Resources

View these links to local, regional and national organizations for information on developmental issues, mental health and substance abuse

Special Needs Estate Planning & Trust Law

•  Sofia Munson/HOME | Munson Law Firm (munsonlawfirmnc.com)/sophia@munsonlawfirmnc.com
• Elizabeth Gray/ Home – McCandlish Lillard Law Firm (mccandlishlawyers.com)/ egray@mccandlishlawyers.com/ (703) 934-1104
• David Whiting/Oak Hill Law Group /(703) 917-0804 /david@wrightwhiting.com
• Joshua Hummer/Relational Estate & Elder Law / Home – Relational Estate & Elder Law
• Michael Toobin/ 7006 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA 22003/ (703) 354-7700
• Ann McGee Green, Esq (Roanoke) /Anderson Desimone & Green, P.C. | Estate Planning and Elder Law in Roanoke, VA / (540) 776-6434 / ann@andersondesimone.com
• Achievia Family Trust / Achieva Family Trust | Home
• Virginia 529 ABLE Now /ABLE Now
• Quality Trust / https://www.dcqualitytrust.org
• Arc of Northern VA Special Needs Trust Program /  https://thearcofnova.org/program/trust/
• Arc of Loudoun / https://ally.thearcofloudoun.org/

Special Needs Education & Educational Advocates

• Sharon Tropf/ https://belkowitzlaw.com/index.php/about-us/sharon-tropf/stropf@belkowitzlaw.com/
• David Whiting/ Oak Hill Law Group / (703) 544-9187/ david@oakhilllawgroup.com
• PosAbilities Academy / https://posabilitiesacademy.com/
• Arc of Loudoun Aurora School / Aurora School at the Arc of Loudoun
• PEATC – Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center / https://peatc.org/services/special-education/
• Learn Thrive Grow Academic Support / https://www.learnthrivegrow.com/
• Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Family Resource Center / Family Resource Center | Fairfax County Public Schools
• It Takes a Village Special Needs Parent Coaching LLC / IEP Advocate and Parent Coach | It Takes A Village Special Needs Parent Coaching 
• Arc of Northern VA / Information & Referral – The Arc of Northern Virginia

Social Security Advocates

• Kathleen Grace Walsh, Esq./(703) 491-2233 / Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Lawyer | Law Office of Kathleen Grace Walsh (kgw-law.com)
• Derek Cervoni, Esq. / Social Security Disability Lawyer Virginia, MD & DC: Cervoni Disability Law  / (703) 241-2625

Home Health Care & Case Management

• Paladin Life Care/ Bill.Floyd@paladinlifecare.com / https://www.paladinlifecare.com/
• Jill’s House /Jill’s House Overnight Care | Housing for Child with Special Needs Services (jillshouse.org) / Summer Camp for Child with Special Needs (jillshouse.org)
•  I-CARE Home Health Care / https://icareabouthealth.net/about-us-senior-care-northern-virginia/
• Live Your Best Years LLC / One Stop Solution For Health & Wellness | Live Your Best Years
• Tree of Life Ministries/  https://www.tolministries.org/branches/healthcare/
• Independence Empowerment Center / Home – Independence Empowerment Center
• Apex Social Group / Discover Potential as a Family through Live-In Child Care (apex-social.com)
• Givers / Get Paid for Caregiving | Givers
• ECNV – ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia / www.ECNV.org
• Arc of Northern VA / DD Waiver Support Services – The Arc of Northern Virginia
• St. Johns’s Community Services / https://www.sjcs.org/services

Transition Support & Day Programs

• Sparc Solutions/Debi Alexander/ https://sparcsolutions.org/
• The Choice Group Transition Services / www.TheChoiceGroup.com
• Access Center for Independent Living (ACIL) / https://acils.com
• Independence Empowerment Center / Home – Independence Empowerment Center (ieccil.org)
• Tree of Life Ministries/ SimplyBe Coffee / https://www.tolministries.org/
• Sally and Robert Goldberg MOST™ Program (Transition Services) / MOST™ – Makom (makomlife.org)
• ECHO https://echoworks.org/services/#life-day-support
• PEATC – Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center  CenterTransition to Adulthood – PEATC
• About Spectrum Transition Coaching / Autism Aspergers Spectrum Transition Life Job Coach VAhttps://https://spectrumtransitioncoaching.com/spectrumtransitioncoaching.com/
• Elevated Outcomes, Inc. / https://www.elevatedoutcomesinc.com/

