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FYI Newsletter May 12, 2008
Quick Scan:
- Sharing Life Stories
- Structured Teaching Strategies Workshop
- Library Corner
Sharing Life Stories
The Museum of the Person International Network (Brazil, Portugal, USA and Portugal) and the Center for Digital Storytelling (USA) invites you and/or your organization to join Listen! - International Day of Sharing Life Stories, on May 16th 2008. The day will be an opportunity for people around the world to gather in community halls, classrooms, public parks, theaters, auditoriums, as well as websites, e-mail exchanges, and virtual environments to hear each other's stories.
International Day advances an international movement of global citizens who view listening, collecting and sharing life stories as a critical process in democratizing culture and promoting social change. We want this day to be especially dedicated to celebrating and promoting Life Story projects that have made a difference within neighborhoods, communities, and societies as a whole.
Exhibits events in Bloomington include:
Thoughts, Things, and Theories...What Is Culture? and Botánica: A Pharmacy for the Soul - Mathers Museum throughout the week of May 12-16 (Admission to the Museum is free).
La Cara Latina de Bloomington - Photos will be on display from May 12-16, 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at La Casa (715 E. 7th Street)
Picturing My World - Photos/posters will be on display at Bloomington Convention Center Senior Expo, May 16, 2008, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Memory of the Square - Photos/posters will be on display at Bloomington Convention Center Senior Expo, May 16, 2008, 11 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Memory of the 3rd St. Park - Photos/posters will be on display at Bloomington Convention Center Senior Expo, May 16, 2008, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Banneker Center History Project - Photos/exhibit on display at the Bloomington Convention Center Senior Expo, May 16, 2008, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
VETS: Voicing Experiences in Service - Photos/ posters / sample student projects will be on display at Bloomington Convention Center Senior Expo, May 16, 2008, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Storytelling events (Senior Expo, Friday, May 16, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.) in Bloomington include:
Story Circles - Participants are invited to join one of the roundtables for memory games using prompts, photos, and artifacts to share their memories of Bloomington, Monroe County and the world!
Cold War Memories - Award winning video production teacher Jeff Rudkin and his middle school students will be collecting "cold war memories" from Expo visitors.
Six Word Memoirs - Can you tell your life in six words?
Storytelling events (Monroe County History Center, Saturday, May 17, 1:00 p.m.) in Bloomington include:
Memories of Monroe County Childhood: Growing up in the 40's - Reminiscing with Frank Barnhart, Jane Burris, Bill Knapp, and Dot Spore
Storytelling throughout the Bloomington Community
Meadowood Health Pavilion Story Booth - May Videography (May 12)
Global Telephone Call -International students call home (May 16)!
The Crestmont Story - Neighborhood mapmaking and design workshop with artist Joe LaMantia (May 17)
For information visit http://www.ausculti.org or contact Phil Stafford at (812) 855-6508, e-mail staffor@indiana.edu.
Structured Teaching Strategies Workshop
The Institute's Indiana Resource Center for Autism will sponsor a two-day workshop entitled Structured Teaching Strategies (as developed by the TEACCH Program) presented by Catherine Davies, on September 10 and October 12, 2008 at the Indiana Institute, in Bloomington.
Day one of the workshop will focus on the rational for using structured teaching and outline the different types of structure.
Day two will involve discussions, sharing (participants will be encouraged to bring photographs and materials), and problem solving around the implementation of structured teaching in participants' individual situations.
Follow-up consultation is optional. Participants will have the opportunity to apply their techniques in their settings. Follow-up will be tailored to the situation and will include a brief discussion of the issues, an observation, a meeting with teacher/key staff, and a written follow-up.
Catherine Davies is an Educational Consultant with the Indiana Resource Center for Autism. She has over 20 years experience working with children and adults with autism spectrum disorders and was a special education teacher, school and clinical psychologist.
Registration fee is $175.00 per person. Certificates of attendance will be provided free. CEUs (Continuing Education Units -general education) and CRUs (Certification Renewal Units) will be available on-site. For information on Consumer Investment Funds for family members or individuals with disabilities in Indiana, contact Indiana's Governor's Council for People with Disabilities at (317) 232-7770. Also, family members of individuals birth to 21 with disabilities in Indiana can contact the Indiana Institute at 1-800-825-4733 (http://www.inf2f.org/F2F-FIF.htm) for Family Involvement Funds.
For content questions, contact Catherine Davies at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail daviesc@indiana.edu. To register, contact Kelly Doyle at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail keadoyle@indiana.edu.
Library Corner
New Items: The following new materials may be borrowed by Indiana residents from the Center for Disability Information and Referral (CeDIR) at the Institute. To check out materials, contact the library at 1-800-437-7924, send e-mail to cedir@indiana.edu, or visit us at 2853 East Tenth Street in Bloomington.
Freeman, Y.S., Freeman, D.E., & Ramirez, R. (Eds.). (2008.) Diverse learners in the mainstream classroom: Strategies for supporting all students across content areas. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Jameson, L., & Jameson, B. (2008). Brain injury survivor's guide: Welcome to our world. Denver, CO: Outskirts Press, Inc.
Mason, M.P. (2008). Head cases: Stories of brain injury and its aftermath. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.