Check Out

these Internet                Resources!

 

 

http://idea.ed.gov/

The US Department of Education provides information on IDEA 2004.  There are links to Part C (birth - 2 years) and Part B (3 - 21 years)

 

GEDonline offers online grading of the Official GED practice tests and individual memberships and site licensing.  It is available in English and Spanish and is available on a CD for people without Internet access.  262-652-2492

www.gedonline.org

 

Mini-Miracles Children’s Clothing is a special adaptive clothing line for children ages 2-12 that promote dignity, comfort and independence for special children and their families. Victoria designed the line and currently sells online through her website: www.minimiracles.ca

 

Adaptations by Adrian

Our adaptive clothing is easy to wear, functional and highly fashionable and is customized for wheelchairs and/or motor deficits including wheelchair jeans, wheelchair capes, and wheelchair accessories. We often make custom adapted clothes for people with unique disabilities requiring special clothing.

www.adaptationsbyadrian.com

1-888-815-6364

1-800-264-6343

1-877-499-5369

1-888-820-6364

1-800-499-9443

 

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Welcome Home,

Dr. Alexa Posny 

Submitted by Connie Zienkewicz, Wichita Center

            

After a stint in the US Department of Education in Washington, DC, Dr. Alexa Posny has returned to Kansas to serve as the Commissioner of Education.  Dr. Posny has worked in Kansas in several capacities in the past including Director of the Student Support Services (Special Education Director) for the state.  We at Families Together, Inc. are pleased to have a great friend of education for ALL children in the position of directing all the educational services in Kansas.  Families Together looks forward to the excellent leadership that schools in Kansas need to be the best in the nation.  Welcome home, Alexa.