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FYI Newsletter July 25, 2011
Quick Scan:
- Walk the Red Carpet at the Indiana Transition Forum; Registration Deadline is Today!
- Structured Teaching Strategies Workshop
- Twenty-First Anniversary of the ADA Commemorated
- New Website Encourages College as an Option
- Self-Advocates of Indiana 2011 Conference and Annual Picnic
- Library Corner
Upcoming
Walk the Red Carpet at the Indiana Transition Forum; Registration Deadline is today! Lights, Camera, Action…A Student-Directed Production, the upcoming 2011 Indiana Statewide Transition Forum premiers August 3-4 at the Sheraton Hotel & Suites in Indianapolis. Don’t miss your opportunity! The registration deadline is today, July 25!
Your registration entitles you to celebrity status and will include:
- A transition Assessment Resource Guide, crammed with ideas, strategies, and links to valuable materials;
- A brand new Secondary Transition Assessment Training module, designed to guide you through the age-appropriate transition process;
- The opportunity to meet and talk with national leaders in the transition field;
- Many occasions to network with transition professionals from across Indiana;
- The chance to learn how to provide creative transition programming for students with high support needs as well as those who are preparing for college;
- An in-depth look at Indiana’s post-secondary follow-up data;
- An inside look at Indiana’s new IEP and the Summary of Performance;
…and much more. See advanced screenings (the registration brochure) and register by visiting http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=3416. We promise to keep the paparazzi at bay!
Effective Support for People with Addictions in the Workplace: In the second training of its online summer mental health series, the Vocational Rehabilitation Leadership Academy will present “Addictions,” August 8-19. The deadline for registration is August 1. During the two-week training, professionals supporting people with substance abuse or other addictions will learn about the prevalence of addiction, treatments, recovery and relapse, employment issues and the importance of follow-along supports.
The Leadership Academy, an initiative of the Institute’s Center on Community Living and Careers and Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation Services, provides training to the state’s Vocational Rehabilitation counselors as well as to other professionals in the field of disability services.
Addictions, is a self-paced, self-directed training, allowing participants to access online materials at any time during the two weeks the training is open. Marjorie Mansfield and Beth Karnes of Mental Health America Indiana (MHAI) will moderate an interactive Discussion Forum for participants who have questions or comments about materials, resources or issues that surface during the course.
Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation Services staff registering for training are sponsored through the Leadership Academy. Community rehabilitation providers, mental health providers, behavioral support center staff, workforce development employees, correctional facility personnel, and other non-VR professionals can also register for Addictions, or for the final course in the series Working with Ex-offenders, September 19-30 (registration deadline: Sept. 12). Registration is $55 for one course or $100 for both courses. For more information and to register, click here. CRCs and CEUs will be available for this training.
Structured Teaching Strategies Workshop: Mark your calendars for September 21-22, 2011 and plan to attend the Institute’s Indiana Resource Center for Autism’s workshop on structured teaching strategies for students with autism.
Research consistently indicates that individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) respond favorably to a structured environment. This workshop will provide participants with an understanding of how and why to implement structured teaching strategies, such as visual schedules, work systems and deliberately designed work materials.
Day 1 will include the presentation of the rationale for using structured teaching, and outline of the different types of structure. Within each category participants will be shown a variety of examples (video, photographs) of structured teaching in existing classrooms/situations.
Day 2 will provide attendees with a more in-depth presentation of ways to use the strategies to accurately assess where to begin teaching, develop social communication skills, strategies for included students and to develop proactive strategies for decreasing challenging behaviors. The workshop will emphasize practical strategies that attendees can begin using immediately in their settings.
This workshop is geared for general and special education teachers, administrators, autism consultants, speech therapists, psychologists, and any other professionals working with individuals with a diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder.
Registration fee is $350.00 per person. All registrations are now done online through IU Conferences. Registration questions should be directed to Indiana University Conferences at 800-933-9330, Melissa at iuconfs@indiana.edu, or Ginger at gscott@indiana.edu. Click to register. You will receive an e-mail acknowledgement of payment. This will be your confirmation and receipt. Be sure to keep for your records and reimbursement purposes.
If you have questions about the workshop content, please contact Catherine Davies (daviesc@indiana.edu) at (812) 855-6508. Requests for accommodations and all other questions should be directed to Donna Beasley (dbeasley@indiana.edu) at (812) 855-6508. Visit http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=3440 for more information.
