Monday, September 29, 2008

46th Annual Kansas CEC Conference

The Autism Society of America hosts the 46th Annual Kansas CEC (Council for Exceptional Children) Conference

Geary County Convention Center, Junction City, KS
October 16-18, 2008
Contact: Kansas CEC Secretary: Anita Oelke, aoelke@nkesc.org
Kansas CEC Member $100, Student/Assoc. Member $70, Non-member $130
Proposal Submission Deadline: N/A
Website: http://www.kansascec.org/index.html

Exhibitors to Include:
BUENO Center
Pearson Assessments
Firelight Books
Kansas Parent Information Resource Center
Families Together
Ten-Sigma
Spring Hills Schools USD 230
Institute for Excellence in Writing
Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc.
AIMSweb
Child and Adolescent Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic at the University of Kansas
Horizons Mental Health Center - Hutchinson
Riverside Publishing
The Why-Try Organization
Kansas Association for Gifted, Talented and Creative
Midwest Equity Assistance Center
Hampton-Brown
The Jason Project
Continental Press
Seedling Publications


Do you ever get tired? I mean, really tired?

So, today I finally heard back from Children's Mercy. They say they are not taking new patients due to the fact that their waiting list is so long (14 months).

I told the lady I didn't care, to go ahead and put us on the waiting list. She didn't. Instead she launched into a speech (that she has no doubt delivered more than once), about how as a military family we would likely not be here in 14 months anyway. As if that weren't enough of a slap in the face (we have been trying for five years to get help for this child) she said that the people on this end who said he needed a neurological examination didn't know what they were talking about; that we need behavioral psychology to make the diagnosis.

Here are the contacts I was given today:

FAMILIES TOGETHER
http://www.familiestogetherinc.org/

501 Jackson, Suite 400
Topeka, KS 66603
Phone: 1-800-264-6343 (KS parents)
(785) 233-4777 FAX: (785)233-4787
E-mail: topeka@familiestogetherinc.org


NEUROLOGIC DISABILITIES SUPPORT PROJECT

http://www.ksndsp.org/

Neurologic Disabilities Support Project

Mail Stop 3055
University of Kansas Medical Center
Developmental Disabilities Center (DDC)
3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City, KS 66160
Email: jtyler@kumc.edu
Phone: (913) 588-5943
Fax: (913) 588-5942

THE CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
http://www.kumc.edu/cchd/
The University of Kansas Medical Center
Mail Stop 4003
3901 Rainbow Blvd
Kansas City, KS 66160-7340
Tele: 913-588-5900
Fax: 913-588-5916

AVNER STERN, PHD
http://www.bhsks.com/article_detail.asp?ArticleID=8
Behavioral Health Specialists
8400 W. 110th St., Suite 230
Overland Park KS 66210
(913) 906-9559

RESPONSIVE CENTERS FOR PSYCHOLOGY AND LEARNING
http://www.responsivecenters.com/
7501 College Blvd. Ste 250
Overland Park, KS 66210
Office: 913-451-8550
Fax: 913-469-5266

NEAL DEUTCH, PHD
8575 W 110th ST # 326
Shawnee Mission , Kansas 66210
Phone: (913) 345-2727

KIDS CONSULTS OF KANSAS CITY
Dr. Dawn Bloom
6315 Walnut St
Kansas City, MO 64113
816-926-0642

VALARIE KERSCHEN, MD
(Developmental Pediatrician)
Wesley Pediatric Faculty Clinic
(316) 962-2080 3243 E Murdock St # 200
Wichita, KS

HEARTSPRING
(Dr. Kerschen works from this organization at times)
http://www.heartspring.org/
8700 E 29th St N
Wichita, KS 67226
(316) 634-8750

MAKE A DIFFERENCE INFORMATION NETWORK
'Serving Kansans with Disabilities in One Phone Call'
http://www.makeadifferenceks.org/
(800) 332-6262

and finally, here is the contact information for the social worker I talked to today:
CHILDREN'S MERCY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Susan Bushman
(866) 512-2168 (ext. 3699)