Nevada PEP – https://nvpep.org/ – Nevada PEP is a statewide organization serving families of children and youth with disabilities and behavioral health needs from birth to 26 and their service providers. We offer a variety of training workshops on special education, mental health care, and disability related topics.
Autism Coalition of Nevada – http://www.aconv.org/ – The Autism Coalition of Nevada is dedicated to helping children, youth and their families who struggle with Autism by providing advocacy at the Nevada State Legislature, financial assistance to facilitate early diagnosis and therapeutic interventions, treatment, support services, and medical care, and to raise awareness about Autism by providing community educational training and services.
Nevada Early Intervention Services (NEIS) – https://adsd.nv.gov/Programs/InfantsToddlers/Infants_Toddlers – Nevada Early Intervention Services (NEIS) programs are available to families with children under the age of three (3) who meet Nevada’s eligibility requirements. Early Intervention services are provided in natural environments, including home, playgroup and community settings. Families join together with NEIS staff to develop an Individualized Family Services Plan with outcomes that draw on the family’s priorities and concerns.
Nevada 211 – https://www.nevada211.org/ Nevada Care Connections Resource Center – Assistance for older adults, people with disabilities, and family caregivers to services they need.
Nevada Department of Health and Human Services Aging and Disability Services Division – https://adsd.nv.gov/Programs/Autism/ATAP/ATAP/ – Autism Treatment Assistance Program (ATAP) – Nevada’s Autism Treatment Assistance Program (ATAP) was created to assist parents and caregivers with the expensive cost of providing Autism-specific treatments to their child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). ATAP is a statewide program that provides temporary assistance and funding to pay for evidenced-based treatment for children on the Autism Spectrum, who are under the age of 20 and are diagnosed as a person with Autism Spectrum Disorder by a physician, psychologist, child/adolescent psychiatrist, pediatric neurologist, or other qualified professional. ATAP provides a monthly allotment to providers for on-going treatment development, supervision and a limited amount of weekly intervention hours based upon a child’s individual treatment plan, age, and income