Additional Resources for Parents and Caregivers
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSEP)
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html
Pennsylvania Department of Education
https://www.education.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx#tab-1
717-783-6788
Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network
Appalachia Intermediate Unit 08
If you have a child with a intellectual disability and/or emotional disturbance, he/she is entitled under the Pennsylvania Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966 and the Pennsylvania Mental Health Procedures Act of 1976 to the services of a local Behavioral Health Intellectual Disability (BH/ID) Center for an independent medical, psychological, and educational evaluation to be performed by a state-certified professional at no cost to you.
Cambria County Mental Health/Intellectual Disability
Central Park Complex
110 Franklin Street, Suite 400
Johnstown, PA 15901-1831
(814) 535-8531
Local Chapter of the Pennsylvania ARC:
980 Bedford Street
Johnstown, PA 15902
(814) 535-1511
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
PARENT EDUCATION NETWORK
2107 Industrial Highway
York, PA 17402
717-600-0100 (Voice/TTY)
717-600-8101 (Fax)