Contact: Gloria Starr703.228.1549 Email: gstarr@arlingtonva.us Website: http://www.arlingtonva.us/departments/HumanServices/services/family/proj_family/ HumanServicesServicesFamilyProj_familyProjectFamily.aspx Area Arlington County residents Fees Not specified Services Provides support to parents/caregivers with their children from pre-birth to age five. Classes offered year round in Spanish, English and bilingual. Parents and children learn together through play, exploration, music, reading, nutrition and parenting education.

Contact: Kristine Kluck, JD, MSW, CSAC, Rebuild Program Coordinator703.776.2295 Email: Kristine.kluck@inova.org  Website: Inova Trauma Survivors Network OR Contact: Betsy Zeigler, ACSW, CCM, CBIS Program Director, Children & Adolescent Services703.451.8881, ext 229 Email: bzeigler@braininjurysvcs.org Website: www.braininjurysvcs.org Area Northern Virginia Fees There is no cost to attend the Rebuild Families support group Services Provides support to parents of children with acquired brain injury. This is the support group of Brain Injury Services.

Contact: Sam Poyta, Parent Education Coordinator703.820.9001 Email: spoyta@scanva.org Website: www.scanva.org Area Northern Virginia Fees Not specified Services Provides parenting classes, parent support groups and playgroups in English and Spanish for families.

Contact: Kate Moore Patton Email: kate@specialneedskidsinfo.com Website: www.specialneedskidsinfo.com Area Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia Fees Not specified Services Provides support to families with special needs children, birth to elementary school age, who are new to the world of special needs or whose children have been recently diagnosed.

Contact: Jill Hill703.455.5223 Email: jillmhill@verizon.net Web site: www.sbanca.com Area Northern Virginia and Charlottesville area Fees There is a fee for the national organization which is waived if families cannot afford it. Voluntary donations are welcome. Services Provides support to adults and children with Spina Bifida (and related disorders) and their families, ages birth and up.

Contact: Heather Hebdon Email: stomp@washingtonpave.com Website: www.stompproject.org Area Worldwide Fees Not specified Services Provides support to military families, individuals with disabilities and service providers worldwide. This includes retired military, active duty and reserve. Provides tailored workshops on a variety of subjects to meet the unique needs of the community/installation, which can include home file and records, accessing resources, making informed decisions about overseas assignments, laws regarding special education and more.

Contact: Sue Jacob, Executive Director301.681.4133 Email: tsagw@aol.com Web site: www.tsagw.org Area Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia Fees Annual membership contribution of $50 requested, but will accept any amount or waive entirely Services Serves the needs of families and individuals of all ages living with Tourette Syndrome and the professionals who serve them.

(Previously known as Child's Hope for Sight) Contact: Dawn Peifer804.938.1624 Email: dpeifer@vaapvi.org Website: www.vaapvi.org Area Virginia Fees Not specified Services Provides support to families, caregivers and professionals caring for or working with children, birth through age 21, that are blind or visually impaired or suspected of having a visual impairment.  We are the Virginia affiliate of NAPVI (www.napvi.org).

Contact: Paula Miller703.426.9815 Email: pnmiller@cox.net OR Contact: Karen Adelstein703.243.3363 Email: jadelstein1@yahoo.com OR Contact: Paula Crosby Email: paulac1212@gmail.com Web site:  www.virginia-smiles.org Area Virginia and Northern Virginia Fees There are no fees for services, but the child must be a resident of Virginia Services Provides support to families of children born with a cleft in Virginia, with a large concentration of families in Northern Virginia.

“EWWW! I do NOT like cauliflower,” a fifth grade boy said recently. He had arrived at the Inova Healthy Plate Club – a weekly class that teaches kids about healthy eating and cooking – to find he’d be making cauliflower nuggets. But, as this student and his classmates beat the eggs, measured ingredients, and lightly breaded the cauliflower, his attitude started to change. By the end of the hour, he was happily eating a plate of cauliflower nuggets. “I guess I DO like cauliflower!” This scenario is not uncommon to the Inova Healthy Plate Club.