FYI at a Glance
· Tucker
Signing Strategies for Reading Workshop
· Building
Social Relationships Workshops
· Structured
Teaching in Your Classroom Workshops
· Library
Corner
Coming Up
xTucker Signing Strategies
for Reading xWorkshop: General and special educators grades
PK-12, reading specialists, speech/language pathologists, administrators,
paraeducators, and parents, mark your calendars for November 12, 2007 and
plan to attend the Tucker
Signing Strategies for Reading to be held in
Greenwood, Indiana.
Sponsored
by the Indiana Institute’s Center on Education and Lifelong Learning, Tucker Signing Strategies for
Reading is a one-day workshop that provides
participants with a powerful supplemental strategy for decoding that can be
used in conjunction with a conventional reading program. It uses a system of
44 hand signs that prompt associations between letters or word chunks and the
sounds they represent.
Readers
see the letter, sign and say the sound at the same time; this multi-sensory
combination provides success to readers who have not succeeded before. The
Kinesthetic - tactile approach is a strategy that children enjoy, and appeals
to reluctant readers, excessively active children, and those with learning
disabilities as well as the average reader.
To
date, over 1,000 educators in Indiana
have been trained. Data from many of these educators indicate that the Tucker
Signing Strategies improve decoding. Visit http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cell
to review these reports.
Registration
fee is $100.00 for educators and $75.00 for parents. To register, contact Kay
Moore at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail moorel@....
The last day to register is Thursday, November 1, 2007. For information on
Training Funds for parents, contact IN*SOURCE at http://www.insource.org. Funds are
available on a limited basis and must be requested at least 30 days prior to
the training. Note: Only families who have children under eight years of age
are eligible to apply for IN*SOURCE dollars.
Building Social Relationships Workshops:
These workshops will provide attendees with an overview of “Building Social Relationships,”
the social skills instructional model developed by Scott Bellini, Assistant
Director of the Institute’s Indiana
Resource Center
for Autism.
Focusing on the social-emotional functioning of children and adolescents on
the autism spectrum, participants will learn practical and effective
strategies for teaching social skills. A particular emphasis will be placed
on the implementation of video modeling interventions for this population of
children. An emerging body of research has demonstrated the effectiveness of
video modeling interventions in teaching social, behavioral, and functional
skills.
Training
dates and locations include:
November 7, 2007
Radisson Hotel
Indianapolis, Indiana
November 9, 2007
Logan Center
South Bend, Indiana
The
success of social skill interventions is dependent upon the cooperation and
contribution of multiple individuals. Material will be presented in a manner
that is both meaningful and understandable to both parents and professionals.
Registration
fee is $90.00 per person. Training Funds are available through the Indiana
Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities at (317) 232-7770 or
IN*SOURCE (http://www.insource.org). Note:
Only families who have children under eight years of age are eligible to
apply for IN*SOURCE dollars. For content questions, contact Scott Bellini at
(812) 855-6508 or sbellini@....
To register, contact Donna Beasley at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail dbeasley@....
Structured Teaching in Your Classroom Workshops:
Research consistently indicates that students on the autism spectrum respond
favorably to a structured classroom environment. Structured Teaching in Your Classroom: A Training
in the TEACCH Model will provide attendees with an
understanding of how and why structured teaching strategies should be
implemented, including visual schedules, work systems, and deliberately
designed work materials. Participants will also learn how to conduct informal
assessments across curriculum areas, how to apply structured teaching
strategies during small group instruction, and how to respond to challenging
behavior using these techniques.
Kara
Hume, who recently completed her Doctorate in Special Education from Indiana
University, will be the featured
presenter. Hume is an Adjunct Professor and Research Associate with the
Institute’s Indiana Resource
Center for Autism. She has worked
with children and young adults on the autism spectrum for 16 years and has
worked with Division TEACCH as a training for professionals in the field.
Training
dates and locations include:
November 8-9, 2007
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
Bloomington, IN
December 6-7, 2007
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
Bloomington, IN
Registration
fee is $175.00 per person. For conference content questions, contact Kara
Hume at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail kahume@....
To register, contact Kelly Doyle (keadoyle@...)
or Donna Beasley (dbeasley@...)
at (812) 855-6508.
Certificates
of attendance will be provided free of change. CEUs (Continuing Education
Units – general education) and CRUs (Certification Renewal Units) will
be available on- site. Additionally, Training Funds for family members or
individuals with disabilities in Indiana
are available through the Indiana Governor’s Council for People with
Disabilities at (317) 232-7770 or IN*SOURCE (http://www.insource.org).
Note:
Only families who have children under eight years of age are eligible to
apply for IN*SOURCE dollars.
Library Corner
xNew Items:
The following new materials may be borrowed by xIndiana residents from the Center for Disability
Information xand
Referral (CeDIR) at the Institute. To check out materials, xcontact the library at
1-800-437-7924, send e-mail to cedir@...,
or visit us at 2853 East Tenth Street
in Bloomington.
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B., & Wysocky, L. (2005). Front of the class: How Tourette syndrome made
me the teacher I never had. Acton,
MA: VanderWyk & Burnham.
Frank,
G. (2000). Venus on wheels: Two decades of dialogue on disability,
biography, and being female in America.
Berkeley, CA:
University of California
Press.
Gaventa,
W., & Coulter, D. (2005). End-of-life care: Bridging disability and aging
with person-centered care. New York:
Haworth Pastoral Press.
Najarian,
C. (2006). “Between worlds:” Deaf women, work, and intersections
of
gender and ability. New York:
Routledge.
Parens,
E., & Asch, A. (Eds.). (2000). Prenatal testing and disability rights.
Washington, D.C.:
Georgetown University
Press.
Uhlberg,
M. (2005). Dad, Jackie, and me. Atlanta,
GA: Peachtree.
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