Closed tomorrow

A chill is in the air; pumpkins everywhere...

Okay, but what does that mean for CeDIR?

It means that we will be closed tomorrow for a staff training that takes place each year at about this time. But don't think that means you can't still request library materials! Send us an email at cedir@indiana.edu with your requests or leave us a message on chat. We'll be sure to get back in touch with you on Monday.

The Formative Assessment Action Plan

The formative assessment action plan: Practical steps to more successful teaching and learning offers real-life scenarios showing you how to implement the four steps in formative assessment in your classroom. These four steps:

• Where am I going?
• Where am I now?
• How am I doing?
• Where am I going next?

help you get the most out of your assessment data in order to adjust your classroom or individual instruction in a more beneficial way.

To check out this title, email us at cedir@indiana.edu. Or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

On Your Own

Got a teen who is interested in attending college? On your own: A college readiness guide for teens with ADHD/LD can help them understand the difference between high school and college and how to prepare for the challenges that those entering higher education can face. Ways to solve problems, make decisions, increase communication, and more can be found in this easy to read book.

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 -- Touch Mouse

Looking for some assistive technology? How about a mobile app to help operate a computer? Do you use your TV as your monitor? Touch Mouse operates through your home's wi-fi system, so you can browse, type, and mouse all with your mobile phone.

For more information, visit: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/touch-mouse/id338237450?mt=8

Sensory Interventions

Looking for sensory-based interventions? Want something for use by educators, occupational therapists and parents alike? A buffet of sensory interventions is a practical and well-researched tool that focuses on middle and high school students, whose sensory needs are often overlooked. The book also explains sensory integration basics, describes the sensory systems and their dysfunction and helps develop daily educational interventions through assessment of sensory needs.

Check out this title by emailing us at cedir@indiana.edu. Or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Optimistic Parenting

Want to:

• pinpoint the why behind your child's challenging behavior?
• understand how your thoughts affect interactions with your challenging child?
• interrupt negative thoughts and replacing them with positive, productive ones?
• increase mindfulness and parenting in the moment?

Learn about all of this and more with Optimistic parenting: Hope and help for you and your challenging child. Practical tools, strategies, and exercises, along with stories of experience will help the struggling parent develop more positive thoughts and perceptions--key ingredients of successful parenting and effective behavior management.

Check out this title by sending us an email at cedir@indiana.edu. Or try worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

A History of Intelligence and "Intellectual Disability"

From the product description:

"From the twelfth-century beginnings of European social administration to the onset of formal human science disciplines in the modern era, "A History of Intelligence and 'Intellectual Disability': The shaping of psychology in early modern Europe" by C. F. Goodey, reconstructs the sociopolitical and religious contexts of intellectual ability and disability and demonstrates how these concepts became part of psychology, medicine and biology. Goodey examines a wide array of classical, late medieval and Renaissance texts, from popular guides on conduct and behavior to medical treatises and from religious and philosophical works to poetry and drama. Focusing especially on the period between the Protestant Reformation and 1700, Goodey challenges the accepted wisdom that would have us believe that 'intelligence' and 'disability' describe natural, trans-historical realities. Instead, Goodey argues for a model that views intellectual disability and indeed the intellectually disabled person as temporary cultural creations."

To check out this title, email us at cedir@indiana.edu. Or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.