Collaboration & Teaming!

Dr. Carrie Chapman and Cate Hart of the Center for Education and Life Long Learning have created a great training tool for education professionals called "Collaboration and Teaming: Eight Dramatic Vignettes of Teams Working & Learning Together."

This DVD includes eight vignettes featuring a school team during a year-long planning process, facing problems, and designing realistic solutions. Some areas of focus are:

• listening and conversation skills;
  
• conflict management and negotiation;
• co-teaching styles and models;
  
• teamwork tools and more.

This DVD is available for check-out to Indiana Residents at CeDIR, or for purchase from the Indiana Institute E-Store.

Social Security Benefits

Do you have questions about Social Security Disability Benefits? Concerned about keeping your benefits after returning to work? CeDIR has a copy of the latest edition of Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting and Keeping your Benefits. It's filled with the latest information on applying for benefits, how to prove your disability, appealing if your claim is denied, and more!

If you would like to learn more about this book, check it out at CeDIR today or, if you are not an Indiana resident, visit worldcat.org to find it at a library near you.

Tuberous Sclerosis Complex

Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) is a genetic disorder that can cause tumors to form in the body's vital organs, such as the brain, eyes, heart, lungs and more. People affected by the disease can experience developmental delays, cognitive disabilities, and even autism, but TSC does not always affect everyone severely. Symptoms can be so mild in some people, that it can go undiagnosed. And while TSC is a genetic disorder, it is also believed that two-thirds of those diagnosed develop TSC by spontaneous genetic mutation. The cause of the mutation is still a mystery.

There is no cure for TSC, but treatments are available. Early intervention is helpful in combating developmental delays, and surgery can be performed to prolong organ function. Technology is being used to help create new therapies and to help control seizures. Many people living with TSC lead healthy, productive lives.

For more information on Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and what's being done to find a cure, visit:

Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

MedLine Plus

National Organization for Rare Disorders

Did you hear...Recreational Therapy

Online Resources:
Therapeutic Recreation Directory

National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification

Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008-2009: Recreational Therapy


More Online Resources:
CeDIR's links on Recreational Therapy

CeDIR's links on Inclusive Recreation


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