Louisville Area Autism Organizations
and Service Providers

• Autism Society of Kentuckiana (A.S.K.)
  The Autism Society of Kentuckiana (A.S.K.) holds support and informational meetings for parents on the second Saturday of every month from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the Kentucky School for the Blind.
  1867 Frankfort Avenue
  Louisville, KY 40206.
• Bingham Child Guidance Center
  Serving the Greater Louisville area since 1913, the Bingham Child Guidance Center is a non-profit organization committed to quality care for emotionally disturbed children and their families. Thorough evaluation and care diagnosis are the hallmarks of our care. Individualized treatment plans are developed in a variety of therapeutic settings depending upon the special needs of each child and family. Our highly skilled staff, composed of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, and expressive therapists provide care for the outpatient, inpatient and partial hospitalization (day treatment) services. For many children and adolescents who experience difficulties in learning that affect their school performance, psychological assessment is desirable. These services also are available at the Bingham Child Guidance Center.
  200 East Chestnut Street
  Louisville, KY 40202
  Phone: 502-852-6941
• Cardinal Hill Rehab Center/Easter Seals of Louisville
  Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Center - Easter Seals of Louisville provides comprehensive outpatient physical rehabilitation including occupational therapy, speech therapy, developmental intervention, Creative Beginnings Child Development Center, audiology, hearing assistive devices and SpeechEasy.
  9810 Bluegrass Parkway
  Louisville, KY 40299
  Phone: 502.584.9781
• Carriage House Educational Services and Preschool
  Carriage House Educational Services & Preschool is owned and operated by the Kentucky Center for Special Children's Services, Inc. In 2003, Carriage House collaborated with FEAT (Families for Effective Autism Treatment) of Louisville to extend the traditional preschool program to provide a specialized, intensive program for children with autism and other developmental disabilities. The Endeavor Program is geared toward serving the unique educational needs of these children. Today, Carriage House Educational Services & Preschool continues to provide quality services to individuals, families, organizations and educational facilities through our trained and experienced staff.
  13101 Eastpoint Park Blvd.
  Louisville, KY 40223
  Phone: 502-253-1293
• Children's Therapy Center
  Our mission is to offer high-quality therapy services provided by well-trained, experienced therapists. As part of this mission, we offer resources, education, and support to parents and families. Services include Sensory Integration Treatment, Handwriting Without Tears, Therapeutic Listening, Neuro-Development Treatment, and Interactive Metronome.
  11461 Blankenbaker Access Drive
  Suite 102
  Louisville, KY 40299
  Phone: 502-267-4478
• Council on Mental Retardation
  The Council on Mental Retardation, a private non-profit association of families and friends of persons with mental retardation, has been advocating for persons with mental retardation in Jefferson County since 1952. The Council is a member agency of Metro United Way. Additional funding sources include: private, state, and federal grants; self-generated and program fees; foundation gifts and grants; and donations from the general public. Please contact us for any assistance concerning your family issues around disabilities.
  1151 S. Fourth St.
  Louisville, KY 40203
  Phone: 502-584-1239
• Dreams with Wings
  Dreams With Wings is a Louisville non-profit that provides quality community-based residential housing and support services to individuals with mental retardation, developmental disabilities and autism. It is our mission to empower these individuals as they recognize their strengths, contribute to their community and pursue their dreams. Our services include community based residential housing, therapies, continuing life skills training, job coaching and placement, inclusive day programs and leisure outreach.
  1579 Bardstown Road
  Louisville, KY 40205
  Phone: 502-459-4647
  Contact Us for more info.
• The Endeavor Program (see Carriage House above)
• Find of Louisville
  FIND of Louisville (Family Information Network on Disabilities) helps families with children with disabilities to navigate the educational system. By knowing their rights, supporting each other and working together, families can be powerful and make good things happen for their children. Through the Jefferson County Public Schools, the Family Resource Centers and other community organizations, FIND can help educate parents and educators on the processes surrounding IDEA, 504 and the importance of working together for the educational growth of our children.
