The Kansas Instructional Support Network (KISN) is one of the Kansas Statewide Technical Assistance Resource System (K-STARS) projects funded through a Title VI-B grant from the Kansas State Department of Education’s Student Support Services. 

The mission of the KISN is to assist Kansas school districts in building their local capacity to serve students with neurologic disabilities.  Students with neurologic disabilities include those identified with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

 KISN services include:

·         ongoing professional development training and support for district autism teams.

·         professional development training to establish autism teams in districts lacking local autism expertise

·         technical assistance on individual students with ASD to help build district capacity to serve all students

·         dissemination of written and videotaped information on ASD disabilities.

Who is Eligible to Receive Assistance from KISN?

Kansas educators and school administrators may contact the KISN to receive professional development training regarding ASD and technical assistance for students with ASD.

Parents of Kansas students with ASD, as well as medical and community service personnel who serve those students, may contact the project to receive information on the education of students with neurologic disabilities.

Requests for school-based technical assistance and professional development training must be initiated by school personnel.

Why Should You Contact Us?

Students with ASD present unique characteristics that often include cognitive, behavioral/social, sensory/motor, and language disorders that require specialized educational programming.

Many educators want information and guidance in planning effective educational programs for these students.

Through consultation and education, KISN will help school districts build their local capacity to provide appropriate services for all students.