Helpful Resources

For more information on ADAPTIVE RESOURCES and PROGRAMS, please check out sbSNAP.com

 

Recreation

• Challenger Little League Goleta, Carpinteria, Ojai and Ventura
• Dos Pueblos Little League website
• UCSB Adaptive Sports Rick Van Hoorn, rick.vanhoorn@essr.ucsb.edu, (805) 448-6740
• National Ability Center
• AYSO Santa Barbara
• Calvary Chapel of Santa Barbara
  Features ministries, service times, events, and more. Special needs children welcomed to summer camps,VBS, Sunday program when accompanied by able assistant. Special needs kids welcomed to Summer Programs when accompanied by their caregivers
• Full Count Fundamentals Baseball Instruction
• Boys and Girls Club of Santa Barbara
• Kids' Club 401 N Fairview Ave Goleta, ca 93117-1732 Phone: (805) 967-3937

• Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation
• The National Center for Boundless Playgrounds
• SBParent.com
  Parent Resources for Santa Barbara, California. *Challengers Little League is the recipient of the Award for Best Special Needs Sports Program
• SOFTIN Seafaring Opportunities for Those in Need
• Special Olympics for Santa Barbara
• U.S. Adaptive Recreation Center
  Offers summer and winter sports programs; based in Big Bear, California.
  ... time on-site adaptive ski school in Southern California at Bear
  Mountain Resort. ...
• YMCA Adaptive Swim Lessons
  (805) 687-7727
  36 Hitchcock Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
  Cross Streets: Between Hitchcock Ranch Rd and Monterey Pines St.
• YMCA Adaptive P.E. Classes September 21-November 25 2009
• Wendy Fereday Swim School-Wendy has a heart for expanding swim instruction for the special needs community

Family Services, Support and Adaptive Resources

• sbSNAP.org Santa Barbara Special Needs Adative Resources
• Alpha Resource Center
• Koegel Center, Autism Society of Santa Barbara
• Gervitz School of Education, UCSB
• Santa Barbara Parent
• Tri-Counties Regional Center
• DSASBC Down Syndrome Association of Santa Barbara County
• STAR Autism Program
• UCP Work Inc.
• Ability Magazine
• Best Buddies International
• Evergreen Learning Center Santa Barbara-offers inclusive pre-school program
• Joni and Friends: the disability ministry of Joni Eareckson Tada
• Parents of Special Education
• Handwriting Without Tears The easy way to teach pre-printing, printing, and cursive handwriting for all children from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade.
• Terry Brown's Resource Favorites
• Lindamood Bell Education Learning Processes
• Internet Special Education Resources (ISER) A nationwide directory
• Addison Behavioral Resources- Opportunity, Commitment & Support for Greater Independence

Organizations

Speech, Hearing and Visual Challenges

• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• National Association for the Deaf (NAD)
• National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
• The National Theater of the Deaf
• American Federation for the Blind (AFB)
• Prevent Blindness America-Children
• United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA)
• National Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments (NAPVI)
• Kid Source Onlice: NICHCY info about Speech and language disorders

Down Syndrome

Autism

• Autism Society of America (ASA)
• The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism, Inc.
• Train 4 Austim

• The Bubel/AIken Foundation (BAF)
• The ARC of the United States
• Easter Seals, Inc.
• TASH: Equity, Diversity, Social Justice, and Inclusion for those with severe special needs, who are most at risk of societal exclusion
• Paws with a Cause-Assistance Dogs
• Parents Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER)
• KPS4Parents- Knowledge Powers Solutions for Parents

Physical Challenges

• Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)
• Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
• Spina Bifida Association of America (SBAA)
• United Cerebral Palsy (UCP)
• The Christopher Reeve Foundation fighting paralysis
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF)
• Cleft Palate Foundation (CLF)
• Avenues: A National Support Group for Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC)
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
• The Epilepsy Foundation
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS)
• National Pediatric MS Center
• Young Persons with MS: Network for Families with child or teen with MS
• Little People of America, Inc.

Mental Challenges

• Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation (OCD)
• Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.
• Anxiety Disorders: Association of America
• Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (CHADD)
• National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

Other/ General Organizations Supporting Those in Need

• National Information Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY)
• Carrie's Cards
• VSA Arts: supports the arts and special needs
• National Black Child Development Institute
• Johnnie Tuitel: Alternatives in Motion (wheelchairs)- motivational speaker
• National Clearing House for Children and Youth with Disabilties
• Dancing Wheels: a professional dance troupe for dancers of all abilities
• Edutopia: The New World of Learning The George Lucas Foundation
• American Music Therapy Association
• Inter-American Conductive Education Association
• Special Needs Advocate for Parents (SNAP)
• National Foster Parent Association (NPA)
• Alliance for Genetic Support Groups
• National MPS Society
• National Organization of Rare Diseases
• Childrens Miracle Network (CMN)
• American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)
• National Council on Independent Living (NCL)
• The American Sickle Cell Anemia Association
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospitals
• National Rehabilitation Information Center
• American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR)
• Hyberbaric Centers of California, Inc- Experience the Healing power of Oxygen
• People Creating Success, Inc.- Vision, Positive Attitude & Leadership for people with developmental disabilities
• Abbott & Burkhart Therapy- therapeutic intervention for infants, toddlers, children, teens and adults (Ventura, CA)
• WellSpring- Changing Behavior, Enhancing Lives (Thousand Oaks, CA)