Family Advocacy and Support Training (FAST)
Special Kids, Incorporated has partnered with the FAST Project to provide family support leadership training to families of children with disabilities in Houston and the surrounding areas. A primary emphasis will be reaching underserved families from all geographic regions.
You are invited to be in a national research study of supports for families of youth with disabilities. You were selected as a possible participant because you are a parent or primary caregiver of a young person with disabilities between 12 and 22 years old. Please read this form and ask any questions you have before agreeing to be in the study.
The Family Advocacy and Support Training (FAST) Project is funded by the Administration on Development Disabilities (ADD) as a Project of National Significance (Grant number 90DN0269). FAST is a project of PACER Center in Minnesota in collaboration with Parent Centers throughout the United States and Territories and with the help of the University of Minnesota.
This survey is being conducted by: Sheryl A. Larson, Ph.D., and K. Charlie Lakin, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Research and Training Center on Community Living. The FAST Project is coordinated by Shauna McDonald and Paula Goldberg, Executive Director, PACER Center.
If you would like to be a part of this iniative please visit: www.fastfamilysupport.org to find out more about what SKI is doing and to complete a survey. In doing so you will help to provide effective services for thousands of children/individuals with disabilities no only in the Houston Area but in the United States. Also, be on the look out for upcoming training in late August or early September.
To obtain more information about the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) visit www.acf.hhs.gov