June Families Activity

 

Activity for families caring for children with Special Needs and/or Disabilities.

Our June activity will be at spring mill state park.

We will have the Oak Ridge Shelter house for the day.

This will be June 26th starting at 12

we will have activities, snacks and drinks through out the day for families.

We do ask that families please RSVP to help us plan for food and activities. RSVP at: https://forms.gle/f3gATrZWmEga1Hzb8

Cost: State Park Gate Fee ( $7 In-State)

(This is also the limestone weekend at the park and as soon as we can get a list of park activities we will share them )

A Special Thank You to Our Community Partners that help make activities possible:

Paoli Walmart, Amazon, Paoli Friends Meeting, River's Edge Fellowship Church

and Community Supporters.

Open House Meeting

Mark your calanders. 

We are planning a Open House meeting for families this saturday from 5pm - 8pm at Paoli Friends Meeting lower level.   

We are planning on doing bingo, having a musical sensory space set up and snacks.  

https://fb.me/e/yCZvP7LS 

If you have any questions please contact Patrick at 812-654-9174 or email PatrickU@ourcia.org 

Do you know about Least Restrictive Environment?

 Least Restrictive Environment is a key stone part of 

Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE).

Find Indiana Article 7 Here LRE starts on page 85 ( Page number on bottom of  the pages or 91 in PDF reader) 

IDEA Section 300.114 300.114 LRE requirements.

Sec. 300.114 LRE requirements

(a) General.

(1) Except as provided in §300.324(d)(2) (regarding children with disabilities in adult prisons), the State must have in effect policies and procedures to ensure that public agencies in the State meet the LRE requirements of this section and §§300.115 through 300.120.

(2) Each public agency must ensure that—

(i) To the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are nondisabled; and

(ii) Special classes, separate schooling, or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only if the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.

(b) Additional requirement—State funding mechanism—

(1) General.

(i) A State funding mechanism must not result in placements that violate the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section; and

(ii) A State must not use a funding mechanism by which the State distributes funds on the basis of the type of setting in which a child is served that will result in the failure to provide a child with a disability FAPE according to the unique needs of the child, as described in the child’s IEP.

(2) Assurance. If the State does not have policies and procedures to ensure compliance with paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the State must provide the Secretary an assurance that the State will revise the funding mechanism as soon as feasible to ensure that the mechanism does not result in placements that violate that paragraph.

Indiana Article 7 as it is written for LRE

( We are just fellow parents sharing information to help other families advocate for their children with special needs.  This is not legal advise and we are not lawyers) 

Thank you Amazon

 We would like to extend a hugh thank you to Amazon Fulfillment Center SDF8 for their donations today. This will be a big help with our Sensory Friendly Activies for children with special needs / disabilities and their families.

Community support is critical in helping make activities possible. 

If you would like to help please visit: paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/3998069

Sign-up for the Sensory Friendly Movie

CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEATS

CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEATS

Sensory Easter 2021

 

Sensory Friendly Easter 2021 is in the books.

We would love to share a few photos from todays event and thank our community for your support in making events like this possible. If you would like to help our next activities please visit: paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/3998069

Special thank you to:

Lead photographer Ralph Carter,

Paoli Friends Church

,

Walmart Paoli

,

Caufield's Novelty

Sensory Friendly Easter

 

Sensory Friendly Easter

Community Inclusion Ambassadors Inc

Sensory Friendly Easter is an Easter Activity for children with special needs and their families.

Activities: 

Egg hunt, Craft Activity, Meet the Easter bunny

When : 

March 28th from 1pm to 3pm

Where: 

Paoli Friends Meeting 

301 N Gospel St, Paoli, IN 47454

SIGN UP HERE (Click Here)

Sensory Easter Event

 

We are excited to be planning our first Sensory Easter Event. 

Our Sensory Easter Event is for familes caring for children with special needs or disabilities.

Our goals for Sensory Easter. 

1. To meet unique needs of all the children taking part. 

2. To be sensory friendly. A calm setting where children are not being overwhlemed

3. To be a family activity.  Siblings of children with disabilities are welcome and encouraged at the     event. 

4. To be an activity where families can connect from around the area. 

More information will be shared later this month. 

We are looking for event sponors and volunteers to help this event. 

If  your intrested in volunteering please click here.

Learn how to support 

Community Inclusion Ambassadors inc.