Disability Resources This is a forum for parents, family members is a nationwide drug prevention education program aimed at 2004 Disability Resource Directory Manhattan, kansas USA. http://www.kansas.net/~cbaslock/olc_d1.html
Extractions: School Readiness We invest in efforts to improve the quality of early education programs through professional development of early education teachers and improving overall quality of center- and home-based programs through national accreditation efforts. We are working to increase the accountability of early education programs through research in order to track school readiness indicators among children entering kindergarten We are pursuing strategies to build the public will and to advocate for the financing and sustainability of quality programs. The Collaborative's purpose is to design and implement strategic public education strategies aimed at creating the public will in each of the target states to expand both the supply and the quality of early care and education resources. Further, the Collaborative will share "lessons learned" on this unique partnership with the broader child care community. The Fern Webster Professional Development Fund has four components: individual scholarships for early education teachers pursuing a degree; a Higher Education Consortium designed to ease the transfer of college credits among higher education institutions; a Center Director's Institute to provide professional development for directors of child care centers; and funds to advocate for greater support of early education programs.
Extractions: To support the Coalition for Community Collaboration, an interactive network collaborating with diverse organizations that links human resources, shares information systems, and provides education and networking opportunities to build the capacity of family-serving community members in the eight-county, bi-state metroplex.
State Resources For Gifted Education Administration Building N. Dakota kansas Aves., NW Program Specialist Gifted and Talented education 325 W Association for the Gifted (FLAG) Parents of Able http://ericec.org/fact/stateres.html
Extractions: This list includes State Department of Education offices responsible for gifted education and state-wide advocacy groups. For technical assistance, contact the individual listed for your state. State of the States, a book that provides state-by-state statistics and information, is available from Kristy Ehlers, listed under Oklahoma. State advocacy groups offer members a variety of services, including newsletters, conferences, and local resources. For current and detailed information on US State mandates governing gifted education, please visit Tennessee Initiative for Gifted Education Reform (TIGER) , and review their National Survey on the State governance of K-12 Gifted and Talented Education Reform (http://giftedtn.org/tiger/releases.htm). (70+ pages in .pdf format; Adobe Acrobat Reader required.) Alabama
Resources In Emotional/Behavioral Disorders The National parent Information Network; The Research and Training Center on The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC); Special education resources on the http://www.gwu.edu/~ebdweb/ebdlinks.htm
Kansas Homeschool Support & Legal Resources This list is for homeschoolers or parents interested in homeschooling, who live in kansas Facts. You should contact your state department of education and local http://www.eho.org/support2/kansas.asp
Parenting At Washington State University Cooperative Extension Development and Family Life education Resource Center of by Dr. Charles Smith of kansas State University. Three Website resources for parents and professionals http://parenting.wsu.edu/resources/
Extractions: Cooperative Extension System's National Network for Child Care is your link to an array of resources to support child care professionals, parents and guardians do the best job possible of caring for children. The site has newsletters, resources ona variety of topics and ways for you to engage with colleagues and specialists in the child care arena. Strengthening Families Program for Parents and Youth 10-14 Years
Children's TLC, Therapeutic Learning Center In Kansas City Children s TLC 3101 Main Street kansas City, MO 64111 parent and Community education. family members about topics including positive parenting, discipline and http://www.childrenstlc.org/pages/pages/parents.html
Extractions: staff@ChildrensTLC.org The Parent Connection is a group of parents who assist the staff at Children's TLC in the organization of workshops, social activities and group fund-raisers. This organization is open to all parents of children at Children's TLC. Parents may choose to participate, as they desire. Families participate in activities such as: Back to School Night, December Holiday Party, Summer Picnic and several annual fund-raisers and Educational Workshops. A parent from the Parent Connection serves on the Children's TLC board. Children's TLC is committed to working with parents and community members through parent workshops, social events, conferences, family support groups, and parent-teacher communication. Recently, Children's TLC has offered a number of workshops to family members about topics including: positive parenting, discipline and behavior, easy IEP and transition process, learning responsibility, childcare issues, community resources, sign language, toys around the house and transition at age 3 and 5. These workshops and others are offered to all families at Children's TLC. Childcare is provided as well as snacks. Focus groups on specific topics are formed as needed to address one-time issues.
