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National Bullying Awareness Month

"The culture of bullying won't end until people across the country take action and show children and teens that they care," says Julie Hertzog, director of PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center, which sponsors the month. 

 

"This is a very real and painful issue that kids are facing," Hertzog says. "But they don't have to face it alone, and bullying can be prevented if we all work together to change the culture."

Teens Against Bullying

Kids Against Bullying

KSDE Bullying Awareness Week Oct. 3-9

Conference Keynote Focuses on Bullying

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

  

Finding Solutions Conference

Saturday, November 12

Holiday Inn

529 S. Rock Rd.

Wichita

Contact: [email protected] or

(316) 945-7747

Register on line.

Disability Employment Resources

Customized Employment videos for employers, youth, and the general audience. The videos highlight the benefits of Customized Employment, an employment strategy which matches the skills and preferences of the individual with the specific business needs of the employer.

 

Real People, Real Jobs: Features stories of people with developmental disabilities in community employment and the strategies that were used to help them find and keep these jobs.

 

Want more information on employment resources and options for youth/young adults who have disabilities? Attend one a Family Employment Awareness Trainings.

 

Salina - Part 1: Oct. 21 and Part 2: Oct. 22

Overland Park - Part 1: Nov. 11 and Part 2: Nov. 12

Garden City - Part 1: Dec. 2 and Part 2: Dec. 3

Young Life Capernaum?

A youth ministry club especially for middle school, high school, and college aged individuals with disabilities. It's new to Lawrence and meets once a month at Corpus Christi Church. The club consists of fun, games, snacks, and a message that pertains specifically to teens and young adults with special needs. Lawrencecapernaum.youngLife.org

National Child Health Day: Oct. 3

This year's theme is Helping Children Lead Healthy Lives.  A web site was created at  to feature important resources that assist families in finding health care services.  Resources featured on the web site include the 311 Prenatal Hotline, Insure Kids Now, Family-to-Family Health Information Centers, Text 4 Baby, Find a Health Center Locator and the Maternal and Child Health Program. 
 

Young Life Capernaum?

A youth ministry club especially for middle school, high school, and college aged individuals with disabilities. It's new to Lawrence and meets once a month at Corpus Christi Church. The club consists of fun, games, snacks, and a message that pertains specifically to teens and young adults with special needs. Lawrencecapernaum.youngLife.org

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.

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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

 

Garden City

Part 1: Dec. 2

Part 2: Dec. 3

 

Printable Flyer

 

Education Advocate Training

 

Pittsburg

Tuesday, Nov. 15

 

 Team Empowerment Conference

 

Focus on IEPs

Manhattan

KSU Student Union

Oct. 15 

 

Conferences & Events

 

Oct. 13-15 - Kansas City, Mo -Division of Career Development and Transition International Conference

 

 

Oct. 14-15 -Wichita- Dyslexia & Literacy...The Fundamentals, Symptoms to Solutions - call (316) 684-7323

 

Oct. 15 - Manhattan - Focus on IEPs Conference - on-line registration

 

Nov. 5 - Garden City - Health Summit

 

Nov. 5 - Overland Park -Reaching All Learners Conference

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