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Families Together, Inc.
Educating, Assisting, Supporting, and Informing through this newsletter... A newsletter for and by parents with sons & daughters with disabilities and education advocates. |
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Kansas Department of Health & Environment - Infant - Toddler Services/Tiny-K
Kansas Infant-Toddler Services, Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a statewide program designed to enhance parents' ability to care for their children birth up to three years of age that experience disabilities or developmental delays by providing special services to the child and family. Infant-Toddler Services are provided at no cost to any family who has a child that is eligible. Services are provided through local agencies in the child's natural environment (those places your child would spend time in as part of your family to include home, child care, playgroup, shopping trips, etc.) by highly qualified professionals. A major focus of the Infant-Toddler Services/tiny-k program is that services are family-centered; that is, they emphasize parent choice, a strengths-based perspective, and recognize the family as a unit. Parents are encouraged to be active participants in all aspects of Infant-Toddler Services and may contact local coordinators or staff at the state if questions arise. KDHE Infant-Toddler Services works in partnership with Families Together Inc. to provide assistance to parents and child advocates of infants and toddlers with disabilities in Kansas. more...Page 1 |
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The Finnup Foundation Families Together, Inc. Resource Library
The Garden City Center would like to announce the development and opening of the Finnup Foundation Families Together Resource Library. Each year, Families Together provides, without fees, direct support to more than 12,000 Kansas families. The Finnup Foundation has made it possible to better serve the families of southwest Kansas by providing the grant that was used to develop this resource library. The resource library includes books, dvd's, videos, and cd's in both English and Spanish covering many different types of disabilities and other resources for parents, children and professionals. more...Page 2 |
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Fluoride is Our Teeth's Best Friend
What is fluoride? It is a natural mineral that helps harden our teeth's outer surface - called the enamel. It helps make babies' teeth stronger so they fight off dental decay. It also helps children, teenagers, adults and elders, protect their enamel and resist tooth decay. What are the typical ways to apply fluoride to our teeth? Fluoride in Toothpaste. All toothpaste approved by the American Dental Association contains fluoride. It is safe to apply a very tiny dot of children's fluoride toothpaste to babies' first teeth, especially children who are risk for tooth decay. When we brush daily, fluoride toothpaste reduces decay by 11%. more...Page 3 |
Insight School of Kansas
Insight School of Kansas is an online public high school that is authorized and governed by the Spring Hill, Kansas school district. Insight Schools is a subsidiary of Apollo Group, Inc., operator of University of Phoenix, the nation's largest private, accredited university and the leader in online learning. With eleven schools in ten states and growing, Insight Schools operate the nation's largest national network of full-time, diploma-granting online public high schools. There is no cost - and no age limit in Kansas, so adults as well as teens can enroll. Each of the students is issued a laptop computer, printer/scanner, and all of the materials needed for classes. The students must provide or have access to an Internet connection, and the school does provide a small stipend to help defray Internet costs. Some other benefits of Insight Schools include: 120+ classes ranging from comprehensive classes through dual enrollment with Axia College (University of Phoenix's two year college) , after school clubs, 24/7 live tutoring and technical support, and the support of their teachers and adult iMentor. Insight is also beginning this school year two new programs, iThrive and iExplore. These are internship and mentorship programs designed to help the student explore career options. more...Page 3 |
Family Story
There should have been a parade of red flags waving that beautiful September morning when we walked into the daycare center. Mia and I were ceremoniously welcomed by the director, which was not completely out of the ordinary, but three months had past since we first started taking Mia there and the director seemed especially eager to see us that particular morning. Acknowledging her with a smile, I bypassed her and delivered Mia safely to the nursery. The director followed and seemed to be preoccupied with me so I initiated a simple, "Good morning." She gently touched my elbow and asked for a minute of my time. Red flag. I agreed, not knowing what to expect and followed her to a conference room where we were greeted with stares of concern from five familiar and two not so familiar faces. Again, red flag raised here. more...Page 4 |
Education Advocate Update
Summer break is here and most of the students you serve will have some time off, but don't relax quite yet! Please make sure you receive those final grade cards and progress notes. Ensure your student(s) made adequate progress toward the goals on his or her IEP. If not, the IEP team needs to meet early in the school year to amend the goals. more...Page 7 | |
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A Note From The Director's Desk...
Parents and Education Advocates:
SUMMER! With it's more relaxed schedule and its different activities - IS HERE!
Families Together staff members will be in the office this summer from Monday through Thursday to help you get ready for the next school year. If last school year was great, think about what made it great and work to keep those things in place. If the previous year left a lot to be desired, brainstorm about strategies that might make next year better. The Families Together staff is here to work with you when you are ready. Although, the Kansas Legislative session is over, the people that represent you are in your communities all year long. Make an appointment to visit with them and let them know how their decisions effect your family. The Federal legislators, our congresspersons and senators are in session all during the year. When they are in your district, go visit! If you would like to contact them in Washington, you can call, email or write. They, too, make decision that effect your family. Make sure that they know how you feel about services to children with disabilities in our schools and in our communities. It only takes a minute, and they want to hear from YOU! The new Obama Administration has not included funding for the Family to Family Health Information Centers in the budget for 2010. If your family has a child with special health care needs, you might want to let them know how that would affect the help that you can get from Families Together, Inc. through that program. Finally, help your child or young adult retain their skills this summer: Make learning fun! Connie |
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HomeworkKansas
Kids have homework and omeworkKansas can help. The State Library of Kansas is offering a tested and proven, free tutoring service called HomeworkKansas. more.....Page 8 | |
MTSS ¿Que Es?
En Kansas, nosotros creemos que cada niño debe aprender y alcanzar altos estándares, tanto académicamente y socialmente, esto incluye a todos los estudiantes, incluso los estudiantes con discapacidades. Hay dos leyes federales que han marcado la diferencia de cómo las escuelas entregan y coordinan los servicios para los niños. La primera es el Acta de Educación Elemental y Secundaria (ESEA) llamada la ley "Que Ningún Nino se Quede Atrás" (NCLB). Para el año 2014 esta ley requiere que todos los estudiantes tengan éxito en la habilidad de lectura y Matemáticas, y también que las escuelas tengan un mayor numero de graduados y una tasa mas baja de abandono. La segunda ley influyendo a los distritos y a las escuelas es la reautorización en el ano 2004 del Acta para Educación de Individuos con Discapacidades. (IDEA) En 2004 el concepto de Contestación a la Intervención (RtI) se introdujo en reautorización de IDEA y esto ha influenciado a los distritos en la manera en que identifican y ayudan a los estudiantes con excepcionalidades. more....Page 5 |
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