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Dream Riders
An accredited NARHA horseback riding program for people with special needs serving
various types of handicapping conditions.
156 Sandy Hill Road, Lexington, SC 29072.
Telephone: (803) 957-7906.
Website: www.dreamrider.org
Email address: dream2@mindspring.com
Services Available: Serve clients through the use of the horse for the purpose of contributing positively to the cognitive, physical, emotional and social well being of people with special needs. Organization achieves this by way of therapy, education, sports and recreational/leisure with a focus on safety at all times.
Professional Staff: Instructors and volunteers.
Area Served: South Carolina.
Eligibility: Individuals with special needs
Accept military family members. Agency is supported by donations and sponsorships. For more information please contact agency or visit the website.
Easter Seals Society of South Carolina
P.O. Box 5715, Columbia, SC 29250.
Telephone: (803) 256-0735 Toll free: 1-800-951-4090 Fax: (803) 765-9765.
Web Address: www.sc.easterseals.com
Services available: Provides or purchases rehabilitation and relates services for persons with physical disabilities; services may include physical, occupational or speech therapy, durable medical equipment, orthotics, and prosthetics.
Accept military family members. For more information please call the agency or visit agency’s website.
Family Connection
2712 Middleburg Dr. Suite 103-B Columbia, SC 29204
Telephone: (803) 252-0914 Toll Free: 1-800-578-8750
Website: www.familyconnectionsc.org
Services available: Support group, training, father’s network, family partner program, advocacy, workshop, respite, and more. Family Connection of South Carolina, Inc. is a network of parents working with community professionals to provide parent-to-parent support and assurance to families with children of all ages who have special needs
Area Served: South Carolina.
Accept military family members. For more information call the agency or visit the website.
Parents Reaching Out to Parents of SC (PRO-Parents)
652 Bush River Road, Suite 203. Columbia, SC 29210-7537
Telephone: (803) 772-5688 Toll Free: 1-800-759-4776
Website: www.proparents.org
Email address: proparents@proparents.org.
Services available: Provides information and training about education to families of children with all types of disabilities.
Point of contact: Mary Eaddy- Director.
Area Served: South Carolina.
Accept military family members. For more information call the agency or visit the website.
Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc.
3710 Landmark Drive Suite 208 Columbia, SC 29204
Telephone: (803) 782-0639 Fax: (803) 790-1946
Website: www.pandasc.org
Email Address: infor@pandasc.org
Area Served: South Carolina.
Eligibility: Individual with disability.
Services Available: Provides advocacy, referral, and case representation.
Accept military family members. For more information regarding fees, professional staff, and other services please contact the agency or visit the website.
SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)—Children with Special Health Care Needs/Rehabilitative Services Program
1751 Calhoun Street Columbia, SC 29201
Telephone: (803) 898-0784 Fax: (803) 898-0613
Website: http://www.scdhec.gov/health/mch/cshcn/
Services Available: Provides comprehensive evaluations and treatment through local health departments for children with disabilities and chronic illnesses. Services include: subspecialty physician services; speech, physical, occupational, and recreations therapy; summer camp; medical supplies; special formulas; nutrition and health education; social work and family support services; and peer support from Parent Resource Specialists.
Area Served: South Carolina.
Accept military family members. For more information please contact the agency or visit the website.
SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) Division of CSHCN
(Babynet Program)
SC First Steps to School Readiness
BabyNet Program
1300 Sumter St, Suite 100 Columbia, SC 29201
Telephone: (803) 734-0877 or (803)734-0479 (voice)
Toll free: 1-800-868-0404 Fax: (803)734-1431
Website: www.scfirststeps.org/babynet.html or
http://www.scdhec.gov/health/mch/cshcn/programs/babynet/
Person to contact: Martha Hinson- Babynet Coordinator.
Service available: Provides early intervention program for infants and toddlers less than three years of age with developmental delays or conditions associated with developmental delays including therapies, transportation, assistive technology, nutrition, nursing, social work, evaluations and assessments, speech/hearing/vision services, service coordination and family training.
Eligibility: Children with developmental delays.
Accept military family members. For more information on fees and other services please call the agency or visit the website.
South Carolina Respite Coalition Midlands Center Disabilities Collaborative
Telephone: (803) 935-5027
Website: http://www.screspitecoalition.org/Links-Resources.htm
or www.screspitecoalition.org
Email address: screspitecoalition@yahoo.com
Person to contact: Susan Carlton-Coalition Coordinator.
Accept military family members. For eligibility please visit agency’s website.
University of South Carolina Speech and Hearing Center
1601 Saint Julian Place Columbia, SC 29204
Telephone: (803) 777-2614/2717 Fax: (803) 253-4143
Website www.sph.sc.edu/shc
Eligibility: Speech or hearing disability.
Services available: Provides screenings, diagnostic evaluations and remediation services for speech and language disorders in children and adults; provides consultation regarding augmentative/alternative communication; cochlear implant candidacy and family-supported intervention.
Professional Staff: Speech/Language Pathologists and Audiologists.
Accept active military family members. For information about fees and pre-interview requirements please call the agency or visit agency’s website.
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