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Children with Special Health Care Needs
The Arizona Department of Health Services uses the Maternal and Child Health Bureau's definition of Children with Special Health Care Needs as: "Children up to age 21, who have or are at risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, emotional or potentially disabling condition and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally."
Resources for Children, Youth & Adults with Special Health Care Needs
This page is an information and resource guide to serve children, youth, and some adults with special health care needs and supports their families and providers. For additional information and resources, please visit the Arizona Department of Health Services Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs.
The Pinal County Public Health Services District (PCPHSD) is providing this page as a community service. PCPHSD does not endorse or sponsor any of the links listed.
General Pinal County Resources
- Pinal County Government
- Pinal Family Resource Guide
- Arizona 2-1-1
- 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
- The Lifeline provides 24 / 7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals in the United States.
Screening
- U of A Cooperative Extension Sensory Screening Program
- Healthy Children Ages and Stages
- Arizona Early Intervention Program, Developmental Screening
- Strong Families AZ, links to Home Visitation Programs
- Screening Training
- Birth to 2 Screening Tools
- Early intervention 0 to 3
- First Things First/Stronger Families 0 to 5
- 3 to 5 Screening Tools
Basic Needs
Nutrition, Food Banks / Farmer's Markets
- Nutrition, WIC
- Nutrition, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
- Arizona Food Banks
- Farmer's Market Online
Eye Glasses / Resources for the Blind / Visually Impaired
- Lions Club Sight and Blindness Programs
- Bookshare
- Prevent Blindness
- Southwestern Eye Center
- Resources for College Students with Visual Impairments
- Deaf and Blind Resources
Hearing Aids / Resources for the Deaf / Hearing Impaired
- The EAR Foundation of Arizona
- United Healthcare Children's Foundation
- Starkey Hearing Foundation
- Arizona Commission for the deaf and the hard of hearing
- Arizona Hands and Voices
- Desert Voices
Other
- Childcare Resource and Referral
- Government Benefits
- Childhood Immunizations
- Pinal County Crime Victims Services
- Together to End Stroke
Summer Camps / Recreation
- Each year Raising Arizona's Kids Magazine publishes an extensive list of summer camps
- Arizona Recreation Center for the Handicapped
Information for Specific Disorders / Diagnoses & Health Conditions
- CDC Autism Spectrum Disorder Links
- Cerebral Palsy Links
- Children's Craniofacial Association
- Asthma and Allergy Network
- American Lung Association
- Brain Injury Alliance
- BrainLine
- Hearing Loss Links
- CDC Birth Defects page
- Amputee Coalition
- Paralysis Resource Center
- The Stuttering Foundation
- National Eating Disorders Association
- Eating Disorder Hope
- Epilepsy Foundation
- Muscle Diseases
- Type 1 Diabetes
- ADHS Newborn Disorders Resource Page
- CDC Blood Disorders page
- Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Down Syndrome Network of Arizona
- Sharing Down Syndrome Arizona
- National Organization for Rare Disorders
- The Purple Society, Tools and Resources to Fight Childhood Cancer
- NCWD for youth- National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability / Youth
- Arizona Department of Education Exceptional Student Services Assistive Technology Short-Term Loan Library
- Ability 360 (Formally Arizona Bridge to Independent Living)
- Arizona Technology Access Program
- Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs
- National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
- Disability Employment PSAs and Toolkits
- Arizona Youth Leadership Forum
- Sensory Activities for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Disability Resources
General Disability Resources & Advocacy Resources
- Arizona Department of Economic Security, Division of Developmental Disabilities
- Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Children with Special Health Care Needs
- AZLinks
- Raising Special Kids
- Disability
- New Horizons Unlimited
- Center for Parent Information and Resources
- Pinal County Educational Services Agency
- PACER Center Champions for Children with Disabilities
- MIKID
- The Arizona Center for Disability Law
- National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability
- Institute for Community Inclusion
- Peak Parent Center
- Federal Resource Center
- Children's Choices
- Pepperdine Telehealth
- DD Planning Council
- First Things First
Physical Health Needs
Emotional Health Needs
- School Mental Health
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- The Family Involvement Center
- Child Mind Institute
Intellectual / Developmental Disabilities
Educational
- Learning Disability Association of America
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Arizona Department of Education
- US Department of Education
- The National Center on Dispute Resolution in Special Education
Pre-teens & Teens
- Vocational Training
- EDGE
- Edge exists to provide youth with engaging, impactful customer service training that creates a solid foundation from which to launch a career.
Transition To Adulthood
- Law When Turning 18
- Independent Living
- Online College and Students with Visual Impairment
- Making the transition to college is challenging, particularly for students with visual impairment. This guide shares some tips for making your online college experience easier.
Tools for Parents
- Fatherhood
- Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
- Safe Kids
- Emergency Preparedness for people with disabilities
- National Park Access Passes
- Skin Cancer Prevention
- Children's Comprehensive Health Guide
- Supermoms
- A Parent's Guide To Autism
- Resources for Parents of Children With Disabilities
- When parents put their energy into caring for their children, they may forget to care for themselves. With the right tool kit, parents can take care of themselves and create an environment where their child with a disability can thrive.