RESOURCES FOR PARENTS
Unified Champion School is a program pre-K through college offered by Special Olympics Kansas through local schools and is dedicated to creating inclusive school environments where every student in the school regardless of abilitylearns, plays, leads, and thrives together through 3 key components.
The UCS Paperwork One Pager contains a list of paperwork for parents/athletes, partners, and coaches that needs to be done to get started with Special Olympics Kansas Unified Champion Schools.
Young Athletes App
Support your child’s development through play! The Young Athletes App offers personalized activities, developmental resources, progress tracking, and a family community to help children ages 2–7 build motor, social, and learning skills at home and beyond.
Unified School Year Event Planning and Paperwork Requirements Checklist
The following video will provide information on paperwork requirements for our Unified Events/Competitions.
Disability Rights Center of Kansas (DRC)
DRC is an advocate for the civil and legal rights of Kansans with disabilities. DRC also educates policymakers on needed improvements to the law, programs and public policy.
Families Together, Inc. is a statewide organization that assists parents and children with disabilities. Each year, Families Together Inc. provides, without fees, direct support to more than 12,000 Kansas families.
The Mission of Infinitec is to advance independence and promote inclusive opportunities for children and adults with disabilities through technology. The Infinitec staff helps people with disabilities find and get access to information, technology services, training, assistive equipment and specialists by creating partnerships that maximize resources.
Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC)
KPIRC promotes meaningful parent involvement at all levels of education and provides information and resources to help parents, educators and other organizations promote the educational success of every Kansas child.
Kansas Technical Assistance System Network (TASN)
TASN provides technical assistance to support school districts’ systematic implementation of evidence-based practices.
Down Syndrome Innovations provides services and programming for people with Down Syndrome and their caretakers through all stages of life from birth, to education, to career readiness and continuing education.
Understood
Helps those who learn and think differently discover their potentials, take control, find community, and stay on positive paths along each state of life’s journey.
Center for Parent Information & Resources
Your central hub of information and products created for the network of Parent Centers serving families of children with disabilities.
IDEA Partnership
The IDEA Partnership reflects the collaborative work of more than 50 national organizations, technical assistance providers, and organizations and agencies at state and local level.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association with resources for audiologists; speech-language pathologists; and students.
“How to Teach Children about Disabilities and Inclusion”
Teaching youth to share and accept each other’s differences is part of building an inclusive culture that shields students with disabilities from bullying.
“Communicating with People with Disabilities”
The information in this document identifies general issues for communication with all people with disabilities followed by issues that may be specific to individuals with a variety of disabilities.
“Teaching About Disability”
Resources, including lesson plans and awareness packets, enable educators to reduce barriers by teaching about disabilities.
“Disability 101: Increasing Disability Awareness and Sensitivity”
Disability 101 was created to provide an introduction to disability studies, to stimulate interest in disability issues and provide a mechanism to begin conversations about disability and inclusion.
Understanding Disabilities
This lesson helps students increase knowledge about people with disabilities and explore ways to sensitively communicate with people with disabilities.
Lessons for Teaching about Disabilities
Learning to Give provides experiential lessons for teachers on disabilities, reducing barriers, and philanthropy.
RespectAbility
Teachers are important partners in the efforts to overcome bias, barriers and stigmas by promoting and implementing best practices in the classroom. RespectAbility provides resources to teach students about disability and assist students with disabilities to succeed.
MCIE – Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education, Inc.
MCIE’s mission is to be the catalyst for the meaningful and successful inclusion of all students in their neighborhood schools.
Inclusive Schooling
We believe in supporting administrators, educators, and families who wish to create more caring, creative inclusive schools for all learners.
5 Moore Minutes with Shelley Moore
Website with videos dedicated to empowering schools and classrooms to support ALL Learners! Created by Shelley Moore, this website is designed with teachers in mind. As educators, we don’t always have a lot of time, so this website and video series offers resources, research, professional development activities and inspiration in 5-minute chunks!
KIT
KIT (Kids Included Together) is a national nonprofit dedicated to promoting acceptance of differences by teaching people how to meaningfully include children with disabilities or complex needs.
Inclusive Education Consulting
Applies research and best practices through coaching, professional development, and strategic planning services to support the goal of intentionally creating meaningful inclusive learning opportunities for ALL students.
Education First
Seasoned team of trusted advisors to the leaders responsible for delivering what many Americans want most: public education that effectively prepares all students for success in college, careers, and a world of constant change
National Inclusion Project
We’ve made it our mission to make the inclusion of children with disabilities the EXPECTATION, not the exception. We provide the training, tools, and support needed so that children with disabilities can be included in ALL of their activities and programs.
Accept TX Youth Move National
ACCEPT is a movement of youth and young adults who connect to educate, advocate, and grow youth voice in Texas.
Watch this video for a complete overview of our resources and plans for Elementary Schools in the 2026-2027 school year.
This is your first stop as a Unified Partner to learn about Special Olympics Kansas and receive the tools necessary to be a great Unified Partner!
Here are some resources to help your athlete get involved in traditional Special Olympics Kansas sports.
Metro Region: Kansas City, Lawrence