|
 |
|
2009
RESOURCE GUIDE
|
||
| Section
2. Local and State Resources: (Last updated: Thursday, October 8, 2009 1:46 PM ) |
||
|
LIBRARIES
|
||
Agency
Name
& Address |
Contact
Information |
Program
Description |
|
Institute for Health & Healing |
Tel: (415) 923-3680 |
Offers personalized health information services. Formerly the site of the Planetree Library. |
|
E-mail: Web site: www.cpmc.org/ihh/ |
||
|
Resources in Special Education (RISE) |
Tel: (408) 727-5775 |
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 |
Tel: (415) 557-4434 |
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: Web site: www.sfpl.lib.ca.us |
||
|
San Francisco Public Library: Resource
Collection for Learning Differences |
Tel: (415) 557-4540 |
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: Web site: www.sfpl.lib.ca.us |
||
|
Support for Families @ Open Gate |
Tel: (415) 920-5040 |
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. |
 |