The Kansas Deaf-Blind Project is committed to providing family members with supports, training, networking, and technical assistance for their sons and daughters who are registered on the Kansas Deaf-Blind Census.
The parent consultant for the Kansas Deaf-Blind project is Dinell Stuckey (316-789-0637). She has a child who is deaf-blind. Please feel free to contact her about any of the family activities. She has a wealth of information about the Kansas Project activities, connecting families to resources, and providing family support.
Family Scholarships (PDF) are awarded to family members of children who are registered on the Kansas Deaf-Blind Census. Family members can receive up to a $300.00 per family, per fiscal year providing that funding is available. Family scholarships sponsor family members to attend activities that specifically relate to their children's education and training by means of coursework, conferences, state and national training sessions, national and state family meetings, etc. These funds help offset the costs needed to participate in activities. All family scholarships must be pre approved by the Kansas Project Director prior to attending the activity.
Project SPARKLE is a family centered and family directed training program about issues for children who are deaf-blind.
Families who have children registered on the Kansas Deaf-Blind Census may request technical assistance throughout the year by completing the Technical Assistance Request Form, and submitting it to the Kansas Project Coordinator. Once it is received, the Kansas Project Coordinator will contact the family member who made the request. Together, they will decide on the type of technical assistance service delivery.
The Kansas Family Association for Deaf-Blind is a newly formed parent organization that is co-sponsored by the Hilton/Perkins Grant award. This organization is in the process of determining family needs, interests, training, and networking.
The Kansas Family Needs Assessment Survey is conducted every year by one or both parent consultants. The parent consultants either disseminate the surveys by mail or make individual family contacts by phone.
This survey provides information and guidance to the project about family activities and interests. The Kansas Family Needs Assessment Survey Summaries (Link 4h) provide information about the priority needs that Kansas families identified and the type of activities they would like to participate.
The Anything and Everything Newsletter is published on a quarterly basis to all families who have children registered on the Kansas Deaf-Blind Census.
The Kansas Family and Children News contains highlighted articles that have been published through popular publications, such as newsletters, magazines, websites, and articles about families and children in Kansas.
