Illinois State Board of Education: Early Childhood Division
866.262.6663 for Springfield
312.814.2200 for the Chicago office
www.isbe.net
Illinois State Board of Education
Statewide Parent Consultant: Deb Kunz
217.782.5589
dkunz@isbe.net
Department of Human Services Bureau of Early Intervention
217.781.1981
www.state.ilus/agency/dhs
Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children
406.243.5898
www.dec-sped.org
Early Intervention Training Program
www.illinoiseitraining.org
Illinois Early Childhood Intervention Clearinghouse
800.852.4302
www.eiclearinghouse.org
National Information Center for Children and Youth with
Disabilities
www.nichcy.org
Equip for Equality
312.341.0022 or 800.537.2632
www.equipforequality.org
Exceptional Parent Magazine
www.eparent.com
Family Resource Center on Disabilities
312.939.35113
www.frcd.org
serves Chicago Metropolitan area
Designs for Change (serves Chicago Metropolitan area)
312.236.7252
www.defl.72552
Family Matters Parent Training & Information Center
866.436.7842
www.fmptic.org
Family Village for information about specific disabilities
www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/specific.htm
Illinois Autism/PDD Training and Technical Assistance
Project
708.354.5730
www.illinoisautismproject.org
Illinois Branch of the International Dyslexia Association
630.469.6900
MUMS National Parent-to-Parent network Newsletter
877.336.5333
www.netnet.net/mums/
Illinois Early Learning Project
Good resources for Early Learning Benchmarks
and Parent Tip Sheets on a range of developmental topics
217-333-1385
Regions I
and III
Region II
http://roe.stclair.k12.il.us/starnet
Region V
Departments/OSS/STAR_NET/
star_net.html
Region VI