HEALTH -These websites will provide information about topics including: speech-language pathologists, doctors, counselors, therapists, immunizations Speech-Language Pathologists Damarys Rivera Speech-Language Evaluation Portuguese and Spanish 158 Roosevelt Street Fitchburg, MA 01420 driver@framinghma.k12.ma.us Dr. Sachielle Samedi Speech-Language Evaluation Haitian/Creole 617-383-5942 (home) 617-447-1217 (cell) sachiellem@yahoo.com Ell Ho Speech-Language Evaluation Cantonese 617-817-0537 www.asha.org or 1-800-638-8255 -This website will allow you to find a Speech-Language Pathologist or Audiologist that speak different languages These Speech-Language Pathologists provide services in Spanish: Lambropoulos, Katherine M.A 10102 Avalon Drive Bedford, MA 01730 9788550141 Email: katerina1401@hotmail.com Facility Type: School Mode, Deborah M.S. 80 Congress St., Suite 106 Ludlow, MA 01104 413-732-0777 Email: deborahmode@verizon.net Director:
Payment Type: Referral Restrictions: school setting Facility Type: SLP or AUD Office Payment Type: Medicaid,Health Insurance,Credit Card Referral Restrictions: Central Ma Speech, Language & Behavior Specialists 1 East Main Street Northboro, MA 01532 508 523 2027 Director: Stephanie Higgins Facility Type: Speech/language clinic Payment Type: Medicare,Private Health Insurance,Credit Card Banigan, Rae PH.D. 7 Christine Street Palmer, MA 01069 (413) 283-9240 Email: drraebanigan@comcast.net Facility Type: SLP or AUD Office Payment Type:,Health Insurance,Credit Card These Speech-Language Pathologists provide services in Portuguese: Pereira, Helena 140 High Street 2nd Floor Springfield, MA 01105 413-794-1600 option 2 Email: helena.pereira@bhs.org Facility Type: Outpatient Rehab Cntr Payment Type: Health Insurance Referral Restrictions: physician generated referrals The Futures HealthCore 136 William St. Springfield, MA 0110 4137882171 Email: eedwards@futureshealth.com Director: Erin Edwards Facility Type: Rehab Agency Payment Type:,Health Insurance,Credit Card,Reduced www.vaccines.gov 1-800-232-4636
Website that will help you find clinics to receive vaccinations for both if you have health insurance or do not have health insurance. Dentists www.massdental.org 1-800-342-8747 This site will help you to find a dentist Counselors www.masspych.org 781-263-0080 This site will help you to find a counselor
www.bgcenter.com or 1-845-533-4300 Center for Cognitive-Developmental Assessment and Remediation -This agency provides services for internationally adopted children www.disabilityinfo.com Massachusetts Network of Information Providers -This section will provide a list of various services offered and the languages that are spoken Medical Interpreter Services Office of Civil Rights Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits exclusion from services and discrimination on grounds of race, color or national origin. This extends to people with non- English or Limited English Proficiency. The federal Americans with Disabilities Act and Article 114 of the Massachusetts Constitution extend those rights to Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. Massachusetts State Law Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 111, Section 25J and Chapter 123, Section 23 A, state that acute care hospitals must provide adult competent medical interpreters, face to face or over the phone, at no cost to all non English speaking and limited English proficient patients seeking care or treatment in Emergency Departments or acute psychiatry units. Patients have the right to: request a medical interpreter anytime, even if they speak limited English- this should not be decided by hospital staff. Finding ASL Interpreting Services If an individual or an agency is in need of interpreting services for American Sign Language (ASL), Signed English transliteration, spoken English, oral, tactile and close vision interpreting for Deaf and Deaf - Blind individuals, or CART services on behalf of hard of hearing and/or late deafened individuals in a wide variety of settings such as medical, legal, mental health, employment, education and recreational situations in Massachusetts, he/she can contact the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH) at 617-740-1600 (Voice) or 617-740-1700 (TTY) or Toll-free voice:1-800- 882-1155 Toll-free TTY: 1-800- 530-7570. Although there are fulltime staff interpreters employed by MCDHH, the majority of requests are filled by freelance interpreters. All CART requests are filled by freelance CART Providers.
Deaf & Hard of Hearing Interpreting Services Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH) Requests for ASL interpreters are made either directly by Deaf, Deaf-Blind, late deafened, hard of hearing and hearing individuals and/or agencies, organizations, schools, employers, businesses, doctors, hospitals, police departments, and courts. MCDHH Interpreter Service 150 Mt. Vernon Street, Fifth Floor Boston, MA 02125 617-740-1600 (Voice) 800-882-1155 (Toll Free Voice) 617-740-1700 (TTY) 800-530-7570 (Toll Free TTY) 617-740-1880 (Fax) Hours: 8:45 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday - Friday Emergency: For medical, mental health and legal emergencies only, call 1-800-249-9949 TTY/Voice