The University and Isla Vista children's programs welcome children with special needs. For information about additional support services for children with special needs, contact the following agencies:
UCSB Speech and Hearing Department
(805)893-2281
Speech, hearing, and language diagnostics and therapy. Aural rehab
and hearing aid focusing. Services available for children and adults.
Work is done by graduate students with close faculty supervision.
Infant/Preschoolers: Special Education Support Services
Santa Barbara County Education Office
(805) 964-4711
School-aged Children: Special Education Office (in child's home
district)
Carpinteria Unified: (805) 684-7657
Goleta Unified: (805) 681-1220
Santa Barbara Unified/High School (805) 963-4331
Children with permanent developmental delays:
Tri-Counties Regional Center
222 E. Canon Perdido
(805) 684-1204
(800)322-6994
Offers free diagnostic evaluation and counseling for developmentally
disabled persons and families, including: retardation, cerebral
palsy, epilepsy, and autism.
Autism Society of Santa Barbara
(805)968-6630
Volunteer organization that offers monthly meetings, 2nd Thursday
of every month. Support, advocacy, information, and resources.
Dyslexia Awareness & Resource Center
928 Carpinteria Street
(805)963-7339
Easter Seals
351 Hitchcock Way
(805) 687-1699
LEKOTEK program (play sessions and toy lending library) for children
with special needs from 6 months of age. Campership program. Financial
assistance for local day camps for children with special needs.
Family First
4501 Cathedral Oaks Road
(805)683-2145
Library, community resources, and meetings for families of children
with special needs.
Parents Helping Parents
3041 Olcott St. Santa Clara 95054
(408)727-5775
Support and education for families with special needs children
Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders
16 E. Carrillo
(805)962-8469
Clinic provides diagnosis and treatment for children with aphasia
(total or partial inability to understand or use words, such as
a 3 year old who does not use any sentences, where physical reasons
are not the cause). Training is also provided for parents to enable
them to work with children at home. A contribution is requested
if child is accepted into the program, but no one is turned away
because of the inability to pay.