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The Kansas Alliance for Direct Support Professionals


The Kansas Chapter of the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals

How Did We Get Here?

  • National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals chapters exist in 12 states

  • The Kansas Alliance of Direct Support Professionals was formed on March 10, 2004.

  • Members currently represent these organizations:
    Arrowhead West, Wichita, Dodge City, Medicine Lodge
    Creative Community Living, Winfield
    Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas, Hays
    Flinthills Services, El Dorado
    Individual Support Systems, Topeka
    Lakemary Center, Paola
    Rainbows United, Wichita
    Starkey, Wichita
    Sheltered Living, Topeka
    Topeka Association for Retarded Citizins, Topeka

  • State Chapters include: Alaska, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Tennessee

What Now?

  • The organization needs support from Direct Support Professionals in every community

  • Your participation is needed to continue the development of the organization and to support the goals for Direct Support Professionals.

Where Do We Go From Here?

  • Local groups need to be developed.

  • Statewide representatives need to be identified from local groups to participate in the statewide development.

Action

  1. Spread the news about the Kansas Alliance of Direct Support Professionals and the NADSP.
  2. Join the chapter and bring a friend.
  3. Get involved in your community to help make change occur in your profession.

You hold the key to change...


What will you do with it?

If these are issues you care about, attend a meeting of the KADSP, become a charter member, be heard! Contact Kathy Olson for more information phone: 620.421.6550 extension 1771 or write her at: 2601 Gabriel Parsons, Kansas 67357

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