Free child care is offered.  Please call in advance if needed!!

For more information, contact Karen McCormick 540.421.9015 or Sally Chappel 540.568.8095 or e-mail svap@valleyautism.org

Do you have a child with special needs?  Precious Time is a pediatric respite care program that provides care givers a break.  JMU nursing students are matched with families who have children with special needs.  They come into your home to provide a much needed break. 

Please visit their website to find out more information and learn how to participate in their program.

We are dedicated
to improving the quality of life for all individuals with the autism spectrum disorder, including Asperger’s Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disorders and other related disabilities.

We believe
that every person with a developmental disability has the right to live, learn and work in the most normal and least restrictive setting as possible.

A planning committee
consisting of parents and professionals meets to organize events that focus on topics related to the autism spectrum disorder. We also provide support, advocacy, networking and social opportunities for families and professionals.

We maintain
this website to disseminate information and may also hold fund raising activities as well as recruit new members. We welcome ideas and input from folks in the valley that support individuals with autism. Click here to contact us if you are interested in helping our new organization grow!

Join us
The yearly membership fee is $15 for individual or family.  Here is the membership form to download and print.

Please send your membership form and payment to:

Shenandoah Valley Autism Partnership
4181 Brown Roan Lane
Harrisonburg, VA 22801

View the regulations at

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/Sped/varegs.pdf

This guide focuses on five of the waivers currently available in Virginia:

a. Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disabilities (MR/ID) Waiver
b. Day Support Waiver
c. Individual and Family Developmental Disabilities Support (IFDDS or DD) Waiver
d. Elderly or Disabled with Consumer Direction (EDCD) Waiver
e. Technology-Assisted (Tech) Waiver ”

For the pdf version of this guide, click on the following link: 

http://www.vcu.edu/partnership/valend/MEDICAID%20WAIVERS%20GUIDE%207-07.pdf

“This guide was created by Jessica Cann and Elaine Ogburn of the Virginia Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Program (Va-LEND), in collaboration with Terry Smith, Division Director, Division of Long-Term Care, Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS), and Maureen Hollowell, Director of Advocacy and Services, Medicaid Waiver Technical Assistance Center, Endependence Center, Norfolk, Virginia. Va-LEND is an interdisciplinary leadership training program at the Partnership for People with Disabilities, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia (telephone 804-828-0073).”

Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center
Voice: 703 923 0010/1 800 869 6782 (toll free); Fax 1 800 693 351
Email partners@peatc.org