Reaching Families Advocacy and Support Group              

                                         reaching to educate, support, and empower 

SUPPORT

Family SUPPORT 

• providing resources. 
  
• interpreting and translating information 
  
• assisting in applying and accessing social and medical services services
  
• providing emotional support and counseling referral
  
• provide sibling support through sib-gatherin                                                                                                              

• provide resources for faith and non-faith based organizations within the East African community meet the needs of children and adults with developmental disabilities
  
• provide resources for communities to include children/adults with disabilities be include                                                                                  

Educate

Family EDUCATION   

• provide monthly educational meetings
  
• monthly educational phone conferences 
  
• providing online learning opportunities
  
• providing information on conferences  
• periodic social skills, pre employment training for young adults with developmental disabilities 

• By providing outreach in the east African community to teach early signs of developmental disability so that community members can identify and get help for their children with autism 

• accompanying families to ARD/IEP meetings , and other agency meetings to advocate and guide families on effective ways of advocating for their children
  
• teach families to organize and maintain important school, medical, and other records
  

EMPOWER  Communities

• by openly discussing developmental disability to overcome  stigma