Living
with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Presented
by Dianne O'Connor
NYS Citizens' Coalition for Children, Inc.
13th Annual Statewide Adoption Training Conference
Adoption 2002: Linking Promises to Possibilities
May 10, 2002 • Albany New York
FAS SERVICE RESOURCES IN NEW YORK STATE
Diagnosis & TreatmentFAS Screening: & Evaluation Project
Division of Genetics, Children's Hospital of Buffalo
936 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14209
Contact Person: Kathy Parkhurst
(716) 878~7S32
Division of Pediatric Genetics
University of Rochester School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Box 777 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642
(716) 275-3304
Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities
University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 671 Rochester, New York 14642
(716) 275-0355
St. Catherine's Fetal Alcohol Program
130 Ontario Street, Albany, NY 12106
Contact Person: Lori Clune, CSW
(518) 463-3730 ext.234 Fax: (518) 463-3730
Child Neurology & Neurogenetics, Mid-Hudson Family Health Institute
Joseph J, Higgins, MD, Westchester Medical Center
279 Main St., New Paltz,
Contact Person: Jeanette Diers
(845) 255-3046 Fax: (845~255-3089)
Appointments: (845) 255-2930 (Tuesday & Wednesday)
Hyde Park (845) 299-1020 (Monday ~ Thursday)
Temporary Email. Higgens@albany.net
Support Groups
Buffalo
Pregnancy Risk Network
976 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14209
Contact: Sandra Gangell
(800) 724 -2454
Email: Sandi@buffnet.net
Jamestown
Resource Center, 3re Floor Classroom
75 Jones & Gifford Avenue, Jamestown, NY 14709
(716) 664-3608
Rochester
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
2000 Highland Avenue Rochester, New York 14618
Contact: Tim and Cindy Whitcomb
(716) 924~2444
Email tctwhit@juno.com
FAS Questions and Other Referrals
New York State
New York State Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services (OASAS)
Bureau of Clinical Resources, Women, Children, Unit
14S0 Western Avenue, Albany, New York 12203-3526
Contact: Margo B. Matzdorf
Number: (518) 485-2156
Western New York and Monroe County
Pregnancy Risk Network of People, Inc.
976 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, NY 14209
Contact: Sandra Gangell (800) 724-2454
Email: Sandi@buffnet.net
Essex County
North County Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse
P.O. Box 145 Elizabethtown, NY 12932
Contact: Jessica Darney
(Sl8) 873-3261 Fax: (S18) 873-3263
Franklin County
North County Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse
P.O. Box 173, Malone, NY 12953
Contact: Sandra Jacob Number: (518) 483-8868 Fax: (518) 483-8869
6/20/02