Children with hemiplegia due to pediatric stroke or other causes frequently need information on therapies, education, medical resources, finances, and support systems. We hope you’ll find the following Virginia links helpful.
Dept of Medical Assistance Services – medicaid info, process and links
Infants & Toddlers Connection of VA – services for children from birth to age 5
VA Dept of Education – Special Education
We recommend Googling your County School website for more localized info.
Brain Injury Association of VA – deals more with traumatic brain injury, but good info available
Children Hospital of Richmond (now merged with VCU Health System) offers therapies, feeding program, CP Clinic, Spasticity Clinic, Dental program, psych and neuropsych services, Assistive Tech services, Motion Analysis Lab, etc.
The ARC of VA – formerly Association of Retarded Citizens – sponsor great medicaid workshops
Thank you to CHASA Volunteer Barbara Hadley for providing this information! We love our volunteers!
