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Eight Ways to Limit Danger When Your Child Elopes


Follow this mom's story of a nonverbal, teenage son with Autism pertaining to eloping. There are three parts in the series; I highly encourage you to check them out. She tells their story and gives suggestions for making our children safer.

Preemies and the RSV Risk 


"You can never prepare enough for this season," comments Deb Discenza,
co-Founder of PreemieWorld, LLC." 

Our handout provides some nice tips not only for home but also for when you are
also out and about such at the doctor's office. This is the list I would have
wanted for those first few years."    Click here to read more 
Health Homes in KanCare
 
Beginning July 2014, adults and children in the KanCare program, with certain chronic conditions such as serious mental illness or diabetes, will have the option of being served by a health home.  The health home is not a building; it is a model of health care provision that focuses on intensive coordinated and integrated care.  Through a partnership between a KanCare MCO and another provider, the health home, is jointly responsible for providing six core health home services.  This presentation will detail how health homes will be organized within the KanCare program and provide other explanatory information about health homes initiative.

How to Help Your Child Manage Time and Understand Expectations  

 
Time is an unclear measure for children. It is very common for a parent to feel
frustrated with a child when he has not done what he was asked to do (e.g., pick up toys, put on shoes, finish snack) even after he has been given a five-minute warning. 
 
However, it is important for parents to know that there is little difference between five minutes and an hour to young children because of the way they experience time. Children live in the moment and the future is difficult for them to measure. When parents use time (rather than events such as "when
I get to the top of the stairs") to communicate what they expect the child to do, it can lead to the child feeling confused and frustrated, and ultimately, the child expressing his emotions through a tantrum.
You Can Help Families Together

Bring your family and friends to join the fun at our
3rd Annual Holiday Extravaganza, 
Saturday, November 16, 2013 in Garden City, KS.  
 
Kids visit with Santa, Mom and Dad can get in some holiday and special events shopping with our Silent Auction, Giveaways, and Vendors (Scentsy, Celebrating Home, Penelope Ann, Usborne Books & More, Avon, C'gio Apparel, Nerium Skin Care Products, Bev's Corner (Homemade goods including gluten free products), Silpada Jewelry, Tonja's Toffee, Origami Owl, Not Your Mom's Cake Pops,
Mary Kay, Tamale Stand, Classy Look Salon (Hair Extensions)

 
Donate to Families Together, Inc. for a chance to win
Grand Prize:  Apple iPad2 with WiFi 16 GB
1st Prize:   $100 Certificate to use at Frank's Computer Shop
2nd Prize:  $100 Staples Easy Button Certificate
  Tickets are $5 for one or $20 for 5.  Contact the Garden City Parent Center of Families Together, Inc. at 620-276-6364 or 1-888-820-6364 or [email protected] or online.

When you're finished shopping, get lunch, sit and enjoy our live entertainment and
fashion shows: children at 10:30 am and adults at 1:00 pm.

All proceeds will go to Families Together, Inc.  Help us help Kansas families.

To help, contact the   Garden City Parent Center at 620-276-6364 or 1-888-820-6364.

Frequently Asked Question

"Do I have a right to write on my child's IEP?"

There is no legal or commonsense reason why a parent or any other IEP team member cannot write on a child's IEP. People write on legal documents all the time - to amend, change terms, to provide additional information. Click here for more information.

Contact Us

All toll free numbers are for Kansas parents & education advocates.

 

Garden City Parent Center

(620) 276-6364 or (888) 820-6364
(913) 287-1970 or (877) 499-5369
(800) 499-9443
Topeka Parent Center                        

(785) 233-4777 or (800) 264-6343   

Wichita Administrative Center

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

Wichita Parent Center                

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

 

www.familiestogetherinc.org 


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Upcoming Events

 

 Education Advocate Training  

November 14, 2013

Wichita 

 

Holiday Extravaganza

November 16, 2013

  Garden City

 

Shaping a Healthy 

Future: Health Team Empowerment Conference

December 7, 2013

Wichita 

 

Family Enrichment Weekend

February 14th-15th, 2014

 Garden City 


March 1, 2014

Wichita 

 

Family Enrichment Weekend

April 25-26, 2014

This Week's
Featured Partner
   


   

Educational Talent Search 

Our Mission is to "engage, educate & empower students to visualize their successful future".

What is Educational Talent Search?

Educational Talent Search is a free program sponsored by Garden City Community College through a U.S. Department of Education grant. The program is designed to encourage participants to remain in school, earn their high school diplomas and pursue post-secondary education. Talent Search at GCCC is open to eligible Finney County residents at the 6th-12th grade levels, including students.
30 Years 

 

 

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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