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Each year, WNY Family's April issue features a special pull-out section titled "The Special Needs Child" devoted to providing support to families and increasing community awareness of the challenges involved in raising a child with special needs to his or her full potential.


Here is a list of WNY area professionals and organizations which serve children with special needs

and their families (current as of May, 2008).

If any of the information below is found to be incorrect or outdated, please notify us by

sending an e-mail to feedback@wnyfamilymagazine.com

so that we may post a correction for the benefit of our visitors.

 

 

 

ASPIRE of Western New York
(716) 505-5700
www.aspirewny.org

 

Audubon Counseling
Beyond The Box: OT for Kids
Sensory Processing Disorders
(716) 689-3110 ext. 1

 

Autistic Services
(716) 631-5777
www.autisticservices.org

 

Baker Victory Services
Therapy for Autism & Other Disabilities
(716) 828-9560


Medicaid Service Coordination
(716) 828-9492

 

Bornhava
(716) 839-1655
www.bornhava.org

 

Boulevard Van City

2708 Niagara Falls Blvd.

Wheatfield, NY 14304

716-731-4335

www.vancitymobility.com

 

Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center
(716) 885-8318
www.askbhsc.org

 

The Cantalician Center
(716) 835-0417
Email: earlyintervention@cantalician.org

 

CHC Learning Center
(716) 204-0355
www.chcrainbow.com

 

Central Referral Services
(716) 851-5555
www.ddinfolink.org

 

Child & Family Services
(716) 842-2750
www.childfamilybny.org

 

Community Services for the

Developmentally Disabled
(716) 883-8888
www.csdd.info

 

Developmental Disabilities Alliance of WNY
(716) 877-7007
www.ddawny.org

 

Down Syndrome Parent Group

Of Western New York

E-mail: dspgwny@hotmail.com

www.dspgwny.org

 

Early Childhood Direction Center
(716) 880-3875 or (800) 462-7653
www.wchob.org/ecdc

 

ECMC - Pediatric Educational

& Diagnostic Services
(716) 898-3894
www.ecmc.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR FREE INFORMATION

on developmental milestones, tools to

track your child's development and resources about developmental problems and developmental

screening, visit the

"LEARN THE SIGNS. ACT EARLY."

web site at www.cdc.gov/actearly or

call 1-800-CDC-INFO.

 

 

Erie County Early Intervention
(716) 858-6161

 

Erie County Office for the Disabled
(716) 858-6215

 

Excalibur Leisure Skills Center, Inc.
Boating & fishing oppurtunities for the disabled & disadvantaged
(716) 831-3188
www.excaliburls.org

 

Gateway-Longview, Inc. Preventive

Respite Program
(716) 883-4531
www.gateway-longview.org

 

Healthy Transformations
Healing The Whole Person
Margaret Mitchell, MD
Sheila Kelley, MD
(716) 688-1825

 

Heritage Centers
(716) 856-4201
www.heritagecenters.org

 

Ken-Ton Special Education PTSA
(716) 875-4985
Email: kentonseptsa@gmail.com
www.kentonseptsa.bfn.org

 

Kenneth R. Banas, DDS
Pediatric dentist treating
children with special needs
(716) 674-0924

 

League For The Handicapped, Inc.
Preschool Learning Center
(716) 592-9331

 

Lothlorien Therapeutic Riding Center
(716) 655-1335
www.lothlorientrc.org

 

Main Mobility
Vehicle Accessibility
(716)759-6811
www.mainmobility.com

 

Niagara Children
Education & Treatment Center
(716) 297-1478 ext. 160

 

Niagara County Department of Health
Children & Adults with Special Needs
(716) 278-8180
www.niagaracounty.com

 

Olmsted Center for the Visually Impaired
(716) 836-7556
www.olmstedcenter.org

 

Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara
(716) 504-2617
www.opportunitiesunlimited.org

 

Parent Network of Western New York
(716) 332-4170
www.parentnetworkwny.org

 

People Inc.
(716) 874-4500 ext. 212
www.people-inc.org

 

SASi - Suburban Adult Services, Inc.
(716) 805-1555 or 1(888) 496-5551
www.sasinc.org

 

SASi - High Hurdles Therapeutic Riding Program
(716) 496-5551
Email: hhurdles@sasinc.org

 

Special Needs Clinic
of Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo
A Kaleida Health Facility
(716) 878-7488

 

Summit Educational Resources
(716) 629-3400
www.summited.org

 

The Chapel At CrossPoint
Special Needs Ministry
p(716) 631-2636
www.thechapelatcrosspoint.com

 

The Independence Foundation
(716) 685-3976
www.TheIndependenceFoundation.org

 

The Lutheran Service Society, Inc.
(716) 631-9212

 

Visiting Nursing Association of WNY
(716) 630-8100
www.vna-wny.com