Therapies & Programing

• Coach Brandon Bently/ https://coachbrandonbentley.com/
• A Place To Be / A Place To Be – where music meets therapy (aplacetobeva.org)/ office@aplacetobeva.org
• Special Olympics / https://sovaloudoun.org/
• Arts for All / https://www.artsforallloudoun.org/
• Tooth Clues Pediatric Denistry /Pediatric Dentist Leesburg, VA | Tooth Clues – The Dental Detective for Kids
• Arc of Loudoun Ability Fitness Center / https://afc.thearcofloudoun.org/
• Arc of Loudoun Aurora Behavioral Clinic / https://abc.thearcofloudoun.org/
• Watch Me Bloom Children Wellness Center / https://www.watchmebloom.com/
• Going Places – The Pozez JCC / https://thej.org/
• Continuum / https://www.autismspectrumalliance.com/
• Educate Theatre Camp /https://www.educatetheatrecamp.com/
• Joe Cabush, LCSW, CCTP – Therapist / joec@theracpa.net / About Joe — Cabush, Paul & Associates, LLC
• Arc of Northern VA / Home – The Arc of Northern Virginia

Employment

• Crossroads Jobs/ www.crossroadsjobs.org/ betsy.chaudet@crossroadsjobs.org
• ECNV – ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia / www.ECNV.org
• View of Heaven Farm / info@viewofheavenfarm.org / Home | View of Heaven Farm
• Diversifi Consulting Group, LLC / Diversifi Consulting Group, LLC – Home (diversificg.com)
• A Farm Less Ordinary / https://www.afarmlessordinary.org/ 202-810-FARM
• Legacy Farms / https://www.legacyfarmsvirginia.org/about
• Tree of Life Ministries/ SimplyBe Coffee / https://www.tolministries.org/
• ECHO https://echoworks.org/
• St. Johns’s Community Services / https://www.sjcs.org/services

Housing

• Live Your Best Years LLC / One Stop Solution For Health & Wellness | Live Your Best Years
• Hope House Foundation/ www.hope-house.org
• Safe In Home / (855) 476-6665 / https://www.safeinhome.com
• Makom / https://www.makomlife.org/about/
• Tree of Life Ministries/ https://www.tolministries.org/
• St. Johns’s Community Services / https://www.sjcs.org/services

Mental Health

• Coach Brandon Bently/ https://coachbrandonbentley.com/
• American Psychological Association https://www.apa.org/
• Anxiety Disorders Association of America https://www.adaa.org/
• Children & Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder https://chadd.org/
• Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance https://www.dbsalliance.org/
• Make the Connection https://www.maketheconnection.net/
• Mental Health America https://www.mhanational.org/
• Operation Family Caregiver http://www.operationfamilycaregiver.org/
• Suicide Prevention Alliance of Northern Virginia https://www.suicidepreventionnva.org/
• Friends of Loudoun Mental Health / https://www.loudounfriends.org/
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) / https://nami.org/Home
• Joe Cabush, LCSW, CCTP – Therapist / joec@theracpa.net / About Joe — Cabush, Paul & Associates, LLC

Parental Resources & Diagnosis Specific Organizations

• Energizing & Empowering Minds / https://eeminds.org/
• Brain Injury Services / https://braininjurysvcs.org/
• Autism Society Tidewater Virginia / www.tidewaterasa.org
• Center for Parent Information and Resources / https://www.parentcenterhub.org
• Independent Living Research Utilization / https://www.ilru.org
• Parents Helping Parents / https://www.php.com/
• Accessible Community / https://accessiblecommunity.org/ 703-651-6703
• Northern Virginia Resource Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Persons (NVRC) / https://nvrc.org/
• The Equal Rights Center / https://equalrightscenter.org/
• Veterans Moving Forward / https://vetsfwd.org/
• VCU Family to Family Network / Family to Family Network – Center for Family Involvement – Virginia Commonwealth University (vcu.edu)
• National Down Syndrom Society https://www.ndss.org/
• Center for Parent Information & Resources https://www.parentcenterhub.org/
• Virginia Commonwealth University:Partnership for People with Disabilities https://partnership.vcu.edu/
• Virginia Board for People with Disabilites https://www.vaboard.org/
• Advocacy Partners Advocacy Partners LLC
• PEATC – Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center / https://peatc.org/
• Parents of Autistic Children of Northern Virginia /https://poac-nova.org/
• FND Family Network on Disabilities / https://fndusa.org/
• It Takes a Village Special Needs Parent Coaching LLC / IEP Advocate and Parent Coach | It Takes A Village Special Needs Parent Coaching
• Arc of Northern VA / Home – The Arc of Northern Virginia
• St. Johns’s Community Services / https://www.sjcs.org/services
• Carol Siege / Home – Family Pathways Coaching

