Wheelchair Rugby Game

This Friday, April 9th, the Peer Undergraduate Mentor Program (PUMP) wil sponsor a wheelchair rugby game. The game is open to all students and staff, and the public is welcome to watch. A local wheelchair rugby team will show off their skills on the court. The game will be from 2:00 – 4:00 pm at the Student Recreational Sports Center off 10th Street.


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For more information, email Dani Clark at clardani@indiana.edu or call IU's Disability Services for Students at 812-855-7578.

Prevent, Teach, Reinforce

Prevent, teach reinforce: the school-based model of individualized positive behavior support by Glen Dunlap, et al., is a short textbook on behavior management for teachers of K-8 classrooms. The book focuses on functional assessment, behavior intervention plans, and evaluation. An included CD-ROM contains printable forms, Behavior Support Plan templates, and other tools to implement the Prevent-Teach-Reinforce model.

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ADA Indiana Webinar: Reasonable Accommodation

What is "reasonable accommodation" for employees with disabilities? Learn about the legal specifics in Wednesday's ADA Webinar. From the City of Bloomington website:

Reasonable accommodation for employees with disabilities continues as a frequently litigated ADA issue. This webinar will identify major trends in reasonable accommodation cases. Presenter Barry Taylor, JD, Director of Legal Services at Equip for Equality in Chicago, will analyze recent court decisions interpreting the reasonable accommodation provisions of the ADA. The webinar is free and can be viewed at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Building L on April 7th from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. For information, contact Matt Norris or Vicki Pappas adainfo@indiana.edu or 855-6508.

If you do not live in Bloomington, you can register to participate in the webinar directly here: https://adagreat.powweb.com/WebForms/Login/index.php?source=/Webinar/ADALegal/register.php. The deadline is tomorrow, April 6th, at 11 am. You can also see more upcoming ADA webinars in the Legal Issues series here: http://www.ada-audio.org/Webinar/ADALegal/Schedule/.

Disability Awareness Poster Contest

Modified from the Bloomington city website:

Help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act by entering the Council for Community Accessibility's disability and accessibility awareness poster competition! The competition begins in April and runs until the first of June.

Prizes will be awarded to selected entries and announced at the July celebration of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

All poster entries should highlight a disability and/or accessibility issue and can include graphic design, drawing, painting, and/or photography.

All entries must include this registration form: http://bloomington.in.gov/media/media/application/pdf/6729.pdf

Information about the competition and hard copies of the registration form are available at the Community & Family Resources Department, Suite 260, City Hall, 401 N. Morton Street, Bloomington.

For information, contact Craig Brenner at 812-349-3471 or brennerc@bloomington.in.gov.

Dyslexia: Learning Disorder or Creative Gift?

Dyslexia: learning disorder or creative gift? is written by Cornelia Jantzen, a consultant and mother of two children with dyslexia. Drawing from personal experience and professional research, Jantzen explores different methods of and philosophies about teaching literacy, as well as the workings of the brain. She is a proponent of the Davis method, which "enables students to use all their senses in learning written language."

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