St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children:
New York State provider of subacute complex medical care, intensive
rehabilitative services and long term care to children with special
healthcare needs.
http://www.stmaryskids.org
Pediatric Rehabilitation Service:
Based at New York University Medical Center's Howard A. Rusk
Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine provides the optimal
rehabilitation setting for patients and their families.
http://www.med.nyu.edu/Rusk/pediatric.html
TelAbility:
Provides comprehensive, coordinated, family centered care to
children with disabilities and offers education, training, and peer
support for people who care for them.
http://www.TelAbility.org
Children's Institute:
Pediatric rehabilitation facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
offering programs for special education, learning disabilities,
prader-willi syndrome, and special needs adoption. Offers both
inpatient and outpatient services.
http://www.amazingkids.org
Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia - Adaptive
Seating and Mobility:
Service is provided by Sunny Hill Health Centre, located in
Vancouver, British Columbia. The service prescribes wheelchair and
postural supports that enhance independent mobility of children with
motor impairments. Links to worldwide rehabilitation sources.
http://www.seatingandmobility.ca
Division of Specialized Care for Children:
The Division of Specialized Care for Children, DSCC, provides care
coordination and services for Illinois children with special health
care needs.
http://www.uic.edu/hsc/dscc
Children with Disabilities:
Nine federal agencies and offices have joined forces to provide
children with disabilities and their parents access to a wide range
of Federal, State, local, and national resources. The Children With
Disabilities Web site presents information about advocacy,
education, employment, health, housing, recreation, technical
assistance, and transportation.
http://www.childrenwithdisabilities.ncjrs.org/
Family Village:
A Very comprehensive site that covers all aspects of parenting a
child with special needs. Webmaster is a parent.
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/
Medical Home Initiatives for Children with Special Needs:
The National Center of Medical Home Initiatives for Children with
Special Needs provides support to physicians, families, and other
medical and non-medical providers who care for children with special
needs so that they have access to a medical home.
http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org
Rehab Equipment using Paper-based Technology:
Explanations and photos of Appropriate Paper-based technology
techniques used to make rehabilitation equipment, specially designed
furniture, and toys for children with disabilities. Appropriate
Paper-based Technology originated in Zimbabwe in the late seventies.
Materials are recycled: waste paper, thin card and corrugated
cardboard boxes. The 4 criteria that guide the technology require an
APT article be made to be (1)Strong (2)Useful (3)Attractive and
(4)Made from materials that cost nothing.
http://www.apbt.org.uk
Healthbridge Children's Rehabilitation Hospital:
Providing acute, subacute, and outpatient rehabilitation services
for medically fragile or technologically dependent children and
adolescents from birth to twenty-one years of age.
http://www.tohealthbridge.com
