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Missouri School for the Blind

Address: 3815 Magnolia Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: (314) 776-4320 Fax: (314) 7761875 Email: info@msb.dese.mo.gov Website: http://msb.dese.mo.gov/

  "Missouri School for the Blind offers educational and outreach services for legally blind Missouri children from birth through age 21 and their families.   MSB is operated by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education of the State of Missouri… Read More

Missouri Council of the Blind

Address: 5453 Chippewa
St. Louis, MO 63109
Phone: (314) 832-7172 Fax: (314) 8327796 Email: chris@moblind.org Website: http://moblind.org/

Chris Gray – Executive Director   "Organized in 1956, Missouri Council of the Blind (MCB) is the state of Missouri's largest consumer based assistance organization. MCB and its affiliates are active members of the American Council of the Blind. With the… Read More

St. Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired (SLSBVI)

Address: 8770 Manchester Road
Brentwood, MO 63144
Phone: (314) 968-9000 Fax: (314) 9689003 Website: http://www.slsbvi.org

  "St. Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired enhances independence, empowers individuals and enriches the lives of people who are blind or visually impaired and their families. Caring, qualified staff provide specialized vision rehabilitation… Read More

Wolfner Talking Book and Braille Library

Address: PO Box 387
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0387
Phone: (573) 751-8720 Fax: (573) 5262985 Email: wolfner@sos.mo.gov Website: http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner

Missouri State Library   "Wolfner Library is a free library service for Missourians who are unable to use standard print materials due to a visual or physical disability. Materials are mailed to and from library patrons at their homes, postage paid. There… Read More

Missouri Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Jeanne Loyd, Assistant Commissioner   "If you want to work but have a disability that keeps you from finding or keeping a job, Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) may be able to help you. VR specializes in employment… Read More

Missouri Career Education – Special Needs

Address: 205 Jefferson Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Phone: (573) 751-2660 Email: dennis.harden@dese.mo.gov Website: https://dese.mo.gov/college-career-readiness/career-education

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Dennis Harden – Coordinator   "During the 2010-11 school year, 252,708 Missouri high school students and adults took part in career education training programs in public high schools, area career centers… Read More

Missouri Division of Youth Services

Address: 3418 Knipp, Suite A-1,, PO Box 447
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0447
Phone: (573) 751-3324 Fax: (573) 5264494 Email: AskDYS@dss.mo.gov Website: http://dss.mo.gov/dys/

Missouri Department of Social Services Tim Decker, Director   " The Division of Youth Services (DYS) is the state agency charged with the care and treatment of delinquent youth committed to its custody by one of the 45 Missouri juvenile courts. DYS programs… Read More

Butte Special Riders

Address: 1179 Beacon Road
Butte, MT 59701
Phone: (406) 494-2612 Email: joanikissock@gmail.com Website: http://www.kissockhorsecenter.com/BSR/bsr.asp

In 1988, the idea of the Butte Special Riders was formulated. Jim and Joani's daughter, Britt, had spent time helping handicapped children through hippo therapy with the horse branch of her 4-H club. This gave the Kissocks and their friends the inspiration… Read More

Bitterroot Therapeutic Riding – Sky High Arena

Address: 605 Popham Lane
Corvalis, MT 59828
Phone: (406) 880-6599 Fax: (406) 9612999 Email: btr@bitterrootriding.org Website: http://www.bitterrootriding.org/

Horses and people have nearly identical strides. We have the same number of steps per minute, stride lengths and the same hip rotation while walking. These similarities allow the horse to facilitate the motion of the human stride for our riders. The benefits… Read More

Shooting Star Ranch Therapeutic Riding Program

Address: 321 Hairpin Lane
Darby, MT 59829
Phone: (406) 381-0540 Email: diane@nevadajoe.net Website: http://www.nevadajoe.net/riding.html

Shooting Star Ranch Therapeutic Riding Program provides an equine assisted therapy program designed to benefit children and adults with special needs. Individuals experience physical, psychological and educational benefits when astride a horse. Riding… Read More

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