  101 Witherspoon Street
  Louisville, KY 40202
  Phone: 502-587-6500
• Green Hill Therapy
  Green Hill Therapy provide comprehensive therapy including the healing power of the horse to optimize independence and maximize the quality of life for children with special needs. We provide both clinical physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy in conjunction with horses via the tools of hippotherapy and therapeutic riding.
  1410 Long Run Road
  Louisville, KY 40245
  Phone: 502-244-8011
• Home and Community Based (HCB) Waiver Program
  The Home and Community Based (HCB) Waiver program provides services and support to aged individuals or children and adults with disabilities, to enable them to remain in or return to their home. Home health agencies in Louisville offering case management for the waiver program are:
  Caretenders – Connie Renfrow, RN
  Waiver Manager
  Phone: 502-458-1727
  ResCare – Kacey Rusk
  Waiver Manager
  Phone: 502-423-4336
  
• Home of the Innocents
  Home of the Innocents has expanded services to include children and families dealing with autism. Our goal is to not only address behaviors and skill deficits, but to also help facilitate healthy, cohesive, thriving families who have learned to accept, love, and understand the autistic child. Our extensively trained staff uses behavioral intervention, family support/counseling, parent education, sibling psycho-education, communication facilitation, and a number of other behavioral, psychodynamic and family systems techniques to work with these families.
  1100 East Market Street
  Louisville, KY 40206
  Phone: 502-596-1000
• Kentuckiana Children's Center (KCC)
  KCC provides quality chiropractic health care to children with special needs regardless of their ability to pay for those services. Other services offered include cranial sacral therapy, movement therapy, art therapy and nutritional counseling including the GFCF diet.
  1810 Brownsboro Road
  Louisville, KY 40206
  Phone: 502 366-5658
• KY Autism Training Center (KATC)
  The mission of the Kentucky Autism Training Center is to enhance supports for persons with autism by providing information and technical assistance to families and service providers across Kentucky. The KATC provides school-based consultations, family technical assistance, and training activities for promoting the early identification of autism in young children.
  College of Education and Human Development
  Dean's Office
  University of Louisville
  Louisville, KY 40292
  Phone: 502-852-4631 or 800-334-8635 ext. 852-4631
• The Pediatric Center for Natural Medicine
  The Philosophy of Naturopathic Pediatrics is truly preventive. Our goal is to support the natural immunity-building processes in the body, and interfere as little as possible. Traditional Naturopaths work in collaboration with the traditional medical community as a complimentary provider engaging natural modalities for helping the body heal. "Tolle causum" naturopathic doctors are instructed in school — this is Latin for "Find the Cause". Identifying and treating the underlying causes of illness is one of the guiding principles of Naturopathic Medicine.
  
  13100 Magisterial Dr
  Suite 100
  Louisville, KY 40223
  Phone: 502-245-0767
• Louisville Sibshop – The Sibling Support Project
  Sibshops are opportunities for brothers and sisters of children with special health and developmental needs to obtain peer support and education within a recreational context. They reflect an agency's commitment to the well-being of the family member most likely to have the longest-lasting relationship with the person with special needs. The Sibshop model intersperses information and discussion activities with new games (designed to be unique, off-beat, and appealing to a wide ability range), cooking activities, and special guests.
  Abby Ramser: 502-584-1239
  or Amanda Westmoreland 502-303-4409
• Mariposa Place
  Mariposa Place is an SCL-licensed ADT located in the heart of Louisville's art community. This unique and exciting program provides life-enhancing services to individuals with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. We offer an innovative "Arts Focused" program that integrates individual choice and need with supportive community-based opportunities. Our program provides the opportunity for individuals to experience the creative arts, such as visual arts, music, movement, theater, and poetry.
  Sue Greene, Executive Director
  2007 Frankfort Avenue
  Louisville, KY 40206
  phone: 896-8147
• Minds-in-Motion Center for Vestibular Integration At the Minds-in-Motion Center for Vestibular Integration, we provide an array of services to children who are struggling, as well as those who are performing well, yet want to maximize their full potential. From individual screenings to school consultations, to pre-school and school-aged classes, to professional trainings, our staff is eager to help remove obstacles that prevent children from achieving academic success and personal confidence.
