If you have a child with an intellectual disability and/or emotional disturbance, he/she is entitled to the services of a local Mental Health / Mental Retardation (MH/MR) Center for an independent medical, psychological and educational evaluation to be performed by a state-certified professional at no cost to you. This is a provision of the Pennsylvania Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966 and the Pennsylvania Mental Health Procedures Act of 1976.
Mental Health/Mental Retardation Base Service Unit:
Lehigh County MH/MR Program
Lehigh County Government Center
17 South Seventh Street
Allentown, PA 18101
(610) 782-3500
Local Chapter of the Pennsylvania Assocation of Retarded Citizens:
The ARC of Lehigh & Northampton Counties
2289 Avenue A
Bethlehem, PA 18017
(610) 849-8076
Legal Assistance
Parent Education Network
2101 Industrial Highway
York, PA 18618
(717) 600-0100 (Voice/TTY)
1(800) 522-5827 (Voice/TTY)
1(800) 441-5028 (Spanish)
elc@ele-pa.org
Education Law Center of PA
The Philadelphia Building
1315 Walnut Street, Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19107-4717
(215) 238-6970 (Phone)
(215) 789-2498(TTY)
Education Law Center of PA (PA School Reform Network)
300 North Second Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717) 238-7171 (Phone)
(215) 238-5892 (TTY)
Pennsylvania Bar Association
PO Box 186, Harrisburg, PA 17108
1(800) 932-0311 (Phone)
Other Resources for Parents
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
45 North Fourth Street
Allentown, PA 18102
(610) 821-6441 (Voice)
(610) 821-6144 (TTY)
Bureau of Disability Determination
264 Highland Park Boulevard
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703
(570) 824-8971
Office for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
45 North Fourth Street
Allentown, PA 18102
(610) 821-6111 (TTY)