Driver Evaluation and Training Program

Did you know that Easter Seals Cross Roads not only offers training to previous drivers requiring modifications to drive, but new drivers as well? Not only do they offer trainings, they also provide evaluations to for people with disabilities to assess their clients potential to drive. For more information, visit their website.

Promising news for treatment of Fragile X

According to an article in Science Daily, a class of drugs may help improve learning and cognition in people with Fragile X Syndrome. "The researchers have found that a class of drugs called phosphoinositide-3 (PI3) kinase inhibitors can correct defects in the anatomy of neurons seen in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome. The drugs can potentially restore normal appearance and levels of protein production at synapses, the junctions between cells where chemical communication occurs, resulting in improved learning and cognition.

To read the entire article, go to: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100810203501.htm

professional development events

Need to find a professional development event? CeDIR has recently updated the Training Events calendar on our website. The calendar includes disability-related training events across the nation, and occasionally across the world! Also included are webinars that are not date specific. These are found at the top of the page. The rest of the events are ordered by date.

Check it out at: http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=2539

Having a training event that you don't see on the calendar? Let us know by sending us an email at cedir@indiana.edu

Solution-focused RTI

Using a "solution-focused" method, which emphasizes a person's strengths rather than weaknesses, the book Solution-focused RTI: A positive and personalized approach to response to intervention offers an effective approach to Response-to-Intervention. This book provides the foundation of the solution-focused approach and offers guidelines, interventions, and implementation suggestions for a three-tiered Response-to-Intervention process.

Indiana residents can email us to check it out. Or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Beyond Differentiated Instruction

School is right around the corner for some, for others it's already in session. Now, for extra help with their diverse student populations, teachers can check out Beyond Differentiated Instruction by Jodi O'Meara. It's a wonderful resource to help ensure that all students are doing their job--learning! With tips, tricks, and strategies, this book will guide teachers through the ten steps of implementing differentiated instruction.

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

An overview of prekindergarten policy in the United States

The promise of pre-K is a collection of essays on America's pre-kindergarten movement from papers originally presented at the National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education first Annual Leadership Symposium in February 2007. Early childhood professionals will find this book helpful in developing high-quality pre-K programs that really improves outcomes for children. From program funding, to adherence to early learning standards, to assessment of both children and program quality, this book has it all. It's an essential resource for policy makers, researchers, and teacher educators.

Interested in checking it out? Email us! Or look it up in worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Seizures & you

From the Epilepsy Foundation of America comes a disability awareness training kit called Seizures & you: Take charge of the facts: An epilepsy awareness program for teens. The kit includes everything you need to conduct a training: a facilitator's guide, slide printouts with presenter notes; matching worksheet; epilepsy fact sheet; student quiz, "Building on take charge of the facts" which is a guide for extending learning and deepening awareness about epilepsy. It also comes with a CD-ROM which includes a PowerPoint presentation, epilepsy fact sheet, matching worksheet and student quiz.

Eight quick read booklets round out the kit: Children & seizures, Driving & you, Questions & answers, Seizures & first aid, Seizures & safety, Seizures & sleep, Treatment & you, True or false? along with two quick guides: First aid for seizures; Recognise common symptoms of seizures.

Interested? Contact us!