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Summer Camp Scholarship Program | |
Autism Speaks, North America's largest autism science and advocacy organization, announces its second annual Autism Speaks Baker Summer Camp Program, which will offer up to $3000 in funds to eligible camps to go towards scholarships for financially disadvantaged children with autism.
Camps providing a summer camp program to individuals with autism who are financially disadvantaged are encouraged to apply for a Camp Scholarship Fund through the Autism Speaks Baker Summer Camp Program. Applications will be accepted from now through March 1, 2011. Eligible camps will identify qualified campers and offer up to $3000 in scholarship funds for campers with autism to attend a summer camp.
For additional information about the Autism Speaks Baker Summer Camp Program,
please CLICK HERE
For information on choosing a summer camp for an individual with autism, visit
Autism Speaks Community Connections webpage |
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Together WE Can Learn Conference | |
Feb. 26, 2011
Topeka, KS
CHECK IT OUT: Conference Preview!
HAVE YOU REGISTERED?
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
More Information
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"Take Me Home" | |
The Johnson County Sheriff's Office is pleased to announce the Take Me Home program for adults and children who are non-verbal or verbally impaired due to a developmental disability or other cognitive impairment! The Take Me Home program is a database maintained by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office Communications Division and is only accessible to law enforcement personnel. The system includes a picture, disability, physical description and emergency contact information for all registered individuals. If a person in the Take Me Home program is encountered alone by a police officer, or is reported missing, the officer can access the database by the person's name or description to locate their enrollment record. With this information at hand, the officer can appropriately assist the person.This is a FREE service offered to developmentally and cognitively disabled citizens who live in cities that are dispatched by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office.
Registration dates:
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 from 3:00-7:00 p.m. at the Johnson County Administration building, 111 S. Cherry St. Olathe, KS room #201.
Thursday, February 10, 2011 from 3:00-7:00 p.m. at the Johnson County Northeast offices, 6000 Lamar Mission, KS conference room B.
alison.anderson@jocogov.org |
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| Math Resource | |
Families Together Inc. is a partner in the Technical Assistance System Network (TASN).
TASN is a coordinated system of technical assistance (TA) that is designed to improve Kansas special education data. The goal is to effectively support districts to improve student outcomes. As part of TASN, Families Together, Inc. is doing research to find resources that will be helpful to students and their parents. We need your help in doing this. We have found many web sites that provide assistance in math and reading, but we need to know if these web sites are really helpful. We would like for your child and family to try the web site listed below out and then send feedback to teresa@familiestogetherinc.org and let us know what you think. Your input is very vital to this project. Thanks! www.math.com |
| "Wandering Prevention & Safety" | |
Meeting to focus on wandering prevention and safety for those who have cognitive, pervasive and developmental disorders that impairs the persons ability to recognize dangerous situations such as: Autism, Down Syndrome, Alzheimer's...
February 19, 2011
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Central Community Church
6100 West Maple St.
Wichita
shiela.medlam@masonalert.org |
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10 Strategies to Fight Mandatory Retention | |
Schools often use a "wait to fail" approach to retain students who cannot read, blaming the problem on "immaturity."
The school's solution to this problem is to retain a child while they continue to do the same thing with him, waiting for a different outcome.
If your child could have learned to read with the type and level of instruction he is currently receiving, he would have already learned to read. How will retention help? wrightslaw
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| Resource for Newly Diagnosed | |
Epilepsy - http://doodle.com/c5ba2qummscardkn |
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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. |
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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
Family Enrichment Weekend (888) 820-6364
Great Bend
February 11-12, 2011
Journey to Adulthood What Every Parent Should Know: Sexuality Workshop
(888) 820-6364
Great Bend
February 11, 2011
Together We Can Learn Conference
Topeka
February 26, 2011
TEC Conference
Behavior Conference
Pittsburg
March 5, 2011
TEC Conference
Wichita
March 12, 2011
TEC Conference
Garden City
April 2, 2011
Family Enrichment Weekend (waiting list)
Topeka
April 8-9, 2011
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Celebrate 35 Years | | |
Thirty-five years ago Least Restrictive Environment was added to the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (today known as IDEA) emphasizing the importance of integrating special education students with general education students. Join parents, professionals and others who care for and about students who have disabilities February 26, in Topeka. At the Together We Can Learn Conference, you will have the opportunity to network and learn cutting edge strategies and resources.
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