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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Cancer affects only about 14 of every 100,000 children in the United States each year. Among all age groups, the most common childhood cancers are leukemia, lymphoma, and brain cancer. As kids enter the teen years, there is an increase in the incidence of osteosarcoma (bone cancer).
"A Boy Named Finn,"a 12-minute video available on YouTube, is a gentle overview of cancer and common treatment experiences created for younger children. The show fills a need by providing high-quality programming about a difficult subject.
Finn's story, featuring puppetry, animation, and live action, was produced by KidsHealth.org and Little Airplane Productions, creators of "Wonder Pets!" and other award-winning shows for preschoolers.
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How to Tell If Your School is Serious About Inclusion
 Inclusion is the big buzzword for students in special education, and many schools have embraced the concept and brought students out of self-contained classes and into mainstream classes where every type of learner is valued.
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Tips for Taking Care of Yourself 
Raising a child with a disability and/or special health care needs can be overwhelming. If you are not careful, special education can consume your life. Many parents drive themselves until they are exhausted and burned out.
Pace yourself. Listen to tapes about time management. Use a schedule to gain control of your life. Spend time with friends or family to re-charge your batteries and regain a healthy perspective. |
KanCare Educational Activities for Intellectual and Developmental Disability HCBS Inclusion
This month, the State of Kansas will begin a series of educational meetings focused on informing stakeholders in the Intellectual and Developmental Disability Home and Community Based Service waiver. Consumers and their families and friends, targeted case managers, and services providers are all urged to attend.
This educational tour will be dedicated to helping KanCare members and providers of long-term intellectual and developmental disability services with questions they have regarding the upcoming full inclusion into KanCare on January 1, 2014. Representatives of the three KanCare Managed Care Organization (MCOs) will be in attendance.
Meeting locations are:
- September 23, 2013 Hays, Kansas:
- Robbins Center, Fort Hays State University: One Tiger Place, Hays, Kansas
- Providers: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Consumers: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- September 24, 2013 Wichita, Kansas:
- WSU Metroplex: 5015 E. 29th Street N., Wichita, KS
- Providers: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Consumers: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- September 25, 2013 Parsons, Kansas:
- Parsons High School: 3030 Morton Ave, Parsons, KS
- Providers: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Consumers: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- September 26, 2013 Olathe, Kansas:
- Olathe City Hall: 100 E Santa Fe St, Olathe, KS
- Providers: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Consumers: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Any person with a disability may request accommodations, such as Braille or an interpreter, in order to participate in a meeting; however, transportation is not provided. Requests for this accommodation should be made by noon September 17, 2013, by emailing KanCare or by calling Rita Haverkamp at (785) 296-5107.
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Frequently Asked Question
"What is mediation?"
IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) encourages parents and schools to use mediation to resolve their disputes. When done properly, mediation can be an excellent way to resolve conflict. Properly done, mediation helps people communicate. Mediation helps both sides discuss the situation openly and honestly, with the objective of helping the parties come up with a fair acceptable solution to their problem.
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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
(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
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Education Advocate Training
September 26, 2013
Overland Park
Click here for more information!
September 28, 2013
Transition Team Empowerment Conference
September 28, 2013
Garden City
Spanish Family Enrichment Weekend
October 11th-12th, 2013
Salina
Family Employment Awareness Week
(FEAT)
October 18th-19th 2013
Topeka
Education Advocate Training
October 29, 2013
Topeka
Transition Team Empowerment Conference
November 8, 2013
Kansas City
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-16th, 2014
Garden City
February 28 - March 1, 2014
Wichita
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Featured Partner
Catholic Charities:
Marriages for Keeps
Strong families make strong communities. Strong marriages make strong families. As part of Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas' Family Strengthening pillar of service, Marriage for Keeps is a program dedicated to helping couples sustain healthy marriages, raise happier children and create stronger families.
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Serving Kansas families and their sons and daughters with disabilities 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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