STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Dr. Dee Bodkins, Director
Office of Special Education
Department of Education
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Bldg. 6, Room B-304
Charleston, WV 25305
(304) 558-2696
E-mail: dbodkins@access.k12.wv.us
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES 3 THROUGH 5
Ginger Huffman, Coordinator
Preschool Disabilities
Office of Special Education
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Bldg. 6, Room 304
Charleston, WV 25305
(304) 558-2696
E-mail: ghuffman@access.k12.wv.us
PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2
Pamela Roush, Director
WV Birth to Three
Office of Maternal and Child Health
Bureau of Public Health
1116 Quarrier Street
Charleston, WV 25301
(304) 558-3071
STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY
James S. Jeffers, Director
Division of Rehabilitation Services
State Capitol Complex
P.O. Box 50890
Charleston, WV 25305-0890
(304) 766-4601
E-mail: jeffers@mail.wvdrs.wvnet.edu
Web: www.wvdrs.wvnet.edu
OFFICE OF STATE COORDINATOR OF
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Jean Cary Davis, Coordinator
Special Populations Services
Division of Technical & Adult Education
Services
WV Department of Education
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 6, Room 230
Charleston, WV 25305-0330
(304) 558-2349
STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY
John Bianconi, Director
Office of Behavioral Health
Department of Health & Human Resources
State Capitol Complex, Bldg. 6, Room B-717
1900 Kanawha Blvd., East
Charleston, WV 25305
(304) 558-0627
STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Helen C. Snyder, Director
Division of Children’s Mental Health Services
Office of Behavioral Health Services
Department of Health and Human Resources
Capital Complex, Building 6, Room B-717
Charleston, WV 25305
(304) 558-0627
STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM
Steven Wiseman, Director
Division of Developmental Disabilities
Office of Behavioral Health Services
Department of Health and Human Resources
Capitol Complex, Bldg. 6, Room 727
Charleston, WV 25305
(304) 558-0627
STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL
Donna Z. Heuneman, Executive Director
DD Planning Council
110 Stockton Street
Charleston, WV 25312
(304) 558-0416; (304) 558-2376 (TTY)
E-mail: heuned@wvnvm.wvnet.edu
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
Linda Leasure, Executive Director
West Virginia Advocates
Litton Bldg., 4th Floor
1207 Quarrier Street
Charleston, WV 25301
(304) 346-0847 (V/TTY); (800) 950-5250 (In WV)
E-mail: wvadvocates@newwave.net
Web: www.newwave.net/~wvadvocates
CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Sue Edwards
Client Assistance Program
WV Advocates
1207 Quarrier Street, 4th Floor
Charleston, WV 25301
E-mail: wvadvocates@newwave.net
Web: www.newwave.net/~wvadvocates
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Patricia L. Kent, Administrative Director
Children’s Specialty Care
Office of Maternal & Child Health
Department of Health & Human Services
1116 Quarrier Street
Charleston, WV 25301
(304) 558-3071
PROGRAMS FOR CHILREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING
West Virginia Commission for the Deaf and
Hard of Hearing
4190 Washington Street West
Charleston, WV 25313
(304) 558-2175 (V/TTY)
REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY
ADA Information Center for Mid-Atlantic
Region
TransCen, Inc.
451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 607
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 217-0124 (V/TTY)
E-mail: adainfo@transcen.org
Web: www.adainfo.org
Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or
locality, contact either:
Children and Adults with
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CH.A.D.D)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 201
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
E-mail: national@chadd.org
Web: www.chadd.org
National Attention Deficit Disorder
Association (ADDA)
9930 Johnnycake Ridge Rd., Suite 3E
Mentor, OH 44060
(440) 350-9595
(800) 487-2282 (Voice mail to request
information packet)
E-mail: NatlADDA@AOL.com
Web: www.add.org
Autism
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 657-0881; (800) 3-AUTISM
Web: www.autism-society.org
Autism Training Center
Marshall University
400 Hall Greer Blvd.
Huntington, WV 25755-2430
(800) 344-5115; (304) 696-2332
Brain Injury
Jennifer J. Stockton, Executive Director
Brain Injury Associate of WV, Inc.
