Collaborative teaming

"Collaborative teaming shows your staff how to work together effectively to support students with disabilities in inclusive classrooms. Perfect for independent study, inservice training, or preservice study, this reader-friendly guide will get teachers on board with collaborative teaming and give them fresh ways to improve the academic progress and behavior of all students." -publisher

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

The educator's handbook for inclusive school practices

The educator's handbook for inclusive school practices is "filled with ready-to-use teaching tips, insights from inclusive educators, and examples that relate directly to everyday classroom experiences. This book will help general and special educators collaborate effectively and build a great "toolbox" of strategies to support all learners within inclusive classrooms." -publisher

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

An activity-based approach to early intervention

An activity-based approach to early intervention will help early childhood professionals "learn the nuts and bolts of activity-based intervention (ABI), the trusted, child-directed approach for young children birth to 5. With the fourth edition of this classic textbook and professional guide, discover how to embed learning opportunities in everyday activities to help children acquire and generalize functional skills and reach their developmental goals." -publisher

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

The preschool inclusion toolbox: How to build and lead a high-quality program

The preschool inclusion toolbox: How to build and lead a high-quality program "is the how-to book preschool administrators, school district leaders, child care directors, and faculty need to step up the progress of early childhood inclusion through big-picture, systems-level change. Learn how to solve common challenges to inclusion through new policies and procedures, establish a strong inclusion team to make collaborative decisions, implement an action plan for inclusion—and measure its effects," and much more! -publisher

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 - Starfall Pumpkin

"Visit the Pumpkin Patch, choose a pumpkin and design a face. Weigh pumpkins in kilograms or pounds and discover which is the lightest and which is heaviest. Collect your pumpkin creations and give your favorite the blue ribbon! This app is excellent for emerging readers and young mathematicians." -iTunes

Interested? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id569922097

Executive skills and reading comprehension: A guide for educators

Executive skills and reading comprehension: A guide for educators "highlights the importance of executive skills for improving reading comprehension. Chapters review the research base for particular executive functions--such as planning, organization, cognitive flexibility, and impulse control--and present practical skills-building strategies for the classroom." -publisher

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

Assistive technology in the kitchen

According to an article found on npr.org, there are many simple (and not so simple) tips and tricks to help make a kitchen more accessible to people with disabilities. Using a mirror can help those who use a wheelchair see into a pan of food. Not preheating an oven can help those with vision impairments avoid burns. Or simply using a very sharp knife can help everyone avoid accidentally cutting themselves.

To read the entire article, please visit:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/10/21/448971281/cooking-with-disabilities-an-exercise-in-creative-problem-solving

The power of peers in the classroom: Enhancing learning and social skills

The power of peers in the classroom: Enhancing learning and social skills highlights expert contributors who describe evidence-based approaches for peer-assisted instructional strategies in grades K-12. Subjects discussed are reading, writing, math, and other content areas, as well as social competence and executive functioning. Sample lessons and more than a dozen reproducible tools are provided.

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

Rower with ADD and autism gets a shot

This past weekend was the 51st Head of the Charles regatta competition and for the first time, a rower with an intellectual disability was racing.

To read the article from NPR, please visit:
http://www.npr.org/2015/10/17/449388076/top-regatta-now-includes-more-but-not-all-disabled-rowers

Mobile App Monday - Todo Math

Looking for a fun app for the little ones or those with developmental delays to learn math? Todo Math is designed and endorsed by educators, aligned to school standards, and recognized for superior game design. Winner of a 2015 Parents’ Choice Gold Award, its growing curriculum includes 600+ math activities aligned to Common Core State Standards.

Want to learn more about it? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id666465255

Qualitative research from start to finish

In Qualitative research from start to finish, "all the major research phases are encompassed (startup, design, data collection, analysis, and composing), including newly emerging trends. Numerous easy-to-read vignettes show how other scholars have successfully implemented specific procedures." -publisher

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

Literature and disability

"Literature and Disability introduces readers to the field of disability studies and the ways in which a focus on issues of impairment and the representation of disability can provide new approaches to reading and writing about literary texts. Disability plays a central role in much of the most celebrated literature, yet it is only in recent years that literary criticism has begun to consider the aesthetic, ethical and literary challenges that this poses." -publisher

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

Register now for Indiana's Governor's Conference for People with Disabilities

The ADA at 25:

Moving Forward,

Looking Back

December 7 & 8, 2015

Westin Downtown Indianapolis

50 South Capitol Ave.

This year's conference will "create a forum for attendees to continue the work of the disability rights movement, explore innovative ways to influence positive change, share experiences and learn from one another." -flyer

Register online at:
gpcpd.org/conference

Boyfriends & Girlfriends: A Guide to Dating for People with Disabilities

Looking for a guide on dating for teens and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities? Boyfriends & Girlfriends: A Guide to Dating for People with Disabilities may be just the ticket. The book covers the topics:

• Who is an appropriate dating partner and who is not
• How to read signals and judge whether the interest is mutual
• How to ask someone out on a date
• How to turn down a date
• How to handle rejection
• What sexual feelings are
• 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.

Mobile App Monday - Write My Name

Know someone who needs practice writing letters, both upper case and lower case? This app can be used for spelling, writing names and words, reading single words and repeating single words. Write My Name can be a fun and playful app for children with special needs who need practice with emerging writing skills. Children with fine motor delays and sensory processing disorder, among others, would benefit.

Want to learn more about it? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id500623496

Library Closed Today

The CeDIR Library is closed today due to a staff training. We will re-open at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, October 5th.