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2008 RESOURCE GUIDE
Section 2. Local and State Resources:
LIBRARIES
Agency Name
& Address
Contact
Information
Program
Description

Institute for Health & Healing/Planetree Library
2040 Webster St.
San Francisco, CA 94115

Tel: (415) 923-3680
TDD: N/A
Fax: (415) 673-2629

A medical library serving the needs of the general public for health information of all types, from mainstream allopathic treatments to alternative/complementary medicine.

E-mail: ihhlib@sirius.com     Web site: N/A

Resources in Special Education (RISE)
c/o Parents Helping Parents
3041 Olcott St.
Santa Clara, CA 95054

Tel: (408) 727-5775
TDD: (408) 727-7655
Fax: (408) 727-0182

RISE provides information regarding special education in California; it maintains a special education library and publishes The Special Edge, a quarterly newsletter for parents and educators.

E-mail: N/A     Web site: www.php.com

San Francisco Public Lib rary: Deaf Services Center
100 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA 94102

Tel: (415) 557-4434
TDD: (415) 557-4433
Fax: (415) 557-4424

Signed and captioned videos, books and other print materials about deafness, deaf culture, sign language, etc. Interpreter services or assistive listening devices for library programs upon request.

E-mail: N/A     Web site: www.sfpl.lib.ca.us

San Francisco Public Library: Resource Collection for Learning Differences
Civic Center Branch
San Francisco, CA 94102

Tel: (415) 557-4540
TDD: N/A
Fax: (415) 437-4831

A collection of books, audio books, videos, newsletters and journals about learning differences. Assistive technology is available to enhance library accessibility to people with learning disabilities.

E-mail: N/A     Web site: www.sfpl.lib.ca.us

Support for Families @ Open Gate
2601 Mission Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94110

Tel: (415) 920-5040
TDD: N/A
Fax: (415) 920-5099

Provides services to families of children with disabilities, including information and referral, parent-to-parent support, workshops and trainings, mental health counseling, special-education advocacy and support groups. Maintains a lending library with books, video and audio tapes; also operates a toy lending library.

E-mail: info@supportforfamilies.org     Web site: www.supportforfamilies.org


The resource list above is for your information; it is not necessarily comprehensive and is not an endorsement of the services offered. If you find that any of the information is incorrect, if you would like to offer any feedback, or if you know of additional resources that may be helpful to include in the future, please let us know. You can call us at (415) 920-5040, e-mail us at info@supportforfamilies.org or write to us c/o Open Gate, 2601 Mission Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110. Thank you to all the agencies who completed our Request for Information form and thank you as well to community resource databases such as Helplink and the San Francisco Public Library Community Connection for lending valuable assistance.
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