Minds Untapped

Trump moves oversight of special education and civil rights out of the Education Department President Donald Trump’s administration is further dismantling the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.

Webinar: Autism and Water Safety-Understanding Water Attraction and How to Reduce Risk - SPARK for Autism On June 16th, Lori McIlwain will discuss what caregivers can do to promote water safety at home and in the community.

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Hear Me — A Short Film A short film on the silent crisis facing parents and caregivers of severe autism.

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18 studies. One simple tool. The same result every single time.

A systematic review found that visual activity schedules reduced challenging behavior in autistic children across every trial reviewed. Not most of them. Every one.

The evidence is settled. The hard part is building the visuals yourself. So we did it for you. Picture It is our printable visual communication guide. 200+ pages of ready-to-print schedules, choice boards, First and Then cards and more. Print today, use today.

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📚 Source: Lequia, Machalicek & Rispoli (2012). Effects of activity schedules on challenging behavior exhibited in children with autism.

Port St. Lucie's new police drone program locates missing autistic woman on day one of testing Port St. Lucie's new eye in the sky proved its worth on day one of testing, locating a missing autistic person before she could enter a body of water.

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🚨Missing Child in Frankfort

Best and final update- Joey has been found and is safe. We will put out a press release and information soon!

Update #2: We now have volunteer search groups deployed throughout the community. We ask residence to please check their homes, garages sheds, etc. to help assist with the search.

Update #1: We have a large number of individuals volunteering to assist. At this time, we need volunteers to stay in their vehicles so the K9's can do their job. We ask any volunteers to meet at the Grand Prairie School Parking Lot, please do not go to the post office.Thank you for your help!

The Frankfort Police Department is searching for an eleven year child with special needs who went missing from his residence on foot.

Joey was last seen in the 10400 Blk of Brookridge Creek Drive and is wearing a tie dye shirt. Anyone with information on Joey’s location should call 911 immediately or 815-485-2500.