The Special Needs Advisory Board Members have been named. They are Terry Kiser, Chair; SueAnn Wanklyn; and Jared Creach.

Under the recent adoption of the accomdations made to children with special needs if you have a wrestler that you think may be a candidate for the age group accomodation please send the request to the advisory committee chair, Terry Kiser at KiserT@bartonccc.edu.

The request must include "the reasons for the requested accommodation, a letter requesting such an accommodation from the applicant's home club, and an individual education plan (IEP) that states the age apprpriateness of the applicant to their peers. If the applicant has Down Syndrome, then a completed Atlantoaxial Sublixation exam form must also be provided with the application." Kansas Kids By-Laws, Rule 4-4-1, paragraph 2.

Contact information for the advisory board:
Terry Kiser
KiserT@bartonccc.edu
(785) 569-1041 (c)

SueAnn Wanklyn
swanklyn@yahoo.com
(785) 799-4531 (c)

Jarred Creach
pwrlineman@sbcglobal.net
(316) 200-2869 (c)

Thank you,
Matt Treaster
Kids Director

Club Directors:
Please take note that you will have to send a letter of request for placement of the wrestler into the next age class down.
Also,
please mail the documentation to:

Terry Kiser
609 S. Washington
Abilene,KS
67410
my contact information is in the post above.

Thanks to all of you, and good luck this year with the wrestling.

Does anyone know how this will be handled when entering the kids in Trackwrestling at a lower age group?

You can register them using their actual birth year then contact the tournament director to have them moved to the age-group down.

Another possible work-around would be to adjust their birth year for registration.

Thanks. I wondered about changing their birth date, but didn't know if that would be the preferred way to enter them or to leave it up to the tournament director to make the change. Tournaments without Trackwrestling shouldn't be an issue, as we plan to just include the certificate with the entry.

Matt as I am on this end of the state if there is anything I can do to help feel free to call or e-mail me.
Jarred Creach
pwrlineman@sbcglobal.net
(316)200-2869

Thanks Jarred, will do!

Just a little update to coaches and tournament directors out there.
The board has issued a couple of certificates to some competitors with special needs. We will have a current list if you have any question of authenticity or in general.
Thank you for your efforts!
Terry

Bump

I am wanting some updates on how the competition is going. I know of three competitors that have been approved. I know that one of them has 4 legit competition wins (so far) this year. I have heard no negative comments so far. Please let us know of any bugs that we may have to work out.
Terry

Just checking to make sure the steps and procedures the are same this year?

Matt all you need to do is submit à letter of request for this year. All necessary documentation shouldbe on file.