10th Annual Open House, Fly-In & Indy Air Race

Save the Date! 

The 10th Annual Open House, Fly-In & Air Race 

Saturday, August 6th, 2016

Down Syndrome Indiana is offering a day of flying, food, fun and family! Activities include a pancake breakfast, airplane rides, candy drop, bounce houses, raffle, music, magic and much more to be announced!

For more information, please visit:
http://www.dsindiana.org/flyin.php

ADHD rating scale-5 for children and adolescents: Checklists, norms, and clinical interpretation

ADHD rating scale-5 for children and adolescents: Checklists, norms, and clinical interpretation is a 124-page guide for mental, educational, and medical practitioners to screen, diagnose, and evaluate treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Meant to determine the frequency and severity of ADHD symptoms in children ages 5-17, this assessment includes complete instructions for scoring and interpretation for both boys and girls separately.

The test offers parent questionnaires in both English and Spanish and cover behavior seen at home and teacher questionnaires cover classroom behavior. It is keyed to the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for ADHD to offer the most up-to-date results, and photocopy permission is included for continual use without having to purchase additional forms. This new edition includes functional impairment items linked to each symptom dimension (inattention symptoms and hyperactive-impulsive symptoms) and full analysis of the revised scale's psychometric properties.

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

Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics: Using Microsoft Excel 2016

Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics, now in its fourth edition, is 544 pages of friendly help for researchers who find working with statistics less than fun. The book begins with a introduction of Microsoft Excel 2016 and how to use its functions and formulas. It then goes on to discuss the installation and use of the Excel Data Analysis Tools option and its analytical techniques.

Written in a clear and informative style, the author walks researchers and students through the process of analyzing statistics from simple descriptive statistics and correlations to graphical representations of data and analysis of variance and more. New in this edition of the book is a chapter on working with large datasets and data mining using Excel and its tools.

The author has a Ph.D. from University of Maryland in Human Development and is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Kansas. He has written over 100 trade and textbooks on human development, measurements, statistics 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.

Happy 4th!

(photo courtesy CCWray)

The Library will close today at 2:00 p.m. and will re-open on Tuesday, July 5th at 8:00 a.m.

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and safe 4th of July!

Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology is a 328-page guide to help educators and other professionals understand how the use of assistive technology can improve the lives and learning of people with disabilities throughout their lifespan, from early childhood through school and into adulthood. The author is an Associate Professor of Special Education at Michigan State University and got her doctorate in special education emphasizing her research and publications on mathematics and functional life-skills education for students with disabilities with a central theme of assistive technology.

This book highlights the support assistive technology can provide to people with disabilities and the purpose for its use rather than assigning technology based on a student's diagnosis. It offers plenty of case studies and activities to do to find the best way to match a person with the technology available. Both advantages and limitations of assistive technology are discussed as well as the range of low to high technology and free to purchasable choices.

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

How the special needs brain learns

How the special needs brain learns, now in its 3rd edition, "addresses the causes of common learning disabilities and provides alternative instructional strategies to ensure learning occurs. Discover cutting-edge brain research to help you:

• Effectively instruct students with ADHD, LD, dyslexia, autism, and more
• Utilize assistive technologies to remove barriers to learning
• Differentiate instruction in speech, reading, writing, and mathematics" -publisher

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

Arts for All Fest

Arts for All Fest is a FREE family-friendly event, designed to ensure access for people of all ages and abilities. During this midweek festival, attendees will enjoy a menu of arts activities including drumming, yoga, clay, collage, and more! A resource fair, dinner, and door prizes are also part of the fun!

When: Wednesday, July 20th, 4:00 - 7:00 pm
Where: ArtMix Studios & Gallery (inside the Harrison Center)
1505 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202

Tickets are free, but registration is required.
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ecqiojxzb77302e4&oseq=&c=&ch=