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- Best Buddies
- Best Buddies strives to enhance the lives of people who have intellectual disabilities through one-to-one friendships with college students. USC volunteers offer a "buddy" the chance to have a friendship outside of their own environment.
Ages Served: 5 to 14 yrs.; 15 to 24 yrs.
Contact: Best Buddies , 213-748-9250
Email: bestbuds@usc.edu
- Fiesta Educativa
- Fiesta Educativa, Inc., was founded in 1978 by family members and professionals to inform and assist Latino families in obtaining services and in caring for their children with special needs and disabilities. It is one of the few organizations in the nation that is dedicated to empowering Latino families of persons with special needs through education, training, referral, information and advocacy services. This is accomplished through such projects as the "Fiesta Familiar" home-based training program; an annual two-day, bilingual conference at USC University Park; and regional conferences in San Diego, the Imperial Valley, Orange County, San Jose, and Sacramento.
Contact: Irene I. Martinez, 323-221-6696
Email: info@fiestaeducativa.org
- Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center
- The center, part of the USC Andrus Gerontology Center, provides information and referral, family consultation, respite funding, legal consultation funding, support groups and short-term counseling to assist caregivers who are caring for a cognitively impaired adult (Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's, stroke, head injury). Provides workshops, training sessions and education to professionals in the community and caregivers on topics of concern, such as legal, financial and illness. Serves all of Los Angeles County with four satellite offices.
Contact: Donna Benton, (800) 540-4442
Email: lacrc@usc.edu
- Special Patient Care Dental Clinic
- The Special Care Dental Clinic provides dental evaluation and treatment for patients with medically compromising conditions, including developmental disabilities and mental and physical impairments. The clinic also provides dental treatment under I.V. sedation and general anesthesia for developmentally disabled patients.
Ages Served: 13-98
Contact: Roseann Mulligan, 213-740-5094
Email: mulligan@hsc.usc.edu
- Spirits In Action
- This is a one-day event for physically and mentally disabled athletes of all ages. Athletes compete in track and field games and receive ribbons for their participation. Each athlete is paired with a USC student who acts as his or her buddy for the day. Co-sponsored by the USC Philanthropy Fund.
Ages Served: All ages
Contact: Heather Larabee, 213-740-5693
Email: spirits@usc.edu
- University Affiliated Program, Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
- The purpose of UAP UCEDD is to provide leadership in strengthening systems and services for the benefit of individuals with, or at risk for, developmental, behavioral and/or special health care needs and their families. The program is one of over 61 UCEDDs nationwide.
Contact: Robert A. Jacobs, 323-669-2300
Email: uscuap@chla.usc.edu
Cary Kreutzer, 323-671-3830 cbujold@chla.usc.edu
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