Resources for Fayette

SUPE: Substance Use Prevention Education

SUPE: Substance Use Prevention Education provides free resources to help individuals of all ages and backgrounds learn about the dangers of drugs and how to help those who may be affected by substance use. Educational...

Supported Decision-Making Act in Illinois

Illinois’ Supported Decision-Making Act ensures people with disabilities can get the help they need to make decisions for their own lives. The Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission has many resources to explain the Supported Decision-Making...

Supporting Children With Limited Verbal Skills Tip Sheet

This Supporting Children With Limited Verbal Skills tip sheet from the Illinois Early Learning Project provides strategies that are helpful to all children but are particularly helpful for those with limited verbal skills. IEL offers...

Supporting Illinois Brother and Sisters (S.I.B.S.)

Supporting Illinois Brother and Sisters’ (S.I.B.S.) mission is to provide support to siblings of people with disabilities in Illinois by connecting them with information, networking opportunities and resources in order to enhance the quality of...

Swann Center in Champaign

Swann Special Care Center is a non-profit organization located in Champaign that offers residential and educational programs for people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities.  Its programs serve residents from throughout Illinois and include residential...

Swift Outdoor Accessible Recreation (S.O.A.R.) Foundation

The Swift Outdoor Accessible Recreation (S.O.A.R.) Foundation provides an individual adaptive equipment grant for spinal cord injury survivors with paraplegia and quadriplegia. The grant is open to individuals of all ages and covers specific modifications...

TAG Oral Care Center for Excellence in Chicago

TAG Oral Care Center (TAG OCC) provides free dental care to eligible, underserved adult patient populations. TAG OCC is located in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood near public transportation and Interstate 90/94. To qualify for free...

Take N.O.T.E. of Learning Differences

Take N.O.T.E. is an initiative developed by Understood in partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics. It aims to help parents identify the signs of learning or thinking differences in their children.

Talking to Children About Racial Bias

The “Talking to Children About Racial Bias” page from HealthyChildren.org provides information on understanding how racial bias works in children as well as strategies to help them deal with and react to racial differences.

Talking to Children About Tragedies and Other Traumatic News Events

The American Academy of Pediatrics encourages parents, teachers, child care providers, and others who work closely with children to filter information about crises and present it in a way that their child can accommodate, adjust...