Developmental resources for parents

General resources for parents

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  Phone: 847 434-4000  Web: www.aap.org
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s "Act Early" program
  Phone: 800 CDC-INFO (800 232-4636)  Web: www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/index.html

Developmental delays

• The Centers for Disease Control program, "Learn the Signs. Act Early."
  Web: www.cdc.gov/actearly
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
  Web: www.cdc.gov/ncbddd
• National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
  Web: www.nichcy.org/Pages/StateSpecificInfo.aspx
• Department of Education
  Web: www.ed.gov/index.html
• National Institute of Mental Health
  Phone: 866 615-6464    Web: www.nimh.nih.gov
• State Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
  Phone: 877 KIDS-NOW (877 543-7669) Web: www.insurekidsnow.gov

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD)

• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
  Phone: 800 233-4050    Web: www.chadd.org
• CHADD National Resource Center
  Phone: 800 233-4050    Web: www.help4adhd.org
• Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
  Phone: 484 945-2101    Web: www.add.org

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  Phone: 847 434-4000    Web: www.medicalhomeinfo.org
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) autism facts sheet
  Phone: 800 CDC-INFO (800 232-4636) Website: www.cdc.gov/ncbdd/autism/facts.html
• CDC national immunization program: "Vaccines and Autism" Internet site
  Web: www.cdc.gov/od/science/iso/mmr_autism.htm
• First Signs
  Phone: 978 346-4380    Web: www.firstsigns.org

Cerebral palsy

• United Cerebral Palsy
  Phone: 800 872-5827    Web: www.ucpa.org
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
  Web: www.ninds.nih.gov

Hearing loss

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program
  Web: www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/ehdi
• American Academy of Audiology
  Phone: 800 AAA-2336 (800 222-2336)    Web: www.audiology.org
• American Academy of Pediatrics Bright Futures
  Phone: 847 434-4223    Web: www.brightfutures.org
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  Phone: 800 638-8255    Web: www.asha.org

Intellectual disability (also known as
mental retardation)

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s "Act Early" program
  Phone: 800 CDC-INFO   Web: www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/pdf/parents_pdfs/IntellectualDisability.pdf
• American Association of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
  Phone: 202 387-1968    Web: www.aaidd.org

Vision loss

• National Federation of the Blind
  Phone: 410 659-9314    Web: www.nfb.org
• American Council of the Blind
  Phone: 800 424-8666    Web: www.acb.org
• American Foundation for the Blind
  Phone: 800 232-5463    Web: www.afb.org