4 Special Needs

Advice for those within the Special Needs Community

Monthly Archives: November 2014


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17th Annual Family Cafe coming in June 2015

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The Annual Family Café  provides a unique environment where families can connect with peers, commercial service providers, and public entities. The Family Cafe believes well-informed people make the best possible decisions for themselves and their loved ones. I was a part of this wonderful networking event. This event attracts close to nine thousand people.

If you are interested in speaking during a breakout session in June, they are accepting proposals now. They are also looking for people who want to have booths at the event. Click here for more information.

 


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Adoption is a wonderful thing

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Have you ever thought about adopting a child? How about a special needs child? The term, “special need” is a broad term used to describe children or youth in foster care with a medical, physical, or emotional disability based on birth family history. Traditionally, these children have been harder to place in foster or adoptive homes. However, experience shows that many children with special needs can be placed successfully with families who want to care for them. You can find out more at Florida Department of Children and Families. Click here for more information.

 


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Joni and Friends International Disability Center

Here’s a great website if you are looking for a great resource with information like family retreats, churches that minister to your needs, resources and organizations that can help you and your family. It is called Joni and Friends. Joni Eareckson Tada, the founder and chief executive officer of Joni and Friends International Disability Center, is an international advocate for people with disabilities. A diving accident in 1967 left Joni Eareckson, then 17, a quadriplegic in a wheelchair. After two years of rehabilitation, she emerged with new skills and a fresh determination to help others in similar situations. She founded Joni and Friends in 1979 to provide Christ-centered programs to special-needs families, as well as training to churches. Joni and Friends serves thousands of special-needs families through Family Retreats, and has delivered over 100,000 wheelchairs and Bibles to needy disabled persons in developing nations.

Click here for Joni and Friends website.

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2014 FPEA Special Needs Struggling Learner Homeschool Conference

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Here’s information on the 2nd annual Special Needs Struggling Learner Homeschool Conference on November 21-22, 2014 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando.  The 2013 Conference was a huge success with several hundred attendees from all over the country.

The FPEA strives to serve all homeschool families and those interested in homeschooling.  We believe every child should learn without boundaries.

The FPEA serves thousands of homeschooling families in Florida, and beyond, delivering a wealth of support, guidance and information to both new and longtime home educators. The “FPEA Experience” involves a banding together of homeschoolers to accomplish the task of developing academic and personal excellence by sharing resources, creating connections, enhancing relationships and breaking down barriers. Acknowledging there is no one “right” way to educate, the FPEA acts as an ambassador and champion, serving and protecting the rights and choices of all homeschoolers.

To find out more click here.