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FYI Newsletter April 18, 2011
Quick Scan:
- ADA-Indiana Audio Conference – Are your Recreational Facilities Accessible?
- STAR Autism Support Training
- Employment Specialist Training Workshop
- First Annual Creative Aging Festival to be Held in Bloomington
- Register now for the Indiana Statewide Transition Forum
- Save the Dates for Two New Financial Education Webinars
- Financial Information Resources Now Available Online!
- Library Corner
UPCOMING
ADA-INDIANA AUDIO CONFERENCE – ARE YOUR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ACCESSIBLE? Join ADA-Indiana to learn about best practices for approaching the assessments of recreation facilities to ensure that recreation programs are accessible in light of changing regulations and ongoing obligations on Tuesday, April 19 from 2:00-3:30 p.m. (EST).
The 2010 ADA Standards from the U.S. Department of Justice include specific technical requirements for several recreation environments including amusement rides, boating facilities, fishing piers and platforms, golf courses, miniature golf, sports facilities, and swimming pools and spas. Bringing these facilities into compliance as well as ensuring that future programs and facilities are accessible is a challenge that many local and state government entities are facing. Privately owned and operated facilities will also need to ensure that their facilities are accessible.
This audio conference will be held at seven Indiana locations and is free and open to the public. Locations include Bloomington, Gary, Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Versailles, Vincennes, and West Lafayette. Visit the ADA-Indiana website at http://www.adaindiana.org/audio for more specific information about these site locations. Questions? Contact Matt Norris at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail adainfo@indiana.edu.
STAR AUTISM SUPPORT TRAINING: Back by popular demand! The Institute’s Indiana Resource Center for Autism will host a two-day workshop with a focus on research and outcomes associated with the STAR Autism Curriculum and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) instructional strategies (discrete trial training, pivotal response training, and teaching functional routines).
Participants attending this May 5-6, 2011 workshop will:
- Understand developmental curriculum content appropriate for children with autism;
- Learn curriculum-based assessment techniques for baseline and program monitoring;
- Use applied behavior analysis lesson plans;
- Teach children with autism using the discrete trial training method;
- Learn pivotal response training and the research; and
- Understand the critical skills students with autism need to learn.
This event will be held at the Central Indiana Educational Service Center in Indianapolis. Registration fee is $300.00 per person and seating is limited! Certificates of Attendance and CEUs will be available. Content questions? Contact Kim Davis at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail davisk@indiana.edu. For registration information, contact Donna Beasley at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail dbeasley@indiana.edu. Visit http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/styles/iidc/defiles/IRCA/STARmay.pdf to download a brochure.
EMPLOYMENT SPECIALIST TRAINING WORKSHOP: Mark your calendars for May 10-12 and June 14-16, 2011 and plan to attend the Indiana Supported Employment Training Team’s (ISETT) Employment Specialist Training, to be held at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Bloomington, IN.
EST attendees learn best practice in job and career development, employment support planning, ecological analysis, follow-along, and emerging industry trends. EST is a six-day training split into two sessions which are held one month apart. An exit test is required for participants seeking certification. Individuals who attend all days of both sessions and successfully complete the exit test receive a competency-based certificate from Indiana University. CEUs and CRUs are available.
To date, over 2,750 Employment Specialists have been certified in the state of Indiana. Past participants have included job coaches, teachers, job developers, parents, mental health professionals, vocational coordinators, and state agency and Work One staff. Act now and receive a $200.00 per participant discount toward the $300.00 registration fee while supplies last. Coming soon: 2011 training schedule… For more information or to register, contact Kay Moore at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail moorel@indiana.edu.
FIRST ANNUAL CREATIVE AGING FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN BLOOMINGTON: The Creative Aging Festival is a month-long celebration honoring our elders and their creative contributions to our community. Throughout the month of May 2011, Bloomington area organizations are presenting a wide variety of events to raise awareness of the contributions of local elder artists, writers and performers. Most of the Festival events are free and suitable for all ages.
The Festival is sponsored by The City of Bloomington Commission on Aging and the Indiana Institute’s Center on Aging and Community. Along with showcasing the talents of our elders, the Festival’s purpose is to promote intergenerational understanding and to highlight the value of creative engagement for adult health and well-being.
Additional sponsors and a complete Creative Aging Festival calendar of events are posted on the City of Bloomington website. For detailed information about events, contact Phil Stafford at (812) 855-2163 or e-mail staffor@indiana.edu.
REGISTER NOW FOR THE INDIANA STATEWIDE TRANSITION FORUM: We hope to see you students, families, teachers, transition personnel, administrators, vocational rehabilitation counselors and adult service providers in Indianapolis on August 3 and 4, 2011, at the Sheraton Hotel and Suites for Lights Camera Action… A Student-Directed Production, a statewide secondary transition forum.
The Forum, presented by the Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center, part of the Center on Community Living and Careers at the Institute and sponsored by the Indiana Department of Education, will feature national and state speakers on Best Practices in Work-Place Learning for Students with Disabilities, Being the Manager of Your Own Healthcare, Improving Transition IEPs, Using IPods at Worksites, and sessions on at-risk students, lesson starts, employment, college, co-teaching, classroom supports, and much more. To see the transition forum brochure and to register online by visiting http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=3416.
ACROSS THE COURTYARD
SAVE THE DATES FOR TWO NEW FINANCIAL EDUCATION WEBINARS: The Indiana Asset Development and Financial Literacy project, of the Center on Community Living and Careers, is sponsoring two new webinars on financial education. Representatives from Indiana financial coalitions, community rehabilitation providers, and community mental health centers are invited to participate. On Tuesday, May 17, from 2-3:30 p.m., Vicki Van Horn, the Executive Director of the New Mexico Project for Financial Literacy, will discuss Barriers to Delivering Financial Education and Potential Solutions. On Friday, June 17, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Jacqueline Troy, of the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority, will introduce Individual Development Accounts, special savings accounts designed to encourage low-income families and individuals to save for a home, start a business, or take training courses to improve work-related skills. For more information contact Ron Smith at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail ronsmith@indiana.edu.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION RESOURCES NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE! Hoosiers with disabilities, their families, and the agencies and organizations that support them now have a new online financial information resource. The Indiana Asset Development and Financial Literacy Initiative, a project of the Center on Community Living and Careers, is building Financial Stability, a series of web pages answering questions and bringing awareness to the disability community about ways to build assets and achieve goals like saving for a house, paying for work-related training or coursework, and starting a business. The website presents information tailored to individuals and families, as well as Indiana’s financial stability coalitions and disability service organizations. Users can access a video on “envelope budgeting,” print out a checklist of ideal candidates for an individual development account, click on easy-to-understand PowerPoint presentations, walk through What if…? scenarios and solutions, and much more. Visit http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=3394 to discover Financial Stability resources.
LIBRARY CORNER
NEW ITMES: The following new materials may be borrowed by Indiana residents from the Center for Disability Information and Referral 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.
Connor, L. (2008). Waiting for normal. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.
Luecking, R. G. (2009). The way to work: How to facilitate work experiences for youth in transition. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing.
Parker, R. A. (2008). Piano starts here: The young Art Tatum. New York: Random House Children’s Books.