Across the Courtyard
Twenty-First Anniversary of the ADA Commemorated: ADA-Indiana commemorated the 21st Anniversary of the ADA by hosting a training for advocates in Indianapolis last Friday, July 22. The event was co-sponsored by ADA-Indiana, the Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities, and the Great Lakes ADA Center. The training featured Sally Conway, a Deputy Chief with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Participants learned about the revised ADA regulations that went into effect this past year. Staff from the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community provided support for the event. (The Institute is the Fiscal Agent for ADA-Indiana.) Learn more about the ADA changes on ADA-Indiana’s website at http://www.adaindiana.org/adachanges.asp. Also, if you are interested in downloading the Great Lakes ADA Center Media Packed, visit http://www.adagreatlakes.org/Resources/Anniversary/.
In Indiana
New Website Encourages College as an Option: The Indiana Postsecondary Education Coalition recently launched a website to inspire families of young children with an intellectual disability to consider college as an option available to their child when (s)he graduates high school. The website is www.thinkcollegeindiana.org. Now, families, educators and employers have a resource that emphasizes the value of a college life experience for ALL.
The goal of the coalition and the website is to begin to tear down the barriers that have excluded students with intellectual disabilities from the experiences of college. The coalition believes that individuals with an intellectual disability can and should have the opportunity to gain meaningful employment that includes a full-time career, a living wage and insurance benefits if they so choose. In fact, the Indiana Postsecondary Education Coalition envisions a world in which young adults with intellectual disabilities have the option of electing college as part of their planning as they transition from high school to the adult world. A college experience, which can include academic, social and vocational components is really about providing opportunities to gain knowledge and skills that can change a life of dependence to one of independence and productive work!
“Indiana University's Indiana Institute on Disability and Community has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop model demonstration programs promoting the successful transition of students with intellectual disabilities into higher education. The Indiana Think College website is an informative site that will allow students, families, educators, and employers to be informed of postsecondary opportunities that are emerging in Indiana. It is exciting to be a part of this initiative which is opening new opportunities for individuals with intellectual disabilities in Indiana,” said Jean Updike, Project Coordinator, Indiana Partnership for Postsecondary Education and Careers Project.
About the Postsecondary Education Coalition
The Indiana Postsecondary Education Coalition is a statewide effort of advocacy organizations including Down Syndrome Indiana (DSI), The Arc of Indiana, the Autism Society of Indiana (ASI), Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana, Inc., the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at Indiana University, IUPUI, the National Down Syndrome Society, Passages, Inc., and of course parents, educators and self-advocates promoting postsecondary education (college) options for students with a developmental disability.
The Indiana Coalition is well underway in this important endeavor for people with intellectual disabilities. We are working to put in place the building blocks that will result in more postsecondary education options over time. For more information on the Indiana Postsecondary Education Coalition, please visit www.thinkcollegeindiana.org.
Self-Advocates of Indiana 2011 Conference and Annual Picnic: Enjoy fun, fellowship and learning at the Self Advocates of Indiana 2011 Conference and Annual Picnic!
The Conference takes place August 11 and 12 at The Marten House in Indianapolis, and will feature Keynote Speaker Hillary Spears and nine 60-minute workshops on topics for self-advocates, family members, professionals, and individuals and volunteers who support and assist self-advocate groups.
The Annual Picnic follows the conference on August 12 at Eagle Crest in Eagle Creek Park. Come and enjoy lunch, music, dancing, carnival games, photos and more! Learn more by visiting http://www.arcind.org/index/News-and-Events/SAI-2011-Conference-and-Annual-Picnic.asp.
Library Corner
New Items: 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.
Addison, P., & Warger, C. L. (2011). Building your school's capacity to implement RTI. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. (Call Number: 32 .A3)Archer, A. L., & Hughes, C. A. (2011). Explicit instruction: Effective and efficient teaching. New York: Guilford Press. (Call Number: 30 .A73)
Armstrong, T. (2009). Multiple intelligences in the classroom, 3rd ed. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. (Call Number: 30 .A75 2009)
Leon-Guerrero, R. M. S., Matsumoto, C., & Martin, J. (2011). Show me the data!: Data-based instructional decisions made simple and easy. Shawnee Mission, KS: AAPC Pub. (Call Number: 38.L46)