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
Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network
Appalachia Intermediate Unit 08
If you have a child with mental retardation 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 Mental Health/Mental Retardation (MH/MR) 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/Mental Retardation
Central Park Complex
110 Franklin Street, Suite 400
Johnstown, PA 15901-1831
(814) 535-8531
Local Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens:
980 Bedford Street
Johnstown, PA 15902
(814) 535-1511
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
PARENT EDUCATION NETWORK
2101 Industrial Highway
York, PA 18618
717-600-0100 (Voice/TTY)
800-522-5827 (Voice/TTY)
800-441-5028 (Spanish)
717-600-8101 (Fax)