CP Resources
This is a page for all sorts of awesome links to help people with CP and their families
David W. Montgomery
PsyD
Providing psychological services for adults, adolescents, children and families for 28 years in King County.
Experience with cerebral palsy patients.
Website: commonsense4families.com
Phone: 425-827-5095
Amy J. Crow, PsyD
Practicing psychotherapist since 2008
Experience with Cerebral Palsy patients. Amy also has a nephew who has CP.
Website: pacmh.org
E-mail: amy.pacmh@gmail.com
Phone: 208-538-9939
Bernard Franklin
Master Trainer: Gold’s Gym Woodinville
Physical trainer since August 2006.
Experience with training Cerebral Palsy clients. Bernard also has a son who has CP.
Gold’s Gym Woodinville
Phone: 425-481-4334
Dr. Dana McCracken
DC, DACBSP
Practicing chiropractor in Kirkland since 2006.
Experience with cerebral palsy patients.
Website: mccrackenchiro.com
Phone: 425-605-8508
Alliance of People with disAbilities
Independent Living Center for King County
Established: 1977
Seattle and Redmond offices
Website: disabilitypride.org
Redmond Contact: Robert Blumenfeld
Phone: 425-558-4772
E-mail: Robert@disabilitypride.org
ChildStrive
Provides: An array of home visiting services to support families with children pregnancy-5 years old. Specifically, ChildStrive’s Early Intervention program services children under 3 years old with services in the home utilizing a parent-coaching model. Services can include: physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and communication, early childhood education, and family counseling.
Serving: Specific school district boundaries in Snohomish County and North King County
Website: childstrive.org
Intake Phone: 425-245-8377
Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center
Provides: Hippotherapy & Adaptive Riding for people with disabilities
Website: littlebit.org
Executive Director: Paula J. Del Giudice
Phone: 425-882-1554, ext. 103
E-mail: PaulaD@littlebit.org
Jackie Bowne
Personal trainer at 24 Hour Fitness - Bothell
Jackie has been a personal trainer since 1999, who has experience working with Cerebral Palsy clients. Jackie is a certified correctional exercise specialist.
Phone: 425-999-9979
E-mail: squeaky.jackie@gmail.com
Paige Seitz, DPT, OCS
Practicing physical therapist since 2006
Paige has experience working with CP patients. She works with patients as young as 12 years old, and is a board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist. Her specialty is injury rehabilitation.
Website: woodinvillept.com
Phone: 425-481-1744
Children's Therapy Center
Provides: Early Intervention services of home-based therapy and education services. Early Intervention services are provided for children ages birth-3 years. Center-based physical, occupational, speech-language based therapy and associated programs. Center-based services are provided for children age birth-18 years.
Serves: Early Intervention serves fourteen school districts in South King and Pierce Counties. Including children at Joint Base Lewis-McCord. Center-based serves any child at one of their four centers.
Contact:
Barry Gourley, CEO
E-mail: barrg@ctckids.org
CTC Website: ctckids.org
Boyer Children's Clinic
Provides: Early Intervention services for children ages birth – 3 years, both in the home and on-site from two locations, at Montlake and Magnuson Park. Early Intervention services include physical, occupational, and speech-language therapies, as well as specialized focus groups in the areas of vision, oral feeding, and parenting plans. Boyer also provides early childhood special education, family resources coordination, social work, medical consultation, and nurse services as part of Early Intervention. They also have a developmental pediatrician on staff who is a designated Center of Excellence for autism spectrum diagnosis.
Boyer offers a broad range of support services for the family, which include group and individual couples counselling, as well as fathers and mothers support groups. Boyer provides Tiny Stars (early education for children 10 – 20 months) and CHERISH for foster families. They also offer Boyer CONNECT for families facing homelessness, and are the “host site” for the Seattle Developmental Bridge Program (for children up to 47 months).
Serving: Seattle proper, reaching Shoreline to the north, White Center to the south, Mercer Island to the east, and Vashon Island to the west.