P.O. Box 574
Institute, WV 25112
(304) 766-4892; (800) 356-6443 (in WV)
E-mail: BIAWV@AOL.com
Learning Disabilities
Kimberly Amos, President
WV LDA
P.O. Box 455
Reader, WV 26167
(304) 386-4547
E-mail: wvlda@hotmail.com
Mental Health
Mental Health Association in the Greater
Kanawha Valley, Inc.
One United Way Square
Charleston, WV 25301-1098
(304) 340-3512
Carolyn Nelson, Executive Director
NAMI — WV
P.O. Box 2706
Charleston, WV 25330-2706
(304) 342-0497
Teri Toothman, Executive Director
Mountain State Parents-CAN
1143 Main Street, Suite 1-B
P.O. Box 6658
Wheeling, WV 26003-0906
(304) 233-5399; (800) 244-5385
E-mail: mspcandir@AOL.com
Speech and Hearing
Wilma Manns, President
WV Speech/Language and Hearing
Association
238 1/2 Capitol Street
Charleston, WV 28301
(304) 342-6970
Visual Impairments
Frances Mary D’Andrea, Director
American Foundation for the Blind-Southeast
100 Peachtree Street, Suite 620
Atlanta, Ga 30303
(404) 525-2303
E-mail: atlanta@afb.net
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM
Ashok S. Dey, Director
West Virginia University
University Affiliated Center for
Developmental Disabilities (UACDD)
Research & Office Park
955 Hartman Run Road
Morgantown, WV 26505
(304) 293-4692
TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE
James Jeffers, Project Director
West Virginia Assistive Technology System
WV Division of Rehabilitation Services
P.O. Box 50890
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25305-0890
(304) 766-4694; (304) 293-4692 (TTY)
(800) 642-8207
E-mail: jamesj@wvdrs.wvnet.edu
PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECT
Pat Haberbosch, Director
WV Parent Training & Information Project
(WVPTI)
371 Broaddus Avenue
Clarksburg, WV 26301
(304) 624-1436 (V/TTY); (800) 281-1436 (In WV)
E-mail: wvpti@AOL.com
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)
Leslie Triggs, President
West Virginia Congress of Parents and
Teachers
P.O. Box 3557
Parkersville, WV 26103-3557
(304) 420-9576; (304) 229-8407
PARENT-TO-PARENT
Carol Tamara and Willia Danbor, Co-Directors
Parent-Educator Resource Center
116 East King Street
Martinsburg, WV 25401
(304) 263-5717
Reggie Wright, Coordinator
Common Bonds: A State-wide
Parent-to-Parent
P.O. Box 3698@ DTC
Charleston, WV 25336
(304) 768-7038, ext.107; (800) 282-3901 (in WV only)
E-mail: commonbonds@teays.net
OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Martha Hon, President/CEO
Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center
1305 National Road
Wheeling, WV 26003-5780
(304) 242-1390 (V/TTY); (800) 677-1390
E-mail: ateaster@hgo.net
Barbara Gebhard, Deputy Director
Governor’s Cabinet on Children & Families
State Capitol Complex
Building 5, Room 218
Charleston, WV 25305
(304) 558-0600
E-mail: bgebhard@wvnvm.wvnet.edu
Web: www.citynet.net/wvfamilies/
Bob Craig, Chair
WV Family Support Council
Rt. 1, Box 412
Farmington, WV 26571
(304) 293-1495
E-mail: bcraig@hsc.wvu.edu
John Hunter, Jr., Executive Director
VSA (Very Special Arts) West Virginia
Marshall University
400 Hal Greer Blvd.
Huntington, WV 25755
(304) 696-6384
E-mail: jhunter647@AOL.com