  3600 Chamberlain Lane
  Ste. 138
  Louisville, KY 40241
  Phone: 502-384-3866
• Parent Outreach
  The Parent Outreach Program is conducted by The Council on Mental Retardation. The staff of Parent Outreach Program offers a series on planning for the future for your child through the life span.
  Susan Lawrence
  Phone: 584-1230
• Seven Counties
  Seven Counties Services, Inc. is a private, non-profit corporation that provides planning, prevention, treatment and support services in the areas of mental health, alcohol and drug use and abuse, and mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. It serves children of all ages, adults and older adults, most through community-based (outpatient) services. It serves Jefferson, Henry, Bullitt, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble counties in Kentucky.
  Phone: 502-589-1100 or 1-800-264-8799
• Square One
  Square One provides comprehensive developmental evaluation for children and adolescents, including diagnosis, treatment options and resource guidance. Our goal is to support families and to help develop realistic options.
  6440 Dutchmans Parkway
  Louisville, KY 40205
  Phone: 502-896-2606
• Systematic Treatment of Autism and Related Disorders
  STAR is an intervention program developed specifically for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and their families. STAR is a program within the Weisskopf Child Evaluation Center (WCEC), a division of the University of Louisville School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics. The primary goals of STAR are to: empower families by sharing knowledge and enhancing skills, provide a range of clinical services based on best practices, conduct individualized treatment evaluations using a collaborative approach to intervention planning and conduct research.
  WCEC-Star Autism, University of Louisville
  571 South Floyd Street
  Louisville, Kentucky 40202
  Phone: 502-852-3797
• Therapeutic Riding Association of Louisville (TRAIL)
  TRAIL, owned and operated by Nathalie Green, has a wide variety of documented benefits for special needs individuals, including stimulation of deep muscles. It also improves balance and coordination, hand-eye coordination, emotional control and patience. Our Therapeutic program is offered year round. Lessons are scheduled individually.
  4090 Webb Road
  Simpsonville, KY 40067
  Phone: 502-876-7844
• Transformations: Hope for Today's Families
  Transformations is an association of Kentucky mental health professionals who share the common goal of providing emotional, social, mental, and spiritual support to at-risk children and their families. Transformations accepts referrals from individuals, social service professionals, and agencies to provide IMPACT Plus services funded by Kentucky Medicaid to eligible children with complex behavioral healthcare needs.
  4010 Dupont Circle
  Louisville, KY 40207
  Phone: 502-744-3194
• Verbal Behavior Consulting, Inc.
  Verbal Behavior Consulting is led by Amanda Ralston, BCABA, offering client-centered behavioral solutions and specializing in treatment for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, language delays, and other developmental disabilities. Providing services through Board Certified Behavior Analysts, VBC offers experience, training, and expertise in working with children with language delays and problem behavior.
  
  Verbal Behavior Consulting, Inc. provides in-home and site-based consultation to families, schools, and agencies regarding techniques and procedures guided by the science of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and Verbal Behavior literature.
  P.O. Box 216
  Lexington, KY 40588
  e-mail: RalstonBCABA at aol dot com
• Weisskopf Child Evaluation Center
  The Weisskopf Child Evaluation Center (WCEC) in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Louisville is a unique tertiary center that provides center-based and outreach diagnostic evaluations and treatment to infants and children with, or at risk for, developmental disabilities, congenital anomalies, genetic disorders, autism, organic behavior disorders (ADHD) and learning disabilities, as well as genetic counseling to adults. State-of-the-art treatment programs serve children and adolescents with autism and infants and children with feeding disorders. Comprehensive care of children with inborn errors of metabolism is provided through medical and dietary management and enzyme infusion. WCEC staff actively participates in the training of professionals involved in the care of these individuals and is involved in clinical research in both developmental/behavioral pediatrics and genetics. It maintains national, state and local prominence through its many unique programs.
  University of Louisville
  571 South Floyd Street
  Louisville, KY 40202
  Phone: 502-852-5331