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FYI Newsletter December 12, 2011
QUICK SCAN:
- New ADA Checklist for Readily Achievable Barrier Removal
- 20th Anniversary Issue: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation
- Gilbride Receives Rebecca McDonald Award
- IUPUI Offers Campus-Based Programming for Transitioning Students
- Order Free Materials for March Disability Awareness Month!
- Library Corner
UPCOMING
NEW ADA CHECKLIST FOR READILY ACHIEVABLE BARRIER REMOVAL: The New England ADA Center, part of the ADA National Network, has updated the ADA Checklist for Readily Achievable Barrier Removal for the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design. In addition to the updated checklist (available as downloadable Word documents), a support website has also been created. The website provides direction on how to use the checklist and includes information on what is readily achievable barrier removal, what are public accommodations under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the 2010 ADA Standards.
Indiana is served by the Great Lakes ADA Center. For questions about the Checklist or the Americans with Disabilities Act call 1-800-949-4232.
ACROSS THE COURTYARD
20TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE: JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION: 2011 culminates 20 years of the Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation. The 20th anniversary issue features a special section on Supported Employment and Social Relationships in the Workplace and presents a guest editorial on supported employment by the Indiana Institute’s Director David Mank, along with Jeanne A. Novak, Associate Professor, Bowling Green State University, and Pat Rogan, Executive Associate Dean, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
Mank also co-authored one article. The Institute’s Teresa Grossi, Director of the Center on Community Living and Careers, was also a co-author in this 20th anniversary issue.
Novak, J., Rogan, P., & Mank, D. (2011). Supported employment and social relationships in the workplace [Guest Editorial]. Journal of
Vocational Rehabilitation, 35(3), 193-195.
Rogan, P., & Mank, D. (2011). Looking back, moving ahead: A commentary on supported employment. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 35(3), 185-187.
Test, D., & Grossi, T. (2011). Transition planning and evidence-based research. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 35(3), 173-175.
KUDOS
GILBRIDE RECEIVES REBECCA MCDONALD AWARD: Margaret Gilbride, Research Associate with the Institute’s Center on Community Living and Careers, was the recipient of the Rebecca McDonald Award, presented at the IN-APSE State Conference on Thursday, December 8, 2011 in Indianapolis.
Rebecca McDonald was a tireless advocate for supported employment and a dedicated friend and promoter of APSE. She also was one of the founding officers of APSE and passed away in 1999. In her honor, this award recognizes a successful IN-APSE chapter leader who demonstrates the spirit of volunteerism and extraordinary commitment to the mission and vision of IN-APSE. Congrats Margaret!
IN INDIANA 
IUPUI OFFERS CAMPUS-BASED PROGRAMMING FOR TRANSITIONING STUDENTS: Students with developmental or intellectual disabilities are now exploring college life through the Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI), SITE program. SITE (Skills for Independence, Transition and Employment) is a two-year, non-degree program supporting students as they:
- Audit college courses
- Interact with college peers
- Work, recreate, and socialize on campus
- Use public transportation
- Find community employment
- Use community resources and services
- Build self-determination, self-advocacy, and independent living skills
Thus far, Indianapolis Public School students have been taking advantage of SITE. IUPUI is planning to expand the program and offer it to transitioning students in surrounding counties beginning the second semester of the 2011-2012 school year.
SITE is a part of Indiana’s Think College initiative, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and supported through the Indiana Postsecondary Education Coalition of statewide advocacy organizations, which includes Indiana Institute and IUPUI, as well as Down Syndrome Indiana, The Arc of Indiana, the Autism Society of Indiana, About Special Kids, the Governor’s Planning Council for People with Disabilities, the National Down Syndrome Society, Riley Children's Hospital, vocational rehabilitation professionals, educators, parents and self-advocates. The coalition is working to promote postsecondary education (college) options for students with developmental or
intellectual disabilities.
ORDER FREE MATERIALS FOR MARCH DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH! Get involved in Disability Awareness Month in March 2012! Order your FREE materials today, sponsored by the Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities. Quantities are limited, so please order by Jan. 31, 2012.
Yes, it’s time to order March Disability Awareness month materials for 2012. From Disability Fairs, training sessions, informational displays, and school programs to Mayors proclamations and community celebrations; every year more than 1,000 individuals and organizations help bring the awareness and inclusion message to their communities. We hope you will be included in that number this March!
This year's campaign theme is Celebrating Community. The poster artwork features a community-based setting: a diverse group of people - of different ages, ethnicities and abilities – meeting and talking together in their neighborhood park. The text, Ignite community spirit: Get involved! calls us to develop relationships that make our community a place where everyone participates and is a valued member. When community members work together to adopt standards and policies for environmental design that provide access to all, we create more inclusive livable communities.
Order a standard kit or add additional items. You may order on line or print and mail an order form from the website. A standard kit includes: 2 posters; 100 stickers; 25 Power of Words brochures; coordinator and participant evaluation forms and a CD with informational packets and campaign materials. The CD also includes a coloring page with this year’s theme, artwork and in the activity support materials section, coloring books for younger children, reading lists, Activity Suggestions for groups and many more items all of which are also posted online. For a print copy of the order form contact the Council office at (317) 232-7770 or e-mail gpcpd@gpcpd.org.
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, visit us at 2853 East Tenth Street in Bloomington.
HOLIDAY HOURS: The Center for Disability Information and Referral will be closed for the holidays after 4:00 p.m. on December 16th. It will re-open at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 3rd. Happy Holidays!
Laud, L., & National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (2011). Using formative assessment to differentiate mathematics instruction, grades 4-10: Seven practices to maximize learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin. (Call Number: 44 .L3)
Losardo, A., & Notari-Syverson, A. (2001). Alternative approaches to assessing young children. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co. (Call Number: 11 .L67)
Murawski, W. W., & Spencer, S. (2011). Collaborate, communicate, & differentiate!: How to increase student learning in today's diverse schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin. (Call Number: 31 .M8)
Walpole, S., McKenna, M. C., & Philippakos, Z. A. (2011). Differentiated reading instruction in grades 4 & 5: Strategies and resources. New York: Guilford Press. (Call Number: 42.2 .W2)