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Free Webinar on iAccessibility
On January 24th, the Great Lakes ADA Center and Pacific ADA Center, on behalf of the ADA National Network, are hosting a FREE webinar session called “iAccessibility” which will cover accessibility features of Apple's devices such as the iPhone, iPad, and others. This session will be more focused on how app and web developers can use the accessibility features of Apple’s iOS devices.
iAccessibility
Free Webinar
Thursday, January 24th
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. EASTERN
It's free, but REGISTRATION is required to participate in the webinar.
The latest iOS devices made by Apple come with no-cost, built-in accessibility features such as the VoiceOver screen reader; system wide Zoom; White on Black reverse contrast; Large Text in Mail, Notes, Contacts, and Messages; custom vibration patterns for incoming calls; LED flash alerts; Voice Control; FaceTime video calls; and Assistive Touch for physical disabilities.
Plan to participate in this upcoming FREE webinar to learn more about how to implement accessibility features specific to iOS in web and native apps, and to discover the accessibility features of the Mobile Safari web browser, and how to improve navigation of your site for VoiceOver users.
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Registration Deadline Nearing for February 2013 Employment Specialist Training
This Friday, January 25, is the registration deadline for the first Indiana Employment Specialist Training of 2013. This “blended,” online/face-to-face training begins February 4th for Indiana job developers; employment specialists; and others involved in training, hiring, inclusion and job placement for individuals with disabilities.
Training is divided into two parts—participants complete both parts and must attend both face-to-face sessions to obtain nationally-approved ACRE certification. Dates are:
Part One: February 4-28th (online), with a face-to-face session on February 4th; and
Part Two: March 4-28th (online), with a face-to-face session on March 4th.
Both face-to-face sessions will be held at Easter Seals Crossroads in Indianapolis.
Training covers:
Person-centered planning;
Job development;
Worksite analysis;
Assistive technology; and
Job supports.
Employment Specialist Training instructors are members of the Indiana Supported Employment Training Team, which has now trained over 2,900 Indiana employment specialists. The trainings are coordinated by the Indiana Institute’s Center on Community Living and Careers. Click for a flyer and registration form. For other 2013 training dates, click here.
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Early Childhood Resources and Initiatives via YouTube
Visit the Early Childhood Meeting Place and the ECMeeting Place YouTube Channel to Learn about Resources and Initiatives for Indiana’s Families with Young Children. The Institute's Early Childhood Center team is continuing its effort to increase and maintain community awareness of the resources and initiatives that can support Indiana families with young children. Families use child care settings, early education programs, and resources for food, shelter, and more, and then move to new services and supports.
YouTube video clips are now informing Indiana’s families with young children, as well as the early care and education settings that serve them, about the wealth of resources that are available. Each video clip is posted on the front page of the Early Childhood Meeting Place.
If your agency would like to share an important initiative through a YouTube video clip, send an e-mail to ecmp@indiana.edu. The Early Childhood Meeting Place is a project of the Early Childhood Center.
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Transmitting Tuesday’s Transition Tips to Teachers!
This school year, The Institute’s Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center is again helping secondary education teachers and other transition professionals across Indiana look forward to Tuesdays. That’s when they receive the popular “Tuesday’s Transition Tips for Teachers,” a brief e-mail, usually featuring a link to a transition-related video, assessment tool, website, invitation to an upcoming webinar or workshop, and much more.
Previous tips from this year have included links to:
Webinar on work-based learning experiences;
Animated video depicting what it’s like to experience sensory overload;
Transition IEP examples for students with mild and severe disabilities;
Fact sheet on eating disorders;
FAQs on postsecondary independent living goals; and
Online peer mentoring curriculum for high school students.
Weekly tips are also available online at the Indiana Secondary Transition Resource Center website, where they’re saved on the Tuesday’s Tips page. Just scroll down beneath the Current Tip to select from a list of previous tips from this school year. Past years’ tips are available on the site too! While you’re there, you can also sign up for the listserv if you’d rather have Tuesday’s Tips emailed to you every week.
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Stafford to Lawrence Kansas
Phil Stafford, Director of the Institute’s Center on Aging and Community, will present at the New Cities Think Tank, School of Architecture, Design, and Planning, University of Kansas, on February 1, 2013. Stafford’s presentation will focus on the significance of place, relationships, and aging and especially about the development of communities for people of all ages. Stafford's latest book, Elderburbia: Aging with a Sense of Place in America, focuses on the topic of intergenerational communities and is both firmly established in research and in the practical issues of creating places that work for people of any age.
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ACC-in-Action Presentation
The AAC-in-Action Collaborative Project, IU School of Education, invites you to attend a presentation by Chris Klein, one of the most proficient augmentative and alternative communication device users in our country. Klein’s presentation will take place on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Dogwood Room, Indiana Memorial Union.
Chris Klein is a voice to those that have none and helping hand to those with disabilities. Born with cerebral palsy, Klein uses augmentative communication to help him interact with the rest of the world. Klein is a graduate of Hope College and has studied at Western Theological Seminary. He has realized that the AAC community has a real need for a mentor program which has led him to form an organization called BeCOME AAC. It stands for Building Connections with Others through Mentoring and Education about AAC. He is currently the President, United States Chapter of the International Society for AAC. If you are planning to attend this presentation, RSVP to Aimee Polk at aimpolk@indiana.edu.
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Library Corner
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, call the library at 800-437-7924, send us an e-mail at cedir@indiana.edu, or visit us at 2853 East Tenth Street in Bloomington.
Ashley, S. (2012). 1000 best tips for ADHD: Expert answers and bright advice to help you and your child. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks.
Kraus, J. R., & Kimbell, S. (2013). Get ready for Jetty: My journal about ADHD and me. Washington, DC: Magination Press.
O'Toole, J. C. (2013). The Asperkid's (secret) book of social rules: The handbook of not-so-obvious social guidelines for tweens and teens with Asperger syndrome. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
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