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MCO Ordered to Provide Services

Kansas Managed Care Organization (MCO), Sunflower, ordered to provide Occupational Therapy services under Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) provision of Medicaid.  Read more.
Not My Kid: What Every Parent Should Know

The questions to ask about whether or not a child may be at risk for suicide can be complicated. This short video for parents asks and answers a few of those questions, but more importantly, demonstrates how to ask those questions - and keep asking - until parents get answers that help them understand whether or not their child is at risk for suicide... and what to do about it. The Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide provides additional resources for parents, schools and students to spread awareness to teen suicide.  
Webinar-Voting Rights and Responsibilities for People with Disabilities
The Right to Vote
This webinar will focus on voting rights for people with disabilities. Jennifer will share more information about the laws that provide access for people with disabilities to vote, the rights that people with disabilities have related to voting, and the ins and outs of registering to vote. Sept. 14, 2016, 11:00 a.m.  Register for this webinar!

Check out this Your Right to Vote Resource from the Disability Rights Center.
Self-Compassion 
Blog

"Self-compassion involves acting the same way towards yourself  when you are having a difficult time, fail, or notice something you  don't like about yourself. Instead of just ignoring your pain with a  stiff upper lip" mentality, you stop to tell yourself "this is really difficult right  now," how can I comfort and care for myself in this moment?" Read more about using self-compassion to overcome empathy  fatigue . 
Special Education vs. Section 504 

Not all students who have disabilities need special education services. There are two laws that address how students who have disabilities needs can be met at school. They are th e  Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. 

Click here for a side-by-side of IEPs and Section 504 Plans to help you understand the differences.
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Upcoming Events
 
Developmental Delays, Autism, & Behavioral Learning Conference

FEAT
Family Employment
Awareness Training
Part 1:  Sept. 17, 2016
Part 2:  Sept. 30, 2016
Salina
 
Spanish Family
Enrichment Weekend
FEW
Oct. 21 & 22, 2016
Salina

Education Advocate Workshop
Nov. 17, 2016
Wichita

 
September 
Awareness Month









Families Together, Inc. is the statewide organization that assists parents and their sons and daughters with disabilities and/or special health care needs. Our program's mission is to encourage, educate, and empower families to be effective advocates for their children.
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Topeka, KS 66614

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