Contacts:
Michael Stewart, Executive Director
E-mail: mike.stewart@boyercc.org
Gary Burton, Chief Program Officer
E-mail: gay.burton@boyercc.org
Website: boyercc.org
Facebook: facebook.com/boyer.childrens.clinic
Phone: (206) 325-8477
Outdoors For All
Mission: To enrich the quality of life for children and adults with disabilities through outdoor recreation. Transforming lives through outdoor recreation.
Provides: Outdoor recreation for children and adults with disabilities. The use of assistive devices along with the care of volunteers and staff make recreational activities possible for all abilities.
Outdoors for All programs can be joined as an individual, in some cases with your family, or organize as a custom group.
Outdoors for All has recreation activities such as snowboarding, downhill skiing, Nordic skiing, snowshoeing, hiking, yoga, kayaking, rock climbing, cycling/biking, day camps, weekend excursions and military programs.
Serves: Anyone five years of age or older with a disability, along with their families.
Website: outdoorsforall.org
Phone: (206) 838-6030
Kindering
Provides: An array of Early Intervention therapies and services supporting infants and toddlers with developmental delays, ages birth to three. Early Intervention services also include support for the entire family through family education, sibling support, and a statewide fathers network. Therapy services are performed in the home or the child’s natural learning environment. Kindering also provides options for therapy on-site at one of their four campuses, as well as classes and social events for children and parents, contributing to a sense of community among families.
The KidsClinic at Kindering provides private therapy options for children ages birth through 10 years who qualify for physical, occupational, or speech therapy.
Serving: Specific school district boundaries in East King and South Snohomish Counties
Referral line: 425-653-4300
Website: kindering.org
Online Referral Forms: kindering.org/referrals
Provail
Life Opportunities for People with Disabilities
Provides: Services to help people with disabilities fulfill their life choices. Through employment services, helping people find jobs that work for them. Assistive technology, finding solutions to help people with mobility and communication. A therapy clinic, providing therapy for children beginning at six years old. Community living programs, helping people live more independently while remaining under 24-hour care. Provail offers a wide range of services to support people with even the most severe disabilities, in all major areas of life.
Serving: Primarily King & Snohomish Counties
Contact:
Michael Hatzenbeler, President & CEO
E-mail: mikeh@provail.org
Website: provail.org
Ecompass
Provides: Early Intervention in-home services for children birth -3 years. Through speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, developmental education and resources coordination.
Encompass also provides Early Learning in North Bend, Carnation, Duvall and Issaquah, where children learn through play. Through play, they are free to discover - building creative expression and social problem solving. Early Learning begins at 12 months and runs until five years of age.
Encompass provides family enrichment with support, information, and tools for families to strengthen relationships. Family Enrichment includes support groups for parents, caregivers, and older siblings, along with workshops and sessions with discussions around parenting topics.
Encompass works with children birth-8 years at the Pediatric Therapy Clinic location in North Bend. There, children experience physical, speech and language, feeding and social skills, among others. They also provide behavioral health services for children birth -8 years and their caregivers, who are experiencing struggle.
Serves: The school districts of Riverview, Snoqualmie Valley, and Issaquah. Encompass services also extend to Snoqualmie Pass Summit, along with availability in Skykomish.
Contacts:
Nela Cumming, Executive Director
E-mail: Nela.cumming@encompassnw.org
Rochelle Clayton Strunk, Programs Director
E-mail: Rochelle.claytonstrunk@encompassnw.org
Melissa Hammond, Early Intervention
Program Director
E-mail: Meliisa.hammond@encompassnw.org
Website: encompassnw.org
Phone: (425) 888-2777
WithinReach
Provides: Response to the needs of the community through groundbreaking online resources, dedicated hotlines, direct in-person outreach and lasting-impact advocacy work. All geared toward making it easier for Washington families to navigate complex health and social service systems, while finding the resources they need to be healthy and safe.
Serves: WithinReach is there for all who request help in Washington State.
Website: withinreachwa.org
Help Me Grow WA Hotline: 1-800-322-2588
E-mail: help@parenthelp123.org