A Resource Directory for Families with Children Ages
Birth to Three with Developmental Disabilities or Delays
Created Through a Partnership Between the Four Regional Early Intervention Collaboratives whose mission is to facilitate access and availability to effective early intervention services through outreach and collaboration. The REIC’s are committed to providing a family-centered, family driven, culturally sensitive system of services and supports.
Meet Our Team
Laura Washington
Family Support Specialist
Helpful Hands - Northeast Regional Early Intervention Collaborative
82 Totowa Rd.,
Wayne, NJ 0740
973-200-1227
Laura@nreic.org
Counties: Bergen, Hudson, Passaic
Karen Loaiza
Family Support Specialist
Family Link Early Intervention Collaborative
2333 Morris Avenue, Suite A-204
Union, NJ 07083
908-613-7579
Karenl@njeis.org
Counties: Essex, Morris, Sussex, Union, Warren
Karen Armas Landau
Family Support Specialist
Mid-Jersey CARES for Special Children Early Intervention Collaborative
30 Silverline Drive, 2nd Floor, Suite 1
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
Phone: 732-937-5437 Ext. 129
Karmaslandau@cjfhc.org
Counties: Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset
Nicole Hope Brogden
Family Support Specialist
Southern New Jersey Early Intervention Collaborative
1044 South Route 73 Suite-A
Berlin, NJ 08009
Phone: 856-768-6747 x 228
nicoleb@snjreic.org
Counties: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem
Resources
NJ Department of Health |NJ Early Intervention (nj.gov)
We’ve organized a list of useful links so you can easily find the information you need.
Feel Free to reach out to your Family Support Specialist listed above if you have questions
1. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
2. AUTISM
- Autism NJ
- Autism Society of America
- Autism Speaks
- The Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health
- The Autism Community in Action- Family Resources
- Autism Family Services of New Jersey
- Autistic Self Advocacy Network
- Autism Spectrum News
- Libraries and Autism- We're Connected
- The National Autism Center at May Institue
- Organization for Autism Research
- Parents of Autistic Children
3. BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED
- Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- National Federation of the Blind
- Resources For Raising Blind & Visually Impaired Children
- The Vision of Children Foundation
- Resources for Parents of Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
- Center for Parent Information and Resources- Visual Impairment, Including Blindness
- Braille Works
- WonderBaby- Our Favorite Resources for Parents of Blind Children
- Teaching Students with Visual Impairments- Online Resources
- National Library Service for the Blind
4. CEREBRAL PALSY
- Advancing Opportunities
- CDC- Links to Resources on Cerebral Palsy
- Cerebral Palsy Help for Parents and Caregivers
- Center for Parent Information & Resources- Cerebral Palsy
- My Cerebral Palsy Child- Resources and Support Groups
- Special Needs Resources- 25 Cerebral Palsy Resources You Should Know About
- My Child at CerebralPalsy.org
- Cerebral Palsy Resources
- CP Family Network
5. CHILD DEVELOPMENT
- Ages and Stages Questionnaire
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- NJ Coalition for Inclusive Education
- Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
- Zero to Three
- CDC- Milestone Tracker App
- Parenting Infants and Young Children
- Healthy Children
- State of NJ Parent Link
- Child Mind Institue- Complete Guide to Developmental Milestones
- Childcare.gov- Your Child's Development
- Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center- Child Development Resources
- PBS Kids For Parents- Learn and Grow
7. CHILDREN WITH LANGUAGE DELAYS
- The Hanen Center
- Mommy Speech Therapy
- Baylor University- Parents' Guide to Language Delays and Speech Disorders in Children
- ASHA- How Parents Can Help Children with Speech and Language Disorders in Virtual and Modified In Person Classroom Settings
- Speech and Language Kids
- Healthy Children- Language Delays in Toddlers: Information for Parents
- Communicate with Kate- Parents are Crucial To Supporting Language Delayed Kids
- Raising Children- Language Delay
- How To Support Children with Language Processing Disorders: A Parent's Guide
8. DEAF & HARD OF HEARING
- NJ Parent Resource Guide for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- American Society For Deaf Children
- EHDI Program (Referral/Registration): NJ Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Program Voice
- Gallaudet University
- Central Institute for the Deaf
- Equal Voice for Deaf Children
- Hearing Success
- Tools for Toddlers- Advance Bionics
- SPAN Deaf Mentor Program
- Listening2Learn
- Hands & Voices Research and Survey Opportunities
- John Tracy Center
- My Deaf Child
- National Association of the Deaf
- National Center For Hearing Assessment And Management (NCHAM)
- New Jersey Consortium on Deaf-Blindness
- Parenting a Child Who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Baby Hearing
- Research: National Technical School for the Deaf, Rochester Institute for Technology
- The New Jersey Division of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Audiology Online
- Cochlear Implant Online
- Ear Communication
- Beginnings
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Better Hearing Institute
- Boystown Hospital
- National Cued Speech Association
- New Jersey Association of the Deaf
- Hearing Loss Association of America
- Let Them Hear Foundation
- National Institute on Deafness
- NJ Early Intervention System
- Raising Deaf Kids
- Cottage Acquisition Scales for Hearing Language and Speech
- Success for Children with Hearing Loss
- My Baby and Me
- Listening Room
- New Jersey Alexander Graham Bell Association
- Cochlear Sound Foundation
- Hearing First
- National Center on Deaf-Blindness
- NJ Department of Human Services Division of Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Hear On Youtube Channel
- Alexander Graham Bell Association
- Infant Hearing
- SPAN- NJ Statewide Parent to Parent
- CDC Hearing Loss In Children
- Deaf Linx
9. DOWN SYNDROME
- National Down Syndrome Congress
- National Down Syndrome Society
- Care.com- 10 Helpful Down Syndrome Resources
- 42 Great Down Syndrome Resources You Should Know About
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia- Trisomy 21 Resources
- National Down Syndrome- Programs and Resources
- Center for Parent Information & Resources- Down Syndrome
- New Jersey- Down Syndrome Organizations
- Family Resource Associates
- Down Syndrome Diagnosis Network
- Down Syndrome Support Team
- Down Syndrome Innovations- Expectant and New Parents
12. NJ RESOURCES
- New Jersey Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund
- New Jersey Coalition of Inclusive Education
- New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities
- New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Recreation and Leisure Services for Individuals with Disabilities
- New Jersey Department of Health Office of Special Child's Health Specialized Pediatric Services
- New Jersey Department of Health-Maternal and Child Health
- New Jersey Division of Children and Families
- New Jersey Division of Early Childhood
- New Jersey Head Start
- New Jersey Parent Link
- New Jersey Special Child Health and Early Intervention
13. PARENT SUPPORTS
- Advocates for Children of New Jersey
- Aha! Parenting (Peaceful Parenting)
- ARC of New Jersey
- Central Jersey Family Health Consortium
- Child Care Aware of New Jersey
- Disability Rights New Jersey
- Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center
- Exceptional Parent Resource Guide
- Family Voices
- Graham's Foundation Fighting for Premature Babies
- Grow NJ Kids
- Individuals with Disabilities Act IDEA
- March of Dimes
- National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse
- National Center for Healthy Safe Children
- National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations
- NICU Parent Supports
- Pacer Center
- Parent Center Hub
- Partnership for Maternal Child Health of Northern NJ
- Pathways
- Sibling Support Project
- Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative
- Statewide Parent Advocacy Network
- Support for NICU Parents
- Wrights Law