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Inclusive Schools Week
December 6-10 | |
Since its inception in 2001, Inclusive Schools Week has celebrated the progress that schools have made in providing a supportive and quality education to an increasingly diverse student population, including students who are marginalized due to disability, gender, socio-economic status, cultural heritage, language preference and other factors. The Week also provides an important opportunity for educators, students and parents to discuss what needs to be done in order to ensure that their schools continue to improve their ability to successfully educate all children.
http://www.inclusiveschools.org/week2010
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| Celebrating 35 Years of IDEA Video | |
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is the legislative foundation for all services that students with disabilities receive in schools today. At the 35th anniversary of its passage, this video takes a look back to what the conditions were like before IDEA, and how its passage has changed the educational landscape for students with disabilities today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUn6luZQaXE
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Celebrates 35 Years of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act |
| Wichita Thunder Hockey - Families Together Night | Friday, December 17th
Intrust Bank Arena
7:05 pm
Families Together will receive a $5 donation from Wichita Thunder Hockey for every $15 ticket (usually $20) we sell, and a $3 donation for every $12 ticket (usually $17) we sell. Plus, get to participate in the Chuck A Puck contest and win great prizes from local sponsors! To pay by credit card, email Jocelyn Forshee at jforshee@wichitathunder.com For details, call Jocelyn at 316-264-4625 or Michael at 316-945-7747. Thank you for supporting Families Together! |
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| Holiday Shopping for a Kid with a Disability?...Think Again! | According to Julie Brinkhoff of Great Plains Center at the University of Missouri's School of Health Professions, "You aren't buying a toy for a kid with a disability; you are buying a toy for a kid, the holidays are times to get what they want, not times to get a toy that will 'fix' them."
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/44591/ |
| IPAD Funding | | The HollyRod Foundation (Holly and Rodney Peete former NFL Quarterback) is giving away iPads to kids on the autism spectrum who are non-verbal. Applications are reviewed in the order received so the sooner the better, deadline is December 31. http://www.hollyrod.org/#/holiday-2010/4545650338 |
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| Who Are We? | |
Families Together, Inc. is the statewide organization that assists parents and their sons and daughters with disabilities. Our program's missions is to encourage, educate, and empower families to be effective advocates for their own children.
Families Together, Inc. is dedicated to a society that includes and values all people. We offer families the security of belonging to a support network of other parents that face similar goals, challenges and needs. |
| Together WE Can Learn Conference | |
Feb. 26, 2011
Topeka, KS
Keynotes
John Magg, University of Nebraska at Lincoln - Controlling Your Emotions and Behavior Regardless of How Disagreeably Others Treat You
Colleen Riley, Directorof Student Support Service, Kansas State Department of Education - Systems Change using Multi -Tier System of Supports
Breakout Sessions
AT as IT: Parents + Professionals = Integration, Sean J Smith, Associate Professor of Special Education, University of Kansas.
Planning for Your Child with Special Needs, Scott Adams, Founder, Principal Special Needs Planning Centers
Understanding Tests and Evaluations of Learning: How Specific Learning Disabilities Are Evaluated in Schools and by Independent Evaluators, Julia Shaftel,
Special Education Coordinator, Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation, University of Kansas
The Journey to Adulthood: What Parents Need to Know (Sexuality), Lesli Girard and Tami Schwindt, Families Together, Inc.
Positive Behavior Support Extravaganza 2.0, Matt J. Enyart
Understanding Processing Deficits, Andrea L. Stevenson Crisp, Ed.S., USD 232, School Psychologist
Medical Home = Medical Team, Cassie Cafferty and Kayzy Bigler, Families Together, Inc. Technical Assistance System Network (TASN), Jean Ann Summers, Ph.D and Kathleen Kyzar, Ph.D., Project Success Kansas at the University of Kansas, and Connie Zienkewicz, Families Together, Inc. , Research Assistant, Kansas Institute for Positive Behavior Support within the Life Span Institute, University of Kansas
More Information
On-line Registration |
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