Pay It Forward For Autism
Resource and Support Organizations
NOTE: PIFFA does not make endorsements, recommendations, or referrals for any organization, group or individual.  The following list is provided as information only.  The viewer is solely responsible its use.


Area Summer programs NEW    
   Creative Exchange Summer program    
   Camp Firefly    
   NWSRA Day Camp    
   KGH Consultation and Treatment Summer Programs    
       
  Illinois and Area Support Groups     
   Autism Society of America (ASA)    
   Northwest Suburban Chapter (ASA)    
   GRASP (Global and Regional Asperger Partnership)    
   Autism Society of Illinois (ASI)    
   Parent Education and Parent Support for Special Services (PEPS) -- District 57 Mt. Prospect    
   NSSEO Autism Parent Group    
   PASSAGES -- Harper College    
   Northwest Special Education Forum  -- Barrington    
   Monday Morning Series -- NSSED    
       
 State and Local Resources    
   Illinois PUNS Database (Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services)    
  Community Alternatives Unlimited (CAU)    
   Countryside Association    
   ARC of Illinois    
   Family Resource Center on Disabilities (FRCD)    
       
 Recreational organizations    
   Northwest Special Recreation Association (NWSRA)
  • Serving local park district communities of: Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Inverness, Mount Prospect, Palatine, Prospect Heights, River Trails, Rolling Meadows, Salt Creek, Schaumburg, South Barrington, Streamwood, Wheeling 
   
   Buddy Baseball of Buffalo Grove    
   Special Olympics Illinois    
       
 Special Education Cooperatives    
   Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization (NSSEO)
  • Serving local school districts: 21, 23, 25, 57, 59, 211, 214
   
   North Suburban Special Education District (NSSED)
  • Serving local school districts: 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 38, 65, 67, 106, 109, 112, 113, 115, 203, 225
   
 Clinics, service providers and training    
   Creative Exchange Music Therapy     
   Spectrum Training Systems, Inc.    
   KGH Consultation and Treatment     
   Advanced Behavioral Solutions    
   MGB Services, Inc    
       
 Research and Clinical Studies    
                     Alexian Brothers Center for Psychiatric Research    
     Temperament-Based Parent Training for Addressing the Individual Needs of Elementary School- Aged children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Children without a Disability: A Comparison Study.”   Tara Malka, M.A., Ed. M. Columbia University