For Parents

In a unanimous ruling with major implications for special education, the U.S. Supreme Court said that public schools must provide students with disabilities more than a minimal benefit. Read the link for more information. https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2017/03/22/high-court-backs-robust-fape/23489/    

Seattle Children's Hospital has published it's 2017 summer camp directory.  Using their searchable online summer camp directory you may search by camp type, specific condition, region, and month.

The Governor's Office of the Education Ombuds is starting a monthly lunchtime webinar that is free and open to the public.   The hope is to answer more questions from more families, educators and community professionals.  Questions can be emailed in advance. MarchAskanOmbudsFlyer.cgb.2017.02.08

Seattle Children’s Center for Children with Special Needs is inviting parents to attend a series of classes about finding ways to deal with the extra challenges of parenting a child with a health condition or disability. The classes will focus on being less hard on yourself and more accepting as well as finding calm considering [...]

The Fathers Network website has a new resource section.  You'll find lots of helpful information for you, your child and your family. https://fathersnetwork.org/resources/

Big Red Safety Box is a free-of-charge toolkit given to autism families in need as a means to educate, raise awareness and share simple tools that may assist them in preventing, and responding to, wandering-related emergencies. http://nationalautismassociation.org/big-red-safety-box/

An MSW student at the University of WA, Erica Kreamer, is doing a practicum at the Arc of King County and is doing a survey study of parent experiences with the special education system.  The survey can be found at: http://informingfamilies.org/se-survey/.    Some things to know: It will take 10-15 minutes to respond to the survey [...]