SPECIAL NEEDS AQUATICS PROGRAM

Family Resources for the Bay Area
Support Services | Lending Libraries | Recreation

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Support Services

CARE-- Center for Access to Resources and Education
(800) 281-3023
A Contra Costa County resource center for familes of children with special needs.  Provides information, networking, lending library, and other support services.

CASE -- Community Alliance for Special Education
(415) 928-2273
A non-profit organization focusing on special education issues in the Bay Area.  Provides paralegal support and services to parents of disabled children.

Conductive Education Center
(510) 524-2670
A year-round school of Conductive Education for children with Cerebral Palsy, ages 1-6.

Family Resource Network
(510) 547-7322
An Alameda County resource center for families of children with special needs.

Pathways for Challenged Children
(510) 684-9633
Educational programming for people with disabilities, 7 days a week.  Community meeting facilities.  A lending library of books, videos, and adaptive equipment.

Custom Mobility
(510) 537-4400
Electric vehicles, wheelchairs, lifts, and accessories; sales, service, and rentals.

Through the Looking Glass
(800) 644-2666 (voice)
(800) 804-1515 (tty)
Alameda County-- Information on adaptive equipment for disabled parents, as well as non-disabled parents of children with special needs.
www.lookingglass.org

Lending Libraries

SNP-- Special Needs Project World Wide
(805) 962-8087
A lending library with books, videos, audio cassettes, and educational materials related to disabilities.
For information, send email to books@specialneeds.com

Golden Gate District Video Lending Library
(415) 753-3454
Videos related to disabilities; for Golden Gate district residents only.

Recreation

Baseball	Little League Baseball-- Walnut Creek Challenger Division (510) 935-5321 For disabled children ages 6-18.
Dance	AXIS Dance Company (510) 287-5792 Dance and movement classes for people with special needs
Skating	Special Skater Program, Oakland Ice Center (510) 268-9000 Learn-to-skate program for athletes with mental and physical challenges.
Horseback riding	All Seasons Riding Academy (510) 862-2950 Horseback riding for disabled people of all ages, in Newark. Halleck Creek Riding Club (415) 663-1787 Horseback riding for disabled children in Inverness. HEART-- Helpful Equine Academy of Riding Therapy (510) 881-1404 Horseback riding for children and adults with disabilities in Castro Valley. National Center for Equine-Facilitated Therapy (NCEFT) (650) 851-2271 Horseback riding for disabled children in Woodside. Xenophon Therapeutic Riding Center (510) 376-7472 Horseback riding for people with disabilities in Orinda.
Misc	BORP-- Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (510) 849-4663 (voice/TDD) Sports and recreation programs for disabled people of all ages.  Resource library on recreation opportunities and issues. CalStar (510) 643-8031 Training and recreation for people with special needs, at the UC-Berkeley Recreational Sports Facility.