Special Needs Resources
Autism
Local Autism Services
A list of Autism services available in the Columbus Metropolitan Area.
Autism Speaks: 100-Day Kit
Autism Speaks has created a FREE 100-Day Kit specifically for parents of newly diagnosed children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). This kit contains helpful tips and useful information from nationally respected autism experts and parents of children with autism. The kit contains a week-by-week plan, as well as suggestions and forms to help you get organized as you begin locating services for your child.
National Standards Report for Autism Treatments
Published by the National Autism Center, this FREE report identifies the level of scientific evidence available for a broad range of autism treatments. The findings of the National Standards Project reveal: 11 “Established” Treatments, 22 “Emerging” Treatments, and 5 “Unestablished” Treatments. The report also categorizes the effectiveness of these treatments by age groups, treatment targets, and diagnostic populations.
Early Intervention
Babies Can’t Wait
705 17th Street, Suite 208, Columbus
Phone: 706-327-0189
Fort Benning Educational & Developmental Intervention Services
Cindy Falk, Program Manager
Fort Benning
Phone: 706-545-3835
Special Ed services are available to all students of military families, including preschoolers. If you have concerns regarding your child’s academic, physical, social, or language development, you may contact your child’s teacher or the principal. Preschool children ages three and four years with developmental delays, physical disabilities, or speech-language problems may be eligible for services. You may contact the Special Education Office at 706-545-5520 if you are concerned about your preschooler. For infants and toddlers, ages 0-2, you may contact Educational and Developmental Intervention Services at 706-545-3835.
General Services
Muscogee County Navigator Team (MCNT), a project of Parent to Parent of Georgia
Contact: Mae Silverpaws @ mcnt_mae@yahoo.com
MCNT helps families with children who have disabilities (physical, health or mental) find the information and services that a family needs so that they can concentrate on being a family, not a family with children with disabilities. MCNT also helps and advises families on education concerns such as IEP (Individual Education Plan), bussing, home bound education, 504’s and more.
