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KEYS Parent Advocates

Douglas County

Judy Bundy
Judy is a single parent of three daughters, two who have severe emotional disturbance. She has been employed at Head Start for eleven years and is on call with Juvenile Intake. Judy is attending Johnson County Community College working toward a degree in social work. In addition to her own children and the children she works with at Head Start, Judy has helped care for children and facilitated meetings at Parents Anonymous. She has volunteered at the Lawrence SRS office in child care assistance and transportation of children and has had children placed in her custody for 48 hours by court services. She has had runaways come to her home and had to find proper help for them. Judy has worked with a number of agencies including: SRS Truancy Program, Protective Services, Chid Care Assistance, and Foster Care; Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Douglas County District Attorney's Office, The Shelter, College Meadows, Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Kaw Valley, Crittenton, Heartland Shares, Bert Nash Mental Health Center (Case Manager, Attendant Care, Therapeutic Classroom, Individual Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy); Respite Care, and St Francis Outdoor Program. Judy is a good listener, non-judgmental, and caring. She is a hard worker with a good sense of humor, and she is calm in a crisis. She would be available to assist families in the Lawrence area, as well as Johnson and Franklin counties.

Carlene K. Hadl
Carlene is a medical tech and food service worker on staff at K. U. She has traveled and lived in Europe and Asia. She believes in miracles and that prayer changes things. Carlene has two sons with Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder, drug and alcohol problems, depression, and self-destructive tendencies. She says she knows how it feels to feel isolated and rejected from other family members, to sleep in a car because she was afraid to go home, and to have her house destroyed by out of control children. She is ready to help other families who may be experiencing similar things. She has worked with Bert Nash Mental Health Center, detention centers, correctional centers, Family Preservation, and belongs to Al-Anon. Carlene is available to help families in Lawrence and surrounding areas.

Charlotte Pessoni
Charlotte works at Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center in Lawrence with parents of children who are on the SED waiver. She is the parent of a child with SED and brings that experience to her work with families. Her previous work has been in the children's division at Menninger and as a special education para in the public schools. She is available to assist families who receive services from Bert Nash.