Mobile App Monday - Todo Telling Time

Got a child who is struggling to learn how to tell time? Todo (meaning "all" in Spanish) Telling Time provides children in kindergarten through second grade games with which to learn time telling, from the hour and minute, to calendar concepts, to digital time, to the components of a daily schedule. Multiple game levels provide challenges so that students can master the concept of telling time.

Want to learn more about it? Please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/todo-telling-time/id666462848?mt=8

Parenting Interactions with Children: Checklist of Observations Linked to Outcomes

Working with parents to support young children's cognitive, social, and language development? Try using PICCOLO™, the quick, reliable observational tool designed to assess and monitor the quality of parent–child interactions. Developed for use with parents of children ages 1 to 3, PICCOLO measures 29 developmentally supportive parenting behaviors in 4 critical domains—Affection, Responsiveness, Encouragement, and Teaching.

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

Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms

Looking for help understanding genetic terms? Check out the Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms. Created by the National Human Genome Research Institute, the glossary offers definitions, descriptions of terms, and many images and animations related to the terms. Additionally, a free app is available featuring more than 250 common genetic terms. Both the online and the app version have a quiz at the end.

For the online version, please visit: http://www.genome.gov/Glossary/index.cfm

For the mobile app, please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/talking-glossary-of-genetics/id428340581?mt=8&ls=1

Educating learners with Down syndrome: Research, theory and practice with children and adolescents

Educating Learners with Down Syndrome, written by expert contributors, reviews recent findings in education, highlights promising practices for those with Down syndrome, and identifies areas for future research. The book emphasizes the school years but links to early intervention and to life post-16 are also made.

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

The dyslexia empowerment plan

The dyslexia empowerment plan is packed with practical ideas and strategies children with dyslexia need for excelling in school and in life. This empowering guide provides the framework for charting a future for your child that is bright with hope and unlimited potential.

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 - Voice Dream Reader

"Having reached top 10 in Education in 79 countries, Voice Dream Reader is the world's most accessible reading tool. With advanced text-to-speech and a highly configurable screen layout, it can be tailored to suit every reading style from completely auditory to completely visual, plus synchronized combination of both." -iTunes

Want to learn more about it? Please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voice-dream-reader/id496177674?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Mobile Learning for All

Using an iPad with your students? Mobile learning for all: Supporting accessibility with the iPad can help. This resource highlights how to use readily available iPad features to make your curriculum more accessible to all students and especially to those with different needs. From universal design with mobile learning to motor supports to executive functioning supports, this book covers it all.

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

Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Problems

Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Problems is now in its second edition. This book offers case studies of beginning and older readers struggling with different types of reading problems. The author shows how to administer and score a thorough diagnostic battery and provide instruction tailored to each student's needs.

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

The early intervention workbook: Essential practices for quality services

The Early Intervention Workbook highlights the 7 key principles and associated practices for effective early intervention services. Early intervention professionals will enjoy this workbook's ease of use with its practical tips, activities and strategies from today's top researchers.

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

Early Intervention Every Day!

Want help with everyday activities that will continue early intervention strategies for young children with special needs? Pick up Early Intervention Every Day!: Embedding Activities in Daily Routines for Young Children and Their Families. The book is packed with research-based strategies for helping parents and caregivers take an active role in young children's development.

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

Mobile App Monday - Skill Training

Looking to improve eye-hand coordination? Want an app that was developed in conjunction with therapists? Try Skill Training. This game app will help train skill, strategy, and concentration. It automatically adapts the difficulty level, depending on the user, with an infinite number of randomly generated levels and is suitable for multiple users.

Want to take a look? Please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skill-training/id765107111?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Including families of children with special needs: A how-to-do-it manual for librarians

Including families of children with special needs: A how-to-do-it manual for librarians is a revised edition of a step-by-step guide to serving children and youth with disabilities as well as the family members, caregivers, and other people involved in their lives. It addresses the needs of preschool, school-age children, and teens as well as Spanish-speaking children with disabilities and their families. Checklists, real-life stories, descriptions of model programs and resources, and an overview of appropriate internet sites and services are offered.

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu.

How Designers Are Failing People With Disabilities

Here's an interesting article from Hazlitt, a website of Random House of Canada, on how people with disabilities are being failed by designers and the lack of a delivery system to get new products out to the people who need them.

http://www.randomhouse.ca/hazlitt/feature/how-designers-are-failing-people-disabilities

Bullying and Students with Disabilities

Looking for ways to create a bully-free environment for all students? Pick up Bullying and students with disabilities: Strategies and techniques to create a safe learning environment for all. In it, the authors explore how some bullying prevention programs fail students with disabilities and offer keys to develop and implement inclusive policies that address their particular needs.

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

From Text Maps to Memory Caps

In From Text Maps to Memory Caps, differentiated instruction becomes simple and fun with these ready-to-use adaptations for grades K-12. Teachers will love the 100 creative NEW ideas in this illustrated guide, perfect for meeting the learning needs of all students in inclusive classrooms.

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

Mobile App Mondy - Dyslexia Quest

Climb the mountain and play the yeti games. Each game will test memory and learning skills. The Yeti Master will explain signs of dyslexia.

• 6 games that each develop a different learning ability
• Email your results to those that need to know
• Suggests how to make better use of your learning strengths
• Explains what difficulties you will experience and where you have a weakness
• 3 different paths up the mountain encourage you to replay games and improve your skills
• Can you collect all 18 yetis?

To learn more about this app, please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dyslexia-quest/id448166369?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

2014 Winter Paralympics

Couldn't get enough of the 2014 Winter Olympics? Feeling down in the dumps without the thrill of an Olympic hockey game? Don't fret! The 2014 Paralympics have opened in Sochi and will run until March 16th with 547 athletes from 45 countries competing.

For a look at the games and who is competing, please visit:

• http://www.sochi2014.com/en
• http://www.paralympic.org/sochi-2014
• http://www.teamusa.org/paralympicgames/
• http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/544891-2014-sochi-winter-paralympics-complete-tv-schedule-of-events-at-winter-games/

CCA Announces Activities for Disability and Accessibility Awareness Months

Bloomington, Ind. – March and April offer many opportunities to consider how welcoming our community is to people with disabilities. Bloomington joins communities across Indiana in observing March as Disability Awareness Month and April as Accessibility Awareness Month.

The City of Bloomington's Council for Community Accessibility (CCA) has put together a  calendar of activities that will take place in Bloomington, including events on the campuses of Indiana University and Ivy Tech Community College, during March and April. Individuals with disabilities, family members, service providers and fellow community members are encouraged to participate in the listed activities. The calendar is available at https://bloomington.in.gov/cca.

To submit additional items for the calendar or for more information about the Council for Community Accessibility, please contact Special Projects Coordinator Craig Brenner at brennerc@bloomington.in.gov or 349.3471.

What's new?

Although it may not feel like it today, Spring is just around the corner...at least the calendar says so, even if Mother Nature does not. But before we get too interested in planting those spring bulbs, let's take a look back at the new items we received in the library last month. http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=2317

Mobile App Monday - Next Dollar Up

Next Dollar Up is a widely utilized special education teaching strategy for those with special needs to develop independence in money management using a whole dollar amount concept. It involves looking at an item price and rounding up to the next dollar to make the purchase.

Interested? Please visit iTunes to learn more about it: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/next-dollar-up/id516660045?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4