There is a new blog in town. The Beach Center on Disability has launched a
new family blog for people wanting to share their experiences, questions and
answers with others. The blog, launched last Friday, is designed to be user
friendly and user driven. The beauty of the Beach Center blog site -- in
addition to the blog itself -- is the comprehensive information available on the
rest
of the site. Bloggers will be able to use links to Beach Center research,
power point presentations, parent materials, trainer and trainee curriculums,
etc. as part of the blogging experience. The Beach Center also has a quarterly
free e-letter. These resources, all free, have been tremendously important to
me in my work with families.

The Beach Center blog site is at http://www.beachcenter.org/ and then click
on the link for the blog. While you are at the site homepage, check out the
subject areas and wealth of material available to you for free. The Beach
Center has worked very hard to marry the academic information they have
accumulated
with the life experience information residing with families. You will be
impressed at the outcome and will become a regular Beach Center Website visitor
and blogger. Again, all of these resources are free and accessible.

The Beach Center on Disability is affiliated with the University of Kansas
and has been providing cutting edge research and resources for families since
1988. The Beach Center's co-directors are parents of a now-adult son who has
autism and many of the Beach Center staff likewise are parents of children with
special needs. The Beach Center is no ivory tower nor are its occupants
elite intellectuals. The Beach Center is real people with real research and
real
resources for real families.


Sandy, Illinois (alpy2@...)
Volunteer Co-Webmaster, www.ourchildrenleftbehind.com (IDEA reauthorization)


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