The City's 2nd Special Needs Resource Fair had twice as many vendors and more than four times as many visitors. For three hours people crowded into the Sports Recreation Center talking to dozens of vendors. Check out the pictures and the lists of vendors below.
State Council on Developmental Disabilities
- Scarlett von Thenen, State Disability Advocate
- Scarlett.VonThenen@scdd.ca.gov
CalOptima
- Lisa Nguyen
- lisanguyen@caloptima.org
aMAYZing Kids
- Lori Roelofs
- lori@amayzingkids.com
Autism Behavior Services, Inc
- Claire Norris
- cnorris@autismbehaviorservices.com
Drumming For Your Life Institute
- Steven Angel
- stevenangel@dfyl.org
Dreams of America
- Tala Fazeli
- tfazeli@dreamsofamerica.org
Pathway to Hope
- Tom Downs
- TDowns@PathwaytoHope.us
South OC SELPA/CAC
- Scott Turner
- Scott.Turner@svusd.org
United Cerebral Palsy
- Yvette Staggs
- ystaggs@ucp-oc.org
Hope Autism Therapies
- Shouka Kamali
- operations@hopeautismtherapies.com
Regional Center of OC
- Kathleen McFarlin
- kmcfarlin@rcocdd.com
Sonrisa School for Special Needs
- Priya Guttal
- priya@sonrisaschool.org
Abilities Unlimited
- Shawn Mains
- shawn@auads.org
OC Swim Labs
- Kathy Rose
- ocinfo@swimlabs.com
Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance
- Alis Brito
- abrito@ocapica.org
Wee Thrive Pediatric Therapy
- Tawnia Mishkin
- tawnia@weethrivetherapy.com
Joseph Geis, Esq (Special Needs Trusts)
Segerstrom Center for the Arts Sensory Friendly Series
- Kyle Riley
- KRiley@scfta.org
Boys Town California
- Aine Alejandre
- aine.alejandre@boystown.org
Us Too Gymnastics
- Yamel Sanchez
- yamels@ustoogymnastics.org
CARD (Center for Autism and Related Disorders)
- Lauren Faith
- L.Faith@centerforautism.com
Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Katie Grieser
- kgrieser@uci.edu
Bethesda Group Homes
- Kevin Onderdonk
- Kevin.Onderdonk@mailblc.org
Saddleback College
- Matt Pasqualetto
- mpasqualetto@saddleback.edu
Legal Shield
- Philippe Deneuve
- pdeneuve@yahoo.com
Muscular Dystrophy Association
- Nabeth Midley
- nmidley@mdausa.org
The Soothing Stitches Project
- Nicole Struse
- thesoothingstitchesproject@gmail.com
CSUF Center for Autism
- Jackie Moffitt
- casfamilylab@Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU
UCI Family Lab
- Shuo Zhang
- ucifamilylab@gmail.com
California Department of Rehabilitation
- Norberto Herrera
- Norberto.Herrera@dor.ca.gov
Canyons to the Sea OT
- Deborah Graves (travels to client sites)
- canyonstothesea@gmail.com
AYSO/VIP Soccer
- Linh Tran
- Linh.Tran@wdc.com
New Vista School
- Melissa Kenig-Davis
- mkenigdavis@newvistaschool.org
Spirit League
- Melanie Smith
- Melanie@spiritleague.org
Shooting Stars Special Needs Basketball League (SVUSD)
- Laurie Jimenez
- rlrcni@gmail.com
Sparks Special Needs Yoga
- Kelly Sparks
- ksparks33@gmail.com
Fitness for You Special Needs
- Aileen Rose
- aileenmrose@gmail.com
Lake Forest provides more services for people with special needs than any other city in Orange County. We have many classes, quarterly dances, and the resource fair. For a list of our classes, go to the City's quarterly booklet.
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Dr. Jim Gardner is on the City Council for Lake Forest. You can check him out on LinkedIn and/or Facebook and you can share your thoughts about the City at Lake Forest Town Square on Facebook. His comments are not meant to reflect official City Policy.
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