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Posted by: admin on 07/14/2008 09:13 PM
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REGISTRATION ENDS JUNE 30 - A few limited spots still open in each age group.
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F.A.C.E.S. Mission
F.A.C.E.S. Mission is to provide education, information, and a sense of community and fellowship to families, friends, caregivers, and others affected in a variety of ways by Autism/Asperger's.
F.A.C.E.S. Vision
F.A.C.E.S. is led exclusively by PARENTS. We seek to provide insight, support, and education to our greater community concerning Autism Spectrum issues through neighborhood Events and open monthly Meetings. We strive to make a positive impact on those whose lives are affected directly by Autism/Asperger's, and to provide Autism Awareness to the community as a whole.
F.A.C.E.S. is a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization
While F.A.C.E.S. is not for profit, there are expenses relative to the operation of our group. No one is denied access to the group for any reason. Any donation is appreciated to help offset operational expenses and gifts for our speakers each month.
A $15.00 annual donation per family is suggested to help with our costs. All donations are tax deductible according to 501c3 rules for operating an non-profit organization.
Make Checks payable to
F.A.C.E.S., Inc.
P.O. Box 703
Loganville, GA 30052
What F.A.C.E.S. offers
Monthly Support Meetings allow parents, teachers, friends and others a forum to share problems and discuss solutions. F.A.C.E.S. goal is to provide resources such as books and articles, along with hosting speakers from the community to share their expertise and knowledge on topics of interest to the group. Members will be invited to join the Autism Society of America local chapters and attend local workshops provided by ASA in the Atlanta/Athens area. Membership to ASA is optional but strongly suggested.
PLEASE READ the FAQ section on the left of the main site page. This outlines Active Membership requirements and privileges. THANK YOU for your attention and participation!!
BEGINNING AUGUST 2009 - MEETING LOCATION CHANGED!
Join us on the 3rd Thursday of each month from 7-8:30 p.m.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Youth Monroe Road
Monroe, GA 30655
Directions:
Take Hwy 78 toward Monroe/Between. If coming from Monroe, turn left, if coming from Snellville/Loganville turn right onto Youth Monroe Road. Church is approximately 2 miles on your right.
We will have childcare available,HOWEVER SPACE IS LIMITED! You must RSVP if you need childcare by the Friday preceding the meeting to waltonfaces@yahoo.com Please do not bring children to the meeting if they have run a fever or missed school for 48 hours to protect our children who have medical conditions that could become gravely ill if exposed.
If you do not wish to utilize the childcare provided, please make other arrangements for your children as a courtesy to other parents who are attending the meeting.
Thank you for your understanding in this matter.
We look forward to seeing you there! Bring someone with you!
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Created on 02/04/2003 10:24 AM by admin
Updated on 05/01/2009 02:35 PM by admin
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This is a "must read" for parents who may be new to "all of this"....it is a bittersweet comfort....but a COMFORT nonetheless....please read and enjoy, to all our F.A.C.E.S. Families and friends....
WELCOME TO HOLLAND
by
Emily Perl Kingsley.
c1987 by Emily Perl Kingsley. All rights reserved
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this......
When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The Coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.
After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, "Welcome to Holland."
"Holland?!?" you say. "What do you mean Holland?? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy."
But there's been a change in the flight plan. They've landed in Holland and there you must stay.
The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It's just a different place.
So you must go out and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.
It's just a different place. It's slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around.... and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills....and Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts.
But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy... and they're all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say "Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That's what I had planned."
And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away... because the loss of that dream is a very very significant loss.
But... if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things ... about Holland.
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Watch the link below before your first IEP - or even if you have had an IEP before, this video has VERY good information and you may learn something new!!
Developing a Great IEP
Developing a Great IEP, with Gary Mayerson, the latest in Autism Speaks' instructional video series, is now available at autismspeaks.org and YouTube. The free 12- minute video provides important information for parents who are encountering the IEP process for the first time, as well as tips for parents who have been through the process before.
F.A.C.E.S. wishes to provide you with pertinent, useful information that applies to you and your family's immediate needs - and the IEP is something with which you and your child will become VERY familiar through the school years!
Thanks to Tami Burt for finding this link!
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CONTACT US
For more information regarding F.A.C.E.S. and any upcoming meetings, please feel free to email us. Someone will get back to you as soon as possible.
Kristen Henshaw, Secretary 770-356-6140
Sonya Bell, President
Michele Brodnax, Vice President
Scarlett Hulsey, Treasurer |
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