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FYI Newsletter September 24, 2007
Quick Scan:
- Transition IEP: New Regulations and Rules Workshops
- 2007 Brain Injury Association of Indiana Annual Conference
- Classroom Management Regional Workshops
- Emergency Planning and Disaster Publication for People with Disabilities
- Library Corner
Transition IEP: New Regulations and Rules Workshops
Parents and educators, the Institute's Center on Community Living and Careers, in conjunction with the Indiana Department of Education, Division of Exceptional Learners, will host a series of regional workshops focusing on the new regulations and rules for transition services for young adults based on IDEIA and the proposed Article 7. Monitoring expectations of the Transition IEP will also be addressed.
Workshop dates and locations:
Thursday, October 11
Holiday Inn Airport
Evansville, IN
Tuesday, October 23
Pike Township Training Center
Indianapolis, IN
Wednesday, October 24
Holiday Inn Select - City Center
Lafayette, IN
Thursday, October 25
Strongbow Inn
Valparaiso, IN
Tuesday, October 30
Holiday Inn Lakeview
Clarksville, IN
Wednesday, October 31
Holiday Inn
Richmond, IN
Thursday, November 1
Landmark Conference Center
Ft. Wayne, IN
Friday, November 2
Valle Vista Golf Club and Conference Center
Greenwood, IN
Thursday, November 8
The Mayfields Ballroom
Bloomington, IN
There is no registration fee associated with these trainings. For content questions, contact Nancy Zemaitis at (317) 232-0570 or e-mail zemaitis@doe.state.in.us or Teresa Grossi at (812) 855-6508 or tgrossi@indiana.edu. To register, contact Susan Harris at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail skharris@indiana.edu.
2007 Brain Injury Association of Indiana Annual Conference
The Brain Injury Association of Indiana (BIAI) announces the 2007 annual brain injury conference to be held on October 11 and 12, 2007 at the Radisson Hotel at the Indianapolis Airport.
Keynote Speakers include NASCAR favorite, Ernie Irvan, and combat medic, Patrick Campbell. Irvan will speak about his own personal story of triumph after sustaining two traumatic brain injuries and his Race2Safety Foundation (http://www.race2safety.com/) which promotes head injury awareness and safety. Campbell will share his experience as a combat medic and how traumatic brain injury has become the "signature injury of the Iraq War."
Conference objectives are to:
· Develop a thorough understanding as to how executive functioning impacts community Integration;
· Identify contrasts between traditional "behavior management" and contemporary "Personal Intervention;"
· Learn what neuropsychopharmacological strategies enhance and disrupt executive functioning; and
· Provide survivors and family members with strategies for coping with fatigue, vision impairments, substance abuse, and assistance with addressing challenges with various state agencies such as Social Security, Medicaid, etc.
Attendees new to the field of brain injury will learn how brain injury impacts a person's functioning from time of injury and throughout their lifetime. Specialized training will be provided to Indiana State Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors to assist with their management of clients who have sustained a brain injury.
Specialized training and examination will be provided for the Certification of Brain Injury Specialist (CBIS) program in a joint partnership with the American Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists (AACBIS). For more information, contact Stacy Payne at (317) 356-7722 or e-mail Stacy.Payne@biai.org.
Classroom Management Regional Workshops
The Institute's Center on Education and Lifelong Learning, in conjunction with the Indiana Department of Education, will sponsor a series of regional introductory workshops on classroom management.
Research on effective disciplinary practices demonstrates that schools over-rely on reactive and punitive consequences to change behavior. Effective classroom management involves:
· Clarifying and teaching procedures and rules;
· Educators providing strong guidance and clear purpose, including effective instruction, high rates of students engagement, and adequate supports;
· A balanced set of disciplinary interventions;
· A particular teacher "stance" involving active supervision and a calm demeanor; xand
· Explicit teaching of responsibility and self-management.
Classroom teachers, including general and special area and education teachers, instructional assistants and paraprofessionals, and building administrators who wish to support teachers with classroom management should plan to attend.
Training dates and locations include:
November 14, 2007
Clarksville, Indiana
Holiday Inn
December 3, 2007
Jasper, Indiana
Southern Indiana Education Center
December 6, 2007
Greenwood, Indiana
Valle Vista Gold Club and Conference Center
January 16, 2008
Highland, Indiana
Northwest Indiana Education Center
January 18, 2008
Columbia City, Indiana
Marshall Community Center
There is no registration fee associated with these workshops. If you attend an introductory regional workshop, you will be eligible to enroll in the Classroom Management "Summer Camp," to be held for three consecutive days in June/July 2008. Graduate credit will be available for "Summer Camp" attendees. Contact Trish Merida at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail pmerida@indiana.edu.
Emergency Planning and Disaster Publication for People with Disabilities
I am Citizen Prepared is a publication forxpeople with xdisabilities and the people who support them. Emergency xpreparedness is a topic that is on the minds of many Americans xthese days in light of the 9-11 tragedy andxsubsequent xterrorist xattacks all over the world. There is much written about the subject, but xnot in a format that is accessible to people with xintellectual/developmental disabilities.
I Am Citizen Prepared, written by Maribeth Mooney, Research Associate, with the Indiana Institute's Center on Aging and Community, is designed to provide information that does not focus on the scary aspect of disasters and emergencies. It offers the reader suggestions on how to prepare oneself in the event that an emergency does arise. The reader is encouraged to think of emergency preparedness as a project rather than a reaction to an unexpected and frightening event. I am Citizen Prepared is 49 pages and opens with Adobe Acrobat. Visit http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cac/pdf/emerguide.pdf to download.
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 us at 1-800-437-7924, send e-mail to cedir@indiana.edu, or visit us at 2853 East Tenth Street in Bloomington.
Höfer, P., & Röckenhaus, F. (2007). Beautiful minds. Part I: Memory masters [DVD]. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences.
Höfer, P., & Röckenhaus, F. (2006). Beautiful minds. Part II: The Einstein effect [DVD]. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences.
Höfer, P., & Röckenhaus, F. (2006). Beautiful minds. Part III: A little matter of gender [DVD]. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences.
Sachar, L. (2006). Small steps. New York: Delacorte Press.
Seeger, P. (2006). The deaf musicians. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
Wendell, S. (1996). The rejected body: Feminist philosophical reflections on disability. New York: Routhledge.