Persons
served:
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Residents of Jackson,
Clay, Platte counties in Missouri, or
Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas
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Individuals diagnosed
with Cerebral Palsy or other
Developmental Disabilities
Services:
- Information
about the disability and support services
available; referral to sources of support
services; follow along support after
information and referral.
- Financial
assistance.
- Individual
and Family Counseling.
- Advocacy
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Individual or case advocacy ensuring
disabled persons their rights to
appropriate services.
- Systems
or class advocacy seeking to change a
policy or practice, which affects
disabled persons.
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Self-advocacy assistance provided to
individuals and families who may only
need guidance to advocate on their own
behalf.
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Legislative advocacy as permitted by
law.
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Respite Care and Sib Shop: Held monthly
on the first Friday at the Leawood
Baptist Church at 8200 State Line Road
in Leawood, Kansas, this program
provides special needs enrichment or
respite care from 6PM til 9 PM from
October through May of any given
year. Respite Care is available for
children ages 6 months to 12 years
old. The Sib Shop is a program
especially designed for brothers and
sisters of the special needs child, up
to age 12 years old, and is held the
same time as Respite Care! Call the
number listed below for the full
schedule (some months are on the second
Friday), and to process enrollment
forms. Cost is $3.00 for the first
child; $2.00 for every child after
that. Volunteers help staff this
program and have many years
of experience in helping the child with
special needs.
- Sports for
Cerebral Palsy - "Sports by Ability, Not
Disability." A year-round training
program designed for athletes with physical
disabilities, eight years and older who are
not appropriate for Special Olympics. The
program helps to develop sports skills,
improve physical and mental fitness as well
as provide atmosphere of individual and team
goal getting.
- Public
Education.
For more information about
Family Support, please contact
UCP at (816) 983-2207 or
send an e-mail. |