Teen Guide to Epilepsy

Epilepsy: The Ultimate Teen Guide by Kathlyn Gay and Sean McGarrahan is written specifically for a teen audience and dispels the myths, misconceptions, and misunderstandings about people who have epilepsy. Stories from teens showing them participating in normal activities provide the reader with hopeful insight. The authors also offer advice on how to tell others about this disorder and a list of resources on various publications, websites, organization and the application of the American with Disabilities Act to epilepsy is provided at the end.

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Pathways to Competence

Pathways to Competence: Encouraging Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Young Children by Sarah Landy guides professionals through the nine important domains of social and emotional development in children from birth to 6 years old. Each chapter also discusses research findings, definitions, importance of overall development, principles to foster growth, commonly raised issues, discussion questions, and sample exercises.

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Mental Health Month

May is Mental Health Month, and this year is the celebration of 100 years of support and education for individuals with mental health conditions. Check out more information at Mental Health America.

Looking for an interesting resource regarding this topic? Inside Outside: Building a Meaningful Life After the Hospital is a film depicting the lives of eight people as they transition from nursing homes to psychiatric hospitals into the community. This film carries an encouraging message of possibility, recovery, and success.

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Canine Assistance

Indiana Canine Assistant Network (ICAN) is a nonprofit organization that provides canine assistance. "ICAN was founded in late 2001 by Sally Irvin, Ph.D, who was inspired by the idea of creating positive and powerful connections between at-risk individuals, animals, and people with physical disabilities and developmental disabilities. ICAN is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and serves residents of Indiana, with occasional client placements outside of the state."

They provide three types of dog services which are assistance or skilled companion dogs, facility dogs (who work with the professionals), and therapy dogs (who stay primarily in the home).

Check out the website here: http://www.icandog.org/index.htm
Or Contact them at:
1801 N. Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Office Number:
(317) 250-6450

Creating and E-Mentoring Community

Creating and E-Mentoring Community: How Do-IT does it, and how you can do it,too by Sheryl Burgstahler teaches the reader how to create an e-mentoring community. Within the book it describes the philosophy of e-mentoring, research on the topic, the purpose of e-mentoring and more. In the second half of the book, the reader will see how to set personal, academic and career goals, how to understand your strengths and weaknesses, how to develop and support network and much more.

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