Local & National Resources

The Family Center located within the FEROLETO Children’s Development Center is a resource that assists families in finding and using health services for children with special health care needs. We’ve compiled this listing of useful links to assist parents and/or guardians in their search for Connecticut Resources:

Assistive Technology

Connecticut Tech Act Project (CTTAP) - equipment recycling and loan funding
www.cttechact.com

Autism

Connecticut Families for Effective Autism Treatment
www.ctfeat.org

Yale Child Study Center
www.info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/autism

Child Development

National Association for the Education of Young Children
www.naeyc.org

Zero to Three - Information on child development
www.zerotothree.org

Children’s Hospitals

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
www.ccmckids.org

Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital
www.ynhh.org/ynhch/ynhch.html

Deaf or Hearing Impaired

Connecticut Commission on Deaf & Hearing Impaired
www.cdhi.ct.gov

Listen-up - provides information and develops products geared to children and their families.
www.listen-up.org

Family Advocacy and Support

Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC)
www.cpacinc.org

Family Voices - A resource of useful links to assist families in finding additional services for their children with special health care needs.
www.familyvoices.org

PATH (Parents Available To Help) - Parent-to-Parent Network
www.birth23.org/Resources/ParentsAvailable.asp

General Disabilities - Resources & Information

Connecticut Association for Children with Learning Disabilities
www.cacld.org

Connecticut KidsLink - Voices for Children website
www.ctkidslink.org

Family Village
www.familyvillage.wisc.edu

Infoline - Disability/Health Information Resource
www.infoline.org

Connecticut Respite Lifespan Coalition
Telephone: (877) 737-1966
www.ctrespite.org

Special Education Resource Center (SERC)
www.ctserc.org

The Family Support Network (Southwest)
Telephone: (203) 556-7317
www.ctfsc.org

National Organization of Rare Disorders (NORD)
Telephone: (203) 744-0100
www.rarediseases.org

Health Care

American Academy of Pediatrics
www.aap.org/default.htm

Husky Health Care Program
www.huskyhealth.com

Yale Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs
www.yalepediatrics.org/specialneeds/index.html

Nutrition

National Center for Health Statistics
www.cdc.gov/nchs

State of Connecticut Links

Official website for State of Connecticut
www.ct.gov

Connecticut’s Birth to Three Program - Early Intervention Services
www.birth23.org

Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities
www.ct.gov/ctcdd/

Connecticut Department of Children and Families
www.ct.gov/dcf/

Connecticut Department of Developmental Services
www.ct.gov/dds/

Connecticut Department of Public Health
www.ct.gov/dph/

Connecticut Department of Social Services
www.ct.gov/dss

Connecticut Special Education Information
www.sde.ct.gov/sde/

Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
www.ct.gov/opapd/