Family Issues Committee  Contact Information: Please contact us for more information about the TASH Family Issues Committee. Committee Chairs  George Singer and Lynda Baumgardner TASH Board Liaison  Kathy Gee   Subscribe to TASHFamily    Powered by groups.yahoo.com   Description:  This committee is focused on issues of concern to families of adults and children with disabilities, as well as individuals with disabilities who currently do not have support from active family members. The committee understands that the needs of families and individuals with disabilities vary from community to community, state to state and nation to nation. However, as we come together to talk about these needs we will find many common areas for discussion. It is hoped that as we discuss and share our knowledge, we will provide more encouragement to the families and individuals in our communities. Thus enabling them to become stronger advocates which in turn, builds a better world, one community at a time. Goals for 2005: Create a listserve within the TASH Membership Develop a "Family Spotlight" on the webpage and in TASH Connections Issues may include: Coping Strategies Identify cutting-edge research and put it into plain language fact sheets for families and self-advocates Focus on Family issues at the 2005 Conference, which includes, but is not limited to the following: Family Strand Sessions on issues concerning children or adults without identified support from family members Jargon Wall - on website and at the conference, for people to write up phrases that they need clarification on Relevant TASH Resolutions Choice Life in the Community Supports in the Community Alternatives to Guardianship Recent TASH Publications and Articles focusing on Family and Family Support  Challenges to Family Support Systems  TASH Connections, Volume 30, Issue 9/10, September/October 2004. Contents: Family Support is Dead! Long Live Family Support (Agosta) Supported Parenting - A Vermont Statewide Initiative (Holsopple, Yuan, and Pixley) Aging and Disability Resource Centers: One Contact for Easy Access to Long-Term Support Services: (Elani) Just Letting Go: An Elusive Mirage (Yuan) Family Quality of Life and Child with a Disability (Simpson) Special Series: Family and Disability  Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), Volume 29, Number 2, Summer 2004. Contents: Introduction - (Singer) Severity of Disability and Income as Predictors of Parent's Satisfaction with their Family Quality of Life During Early Childhood Years (Wang, Turnbull, Summers, Little, Poston, Mannan, and Turnbull) Marital Adjustments in Parents of Children with Disabilities: A Historical Review - (Risdal and Singer) Validating the Construct of Coercion in Family Routines: Expanding the Unit of Analysis in Behavioral Assessment with Families of Children with Developmental Disabilities (Lucyshyn, Irvin, Blumberg, Laverty, Horner, and Sprague) A Systematic Desensitization Paradigm to Treat Hypersensitivity to Auditory Stimuli in Children with Autism in Family Contexts (Koegel, Openden, Koegel) Parent Perception of the Impacts of Inclusion on their Nondisabled Child (Peck, Staub, Gallucci, Schwartz) Parents' Perceptions of Advocacy Activities and their Impact Upon Family Quality of Life (Wang, Mannan, Poston, Turnbull, and Summers) Links and resources Beach Center on Disability National Center on Family Support Research and Training Center on Family Support and Mental Health State Parent Information Training Centers The Sibling Support Project Other Committees:  International Issues Committee Communication Issues Committee Community Living Committee Early Childhood Committee Education Committee Family Issues Committee Positive Behavior Supports Committee PostSecondary Education Committee Sexuality Committee Special Health Care Needs Committee Spirituality Committee