Upcoming Inclusion Events

If you're interested in learning more about parenting a child with special needs, improving inclusion in your city, or just having fun in support of a good cause, check out these upcoming events!

A Life with Stress, Balance, and A Plan

This Friday, April 8, ASK (About Special Kids) presents A Life with Stress, Balance, and a Plan. Parents of children with special needs live with added emotional, medical, social and financial challenges. These extenuating circumstances can often lead to feelings of loneliness, depression, marital and family problems and health issues. This training will focus on:

• Identifying types of stressors
• Identifying coping mechanisms and providing ways to incorporate them into everyday life
• The importance of good communication
• Setting up a plan for the future

Presented by: Gordon Homes, Sr. Financial Planner
Date: Friday, April 8, 2016
Time: 12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Location: Speedway United Methodist Church  - 5065 W. 16th Street,  Indianapolis, IN 46224
Cost: FREE
How to register: www.aboutspecialkids.org or 800-964-4746.

Coffee and Conversation: Inclusion Awareness in Fishers

Cecilia Coble, Fishers City Council at Large and mother of a child with autism, will discuss how to make Fishers a better city in terms of inclusion. Topics of discussion include jobs, transportation, housing, and services for the autism and special needs community. This is an opportunity for you to provide feedback and ask questions to better your city.

Presented by: Cecilia Coble, Fishers City Council at Large
Date: Monday, April 25, 2016
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location: BACA Prep - 99 E. 126th Street,  Fishers, IN 46038
Cost: FREE
How to register: Register online
Contact: Contact Sarah Cox at 317-436-8961 or scox@thebaca.com

Laughs & Brews for BACA Charities

Point of View Comedy, an Indianapolis group that enjoys providing entertainment to benefit charities around the community, will present a comedy show to help raise funds for BACA Charities. Behavior Analysis Center for Autism (BACA) has a mission of raising resources to support research in the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA) and families who support ABA. Cost for the event is $30, which includes dinner and a beer voucher from Tow Yard Brewing. The funds raised from this comedy show will help fund adaptive programs at Carmel Clay Parks and Recreation in Carmel, IN.

Presented by: Point of View Comedy
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Tow Yard Brewing - 501 Madison Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46225
Cost: $30
How to register: Register online
Contact: Contact Sarah Cox at 317-436-8961 or scox@thebaca.com

Exciting Opportunity to Make Visuals

Join our Inclusion Specialist, Tory Masters, for an exciting Make and Take It session on Saturday, January 7th. The session begins at 9:30 am and for an hour I will go through all the visual supports and how to use them with children, then for another hour or so, I will give you time to make those visuals. The cost is only $5 per person! Below is a list of what I will have available for you to make:

• Tucker Turtle’s social story for handling frustration
• A visual schedule (please bring photos of your children following your daily routine to use if you want to use them!)
• Center Control
•  Stop Signs
•  Solutions Kit for problem solving
•  Emotional Check in

It will be a fun filled morning and we have limited seats. Once you register and payment and finalized, we will give you all the final details of the day! Feel free to register a friend and pass this information along to others! You must be completely registered and payment received by Thursday, January 5th!

MFDSN

MFDSN (Minority Families Down Syndrom Network) invites everyone to attend their open Panel Discussion with some of Indianapolis Leading Health Care Practitioners on Saturday, January 10, 2009, 11:30 am - 2:30 pm. This event includes lunch and is free however you must register at register@indianadsf.org or by phone 317 925-7617 by Monday December 22, 2008. This event is open to all, but strongly encourage service providers, minority families and expecting and new parents of children with disabilities to come out and take this opportunity to speak with a diverse panel of experts. Both the panel discussion as well as print material will be in English and Spanish.