Extractions: A Harvard Civil Rights Project report finds schools have become "resegregated" over the past 10 years especially for Latino and black students in the South. Asians are the most integrated and most successful so far. Check out "Brown at 50: King's Dream or Plessy's Nightmare?" Activists, Educators Review Impact of Brown v. Board of Education
Parents Plus Healthy family, raising the kids, education and learning development and resources for parents and care kansas Children s Network Child Care resources, kansas http://www.tscpl.org/playground/pplus.htm
ASK Area Resources of web sites maintained by parents and persons ASPEN (Asperger Syndrome education Network) Information on Achievement Services for Northeast kansas 215 North http://www.ask.hostrack.net/resource.htm
Extractions: The following list of resources is a list only of agencies and organizations with known web sites. For more comprehensive information, contact the Autism Society of Kansas. To add a link, please Email us Autism Society of Johnson County Topeka / Lawrence Support Group (Email link) The ARC of Sedgwick County
Child & Family Services Clinic - Resources OnLine Information service for parents and educators National Mental Health and education Center Links is a registered trademark of the Univeristy of kansas. http://www.ukans.edu/~kuclinic/resources.shtml
Extractions: This is not an exhaustive list of resources by any means. The following links are provided in good faith, but neither the KU Child and Family Services Clinic Director nor anyone associated with the KU Child and Family Services Clinic takes any legal responsibility whatsoever for the content and accuracy of the data contained within the following pages. On campus links Lawrence Links Helpful Internet Links Abuse and Trauma Child Abuse Prevention Network - A national collaborative project at Cornell University; good links to sites on child abuse and prevention. Child Trauma Home Page - Ricky Greenwald's site includes parent information, trauma measures, publications, and links.
Parent Training And Information Centers (PTIs) Indiana; Iowa; kansas Families Together, Inc. Sinergia/Metropolitan parent Center United We Stand; North Center Ohio Coalition for the education of Children with http://www.dssc.org/frc/TAGuide/pti.htm
Extractions: Home Funded by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Parent Training and Information Centers in each state provide training and information to parents of infants, toddlers, school-aged children, and young adults with disabilities and the professionals who work with their families. This assistance helps parents participate more effectively with professionals in meeting the educational needs of children and youth with disabilities. Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona
Families Together, Inc. - Kansas Department of education under the Individuals with Disabilities education Act (IDEA a few of the topics covered by parent centers Geographic Areas Served, kansas. http://www.dssc.org/frc/TAGuide/pti/ks1.htm
Extractions: Phone Fax E-mail fmin@southwind.net Target Audiences Parent Centers (Parent Training and Information Centers and Community Parent Resource Centers) work with families of children and young adults from birth to age 22 with all disabilities: physical, mental, learning, emotional, and attention deficit disorders. Parent Centers train and inform parents and professionals, help families obtain appropriate education and services for their children with disabilities, work to improve educational results for all children, resolve problems between families and schools or other agencies and connect children with disabilities to community resources that address their needs. Parent centers are funded by the U.S. Department of Education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Each state has at least one parent center, and states with large populations may have more. There are approximately 100 parent centers in the U.S. Topical Areas IDEA 97, Rights and Responsibilities, Procedural Safeguards, Early Childhood, Transition (these are just a few of the topics covered by parent centers)
Asperger Center) 127th Street and Quivera Overland Park, kansas. whose mission is to provide education and information for parents and families, parent and family support http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/suppKS.html
Extractions: [HOME to OASIS] [IMPORTANT NEWS] [BOOKSTORE] [MESSAGE BOARDS] Overland Park Topeka This is a parent support group affiliated with University of Kansas Medical Center and the Asperger Autism Resource Center. In addition to monthly meetings this group also sponsors a weeklong summer camp program for AS children. Meeting Times: Second Saturday of each month from 9:00 -10:00 AM Location: Room 210 visit to their webpage at www.kumc.edu/aarc and click on "Support Groups" This group is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to provide education and information for parents and families, parent and family support, education for professionals, and advocacy for children and adults living with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Services offered are: Parent Education/Parent Support, Staff Development focusing on schools and case management but including everyone who may be interested, a Lending Library, Facilitation of a Parent Support Group with plans to provide Social Skills Workshops, Structured Youth Activities and more.
