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American
Indian Disability Technical Assistance Center (AIDTAC) Aspira
The University of Montana Rural Institute:
Center for Excellence in Disability Education, Research and Services
52 Corbin Hall, The University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812-7056
Toll-Free: (866) 424-3822
E-mail: jclay@ruralinstitute.umt.edu
Web: http://aidtac.ruralinstitute.umt.edu
Info: The American Indian Disability Technical Assistance Center or AIDTAC is an information and technical assistance center that works with American Indian tribes and Alaskan Native villages to help their members with disabilities live healthy lives as part of the community.
1444 Eye Street NW,
Suite 800
Washington D.C. 20005
Phone: (202) 835-3600
Fax: (202) 835-3613
E-mail info@aspira.org.
Web: http://www.aspira.org/
Info: National organization dedicated to improving education and
leadership development of Puerto Rican and other Latino youth.
CLAS
Early Childhood Research Institute
61 Children's Research Center
51 Gerty Drive
Champaign, IL 61820-7498
Phone: (800) 583-4135
E-mail: clas@ericps.crc.uiuc.edu
Web: http://clas.uiuc.edu/
Info: A collaborative effort involving many organizations, The CLAS
Institute identifies, evaluates, and promotes effective and appropriate early
intervention practices and preschool practices that are sensitive and respectful
to children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
CLAS develops services and information for children with disabilities and their
families and the service providers who work with them. Web site offers materials,
publications and resources designed to reflect the intersection of culture and
language, disabilities and child development. Parts of the site can also
be read in Spanish.
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National
Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
1030 15th St., NW
Suite 470
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 898-1829
Fax: (202) 789-2866
E-mail: memrequest@nabe.org
Web: http://www.nabe.org
Info: Non-profit membership organization devoted to representing both the
interests of language-minority students and the bilingual education
professionals who serve them. Works on improving instructional practice
for linguistically and culturally diverse students, securing adequate funding
for the federal Bilingual Education Act and defending the rights of
language-minority Americans.
National Center for Cultural
Competence
Center for Child and Human Development
Georgetown University
Box 571485
Washington, DC 20057
Phone: (202) 687-5000
Fax: (202) 687-8899
E-mail: gucdc@georgetown.edu
Web:
http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/nccc
Info: The mission of the National Center for Cultural Competence (NCCC) is
to increase the capacity of health and mental health programs to design
implement, and evaluate culturally and linguistically competent service delivery
systems. Projects include a program focusing on children and youth with
special health care needs.
National
Center for Cultural Healing
2331 Archdale Road
Reston, Virginia 20191
Phone: (703) 626-1619
Fax: (703) 716-6159
E-mail: information@culturalhealing.com
Web: http://www.culturalhealing.com/
Info: Works together with groups and organizations to explore their
own set of unique organizational needs and to develop and strengthen the kinds
of knowledge, awareness, and skills required to meet those needs and realize
results, including: strategic planning and problem-solving, teamwork,
communication and continual learning; awareness of key workplace and
social issues (e.g., cultural competence; organizational conflict and stress;
sexual harassment; promoting wellness and preventing problems related to
unmanaged change); capacity to offer a results-oriented and supportive work
culture; and new applications for information technology.
Office
of Minority Health
P.O. Box 37337
Washington, D.C. 20013-7337
Toll-free: (800) 444-6472
TTY: (301) 230-7199
Fax: (301) 230-7198
Web: http://www.omhrc.gov/OMH/
Info: OMH advises the Secretary and the Office of Public Health and
Science (OPHS) on public health issues affecting American Indians and Alaska
Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders,
Blacks/African Americans, and Hispanics/Latinos. The mission of OMH is to
improve the health of racial and ethnic populations through the development of
effective health policies and programs that help to eliminate disparities in
health.
Office
of Special Education Programs Technical Assistance Center on Behavioral
Interventions and Supports (OSEP/PBIS)
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support Technical Assistance Center
Behavioral Research and Training
5262 University of Oregon
Eugene, OF 97403-5262
Phone: (541) 346-2505
Fax: (541) 346-5689
E-mail: pbis@oregon.uoregon.edu
Web: http://www.pbis.org
Info: The
Center has been established by the Office of Special Education Programs, US
Department of Education to give schools capacity-building information and
technical assistance for identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective
school-wide disciplinary practices. The Center has two foci: Broad
dissemination to schools, families, and communities about a technology of
school-wide positive behavioral interventions and support exists;
and demonstrations
at the level of individual students, schools, districts, and states that
school-wide positive behavioral interventions and support are feasible and
effective.
Su Familia - National Hispanic
Family Health Helpline
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Toll-Free: (866) SU-FAMILIA (783-2645)
Info: Su Familia will help Hispanic families get basic health information
to help them prevent and manage chronic conditions, and refer them to local
health providers and federally supported programs including the State Children's
Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
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