District 203 to Meet with Parents of Special Needs Home-Schooled Students

Naperville Community Unit School District 203 plans to meet with parents of special needs children who are currently being home schooled.

Naperville Community Unit School District 203 plans to meet with parents of special needs children who are currently being home schooled. The meeting will take place on Thursday, May 16, at 3 p.m., at the District 203 Administrative Center, 203 W. Hillside Rd. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the school district’s plans for providing special education services for the 2013-2014 school term to students with special needs who are home schooled and live within District 203 boundaries, according to the district. Parents or guardians of a home-schooled student with a disability, or one who may be in need of special education services, are urged to attend.  For further questions regarding the meeting, contact Nancy Lullo, Director …

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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: WDSRA Provides Opportunity for Special Needs Adults, Children

Naperville Patch welcomes letters to the editor. Letters may be submitted to Local Editor Collin Czarnecki at collin.czarnecki@patch.com.

At this time of year, our thoughts turn to family, friends, holiday celebrations, and giving to others. I am the parent of a 20-year old daughter, Kelsey who has Down Syndrome. As most parents, I want to provide the best for her. Kelsey's primary focus right now is to be with friends, and family, have fun and "learn new stuff".   One of the most important parts of Kelsey's life is the time she spends participating in the programs at Western DuPage Special Recreation Association (WDSRA). Without WDSRA, special needs adults and children wouldn't have opportunities to socialize, travel, learn, and well, just have fun. WDSRA serves more than 4500 adults and children with special needs in more than 1500 recreation programs, trips and special …

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Balloon Rides Offered For Those With Special Needs

Lisle's Eyes to the Skies Festival takes place this weekend and has a special opportunity for children or adults with special needs.

While Naperville’s Ribfest is a huge event, next door in Lisle the Eyes to the Skies Festival will also be drawing crowds of festival goers. Parents with special needs children or those with physical and developmental disabilities will have an opportunity to enjoy the hot air balloon event, according to a news release. Free tethered rides will be available in the nation’s only FAA-approved wheelchair accessible hot-air balloon, Serena’s Song. Each ride will take about 15 minutes and a family member or attendant may share in the experience. Weather permitting, rides will be available from 6-7:30 a.m. and again from 6 p.m. until dusk Friday through Sunday. To schedule a ride in Serena’s Song, contact the South East Association for Special …

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District 204 Prepares Students for Next STEPS

Through its STEPS program, the district helps prepare special education students for life after school.

The transition to adulthood can be an exciting, yet scary experience for young adults and their parents. For students with special needs the transition may be even more nerve-racking. Just as any teen longs for independence, students with special needs are no different. Though some students may be more limited than others, Indian Prairie School District 204 does its best to offer special needs students the tools needed to be productive, happy members of the community. “Parents of students with disabilities are very anxious about sending them into transition,” said Diane Fleischel, District 204’s director of student services. “We want to move them out and into the community.” Through its STEPS program (Supported Training Experiences Post …

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