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You Can Make a Difference!

Find out how you can lead the way at one of our Step by Step Walks.

Oct 1: Step By Step Walk in Shawnee

Oct 8: Step By Step Walk in Wichita

Contact Michael for more information.

Child Find and IDEA

Child Find is a component of IDEA that requires states to identify, locate, and evaluate all children with disabilities, aged birth to 21, who are in need of early intervention or special education services.

Finding Solutions Conference

Feature Speaker: Sue Ellen Fried, nationally renowned antibullying advocate.

Saturday, November 12

Holiday Inn

529 S. Rock Rd.

Wichita

Contact: wichita@familiestogetherinc.org or (316) 945-7747

KSU Hosts Special Needs Cheer Team

Qualifications: Participants need to have some type of disability however, there is no age limit.

First Practice: Oct. 12 - 7-8 p.m. Practice will held at the KSU football indoor practice facility located south of Bramlage. There is not a fee.

Performances: October 26 & Nov. 9 at KSU volleyball games (participants need to attend a practice to perform). Coach Dani Ruoff plans to take a team to the National Cheer competition in Kansas City in March!

For more information, contact SueAnn Wanklyn, 785-799-4531 or e-mail swanklyn@yahoo.com

Resources

Finding Help for Young Children with Disabilities (Birth-5)

This Parent's Guide is designed to help families obtain help for young children with special needs. The guide answers commonly asked questions about early intervention services, related services, and identifies early intervention policies and contacts.

CDC Looking for Information Regarding Experiences with Flu

Families Together is partnering with Family Voices, Inc. and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to learn more from families about their experiences with the flu and the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. To help with this project we ask that families complete a brief survey.

Your knowledge, opinion, and experiences are very important and will help CDC in their work to improve the health and well-being of all children with special healthcare needs. Your responses will remain anonymous.

English

Spanish

More information about this survey

Contact Us

Families Together, Inc.

Topeka Center

(785) 233-4777 or (800) 264-6343

Garden City Center

(620) 276-6364 or (888) 820-6364

Kansas City Center

(913) 287-1970 or (877) 499-5369

Wichita Center

(316) 945-7747 or (888) 815-6364

Statewide Spanish parent line

(800) 499-9443

Wichita Administrative Center

(316) 945-7747 or (888) 815-6364

All toll free numbers for Kansas parents & education advocates

www.familiestogetherinc.org

Who are We?

Families Together, Inc. is the statewide organization that assists parents and their sons and daughters with disabilities. Our program's mission 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.

Family Employment Awarness Trainings

Salina

Part 1: Oct. 21
Part 2: Oct. 22

Overland Park

Part 1: Nov. 11
Part 2: Nov. 12

Education Advocate Training

Overland Park

Indian Creek Technology Center

Sept. 27

Team Empowerment Conference

Focus on IEPs

Manhattan