Mobile App Monday - Dollar Up

"Looking for an app to teach or reinforce how to use money in real life situations? Dollar Up is the perfect app for children learning to handle money, kids, teens and adults with developmental disabilities as well as for therapists who work with stroke survivors, those in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, and more." -iTunes

Learn more about this app at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dollar-up-money-learning-aid/id721334863?mt=8

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

Managing Money

Interested in ensuring that people with disabilities understand money management? Need help teaching a student how to balance a checkbook? Check out the book, Managing my money: Banking and budgeting basics. It offers the student clear instructions broken down into small steps and opportunities to practice what is being taught. Color-coded forms and large scale graphics help round out the instruction. Teacher pages are included that face the lesson pages as well as a CD-ROM with more forms that can be printed out. Learn how to:

• Keep Records
• Keep a Budget
• Keep a Checking Account

Indiana residents can email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this book. Otherwise, try worldcat.org to find it in a library nearby.