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Surviving Thanksgiving: Tips for Parents with Children who have Aspergers
Thanksgiving is especially difficult for kids who have Aspergers. They are easily over-stimulated, and their emotions overwhelm them. So it is up to the family members around them to make life a bit easier for these kids. Remember, they are not social people. Crowds and noise overwhelm them. They do not cope well with the hustle and bustle of family get-togethers.
Following these simple guidelines should lead to a much more positive experience for everyone, and will provide your Aspergers youngster with the love, support and confidence to participate fully in this wonderful occasion:
Click here for more tips on surviving Thanksgiving. |
Health Reform Brief: Affordable Care Act Will Increase Coverage
This Kansas Health Institute health reform brief examines how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may affect Kansans with mental illness as well as mental health providers. Through the individual mandate, a potential expansion of Medicaid and other provisions, the ACA will increase the number of people with health insurance.
About 90 percent of the approximately 351,000 Kansans who now lack health insurance could be income-eligible for either the optional expanded Medicaid program or federally subsidized private coverage through the new health insurance exchange. For the rest of the story click here. |
Join Linda Sheppard, the new Special Counsel/Health Policy and Analysis Director for Kansas state insurance commission who will be  speaking at the Shaping a Healthy Future Conference on December 7, 2013. Ms. Sheppard will be sharing important information to families regarding the Affordable Care Act and how it will directly affect Kansans. |
Functionally-Based Curriculum for Teens with Severe Cognitive Impairment
Students with severe autism, severe intellectual disabilities, severe brain damage and other such disabilities often lack the capacity to understand and use traditional educational subject matter to improve any aspect of their life. However, IEP-driven programs for low cognitive, low verbal students continue to overemphasize traditional academics, and under-emphasize functional academics. Over-teaching material that is beyond the cognitive capacity of a child to understand and apply to their lives in a meaningful way, is disrespectful to that child and to their disorder. Alternate curriculum for these students should primarily focus on daily situations, and the people, objects, locations and functions within those situations. For more information Read the rest of this entry. |
Frequently Asked Question
"Should my child's IEP include all the services he needs?"
Yes, the IEP must include all special education services, related services, and supplementary aids and services your child needs, and the school will provide.
The IEP is a written commitment for the delivery of services to meet a student's educational needs. The law requires these services to be based on peer-reviewed research "to the extent practicable."
For more information click here. |
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This Week's
Featured Partner
Located in Topeka, Kansas Youth Empowerment Academy (KYEA)serves youth with disabilities all across the state. The KYEA mission is to educate, mentor, and support youth with disabilities to be contributing members of their community. |
Serving Kansas families and their sons and daughters for more than 30 years.
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 children.
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