Useful Phone Numbers

• Putnam Independent Living Services - Parent Training and Information Program
  Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Sullivan, and Ulster Counties
  1-888-788-6268 (Toll Free)
  Joy Drummond, LMSW, MAT, Parent Training Coordinator
  
  
• Putnam Independent Living Services (PILS)
  Putnam County - Education advocacy, information and support, all disabilities
  845-228-7457 (Voice)
  845-228-7459 (TTY)
  
  
• Westchester Independent Living Center (WILC)
  Westchester County and the Lower Hudson Valley Region - Education advocacy, information and support, all disabilities
  914-682-3926 (Voice)
  914-682-0926 (TTY)
  
  
• Action Toward Independence
  Orange and Sullivan Counties - Education advocacy, information and support, all disabilities
  845-343-4284 (Orange County)
  845-794-4228 (Sullivan County)
  
  
• Taconic Resources for Independence
  Dutchess County - Education advocacy, information and support, all disabilities
  845-452-3913
  
  
• Independent Living, Inc.
  Orange County - Education advocacy, information and support, all disabilities
  845-565-1162
  
  
• Resource Center for Accessible Living
  Ulster County - Education advocacy, information and support, all disabilities
  845-331-0541
  
  
• Volunteer Counseling Services
  Rockland County - Education advocacy
  845-634-5729
  
  
• Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
  Mid-Hudson Valley Region - Education and other issues
  1-877-574-8529
  
  
• Parent to Parent
  Connects parents with other parents with similar situations for support and local connections
  914-493-2635
  845-877-6821
  
  
• Family Ties
  Westchester County - Support and education information
  914-995-5238
  914-739-4725
  
  
• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (C.H.A.D.D.)
  Westchester and Putnam Counties - Support and information
  845-278-3020
  845-278-3012
  
  
• Parent Link for Autism, Asperger Syndrome and other PDDs
  914-763-0971
  
  
• Autism Society of America
  1-800-3Autism
  
  
• Westchester Development Disabilities Services Office
  914-287-7721
  
  
• New York State Resources:
  • Education Department - Special Education Quality Assurance
    914-245-0010
  • Early Childhood Direction Centers
    518-486-7462
  • VESID
    845-452-5325
  • Office of the Advocate for Persons with Disabilities
    518-473-4538
  • Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy
    518-381-7098