Maryland Education and Day Care Resources
for People with Disabilities
The Arc of Montgomery County (The Arc, MC) - offers AFTER ALL, an after school enrichment program for pre-teens and teenagers with disabilities in an inclusive community setting at The Boys and Girls Club of Silver Spring. This year-round program is open all day on school holidays. For more information, call 301-681-4623 or 310-984-5792.
- BUILDING BRIDGES PROJECT - This program increases the availability of child care options for children with disabilities and their families by providing training and support to families and community child care providers. Families and child care providers can call the Building Bridges coordinator directly to be eligible for this service at 301-294-4953 or 301-984-5777.
- FAMILY, INFANT AND CHILD CARE CENTER (FICCC) - specialized child care for infants and children with medical conditions, from six weeks to five years old. For more information, call 301-279-2165.
KARASIK CHILD CARE CENTER - an enrichment program providing year-round full- and part-time care for children of preschool and elementary school age with and without special care needs. For more information, call 301-593-0444.
MONTGOMERY PRIMARY ACHIEVEMENT CENTER (MPAC) - a nonpublic, nonprofit, special education program for children (ages 2 to 8) who have identified developmental delays. MPAC also provides specialized instruction to children in Montgomery County with autism through the Collaborative Autism Preschool Program (CAPP. For more information, call 301-593-3797. For more information, call 301-593-3797.
- SUMMER SCHOOL - MPAC students who are eligible through the local education agency receive extended school year services in the summer. Services are based on each child's needs. For more information call 301-593-3797.
Baltimore Association for Retarded Citizens
- Towson Child Care Center provides exceptional child care services for children 6 weeks to 12 years old, including those with special needs including before and after school kindergarten care, and summer camp for school age children. Phone: 410-296-7241.
- Adult Day Services provides a medically supervised program for persons who have chronic medical conditions. The focus is on using leisure and community activities to maintain skills. Phone: 410-296-8356.
The Caroline Center - provides services to children and adults with mental retardation, developmental disabilities and other handicapping conditions, including community integrated programs, sheltered workshops, and residential programs for individuals with severe medical involvement, quadriplegia, self injurious and aggressive behaviors, and individual family support program for those individuals who live at home with their families or who live independently.
Caroline Center East PO Box 460, Ridgely, MD 21660. Phone: 410-634-2102 or 800-863-2102.
Caroline Center West, 15222 Dino Drive, Burtonsville, MD 20866. Phone: 301-476-9310 or 800-441-9181.
Center for Jewish Education - Children with special needs receive appropriate Jewish education through the special education Sunday school of Gesher LaTorah and other programs. The Center also offers counseling and referrals for special education and assistance with bar and bat mitzvah preparation for children with disabilities. Where appropriate, the Center helps to supervise community-based educational program for children with special needs. 5800 Park Heights Avenue Baltimore, MD 21215. Phone: 410-578-6914
CSAAC's Community School of Maryland serves children and adolescents with autism ages 10-21. The school provides educational and vocational training in a 24-hour, 12-month program. Students live with residential staff in a CSAAC home in the community and attend class and work sites A primary goal of Community School of Maryland is to prepare students for the transition from school to living and working in the community. 751 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD 20851. Phone: 301-762-1650
Disabilities Services Quality Improvement Center (DSQIC) - a national support network to assist local Head Start programs in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia in serving children with disabilities and their families. Phone: 202-687-8635, (800) 445-7273 or (202) 687-5000.
The Language-Learning Early-Advantage Program (LEAP) -the University of Maryland Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences offers an individualized communication enrichment preschool program. Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. Phone: (301) 405-4228.
Maryland State Department of Education- offers several programs for families of children with disabilities
- Family Support Network is a part of the Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program which provides support for parents by linking them to families which may have similar concerns and offering specialized workshops and seminars
- Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program - an early intervention system which is a collaboration between families and professionals to support and enhance the development of infants and toddlers with disabilities.
- Partners for Success - resource centers for families and schools provide families, professionals, and the community with information, training and support.
New Heights Learning and Training Center - Educational Skill Development - four specific programs to individuals aged 6 through 60 in the Lindamood Bell Learning Processes. 305 W. Chesapeake Avenue, Suite 208, Towson, MD 21204. Phone: (410) 821-8808.
Neuro-Learning Systems - prescriptive reading program that uses the latest brain research to not only successfully teach reading but to do it quickly - Gaithersburg,Maryland 20882. Phone: (301) 253-8979.
Sinai Hospital’s Special Needs Children’s Center provides multi-disciplinary team assessment and treatment for persons with developmental disabilities from infancy through age 21. Services include physical and occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, and behavioral counseling. Assessments are also provided for children with learning disabilities or with difficulties adjusting to chronic illness. Belvedere and Greenspring Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21215 . Phone: 410-601-9000.
Testing/IEP/Implementation - call Grace Lopes, Special Master for U.S. District Courts, 101 West Lombard Street, Chambers 7C, Baltimore, MD 21201. Phone: 410-962-4360.
Schools
The Maryland Association of Nonpublic Special Education Facilities (MANSEF) - a not-for-profit organization of nonpublic special education facilities approved by the Maryland State Department of Education. For a list of MANSEF schools, click here. PO Box 6815, Baltimore, MD 21285-6815. Phone: 410-938-4413.
Several other schools which are not currently listed with MANSEF are:
- The Delrey School - for children ages 18 months to 21 years who have Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, head injuries and other physical disabilities. Services include: Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech/Language Therapy, Feeding Program, Total Communication Program, Hearing Screening, Social Services, Special Equipment - custom made and adapted for school and home use, Parent Education and Training, Mobile Dental Service, and Aquatic Therapy. 18 Delrey Avenue, Catonsville, Maryland 21228. Phone: (410) 744-3151.
- James E. Duckworth School - a public separate day school located in Northern Prince George's County, Maryland. This special education school serves students with multiple disabilities ages 5 to 21. Jemicy School - learning disabilities - 11 Celadon Rd., Owings Mills, MD 21117. Phone: 410-653-2700
- Odyssey School - learning disabilities - 4445 Roland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21210. Phone: 410-467-6668
- The Valley Academy - learning disabilities, college preparatory, Middle and Upper School - 301 W. Chestnut Ave., Towson, MD 21204. Phone: 410-828-0620
- Summit School - 664 East Central Avenue Edgewater 21037 / Phone: (410) 269-0070 / Grades 1 through 8
Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education (MCIE)- dedicated to the inclusion of students with disabilities in their neighborhood schools. 7257 Parkway Drive, Suite 209, Hanover MD 21076. Phone: (410) 712-4837 or 800-899-8837. e-mail: MCIE@MCIE.org
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