Extractions: This page is dedicated to improving the education and lives of students and loved ones with exceptionalities, disabilities, and the gifted. American Teachers staff and our community of educational professionals assemble this resource portal. In no way is it complete or intended to be an authority, we only hope it will help. Please send your suggestions to: Suggestions Special Education Special Education Top A list of Popularity Portals - Link Lists Ranked by Use American Teachers' Top Sites - [NEW]
Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas Institutes (27) Colleges (6) Community resources (1) Continuing education (2) Departments Links by category PARENTS . 1845 N. Fairmount, Wichita, kansas, 67260 http://www.wichita.edu/my/siteindex.asp?__CAT=32&__CAT_NAME=Parents
Welcome To Greenbush Central! for a parents As Teachers parent Educator to with a BS in elementary education, child development or The Southeast kansas education Service Center at Greenbush http://www.greenbush.org/?page=static_content.php&pagecont=EMPLOYMENT
Parenting This Center enriches the education of gifted students in Shawnee Mission kansas. also contains excellent lists of Web resources for parents and teachers http://www.educationindex.com/parents/
Extractions: Parenting Resources Parents! Don't miss the new "Virtual Refrigerator Door." You can have your child's artwork posted online, free! A B C D ... P Q R S T U V W X Y Z In an easygoing first person style, this site offers links to many sites of interest to parents (especially to Moms, it seems), a list of General Resources for Women, and true birth stories. Yours is invited! An article with links concerning attention deficit disorder from the viewpoint of Boy Scout and Cub Scout leaders. This is the place to get information on The Adoptive Families of America, their mission, and their need for support. They have an online catalog of interest to adoptive parents. The US Department of Education and the Partnership for Family Involvement in Education encourage parents, grandparents, community and religious groups, and every caring adult to get involved in local schools. They include examples and detailed Web resources to help, because "Better Education is Everybody's Business!" ASD provides a Web site "for each of America's 106,000 K-12 schools" containing school information, phone numbers, calendars, and maps. If you're moving, you can get an idea of the public and private schools you'll find in your new area. A great resource!
Mathematics Archives - K12 Internet Sites UNITE) efforts at the University of kansas. improving mathematics and science education in elementary and math resources for teachers, students and parents. http://archives.math.utk.edu/k12.html
Extractions: K-12 Teaching Materials The following are Internet sites which contain significant collections of materials which can be used in the teaching of mathematics at the K-12 level. We have organized these materials into the following categories: Lesson Plans Columbia Education Center Mathematics Lesson Plans Explorer The Explorer is part of the Unified Network Informatics Technology for Education (UNITE) efforts at the University of Kansas. The Explorer is part of a research and development effort to establish an on time and user friendly means of delivering a full range of information resources to educators and students. This site includes information on software, lab materials, lesson plans, video tapes, etc. for the teaching of mathematics at the k-12 grade levels. ExploreMath.com Lesson Plans for the Graphing Calculator Lesson Plans using Geometer's Sketchpad Math Activities for K-12 Teachers In December, 1997, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center funded Dan Biezad, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, and Robin Ward, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, both of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, to develop materials for K-12 teachers based on aeronautical themes and NASA projects. One major goal of this project was to make the learning of mathematics more engaging and realistic for students, by using real-world applications.
