Familias Unidas con Niños con Necesidades Especiales (FUNNE) ofrece grupos de apoyo mensuales y reuniones educativas en español para familias con niños con necesidades especiales. Como un esfuerzo colaborativo de proveedores y organizaciones del área, FUNNE ofrece a las familias y cuidadores de niños que tienen una discapacidad las herramientas que necesitan para superar las barreras que enfrentan para obtener atención y apoyo para sus seres queridos. La educación proporciona la base necesaria para comprender y manejar mejor las necesidades de sus hijos. Las actividades del programa incluyen discusiones grupales, presentaciones de expertos y proveedores sobre recursos comunitarios y eventos sociales. Se proporciona cuidado de niños y los niños realizan actividades educativas divertidas mientras sus padres se reúnen.
Familias Unidas con Niños con Necesidades Especiales (FUNNE) offers monthly support groups and educational meetings in Spanish for families with children with special needs. As a collaborative effort of area providers and organizations, FUNNE offers families and caretakers of children who have a disability the tools they need to overcome the barriers they face in obtaining care and support for their loved ones. Education provides the foundation needed to understand and best handle their child’s needs. Program activities include group discussions, presentations by experts and providers on community resources, and social events. Child care is provided and children do fun educational activities while their parents meet.
1862 Beld Street,
Madison, WI
The mission of Family Support & Resource Center is to
make it possible for Dane County children and youth with disabilities to live at home with their families asvalued and participating members of the community.
Disability affects families from all walks of life. The families we serve vary greatly in their circumstances, in their resources, and
in their ability to cope with the extra responsibilities placed on them. What families do have in common is the need for flexible and individualized assistance that will help keep them connected to their community, hopeful about the future, and supported in managing the extra stresses and expenses. Because disabilities are not typically cured and their impact often increases over time, most families we serve need long-term supports.
Family Support staff work with families to:
Understand and gain access to available resources
Coordinate services, advocate for the child and facilitate teamwork and problem-solving
Purchase needed goods and services not available through other funding sources
Help families to build and strengthen networks of supports, to encourage friendships for their children, and to plan for the future
Family Voices of WI offers free resources, virtual and in person learning sessions, events and conference, and family leadership and advocacy skill building opportunities to parents/family members across Wisconsin. We empower parents/families to navigate services and advocate for what their child and family needs.
Free resources (factsheets, newsletters, videos), learning sessions, events/conferences to assist families.
We have fact sheets that cover working with healthcare providers and seeking mental health services. We also have a list of summer camps.
The Fearless Future workshops include five educational sessions where members (individuals with disabilities) and their team create their own Fearless Future Plan. Your team could include the member, their primary caregiver, family members, friends, paid supporters, etc.
The workshops were designed by families to think critically about their loved one’s independence when their primary caregiver is no longer able to care for them. Gain training and tools to help answer the question: “What will happen to my loved one when I’m gone?”
By the end of the workshop series, participants will have a completed workbook with a record of important information.
Finding Your Way: A Navigation Guide for Wisconsin Families Who Have Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs and Disabilities
This guide's purpose is to assist families who may have concerns or questions about their child's development or have recently received a diagnosis of a special health care need or disability.
Click on the website link below for the guide.
Gio's Garden's mission as a non-profit organization is to nurture and strengthen families with children with special needs (birth through 6 years) by increasing their access to needed services. Gio's Garden seeks to grow into a one-stop special services delivery organization for children with special needs and their families. Examples could include a respite care facility, professional therapy, client advocacy, and social work/support.
Gio’s Garden provides therapeutic respite care in a professional, developmentally supportive, fun, home-like group setting that encourages growth through play and socialization. Children attend Gio’s Garden a few hours each week while families have the opportunity for a short break.
Respite 2 Go takes our high quality model of therapeutic respite care out into the communities where respite is most needed. We have established community partnerships in multiple locations throughout Dane County to meet the overwhelming need for respite right where our families are at.
Gio’s Garden offers individual art therapy and recreational therapy sessions to work one-on-one with children on developmental goals.
Subject areas might include learning and cognitive development, motor skills, sensory regulation, social skills, leisure education, coping skills and expressive therapy.
Gio’s Garden provides inclusive evening care for children receiving therapeutic respite care as well as their siblings up to the age of 10. This way parents can have a night to themselves, all while knowing their children are safe.
Gio’s Garden offers resources to our families beyond the initial contact meeting. This includes parent information sessions, family outings, and individual meetings with Gio’s Garden staff. Individual meetings can discuss resources, funding questions, new diagnoses, and other challenges your family may be trying to navigate.
If you live in Grant and Iowa Counties, you can receive services from Unified Community Services, which is funded in part by Grant and Iowa Counties. Fees for most services are on a sliding scale, based on your ability to pay.
Lancaster, Wisconsin 53813
In Control Wisconsin is a not-for-profit organization that brings together communities of people and organizations working together to share learning and best practices of self-directed supports
Assistance & Advocacy is available throughout the state. Knowing where to find good information and having support to make decisions helps people be in control.
Online Communities offer opportunities to connect with people throughout the state who are interested in self-directed support and self-determination. Share resources, ask questions and learn together.
Creating opportunities for adults with disabilities to support community connection and growth in a meaningful life using the arts curriculums.
Community integrated workshops for those with cognitive, intellectual and physical disabilities using visual, theater, music, dance integrated arts programming for a meaningful life. Faith based organization.
INTEGRAL is an Autism conference like no other. It puts adults on the Autism spectrum front and center, not as a subject for others to discuss, but for them to exchange perspectives with expert professionals and parents so that everyone can learn from each other. For more information about the conference and ways you can become involved, go to integralautism.org.