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Dyslexia and ADHD Make Kids Hate Reading, Right? | |
Wrong! Award-winning author Rick Riordan shares how he helped his ADHD/dyslexic son love reading - and offers 4 crucial tips for even the most frustrated parent.
What does it really feel like to grow up with dyslexia and ADHD? Andrew's journal, a chronicle from second grade through high school, explores everything from reading struggles to finding friends. |
| Kansas Seclusion and Restraint Guidelines to be Reviewed | |
The Special Education Advisory Council and the Kansas State Board of Education will be revisiting the issues of Seclusion and Restraint of children with disabilities in schools after the first of the year. Families Together and the Disability Rights Center will be working to provide input into the process of evaluating the "non-binding guidelines" passed by the Board in 2007.
Do you have stories of how these guidelines or the use of seclusion rooms or restraint have impacted the education of your son or daughter? Do you know of districts who are providing appropriate supports for behaviorial supports. Please share your stories by calling the Disability Rights Center (1-877-776-1541) or Families Together (1-800-264-6343) . You may also contact Families Together by email: contactus@familiestogetherinc.org |
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| Together WE Can Learn Conference | |
Feb. 26, 2011
Topeka, KS CHECK IT OUT: New Conference Preview!
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
- Planning for Your Child with Special Needs
- Understanding Tests and Evaluations of Learning: How Specific Learning Disabilities Are Evaluated in Schools and by Independent Evaluators
- The Journey to Adulthood: What Parents Need to Know (Sexuality)
- Positive Behavior Support Extravaganza
- Understanding Processing Deficits
- Medical Home = Medical Team
- Technical Assistance System Network (TASN)
On-line Registration
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| Coordination of Rare Diseases at Sanford (CoRDS) Registry | |
Attention Parents - Please Consider Participating in This Important National Registry Conducted by Sanford Research, Sioux Falls Coordination of Rare Diseases at Sanford (CoRDS) Registry. The CoRDS registry is a national disease registry being developed to include multiple and ultimately all rare genetic diseases. The CoRDS registry is headquartered at Sanford Research in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and is supervised by Principal Investigator Dr. David Pearce, PhD. and Dr. Chun-Hung Chan, PhD. The CoRDS registry has received approval from the Sanford Institutional Review Board (IRB) and is compliant with all HIPAA standards.
Purpose: By establishing a central registry of persons with a confirmed diagnosis of any rare disease, we hope to accelerate research by providing a resource for the identification of individuals interested in participating in future research studies.
Process of Enrollment: After emailing a best time and number at which to reach you to Cords@sanfordhealth.org, CoRDS personnel will contact you to visit about the registry in more detail and will gather your mailing information to mail you a consent form and a brief questionnaire. Once you complete and return these two documents to CoRDS personnel, your information will be entered into the CoRDS registry.
For more information on the CoRDS registry, please visit our website: http://sanfordresearch.org/CoRDS
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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. |
| Help a Kid | |
Education Advocate Training
Topeka
January 27, 2010
The Education Advocate program serves more than 800 children with exceptionalties in Kansas whose parents are unknown or unavailable. We are in need of trained education advocates to act as the parent in special education processes for them.
The five hour course includes the special education law, discipline and education advocate training and is required to serve. | |
| Inclusion Award | |
There are many Kansas parents, educators and community members who understand that given supports and services, individuals who have disabilities are valued and contributing members of our families, schools and communities. We invite you to nominate an individual who helps families and communities to maximize the abilities of children with disabilities for our annual Inclusion Award.
NOTE: Please send in a photo of the nominee for possible use in our conference brochure.
DEADLINE: Nominations must be received by the Topeka Center of Families Together by noon, January 26, 2011.
Families Together reserves the right to publish the nominations or any portion or edited form thereof.
For more information contact our Topeka Center. |
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Join Us! | |
Education Advocate Training
Topeka
January 27, 2011
Together We Can Learn Conference
Topeka
February 26, 2011
TEC Conference
Pittsburg
TBD
Family Enrichment Weekend
Great Bend
February 11-12, 2011
Family Enrichment Weekend
Topeka
April 8-9, 2011
TEC Conference
Wichita
March 12, 2011
TEC Conference
Garden City
April 2, 2011
February 11-12, 2011 | | *see center information |
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