campus Special Education services. YBGR Community Homes provide less structured treatment settings that prepare and re-introduce youth back into their communities. The broad continuum of mental health services and programs also includes Case Management, Therapeutic Foster Care, In-Home Family Support, School Based Programs and Independent Living Program.
Youth Dynamics (Billings) Offices in Billings, Boulder, Bozeman, Butte, Glendive, Great Falls, Helena, Lame Deer, Livingston, Malta, Miles City, Sidney and Wolf Point provide a variety of mental health services for children and families: Therapeutic Family Care, Therapeutic Foster Care, the Guide Home Program, Therapeutic Group Care, Therapeutic Group Home Program, Shelter Care Program, Group Home Program, Day Treatment Program, Intensive Case Management Program, Family Support Team Program, Family Based Services Program, Outpatient Therapy Program, Family Support Assistant Program, and Therapeutic Respite Care Program. A Substance Abuse Program is planned.
About Our Kids New York University Child Study Center site provides information and resources on child and youth mental health issues.
Access for Autistic Youth is a web-based resource for caregivers of children with autism. The website has sections in Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese as well as an extensive list of related resources and links.
Adaptive Information Resource Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, provides a diverse, coordinated network of sports and recreation resources for children and adults with disabilities and their families.
Administration for Children and Families. Within the Department of Health and Human Services, ACF administers federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities. ACF partners with individuals, front-line service providers, communities, American Indian tribes, Native communities, states, and Congress to find solutions transcending traditional agency boundaries; to plan, reformulate, integrate and improve access to services; and to address the needs, strengths and abilities of people with developmental disabilities, refugees, and migrants.
Child Welfare Information Gateway has information and resources to help children, families, and professionals. Topics include children with disabilities and independent living.
Adolescent Health Transition Project, University of Washington. Helps smooth the transition from pediatric to adult health care for adolescents with special health care needs. This site is a resource for information, materials, and links to other people with an interest in health transition issues.
American Academy of Pediatrics Web site has a “Parenting Corner” section.
National Center of Medical Home Initiatives Sponsored by American Academy of Pediatrics, provides “Every Child Needs a Medical Home” Training Curriculum. Curriculum has seven components offering strategies and resources to provide care for children in a changing health care environment and provide a practical framework for creating medical home implementation awareness.
American Society for Deaf Children provides education, access to information, and support for parents of deaf or hard-of-hearing children.
ARCH National Resource Center Promotes respite services for families. Provides respite locator service, lending library, factsheets, and training.
Association for Positive Behavior Support International organization dedicated to the advancement of positive behavior support and application of this approach with children, adolescents, and adults who have problem behavior.
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs.
Beginnings for Parents of Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Inc.
Bellevue College OLS/Venture Program in Bellevue, Washington, offers an Associate Degree in Occupational and Life Skills for individuals with learning, cognitive and intellectual disabilities.
Birth Defect Research for Children, Inc. Provides comprehensive fact sheets and other information about birth defects, parent matching opportunities, books, links to research on birth defects, and a National Birth Defect Registry.
BlazeSports America In partnership with National Recreation and Parks Association, offers high quality sports instruction, training and competition opportunities to children and adults with physical disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs, have a neuromuscular disability such as cerebral palsy or spina bifida, have an amputation or a visual impairment or blindness. Sports include wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis, wheelchair rugby, swimming and track and field. Other sports may be offered by individual BlazeSports Clubs.
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
Casey Family Programs supports families, youth, and children in reaching their full potential. Casey provides an array of permanency planning, prevention, and transition services such as long-term family foster care, adoption, kinship care, job training, and scholarships. Through advocacy efforts, national and local community partnerships, and by serving as a center for information and learning about children in need of permanent family connections, the Programs aim to improve public and private services for children, youth, and families affected by the child welfare system.
Center for Children with Special Needs at Seattle Children’s Hospital has developed the Care Notebook, an organizer for families who have children with special health care needs. Families use Care Notebooks to keep track of important information about their child’s health and care. This makes it easier to find and share key information with their child’s care team.
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation
Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America
Children’s National Medical Center Comprises seven Centers of Excellence:
The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
The Diana L. and Stephen A. Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health