Pediatrics

Florida's Central Directory

Phone: (800) 654-4440

http://www.centraldirectory.org/about.cfm

"The Florida Directory of Early Childhood Services (Central Directory) has provided services to thousands of families and providers seeking advocacy, education, training, resource and referral, and information on disability services available in their communities."

Florida's Central Directory's online database can be searched for national, state, and local resource listings: http://www.centraldirectory.org/resources.cfm

Please contact Florida's Central Directory on the toll free number (1-800-654-4440) for more comprehensive information or referral.

Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities, Inc
2728 Centerview Drive, Suite 102
Tallahassee, FL 32301

Phone: (800) 342-0823
TDD: (800) 346-4127

http://www.advocacycenter.org
The Center seeks to ensure the human and legal rights of people with disabilities are protected through the provision of information and advocacy.

Services include information and referral, complaint investigation, legal consultation, mediation, negotiation and representation.

The ARC of Alachua County
3303 NW 83rd Street
Gainesville, Florida 32606
Phone: (352) 334-4060

http://www.arcalachua.org
ARC advocates for persons with developmental disabilities. Please visit their website for more infromation and contact information for local area offices.

Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) University of Florida-Gainesville
East Campus Building

2124 NE Waldo Road, Suite 3145
Gainesville, FL 32609

Phone:(800) 273-0581
(352) 846-3703

http://www.card.ufl.edu
CARD is a state-funded organization that provides support to family members and professionals working with individuals of all ages with autism, pervasive developmental disorders, autistic-like disabilities, dual sensory impairments, or sensory impairments with other disabling conditions. Please visit their website for more infromation and contact information for local area offices.

Center for Independent Living
North Central Florida Center for Independent Living
720 NW 23rd Avenue
Gainesville, Florida 32609

(800) 265-5724
(352) 378-7474

http://www.cilncf.org
Independent Living Centers provide a board range of assistance to individuals with disabilities in order to help them achieve greater independence in either their family or community situations. They primarily serve adolescents and adults. They offer training in independent living skills, transition services, and legal advocacy.

Children's Medical Services (CMS)
1701 SW 16th Avenue, Bldg. B
Gainesville, FL 32608

Phone: (800) 523-7545
(352) 334-1400

http://www.cms-kids.com
CMS is a collection of programs for children with special needs. Please visit their website for more infromation and contact information for local area offices.

Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD)
Gainesville Office:
1621 Northeast Waldo Road, Bldg 1
Gainesville, FL 32609

Phone: (800) 665-4955
(352) 955-6061

http://apd.myflorida.com/about
The APD is "specifically tasked with serving the needs of Floridians with developmental disabilites." Prieviously it existed as the Developmetal Disabilites Program. Please visit their website for more infromation and contact information for local area offices.

Early Steps

Phone: (800) 334-1447
(352) 334-1480
Fax: (352) 334-1359

http://www.cms-kids.com/families/early_steps/early_steps.html

"Early Steps is Florida's early intervention system that offers services to infants and toddlers (birth to thirty-six months) with significant delays or a condition likely to result in a developmental delay." Please visit their website for more infromation and contact information for local area offices.

Family Network on Disabilities (FND)
Family Network on Disabilities of Florida, Inc.

Phone: (800) 825-5736
(727) 523-1130

http://www.fndfl.org
"Family Network on Disabilities, Inc. is a national network of individuals of all ages who may be at-risk, have disabilities, or have special needs and their families, professionals, and concerned citizens. The mission of Family Network on Disabilities is to ensure through collaboration that individuals have full access to family-driven support, education, information, resources, and advocacy and to serve families of children with disabilities, ages birth through 26, who have the full range of disabilities described in section 602(3) of IDEA." Please visit their website for more infromation.

Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources Systems (FDLRS)
FDLRS/Springs Associate Center
3881 NW 155th Street
Reddick, FL 32686

Phone: (800) 533-0326
(352) 591-4300

http://www.fdlrssprings.org
The Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System (FDLRS) is a network of 19 Associate and 4 Specialized Centers in Florida which provide support services to educators, parents, and other professionals who work with exceptional students. FDLRS/Springs serves Alachua, Citrus, Dixie, Gilchrist, Levy, and Marion counites. Please visit their website for more infromation.

For information on other FDLRS centers, please visit the main website at: http://www.paec.org/fdlrsweb/

Florida Inclusion Network (FIN) at the University of North Florida
1 UNF Drive, Building 57 Room 3600
Jacksonville, Florida 32224

(866) 801-4211
(904) 620-1910

http://www.floridainclusionnetwork.com
The mission of FIN is to provide technical assistance and support to schools and districts who include students with disabilities in regular classrooms. Services are free of charge and include onsite technical assistance, training, information dissemination, linkages with demonstration sites, and financial support. For more info please email:
Libby Willis at LKW@aol.com
Kimberlee Oaks at gatorkim@mac.com

Florida Outreach Project (FOP)
Florida Outreach Project for Children and Young Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind
P.O. Box 100234
Gainesville, FL 32610

Phone:(800) 667-4052
(352) 272-7530

http://www.deafblind.ufl.edu
"The Florida Outreach Project (FOP) for Children and Young Adults with Deaf-Blindness serves persons from birth to age 22 who are affected by BOTH vision loss and hearing loss. FOP specialists provide a variety of services, including information, consultation, training, and individualized support, to families and teams throughout the state of Florida." Please visit their website for more information, including a description of services.

The University of Florida Child Psychology Clinic
Department of Clinical & Health Psychology

Phone: (352) 265-0294

http://chp.phhp.ufl.edu/clinic/child-clinic/
Please visit their website for information on services.

United Way of North Central Florida
6031 NW 1st Place
Gainesville, Florida 32607

Phone: (352) 331-2800

http://unitedwayncfl.org/211_Info.aspx
The United Way connects people in need to community resources. They offer up to date information on agencies and programs designed to address specific problems. Please visit their website for more information, including a description of services.