Webinar: Including Emergency Management in Independent Living Centers

FEMA Promising Practice: 

Including Emergency Management in Independent Living Centers to Maximize Potential for Whole Community Preparedness

November 13th, 2014

Time: 2:30pm ET

Without cooperative and inclusive approaches to emergency preparedness and management, people with disabilities will be greatly impacted during all phases of disaster. This presentation will engage audiences on how offices of emergency management can work with disability organizations to increase inclusive emergency management practices within local communities. Additionally, this session will explore innovative ways disability organizations can organize to provide resources towards disaster systems.

Registration: Free on-line at http://www.adapresentations.org/registration.php

5 Tools for Seeing or Hearing Webpages More Clearly

Richard Byrne at Free Technology for Teachers has compiled a list of five tools that can help students see or hear webpages more easily. From stripping sidebar content to text-to-speech options, the apps and extensions will help those with vision or hearing disabilities.

To view the list, please visit:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/10/5-tools-that-can-help-students-see-and.html#.VFD4KfnF9yx

A Practical Guide to Congenital Developmental Disorders and Learning Difficulties

Designed to support professionals working within a multi-modal, A Practical Guide to Congenital Developmental Disorders and Learning Difficulties takes a collaborative approach to assessment and intervention processes. The book is suitable for health visitors, allied health therapists, nurses, teachers and social care practitioners. It is also a useful reference for students in these areas learning about child development and includes critical reading exercises; online searching tasks; self-assessment questions; reflective activities and document analysis prompts. -from the book description

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 - Constant Therapy

Constant Therapy is an award winning solution that provides personalized therapy tools to people with cognitive, language, communication & learning disorders. People who have Aphasia, TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), stroke, dementia, speech problems, reading, language or learning disabilities can access 12,000+ items across 60 categories & 10 difficulty levels.

Constant Therapy was designed by scientists at Boston University and is easy to use. Exercises are specifically customized for each person's unique needs - so the program adapts to your progress every day. -iTunes

Want to learn more about this app? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/constant-therapy/id575764424?mt=8

Nolo's IEP guide: Learning disabilities

This edition of Nolo's IEP Guide has been updated to reflect the latest laws, federal regulations, and court decisions that affect the IEP process, and includes fully up-to-date forms, sample letters, and resources to help you every step of the way. Plus, read an expanded section about "appropriate" education measures resulting from a recent U.S. Supreme Court case, and get new details on eligibility for special education services for your child. -from the book description

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

Disability incarcerated: Imprisonment and disability in the United States and Canada

Looking at both disabilities and the penal system? Disability Incarcerated is an anthology of works examining the incarceration and segregation of people with disabilities in the United States and Canada.

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

Crash Course in Library Services to People with Disabilities

Crash Course in Library Services to People with Disabilities will help librarians get up to speed in understanding what they can do to make library premises and holdings more accessible to people with disabilities. It provides basic information on different types of mental and physical disabilities a librarian might encounter, then offers a range of exemplary policies, services, and programs for people with disabilities—efforts that are in place and working across the country. -from the book description

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

Careers in Computing

AccessComputing, a National Science Foundation funded project, aims to increase the participation of people with disabilities in computing careers by providing mentoring and funding for career development activities for students with disabilities computing-related fields.

Want to learn more about this project? Please visit:
http://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/get-involved/students/join-accesscomputing-team

Mobile App Monday - Medicare Provider Locator

Need to search for Medicare providers? This App allows users to find them through either their geo-location or inputting a city and state. Great for those who need to move to a different place or want to take that lifetime trip across the country!

Want more information? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/medicare-provider-locator/id545314989?mt=8

Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer's: An Emotional Journey

Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer's: An Emotional Journey offers insight, hope, and understanding for anyone who cares for a loved one with Alzheimer's. There are currently no treatments to halt the progression of this disease, making caregiving both essential--and difficult. The video discusses topics such as:

• Caring for one who doesn't remember your name
• Grieving the losses of their life, and yours
• When an unexpected side of your loved one comes out
• When it feels like your love no longer helps
• 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.

Beyond disability: A yoga practice with Matthew Sanford

Beyond disability: A yoga practice with Matthew Sanford is a 50-minute DVD that shows how everyone can practice yoga at home while seated. This video is a complete adaptive yoga class. Students with spinal cord injuries demonstrate each section.

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

Rose Under Fire

Rose Under Fire won the American Library Association's 2013 Schneider Family Book Award for its portrayal of the disabilities created by Nazi experimentation in World War II.

