PTI Contact List

Rowell Family Empowerment Center of Northern CA

Kat Lowrance - Executive Director

Redding Office
3830 Rancho Road
Redding, CA 96002
530-226-5129
530-226-5141 FAX
877-227-3471
Email: sklowrance@aol.com

Paradise Office
6319 A Skyway
Paradise, CA 95969
toll free: 888-263-1311
530-876-8321
530-876-0346 Fax
Website: http://www.rfenc.org

Provides information and resources for parents to be effective advocates for their child's special needs.

Exceptional Parents Unlimited

Marion Karion - Executive Director
Bobbie Coulbourne - FEC/PTI Project Director

4440 North First Street
Fresno, CA 93726
559-229-2000
559-229-2956 FAX
Website: www.exceptionalparents.org
Central California

Exceptional Parents Unlimited strives to strengthen and empower children and families facing extraordinary medical, developmental, and parenting challenges by providing an array of services that are accessible, integrated, and coordinated.

Parents Helping Parents/Santa Clara

Mary Ellen Peterson - CEO

1400 Parkmoor Ave, Suite 100
San Jose, CA 95126

408-727-5775 voice
408-727-7655 TDD
408-727-0182 FAX
Email: info@php.com
Website: www.php.com

Parents Helping Parents helps children with special needs receive the resources and other services they need to reach their full potential.

DREDF, Disability Rights Education Defense Fund

Susan Henderson - Managing Director

2212 6th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
510-644-2555 (TDD available)
510-841-8645 FAX
1-800-348-4232
Email: info@dredf.org
Website: www.dredf.org (Northern California with Parents Helping Parents of Santa Clara)

DREDF is national law and policy center that protects and advances the civil rights of people with disabilities.

Support for Families of Children with Disabilities

Juno Duenas - Executive Director

2601 Mission Street, #606
San Francisco, CA 94110-3111
415-282-7494
415-282-1226 FAX
Email: jduenas@supportforfamilies.org
Website: www.supportforfamilies.org

Support for Families of Children with Disabilities provides information, education, and parent-to-parent support free of charge to families of children with any kind of disability or special health care need in San Francisco.

Team of Advocates for Special Kids, (TASK)

Marta Anchondo - Executive Director

Anaheim Office
100 West Cerritos Ave.
Anaheim, CA 92805
714-533-8275
714-533-2533 FAX
Email: taskca@yahoo.com
Website: www.taskca.org

Team of Advocates for Special Kids, (TASK) San Diego

Brenda Smith - Deputy Director (for all areas)

San Diego Office
3750 Convoy St., Suite 303
San Diego, CA 92111-3741
858-874-2386
858-874-0123 FAX
Email: taskca@yahoo.com
Website: www.taskca.org

Team of Advocates for Special Kids (TASK) is a Parent Training and Information Center that Parents & Professionals can turn to for assistance in seeking and obtaining needed early intervention, educational, medical or therapeutic support service for children.

Region 1 (Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo Counties)
Region 2 (Orange, Imperial, San Bernardino, Riverside, Mono, Inyo Counties)

Matrix

Nora Thompson - Executive Director

94 Galli Drive, Suite C
Novato, CA 94949
415-884-3535
415-884-3555 FAX
1-800-578-2592

Email: info@matrixparents.org
Website: www.matrixparents.org
Serves Northern California with PHP of Santa Clara

Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers website offers nationwide information on Parent Training and Information Centers and Community Parent Resource Centers.