Childcare
There are more than 650 regulated early learning centers in the Kansas City area to serve the region’s working parents, preschoolers and after-school care needs.
Whether you choose a licensed day care facility, an in-home provider or nanny, the expert recommended consideration, is how the provider and your child interact.
The Kansas City region is fully equipped with educational resources and other programming to help children with special needs reach their full potential and beyond. The KC region is home to school districts with highly regarded special education programming. Both the state of Kansas and Missouri have attained the highest level of achievement in providing services to children and youth with disabilities, as determined by the U.S. Department of Education.
Along with high-quality public schools, KC offers a variety of specialty schools like the Briarwood School, Children's Center for the Visually Impaired, Dale M. Thompson/Trails West School, Kansas Schools for the Deaf and Blind, Lakeview Woods School, Maple Valley School and Sherwood Autism School.
There are many resources for children with special needs in the KC region. For example, Variety the Children’s Charity of Greater Kansas City provides children with developmental disabilities adaptive equipment and opportunities for activity and inclusion. They also extend a large resource list of area equipment providers and other organizations. There is also The Children’s Advocacy Project in KC, whose mission is to help bridge the gap between the many quality social service agencies in the Kansas City area and the families that need their help the most by providing user-friendly, comprehensive listing of those social service agencies.