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FYI Newsletter December 3, 2007
Quick Scan:
- Critical Barriers Survey - Your Input is Needed!
- IN*SOURCE has New On-Line Community
- Bloomington High School North and Edgewood High School Open Best Buddies Chapters
- Explore the Indiana University School of Continuing Studies
- Library Corner
Critical Barriers Survey - Your Input is Needed!
Please help identify critical issues that Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services (IPAS) should consider as priority areas for their advocacy efforts over the next several years. The survey lists many barriers that prevent individuals with disabilities from living as independently as they wish. You are asked to select those barriers that you believe - if eliminated or reduced - would benefit people the most. By completing the survey, you can help IPAS identify priority areas that they should target for advocacy and case selection. With your input, IPAS can work on barriers where their advocacy efforts might have the greatest impact.
You can complete the survey online by going to http://www.thepollingplace.org or you can request a paper copy by contacting IPAS at 1-800-622-4845.
IN*SOURCE has New On-Line Community
IN*SOURCE is excited to announce a new interactive on-line community, http://MyInsource.org. MyInsource is a place for parents to exchange ideas and information about issues concerning students and young adults with special needs. Anyone can join the community and contribute. It is easy to join. Just visit http://www.MyInsource.org and follow the directions. For questions, contact Dory Lawrence, Director, Indiana Parent Training Program, IN*SOURCE at (574) 234-7101.
Since 1975, the Indiana Resource Center for Families with Special Needs or IN*SOURCE has provided service to Indiana's families of infants, toddlers, children, youth, and young adults with disabilities.Through the work and dedication of the Board of Directors, the staff and many volunteers, virtually all of whom are parents of persons with disabilities, IN*SOURCE, utilizing a proven parent to parent model, has provided quality assistance and support services and educational resources to the community of individuals and organizations that serve and support persons with disabilities.
Bloomington High School North and Edgewood High School Open Best Buddies Chapters
The Best Buddies state office officially opened Best Buddies chapters at Bloomington High School North located in Bloomington, Indiana and Edgewood High School located in Ellettsville, Indiana in October, 2007.
Bloomington High School North and Edgewood High School will join 37 other high schools in Indiana in the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities. Stephanie Ridge of Bloomington North and Harrison Carmichael of Edgewood, were selected as Chapter Presidents to work closely with teacher volunteers and student officers to match students with intellectual disabilities in a one-to-one friendship with a person without an intellectual disability. Ridge collaborated with teachers Janice Hazelrig and Amee Yoder to create 15 Buddy Pairs at Bloomington North; and with the support of teachers Jeff Carmichael, Judy Briscoe, and Shirley Megnin, Carmichael created 10 one-to-one friendships.
Jeff Carmichael, Special Education Advisor at Edgewood High School, shares, "I am so happy for Edgewood to be a part of Best Buddies. We are going to have a great time this year involving all levels of kids. I personally am excited as I feel I have found a source to help my "buddies" to better socialize within the high school and the community. Thanks to Anthony [Kennedy Shriver, Founder and CEO of Best Buddies International] for his insight in starting such a great organization."
Best Buddies Indiana is a non-profit organization that enhances the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships. Each Best Buddies chapter matches students with intellectual disabilities in one-to-one mutually enriching friendships with their non-disabled peers. The friendships created through Best Buddies help to increase self-esteem, confidence and the abilities of all involved and allow the students with intellectual disabilities to experience mainstream high school life. Visit http://www.bestbuddiesindiana.org/site/c.ggLPI2OEKnF/b.1378909/k.BF3A/Home.htm for more information or contact Bridget Young at (317) 920-8623 or bridgetyoung@bestbuddies.org.
Explore the Indiana University School of Continuing Studies
Attendees at the 2007 Arc of Indiana Conference in Carmel got what may have been their first opportunity to learn about the programs and services accessible through the distance education division of the Indiana University School of Continuing Studies.
The school offers:
Courses are offered online and through correspondence and include many flexible features, such as:
· Award-winning high school and undergraduate courses;
· An accredited high school diploma and honors diploma; and
· An Indiana University associate and bachelor's degree.
Courses are offered online and through correspondence and include many flexible features, such as:
· Year-round registration;
· Self-paced learning supported by individualized instruction and feedback;
· A course completion deadline that gives students up to one year to finish their course work; and
· Instruction and exam modifications for those who qualify.
Conference participant Terri Phillips of Valparaiso was the lucky entrant in a drawing that won her an IU sweatshirt. Learn more about the many ways the Indiana University School of Continuing Studies can help you and your students succeed. Visit http://scs.indiana.edu, e-mail scs@indiana.edu, or call 1-800-334-1011. TTY users can call (866) 270-2901.
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.
Bray, I.M. (2005). Effective fundraising for nonprofits: Real-world strategies that work.
Berkeley, CA: NOLO.
Fenster, C. (2007). Gluten-free: Quick & easy. New York: Avery.
Levenson, S. (2007). Big time fundraising for today's schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Mallorca, J. (2007). The wheat-free cook: Gluten-free recipes for everyone. New York:
William Morrow.
Smith, N.B., & Works, E.G. (2006). The complete book of grant writing: Learn to write grants like a professional. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks.