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Upcoming - Lifespan Focus: Early Childhood
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Deadline Approaching for Presentation Proposals - Indiana First Steps Conference
Last summer, the Institute’s Early Childhood Center (ECC) collaborated with First Steps to create and host the first-ever First Steps conference for Indiana. The conference was a success and brought together speakers from Indiana’s Family and Social Services Administration and a national expert on recognizing and battling Implicit Bias in our work. Additionally a national expert on how trauma impacts early brain development and what we can do about it, was also featured.
Planning is in the works for 2019 to host a second state-wide conference, scheduled for June 13-14, 2019, at the Monroe Convention Center in Bloomington, Indiana. As part of that planning, the ECC will accept conference presentation proposals through January 15, 2019. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. For more information, click here.
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Upcoming - Lifespan Focus: School-Age
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Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies (CSP) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Workshops
The Indiana Institute's Center on Education and Lifelong Learning’s Center on Teacher Quality will host two workshops in February and April focusing on Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies (CSP) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Participants will have opportunities to think critically about CSP and UDL in relation to their own cultural and classroom practices. At the end of the workshops, participants will be able to describe how culturally sustaining pedagogies complement a universal design for learning framework, and vice versa. Participants will also work on an action plan for making curricular and/or classroom changes informed by the cross-pollination of CSP and UDL.
These workshops are designed educators, PK-12, interested in Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies and Universal Design for Learning, or those interested in teaching all learners. Attendees are encouraged to complete the online module prior to the workshop of choice.
Workshop dates and locations include:
February 19, 2019
Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation Administration Building
Columbus, IN
Registration fee: $50.00 (lunch included)
For questions, email iidccell@indiana.edu
For more information click here
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April 17, 2019
Indiana University South Bend Student Activities Center
South Bend, IN
Registration fee: $50.00 (lunch included)
For questions, email iidccell@indiana.edu
For more information click here
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ADOS-2 Workshop Coming in April
The Institute’s Indiana Resource Center for Autism will host a two-day workshop, ADOS-2 (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition), April 10-11, 2019, at Rise Learning Center in Indianapolis. ADOS-2 is the gold-standard for evaluation and what many providers, agencies and organizations require.
This workshop will provide a unique opportunity to learn directly from a co-author of the ADOS. The administration of the five modules of the ADOS-2 will be outlined. Video demonstrations of some of the modules will be shown and used in order to analyze and discuss scoring criteria in detail.
The ADOS-2 requires clinical experience and judgment to administer and score. It is recommended that attendees undertake as many practice opportunities with the ADOS-2 as possible after attending the workshop in order to use the ADOS-2 reliably for clinical purposes.
Goals and Objectives include:
- To develop familiarity with the ADOS-2 as a diagnostic tool.
- To learn about the standardized administration of the ADOS-2.
- To practice scoring the ADOS-2 based on a video demonstration.
- To learn about the interpretation and reporting of ADOS-2 results.
Registration fee for this workshop is $450, which includes all required materials for the workshop (such as scoring protocols). Participants may find it useful to bring an ADOS-2 manual to the training as a reference (not essential).
All registration payment questions should be directed to IU Conferences at 800.933.9330 or iuconfs@indiana.edu. If you have questions about the workshop content, contact Catherine Davies (daviesc@indiana.edu) at 812.855.6508. This workshop is a collaborative between the Indiana Resource Center for Autism and RISE Learning Center.
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Unstuck and On Target: Improving Executive Function, On-Task and Flexible Behavior in Elementary School Age Children Workshop
The Institute's Indiana School Mental Health Initiative and Indiana Resource Center for Autism will host a one-day workshop for professionals and parents who work with children with autism, ADHD, traumatic brain injury, and other disorders linked to executive dysfunction. Executive Function (EF) problems are common in children and cause academic, social and adaptive problems. Attendees will be introduced to tools you can use today that help you identify when a child is having trouble with EF, so that you can better distinguish a "can't" from a "won't" and therefore intervene more effectively.
Unstuck and On Target intervention will be discussed, which is a cognitive-behavioral school and home-based intervention program targeting flexibility, goal-setting, and planning. Demonstrations and video models of key skills will also be presented.
Workshop presenter is Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D., a professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry at the George Washington University School of Medicine and director of the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at Children’s National Medical Center.
This workshop will be held on April 15, 2019, at the Avon Middle School North, Avon, IN. Registration fee is $90.00 for standard registration and $75.00 for behavior consultants and autism leaders formally connected to IRCA and ISMHI. All registrations are processed online by Indiana University (IU) Conferences. You may pay with a credit card, check, or purchase order. Space is limited to 200 participants.
For questions about the workshop, contact Julia Hillenburg at julhille@indiana.edu or 812.855.6508. Registration questions should be directed to Indiana University Conferences at 800.933.9330 or to Melissa at iuconfs@indiana.edu. For additional information, contact Cathy Pratt at prattc@indiana.edu.
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Howland Completes 2018 Executive Journey Fellowship
Allison Howland, director of the Indiana Institute’s Center for Collaborative Systems Change, recently completed the 2018 Executive Journey Fellowship. Thirty executives from youth serving organizations from across Indiana were selected as part of a nomination and competitive application process. In response to a growing need for ongoing professional and personal renewal in the field of youth work, the Journey Fellowship was created in 2002 and funded by the Lilly Endowment Inc. The Executive Journey Fellowship provides Indiana’s youth workers greater opportunities to bring more meaning to their lives and make stronger commitments to the field of youth work.
Participants in the Journey Fellowship attend a series of residential retreats designed to create new ways of thinking about leadership in youth work within existing systems and programs. Fellows are subsequently awarded personal and organizational renewal scholarships, and will be supported to make a difference within their local organizations and communities. So far, the Journey Fellowship has served more than 900 executives and youth workers (2003-2017) through this retreat-based format.
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New on the Shelves this Week
- Forgan, J. W., & Richey, M. A. (2016). Focus, Dad!: Succeeding in Raising a Child with ADHD. Jupiter, FL: Advocacy Consultants Press.
“Dad, we hear you. We wrote this book for you. It’s the essential information we’ve learned from discussing ADHD with dads. A lot of dads. You’re busy, so these chapters – written for you to read in about 5 minutes – cut right to the chase. We want you to have the best available information so you can be a strong, influential father for your child with ADHD.” –publisher
- Young, N. D., Michael, C. N., & Citro, T. A. (2018). Emotions and education: Promoting positive mental health in students with learning disabilities. Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press.
“Written by an experienced team of practitioners and scholars, this text attempts to fill the gap in texts that specifically address the needs of LD students in the socioemotional and mental health domains. By providing a foundational understanding of some of the salient issues facing students with learning disabilities, we hope to empower all of those who are working to ensure their success by providing the particular challenges that LD students and their families may face, and strategies and best practices for building creativity, resiliency, prosocial behavior, and positive mental health.” –publisher
Dunne, M. S., & Dunne, D. (2010). "Wait, what do you mean?": Asperger's tell and show. [Bloomington, IN]: Xlibris Corp.
“This tell-and-show story is about a family losing one son and finding another. It is about anxiety, confusion, information, examination, identification, liberation, acceptance and appreciation.... A classic theme of darkness and light. But the story is about much more than one family. It is about three generations of living adult Asperger’s Syndrome persons. Commentary from those who now recognize their presence in Aspiedom, writing on WrongPlanet.net and on personal blogs, is included here.” –publisher
These new materials can be borrowed from the Library at the Institute. To check out materials, contact the Library at 800-437-7924, send an email to libiidc@indiana.edu, or visit us in person at 1905 North Range Road in Bloomington.
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