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Advocacy Institute
The Advocacy Institute is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to the development of products and services that work to improve the lives of people with disabilities, particularly learning disabilities. The Advocacy Institue provides consultative services to educators, counselors, service providers, parents, students, organizations, government entities and others.

Advocate4ed
Kathleen Ross-Kidder
Culpeper, VA 22701
Phone: 540-727-1144
Email:advocate4edcopper.net

Advocating 4 Education
Sharon Tropf
Serving Loudoun & Fairfax Counties
(703) 309-4805

Advocating 4 Kids
Cheryl Poe
Virginia Beach, VA
Office: (757) 306-1942
Cell: (757) 286-0549

Advocates-Educating a Must

Advocate Services
Robert Augustine
Winchester, VA
(508) 801-8840

ALLY Advocacy Center
Paxton Campus
Leesburg, VA 20176
(703) 777-1939

Center for Special Education Advocacy (CSEA)
4600 Cox Road Suite 205
Glen Allen, VA 23060
(804) 967-2556

Center on Human Policy
A Syracuse University based policy, research, and advocacy organization involved in the national movement to insure the rights of people with disabilities. Since its founding, the Center has been involved in the study and promotion of open settings (inclusive community opportunities) for people with disabilities.

Charles M. Henter, Esq.
Attorney at Law
Charlottesville, VA
Phone: 434-972-9600
Email: cmh@dklawyers.com

The Continuum Group
McLean, VA 22102
Phone: (800) 828.5659
Fax: (866) 821.6420

Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
An independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization of attorneys, advocates and parents established to improve the quality and quantity of legal assistance for parents of children with disabilities.

Counseling & Advocacy Assistance
Phone: 804-744-1114

Dr. Creighton J. Hite, Psy.D.
Additional services include completing comprehensive psychological and educational evaluations.
Richmond, VA
Phone: 804-524-7568

Ed Wheeler
MCV Educational Consultant
Phone: 804-228-5845

Educational Diagnostics
Dr. Norman Geller
4196 A Innslake Drive
Glen Allen, VA 23060
(804) 396-3211

Endependence Center
Endependence Center, Inc.
6300 East Virginia Beach Blvd.
Norfolk, VA 23502-2827
Cheryl Ward, Educational Advocate
Phone: 757-461-8007

Families & Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE)
The Families and Advocates Partnership for Education (FAPE) project is a partnership that aims to improve the educational outcomes for children with disabilities. It links families, advocates, and self-advocates to information about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Family First Psychological Services, PC
Psychoeducational Testing, School Consultation Services
115 Park Street SE, Suite 207
Vienna, VA 22180
Phone: 703-938-9090
www.familyfirstva.com

Gail Argenbright
Children's Hospital Child Psychologist
Richmond, VA
Phone:804-321-7474

G.I.F.T.S
(Getting Involved with Families the Community & Schools)
Lisa Mansini
Phone: 804-560-7172

Holly Hilton, Esq.
Attorney at Law
Charlottesville, VA
Phone: 434-972-9600
Email: cmh@dklawyers.com

I.E.P. Pro Parents
Gloucester, VA
Phone: 757-508-6380

Innovative Behavior and Educational Consultation, LLC
Covering greater Richmond area and locations within two-hour drive. Services include advocacy, behavioral assessment and intervention programming, educational consultation with school divisions, educational assessment, and educational programming for students with disabilities, but specifically targeting those with ASD.
Contact: joy@innovativeconsultation.com
Phone: 804-937-3680

Just Children
Legal Aid Justice Center
Petersburg location (serving cities of Petersburg, Hopewell and Colonial Heights and counties of Surry, Prince George, Dinwiddie and Charles City)
Phone: 804-862-2205
Charlottesville location (serving city of Charlottesville and counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa and Nelson)
Phone: 434-977-0553
Northern Virginia location (serving cities of Fairfax, Falls Church, Herndon and Alexandria and counties of Loudoun, Fairfax, Arlington, Prince William and Stafford)
Phone: 703-778-3450

Medical Home Plus
Facilitates access to supports and services for children and youth, especially those with special needs, and their families.
8719 Forest Hill Avenue
Bon Air, VA 23235
(804) 330-5030
Fax: (804) 330-5032
Toll-free: (877) 264-8366

Pamela Pardue, M.Ed.
8212 Chamberlayne Road
Richmond, VA 23227
(804) 261-1927

Pamela Waaland
Assessment, Educational Testing, Counseling
Richmond, VA
804-673-3567

Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC)
PEATC provided support, education, and training to families, schools, and other professionals committed to helping children with disabilities.

Parent 2 Parent of Virginia
Supports families with children with disabilities and service providers across the Commonwealth with best practice in family support. PTPofVA provides training, technical assistance and advocacy support.
Phone: 804-222-1945

Paving Pathways, Inc.
School shadows using students enrolled in the GMU ABA certificate program. IEP consultation (writing or evaluating your child's IEP goals or representation at an IEP meeting).
Serving children 1-18
P.O. Box 77622
Washington, DC 20013
Phone: 571-357-5582

Regional Resource and Federal Centers
The Regional Resource and Federal Centers (RRFC) Network is made up of the six Regional Resource Centers for Special Education (RRC) and the Federal Resource Center (FRC). The six RRCs and the FRC are funded by the federal Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to assist state education agencies in the systemic improvement of education programs, practices, and policies that affect children and youth with disabilities. These centers offer consultation, information services, technical assistance, training, and product development.

Special Education News
Answers a need in education for in-depth, timely news related to educating students with disabilities. The website and newsletter are journalistic publications centered on the news of the special education field. The website is also designed to offer unique resources to special education professionals in one convenient place. These include places for educators and others to exchange their views, find links to important information at other sites on the internet and keep track of news and events across the country.

Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered (SABE) National Self-Determination Organization

Starfish Savers, LLC
Educational consulting and advocacy to families of children, teens and adults with complex needs, individualized real life social skills training, behavior consultation and training, and life skills training toward meaningful education and employment. We feature summer outdoor adventure day camps for children, teens and young adults who have Asperger's Syndrome, High Functioning Autism and ADHD.”
Centreville, VA 20120
(703) 631-9557

Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy

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