While flying an Allied fighter plane from Paris to England, American ATA pilot and amateur poet, Rose Justice, is captured by the Nazis and sent to Ravensbruck, the notorious women's concentration camp. Trapped in horrific circumstances, Rose finds hope in the impossible through the loyalty, bravery and friendship of her fellow prisoners. But will that be enough to endure the fate that's in store for her? -book description

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

Held: Learning to Live in God's Grip: A Bible Study for Special-Needs Parents

Held: Learning to Live in God's Grip: A Bible Study for Special-Needs Parents is written for special-needs parents by special-needs parents. It is designed to be used alone, as a couple, or with a group. Each chapter is accompanied by questions that will help you think about the material and apply what you learn.

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

Mobile App Monday - Pick-a-Path

Looking for a good number puzzle game/investigation tool for your students? Check out Pick-a-path. Help Okta the Octopus reach the target (maximum, minimum, or a specific value) by choosing a path from the top of the maze to the bottom. Seven levels with seven puzzles will test your students' skills with powers of ten, negative numbers, fractions, decimals, and more.

Want to know more about it? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pick-a-path/id545185507?mt=8

The Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol Workout Book

Use The Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol Workout Book to expand single words into phrases and sentences. The book includes 16 reproducible motor-speech coordination workouts to stabilize the pronunciation of consonant-vowel combinations, and promote rapid development of expressive language skills while controlling for oral-motor difficulty. -publisher

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

The art of being deaf: A memoir

The art of being deaf: A memoir is an autobiography about Donna McDonald, an Australian who was placed in an oral deaf school when she was five years old. At age 45, with a successful career in social work policy, McDonald realized that she never had addressed the personal barrier she had constructed between her deaf-self and her hearing persona. In this book, she describes her long, arduous pursuit of finding out exactly who she was. -from the book description

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

Educating exceptional children

Now in its 14th edition, Educating Exceptional Children introduces readers to thirteen disability categories and discusses the needs of children who are gifted and talented. This edition provides new material about such important hot topics as genetics, neurology, inclusion, assistive technology, and information processing.

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

Employment Specialist Training to Begin November 4th

Registration is underway for the final Indiana Employment Specialist Training for 2014. This six-day, face-to-face, basic training guides job developers, employment specialists and other professionals as they train, place, and include individuals with disabilities in the workplace.

Participants must attend and complete both parts of the training (all six days) to obtain ACRE certification. Training will take place at Easter Seals Crossroads, 4740 Kingsway Drive, Indianapolis.

Dates are:
     Part One: November 4-6, 2014
     Part Two: December 2-4, 2014

Employment Specialist Training instructors are members of the Indiana Supported Employment Training Team, which has now trained over 3,000 Indiana employment specialists. The trainings are coordinated by IIDC’s Center on Community Living and Careers.The registration deadline for this training is Friday, October 24.

To see the flyer for this training, please visit:
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/styles/iidc/defiles/CCLC/ISETT%20Nov%202014%20F2F%20EST%20form.pdf

CeDIR Citings Fall Edition - Assistive Technology

Fall is here and with it comes another edition of the Center for Disability Information and Referral's biannual newsletter. This edition focuses on assistive technology. The newsletter highlights a book review, both national and Indiana-based websites, and a resource list of books that can be checked out from the CeDIR Library.

To see the new edition, please visit:
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/styles/iidc/defiles/CDIR/10-14.pdf

Mobile App Monday - DragonBox Elements

Looking for a way to secretly teach your kids geometry? Watch your kids learn geometry in a matter of hours, without them even noticing they’re learning! Whimsical characters and captivating puzzles motivate players to keep learning. Since the geometry in the game remains hidden, kids learn and gain confidence even if mathematics is a subject they don’t usually feel comfortable with. -iTunes

Want to learn more about it? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dragonbox-elements/id875267105?mt=8

A splash of red: The life and art of Horace Pippin

A Splash of Red is a children's book about a self-taught African American artist who was injured in WWI and never regained full use of his right arm. Despite his physical disability, he was eventually discovered as an artist and his works have been displayed in major museums.

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

Therapeutic ice skating class in Columbus

Group skating classes are available for children with disabilities at Hamilton Center Ice Arena. The class meets on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 5:00 beginning October 22 and lasting 8 weeks.

For more information, call the Hamilton Center Ice Arena at (812) 376-268.

What's New?

Wondering what's new in the library? Each month, we update the list of items that have been cataloged during the previous month. In September, the library received a fair number of new books on topics ranging from ADHD and Autism to independent living and physical disabilities.

Want to see the entire list? Please visit:
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=2317