Assistive Technology

• Safe In Home / (855) 476-6665 / https://www.safeinhome.com
• Metropolitan Washington Ear / https://washear.org/
• Arc of NOVA Tech for Independent Living / https://thearcofnova.org/program/tfil/
• Mpower Me / https://www.mpm.care/
• St. Johns’s Community Services / https://www.sjcs.org/services

State & Local Resources

• ECNV – ENDependence Center of Northern Virginia / www.ECNV.org
• CA Human Services / www.cahumanservices.org
• Mid-Atlantic ADA Center / https://www.adainfo.org/
• PEATC – Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center / https://peatc.org/
• DARS – Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services / www.vadars.org
• Loudoun County Disability Services Board /Disability Services | Loudoun County, VA – Official Website
• Loudoun County Department of Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Developmental Services/ Mental Health, Substance Abuse & Developmental Services | Loudoun County, VA – Official Website
• Loudoun County Public Schools-Parent Resource Services/ Parent Resource Services / Welcome (lcps.org)
• Loudoun County Parks and Recreation,Adaptive Recreation / Adaptive Recreation | Loudoun County, VA – Official Website
• Loudoun County Public Schools – Parent Resource Services and Transition Services / Special Education / Transition Services (lcps.org)
• Loudoun County Transit and Commuter Services / Transit & Commuter Services | Loudoun County, VA – Official Website
• Loudoun County Workforce Resource Center / Workforce Resource Center | Loudoun County, VA – Official Website
• Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers / Home – Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers (lvcaregivers.org)
• Virginia Department of Veterans Services /https://www.dvs.virginia.gov/dvs/locations/loudoun-benefits-office
• INOVA -Partnership for Healthier Communities /PHC@inova.org  / https://commonhelp.virginia.gov/
• Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Family Resource Center / Family Resource Center | Fairfax County Public Schools

Substance Abuse

• Addiction Resources https://addictionresource.com/
• Al-Anon / Alateen https://al-anon.org/
• Alcoholics Anonymous https://www.aa.org/
• Alcohol Rehab Help https://alcoholrehabhelp.org/
• Center for Substance Abuse Research https://cesar.umd.edu/
• Narcotics Anonymous https://www.na.org/
• Partnership to End Addiction https://drugfree.org/
• Quit Now Virginia https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/tobacco-free-living/quit-now-virginia/
• Start Your Recovery https://startyourrecovery.org/
• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration https://www.samhsa.gov/

Marcus Alert | Loudoun County, VA

Marcus Alert | Loudoun County, VA – Official Website
Marcus Alert is a statewide behavioral health framework designed with protocols that emergency responders use to respond to individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis. The law is named in honor of Marcus David-Peters, a high school biology teacher who was killed by a police officer in Richmond while experiencing a behavioral health crisis in 2018.

Marcus Alert aims to provide an appropriate behavioral health response for individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis by:
• Limiting the involvement of law enforcement officers (to the safest extent possible for all parties) and facilitate a specialized law enforcement response to behavioral health crisis
situations when needed.
• Diverting individuals away from the criminal justice system and instead to resources and supports for treatment and recovery
• Achieving positive outcomes for individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis
• Increasing awareness and understanding of available behavioral health resources in our
community
If someone in your household has a behavioral health condition, you are encouraged to create a RapidSOS profile. This free and confidential service provides 911 call-takers with important information when you call from your registered mobile device with information that you choose to share and that can then be passed along to first responders. The Marcus Alert law requires all localities in Virginia to establish a database, however participation in the service from individuals in any community is 100% voluntary.