The Grandparent Autism Network informs grandparents about autism and the medical, educational, legal and social issues that affect their families, enabling them to share how they may improve the quality of life for their children and grandchildren.
Glossary of Terms for CA Disability Services System
This Glossary of Terms, Phrases & Acronyms explains the language used in the California Disability Services System. Individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities are served by a complex and wide array of services and programs. This Glossary, provided by the Senate Select Committee on Autism & Related Disorders, provides an overview of frequently used terminology.
Foreign Language/Cultural Groups
* Chinese/Mandarin
Kitty Tsan 949-588-0123
Chinese Parents Association for the Disabled
Mimi H. Chou 714-267-6009
cpadocm@gmailcom
www.cpad.org
* Indian
Indian Center—Southern California
Susie Jensen 714-962-6673
Sjensen@indiancenter.org
www.indiancenter.org
* Korean
Korean American Special Education Center
Hannah Yang 714-254-0616
kasec2000@gmail.com
www.hanmispecialkids.org
Jinsook Baek 949-751-7343
jinsookbaek037@gmail.combr>
jinsook037@naver.com
* Japanese
Japanese Speaking Parents Association
Mariko Magami 818-249-1726
* Spanish
Fiesta Familiar
Cecilia Mercado 714-533-5815
cmercado@fiestaeducativa.org
www.fiestaeducativa.org
Nuevos Horizontes
Barbara Dominguez 714-998-4912
nuevoshorizontesoc@gmail.com
* Vietnamese
Vietnamese Parent with Disabled Children Association
Hung Gia Nguyen 714-527-9216
vpdcahung@yahoo.com
Fragile X
For OC Parents
Group for families who have children with autism that reside in Orange County. Call Hedy Hansen at (714)939-6118 or e-mail hshansen@uci.edu.
Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
The National Federation of Families is a national family-run organization linking more than 120 chapters and state organizations focused on the issues of children and youth with emotional, behavioral, or mental health needs and substance use challenges and their families.
Epilepsy Support Network of Orange County
We provide epilepsy specific programs for children, teens, adults, parents and families. Educational Support Groups, Epilepsy 101 classes, support/advocacy. Epilepsy experts are speakers at meetings.
Easter Seals Southern California: Living with Autism
We provide exceptional services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that people living with autism and other disabilities can live, learn, work and play in our communities.
Easter Seals is a trusted expert and premier provider of services for children and adults with autism and their families. Our team focuses on therapies that are proven to be effective in increasing skills of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and similar disabilities. Easter Seals Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), speech, physical, and occupational therapy services in addition to group-based classes focused on social and adaptive skills.
Comfort Connection Family Resource Center at regional Center of Orange County (RCOC)
The Comfort Connection Family Resource Center of Orange County connects families who have children with special needs to resources and support. Most of Comfort Connection’s staff are parents of children with developmental disabilities and many are bilingual. In addition to acting as a resource to families, staff are available to present information to community groups regarding local resources, parent support and Regional Center of Orange County services.
Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
NOTE: RCOC has a directory of service providers at: http://www.rcocdd.com/consumers/resources/
Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (C.H.A.D.D.) – City of Irvine Disability Services
Information About The Greater Orange County CHADD Chapter
We are a group of parents, professionals, teens, adults and kids who have or deal with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder AD/HD. In this group you will find people from all walks of life who have come together to support each other, educate others and continue our education on science-based information on AD/HD.
CHADD: Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is the nation’s leading non-profit organization for individuals with ADHD and their families. Over 200 local chapters across the U.S. offer support for individuals, parents, teachers, and professionals. FREE monthly support group meetings provide a forum for continuing education for parents and professionals interested in learning more about ADHD in children and adults. For more information about CHADD NATIONAL, visit www.chadd.org. CHADD does NOT endorse any one treatment, medication, provider, publication, service or product.
For information about CHADD of Greater Orange County, please call (714) 490-7022, leave your name, number and the best time to call you back.
Sign up to receive important LOCAL information and updates by sending your email address to ADHDmeeting@pacbell.net
We hold three types of meetings per month:
Parent Meeting – 2nd Wednesday
Adult Meeting – 3rd Monday
General Meeting – Last Tuesday
See the website for more information about meetings.
Child Care: Cambrian Home care
Specializing in care for the developmentally disabled child at home. Respite services for children with physical/developmental disabilities, after school/homework, weekends/evenings. Emergency response 24/7.
Call for hourly, sleepover and sibling care costs.
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