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Making Smiles through our community Outreach

Learn about groups that help.

The button below will lead you to MoDE (Missouri Disability Empowerment Foundation). They are the lobbiest that is advocating for laws to be changed in special education. You sharing their posts to your friends and family is free and can really help spread the message. 

This group advocates for the bill we testified on, please follow them and share their posts.

Want to see how your school ranks in special education?

Use this link to check out your school's rating in special education! This is the report card for special education in Missouri. If there are failing standards use your vote wisely in Board of Education elections. Remember one term for a BOE elections is 3 years, 2 terms are 6- half of a student's education. 

DESE Special education profiles

Department of mental Health

 

The Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities was established in 1974 to support the unique needs of individuals, family members and caregivers who experience a developmental disability (DD). The Division understands that individuals and those who support them, have diverse strengths, abilities, needs and challenges. The also offer crisis support by calling their number 24 hours a day! Many programs are flitered through them once a case is established.

The phone number for the St. Charles satellite office, located at 119 Olympic Way, St. Peters, MO 63376, is 636-926-1200

Department of mental Health for developmental disablities

FACT

GO TO IEPs WITH A ADVOCATE!   

F.A.C.T. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit family organization that provides information, education, and practical support to families that include children/adults with any type of disability.

Our programs are for the mom, dad, grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother and sister and anyone who is a guardian or interested in the welfare of a child with a disability.

FACT SITE

Missouri assistive technology

Use this link to find a swap and shop option (for equipment) for your disabled family member. It may change someone's life. 

Need Equipment? Check this out!

Help is out there!

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    IEP Tips

    Use these tips to help you with IEP's and your own research

    Parent Bill of Rights (pdf)Download
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    Saint Charles Missouri Special Education report card

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