Resources

San Diego Regional Center

Phone: (858) 576-2996

Phone (for new families): (858) 496-4318

YMCA Kinship Program

Phone: (619) 543-9850

Description: Provides respite hours for familial guardians over 50 years old (i.e: Grandparents, siblings, etc.). ARCC Center is a vendor. You can use this in addition to your SDRC respite.

Autism Society San Diego

Website: https://www.autismsocietysandiego.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/autismsocietysandiego/

Phone: (858) 715-0678

Gigi's Playhouse San Diego Down Syndrome Achievement Center

Website: https://gigisplayhouse.org/sandiego/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GiGisSanDiego/

Phone: (858) 333-5743

Down Syndrome Association San Diego

Website: http://dsasdonline.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Down-Syndrome-Association-of-San-Diego-1006087033 71857/

Phone: (619) 594-7389

Ainsley's Angels of America

Website: https://ainsleysangels.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AinsleysAngelsofAmerica

Email: info@ainsleysangels.org

Special Needs Resource Foundation of San Diego

Website: specialneedsresourcefoundationofsandiego.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SNRFSD

Email: Specialneeds@sandiegofamily.com

Exceptional Family Resource Center (EFRC)

Website: https://efrconline.org/about-us-efrc/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Efrconline/

San Diego Phone #: 619-594-7416

Imperial Phone #: 760-355-0147

Rady Children's Down Syndrome Center

Website: https://www.rchsd.org/programs-services/down-syndrome-center/

Phone: (858) 966- 1700 ext. 246170

United Cerebral Palsy San Diego

Website: https://ucpsd.org/

Phone: (858) 571-7803

ABA Therapy

Kyo ABA (formerly Gateway Learning)

Website: kyocare.com

Phone: (877)264-6747

Description: Accepts most insurances, including the following: Aetna, Anthem/Blue Cross, Blue Cross/Blue Shield (in-state and out-of-state plans), Blue Cross/Blue Shield FEP, Cigna, Magellan, Value Options, HMC, United Behavioral Health (UBH), Community Health Group (CHG) - Medi-cal Molina - Medi-cal

Center Location: Oceanside
2204 S El Camino Real, Suite 220
Oceanside, CA 92054

MeBe

Website: https://mebefamily.com/contact/san-diego/

Phone: (619) 486-3343

Description: Center-Based and In-home ABA, Feeding Therapy,

Speech & Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy

PCSD ABA

Phone: (619) 814-6494

Description: Accepts Sharp Healthcare Plans

Nursing Respite

*(For clients with G-tubes, trachs, etc.)

Premier Nursing Respite

Website: http://www.premier-homehealth.com/

Phone: (877) 825-8308

Dependable Nursing

Website: http://www.dependablenursing.org/index.html

Phone: (760) 602-0583

Parent Advocates - IHSS Help

In North County Area

April Villafana Advocacy

Website: www.NorthCountyAdvocacy.com

Email: april@northcountyadvocacy.com

Phone for IHSS Intakes: (619) 609-9793

In San Diego/South Bay Area

Ashley Simmons Advocacy

Website: https://www.sandiegoadvocacy.com/consult-request

Email: ashley@sandiegoadvocacy.com

Phone for IHSS Intakes: (619) 609-9793

IHSS Application

Website: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/programs/ais/Services/In-Home-Supportive-Services.html

Click here to download an application: https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/FMUForms/Q-T/SOC295.pdf

Fax #: (619) 344-8077

Call Center: 800-339-4661

Special Education Attorneys

Patricia Palguta

The Law Office of Patricia Palguta

701 Palomar Airport Road, Suite 300

Carlsbad, CA 92011

Website: www.socalspecialeducationlaw.com

Email: tricia@socalspecialeducationlaw.com

Phone: (760) 707-3144

Fax: (760) 820-2986

Special Needs Trust Attorneys

Mary Waltari

Website: https://www.battagliawaltari.com

Email: mary@battagliawaltari.com

Phone: (858) 689-0613

The Law Office of Meagan Nuñez

Website: www.sdspecialattorney.com/contact/

Phone: 619-757-1290

SELPA

(Special Education local plan area)

SELPA San Diego

Website: https://www.sdcoe.net/schools/finder#fs-panel-15404

Riverside County SELPA

Website: https://rcselpa.org/contact

OCDE SELPA (Orange County)

Website: https://ocde.us/SPED/Pages/SELPAS.aspx

East San Gabriel Valley SELPA

Website: www.esgvselpa.org

Helpful Links & Facebook Pages

Autism Society Inland Empire

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AutismSocietyInlandEmpire/

Autism Society of America

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AutismSociety/

Autism Tree Project Foundation

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AutismTreeProjectFoundation/

Doman International - Neurodevelopmental Therapy

Website: https://www.domaninternational.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DomanInternational/

Down Syndrome Diagnosis Network

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DownSyndromeDiagnosisNetwork/

Website: https://www.dsdiagnosisnetwork.org/connections

Epilepsy Foundation of America

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpilepsyFoundationofAmerica/

Foundation for Developmental Disabilities

Website: www.FoundationforDD.org

Description:

Affordable housing access and development
Micro-enterprise job development and creation
Emergency assistance for persons with developmental disabilities
Scholarship opportunities for students entering the field of developmental disabilities
Training opportunities for persons with developmental disabilities and their families and much more…