Developmental Screening in Your Community

We all know how important it is to detect delays in our children's development. Early detection can change the outcome of a child's life. So how do we make screening easier? Pick up Developmental Screen in Your Community: An Integrated Approach for Connecting Children with Services. "Integrated, community-wide screening and early detection/child find systems are the answer—and this is the first book with the systematic, big-picture guidance and specific information you need to develop your own system or strengthen and refine your existing system" (book description).

Want to know more? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this title or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

New Issue of CeDIR Citings

Aaaaah, Spring! Despite the fact that there is still snow on the ground, spring is officially here. Along with March Madness comes a new issue of our newsletter, CeDIR Citings. This issue is packed with resources for people with disabilities who are interested in higher education.

Check it out at: http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cedir/newsletters/CeDIR_Citings_0313.html

Differentiated instructional strategies: One size doesn't fit all

Differentiated instructional strategies: One size doesn't fit all brings you new strategies and updates in this third edition to make implementing differentiating instruction in your classroom quick and easy. It offers a Common Core lesson-planning template along with a larger format to make the book and its strategies immediately usable.

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

School-based research: A guide for education students

Whether you're a new classroom researcher or studying graduate level education courses, School-based Research can help guide you through the research process. Now in its second edition, this book has been updated to expand on the best ways to approach, construct and carry out educational research within the classroom.

Interested? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check it out, or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Mobile App Monday - eReading: Greek Myths

Looking for a reading app for children with dyslexia, LD, FASD, autism, slow readers, and other language based issues? The eReading: Greek Myths app combines 37 original illustrations with narrations and highlighting to help create a fun reading experience for those who find reading difficult. The reader completely controls the reading experience. Have it read to you or try to read it yourself.

Want to know more about it? Please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ereading-greek-myths/id430731994?mt=8#

Strategic Co-Teaching in Your School

Looking for a step-by-step guide to the Co-Design Model of co-teaching for the entire school? Take a look at Strategic co-teaching in your school: Using the Co-Design Model. This school-wide approach to co-teaching is being used nationwide. The Co-Design Model

*targets nine areas essential to inclusive, collaborative education (see sidebar)
*creates a powerful network of support for teachers and administrators
*improves all students access to the general curriculum and highly qualified teachers
*ensures appropriate instruction in the least restrictive environment
*makes the most of each educator's background knowledge and skill sets
*and more!

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Using Storytelling to Support Children and Adults with Special Needs

Using Storytelling to Support Children and Adults with Special Needs can be used by education professionals, therapists, youth workers, counselors, and more! The book has sections on both therapy and educational approaches to using storytelling with people who have special needs. The contributors to this book:

*Define their own approach to storytelling
*Describe the principles and theory that underpin their practice
*Demonstrate how they work with different types of story
*Provide extensive case-studies and assessment frameworks
*Provide some ‘top tips’ for practitioners who want to start using stories in this way

Interested? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check it out or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Staying Power: Age-Proof Your Home for Comfort, Safety and Style

Want to make some changes at home to help you or someone else age in place? Staying Power: Age-Proof Your Home for Comfort, Safety and Style might be what you're looking for! This easy-to-read, practical book is a problem-solving guide to help aging adults make their homes safer, more comfortable, and livable. Learn how to customize furnishings, layout and decor without breaking your back or your budget.

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Parenting your child with ADHD

Want to learn how to parent your child with ADHD in order to help alleviate their symptoms without medications? Parenting Your Child with ADHD will show you how. This unique program promotes positive ways of interrelating and shows parents the five main ways they may have unwittingly reinforced ADHD symptoms in the past. Learn how to make requests of your child in positive ways that support cooperation in your child rather than unwanted behaviors.

Interested? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this title or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Mobile App Monday - Mental Note for iPad - the digital notebook

Want to turn your iPad into a digital notepad? Mental Note for iPad lets you combine pictures, voice recordings, drawings and text - all on the same page, in any order you choose. And then share it!

Want to learn more about this app? Please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mental-note-for-ipad-digital/id364091207?mt=8#

Coming home from the NICU

Looking for information on how to support families bringing home a baby from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit? Pick up Coming home from the NICU: A guide for supporting families in early infant care and development. Learn how to help these parents meet their baby's special needs and promote optimal development in the first year after homecoming by
-developing a loving and satisfying relationship with their baby
-managing the changes to their daily routines and home environment
-recognizing, interpreting, and responding to the baby s signals and behaviors
-and more!

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

IU students gather to end the word

Inspirational videos, testimonials, and performances were all enjoyed on Wednesday night at Indiana University's chapter of Best Buddies event to "Spread the Word to End the Word." This local chapter is part of a larger movement to eradicate the hurtful use of the "R" word. Indiana University's Indiana Daily Student was there to report on the event, and the article can be read at: https://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=91685

To learn more about the national movement, please visit: http://www.r-word.org/

Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

Got a new diagnosis or know someone who has? Pick up Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed. Learn about available treatments and how to manage symptoms for this often misunderstood disorder. Workplace issues are covered as well as increasing your awareness of the triggers for the disorder and how to find support.

Interested? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this title or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

A guide to co-teaching

Thinking about co-teaching? Check out A Guide to Co-Teaching. The book "[e]xplores the four approaches to co-teaching with updated discussions of RTI, discussions of the roles of paraprofessionals and administrators, and lesson plans linked to the Common Core." Self-assessments, organization tips, quotes, and advice all help to make this book accessible for every teacher.

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Mobile App Monday - iMean

Looking for an augmentative communication app that doesn't use pictures? iMean is dedicated to text and offers word prediction as the user is typing that can be selected with one tap of the finger. The app can also speak the words that are typed.

Want to learn more about this app? Please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/imean/id364906155?mt=8#

Spring is around the corner!

Can't wait for spring? Warmer weather, shorts, and flip flops are on their way to a body near you! But before we get too far ahead of ourselves, let's take a look back at the new items that came into the library last month. http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=2317

Now let's see: crocuses, tulips, hydrangeas, gardening gloves, potting soil, track meets.....