Indiana Institute FYI
Week of December 11, 2006
Quick Scan
Co-Teaching Regional Workshops
Employment Specialist Training (EST) Series for 2007
A Guide to Arts-Related Work and Disabilities
Arts-Relat ed Web Site Coming in 2007
Library Corner
Upcoming
Co-Teaching Regional Workshops: The Indiana Department of Education and the Indiana Institute's Center on Education and Lifelong Learning have added two additional training opportunities for teachers, paraeducators, and administrators interested in learning more about ways to co-teach and work with others to benefit all students in the general education classroom environment.
These regional workshops focus on co-teaching and team teaching as they relate to recent legislation regarding highly qualified teachers. No Child Left Behind specifies that highly qualified teachers:
Understand the many co-teaching options through which students, with and xwithout disabilities, are now served; and
Refine their skills for interacting with other professionals and parents.
Research shows that the most important factor in improving student achievement is teacher quality. Although most educators enter the field because of their commitment to work with all students, we know that many educators do not have the necessary skills and knowledge to meet the needs of our changing school population.
Workshop dates and locations include:
January 24, 2007
Columbia City, IN
January 31, 2007
Greenwood, IN
February 8, 2007
Michigan City, IN
February 21, 2007
Evansville, IN
No registration fees are associated with these workshops. Participants will be eligible to enroll in the Highly Qualified Summer Camp to be held June 19-21, 2007 in Bloomington, IN (three Indiana University graduate credits will be offered in conjunction with this Summer Camp). To register, contact Kay Moore at (812) 855-6508, e-mail moorel@indiana.edu.
Employment Specialist Training (EST) Series for 2007: The Indiana Supported Employment Training Team (ISETT) will present a series of intensive training sessions designed to provide basic skills to service providers who have worked as employment specialists for less than one year.
Attendees learn best practices in job and career development, employment support planning, ecological analysis, follow-a long, and emerging industry trends. EST is a six-day training split into two sessions held one month apart. An exit test is required for participants seeking certification. Individuals who attend all days of both sessions and successfully complete the exit test receive a competency-based certificate from Indiana University. CEUs and CRUs are available.
To date, EST training team has trained and certified over 2,000 employment specialists in the state of Indiana. Past participants have included job coaches, teachers, job developers, parents, mental health professionals, vocational coordinators, state agency and Work One staff.
Training dates and locations include:
February 6-8 and March 6-8, 2007
Easterseals Crossroads
Indianapolis, IN
May 8-10 and June 5-7, 2007
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
Bloomington, IN
August 7-9 and September 4-6, 2007
Easterseals Crossroads
Indianapolis, IN
November 13-15 and December 11-13, 2007
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
Bloomington, IN
Registration fee is regularly $300.00 per person. Act now and receive a $200.00 discount! Questions, want to register? Contact Kay Moore via e-mail at moorel@indiana.edu or call (812) 855-6508.
New Publication
A Guide to Arts-Related Work and Disabilities: Did you know that the U.S. has more than 578,000 arts-related businesses employing almost 3 million people? People with disabilities are xbecoming visible in the arts, as artists and craftspeople starting xtheir own businesses, as writers, video artists, and musicians, on stage and behind the scenes. Making a living in arts-related fields can be challenging. How do you succeed when you also face barriers as an individual with a disability?
Creative Callings: A Guide to Free, Online Career Resources for People in Indiana focusing on arts-related work and disabilities is a new resource guide developed by the Institute's Center on Aging and Community designed to provide helpful tools to get you started.
Resources include:
Information sources on arts careers and disabilities;
General resources on arts and careers;
Statewide and regional Indiana arts organizations;
Employment-related sources of assistance for people with disabilities;
Where to look for arts-related jobs;
Arts resources for specific disciplines;
Financial support for individuals;
Resources on the business aspects of arts careers;
Information on arts education and training for youth and adults;
Information for educators, counselors, and employment professionals; and
Finding, hiring, and accommodating employees with disabilities.
To access this entire publication free of charge, visit http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cac/pdf/CCGlareFree.pdf. For more information, contact Jane Harlan-Simmons at the Center on Aging and Community at (812) 855-6508 or e-mail jeharlan@indiana.edu.
Arts-Related Website Coming in 2007
ArtsWORK Indiana: Creative Callings: A Guide to Free, Online Career Resources for People in Indiana as well as other arts-related announcements and resources will be accessible and updated on a new website to be launched in 2007.
With support from the National Arts and Disability Center, the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at Indiana University, Bloomington, the Indiana Arts Commission, and VSA arts of Indiana, ArtsWORK Indiana will be dedicated to facilitate access to careers in the arts for people with disabilities, through awareness, education, and encouragement. To learn more about artsWork Indiana, contact Chris Karson at KarsonRacing@aol.com or visit http://www.vsai.org/artswork.html.
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.
Hieneman, M., Childs, K ., & Sergay, J. (2006). Parenting with positive behavior support: a practical guide to resolving your child's difficult behavior. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Company.
Residential services for persons with developmental disabilities, status and trends through… (2005). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota.
Rubin, I.L. & Crocker, A.C. (2006). Medical care for children & adults with developmental disabilities. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co.
Social concepts and skills at school: volume 1 [videorecording]. (2006). Kentwood, MI: Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding.
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