Back to School Links

As we settle back into our school and fall routines, I would like to remind you of the resources available through IRCA. Below is a list of various types of information to assist in your transition to the new school year.

It is our hope that this information will be helpful in supporting students with ASD. Contact us if we can be of further assistance. – Dr. Cathy Pratt, BCBA-D, Director

Articles
Applied Behavior Analysis: The Role of Task Analysis and Chaining
For Parents: Preparing for the School Year
Supporting Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders through Postsecondary Transition
Academic Supports for College Students
For General Education Teachers: Helpful Questions to Ask About Students with ASD
Home-School Communication Forms
Moving from Preschool to Kindergarten: Planning for a Successful Transition and New Relationships
Planning for Successful Transitions Across Grade Levels
How to Open a Combination Lock/Locker
Anxiety and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Sensory
Sensory Integration: Tips to Consider
Back to School Sensory Strategies

Visual Supports
Behavior and Emotions
Health and Personal Care
Home
School
Schedules
Work Systems
Structured Tasks

Workshops
Structured Teaching Strategies (As Developed by the TEACCH Program)
Workshops Conducted by Indiana Resource Center for Autism Staff

Mobile App Monday - Verbally Premium

"Verbally Premium is a full-featured augmentative & alternative communication (AAC) app for the iPad that brings speech to those without. Verbally Premium has the same intuitive design as Verbally, but also includes a host of expanded features to make real conversation a reality." -iTunes

For more information, please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/verbally-premium/id470081134?mt=8

Library services for youth with autism spectrum disorders

Library services for youth with autism spectrum disorders offers librarians all the information they need to build a library literacy program geared towards children on the spectrum. This book was designed to build awareness of library staff, showcasing how children with this diagnosis are increasingly mainstreamed into traditional library and school programs and identifies the special needs and issues they face in a library setting

Want to learn more? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this title or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Understanding Autism through Rapid Prompting Method

Understanding autism through rapid prompting method is a groundbreaking book that describes the author's own innovative technique for teaching students with autism, and for the first time in print, offers parents and educators a step-by-step guide to implementing this life-changing teaching methodology. It explores the science behind Soma’s uniquely effective approach, and it gives how-to instructions for designing and implementing RPM lessons with various types of learners.

Want to learn more? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this book or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Curriculum Guide for Autism Using Rapid Prompting Method

Curriculum Guide to Autism using Rapid Prompting Method is a syllabus guide for teaching individuals on the spectrum. The syllabus is prepared through careful consultation of different curricula used in schools. The book includes 10 teaching plans in English, 10 in social sciences and 10 in science. It also includes twenty examples of sensory activities in mathematics teaching.

Want to learn more? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this title or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Mobile App Monday - Everyday Skills

Everyday Skills provides self-directed learning sessions for 40 important skills necessary for living independently and accessing the community based on proven content developed by the Attainment Company. Everyday Skills provides an accessible learning tool that is specifically designed to be used directly by individuals with autism, learning or other developmental disabilities at their own pace on the coolest technology platform there is - the iPad! Everyday Skills is powered by Visual Impact, AbleLink's highly effective cognitively accessible learning tool. -iTunes

For more information about this app, please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/everyday-skills/id403385768?mt=8#

Feeding your child with autism

Book Description:
Feeding Your Child with Autism thoroughly discusses feeding disorders in children and explains the types of supports families can use at home, as well as what professional help they should consider. The authors, experts in feeding issues and disorders, stress that regardless of the type of behavior exhibited, it's important to identify the underlying root cause and tailor a treatment plan using ABA methods.

Want to learn more? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this title or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Rogue: A Novel

Got a teenager with Asperger's who is trying to make new friends? Rogue might be just what she needs. Follow along as Kiara, who has Asperger’s syndrome, looks for ways to help her make friends. The Internet has been a friend for her but can't always answer her questions. After some trouble in school, Kiara gets kicked out and just wishes she could be more like Rogue, her X-Men hero. Find out how Kiara learns to be a friend and learns about her own special power.

Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this title or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Inside Asperger's Looking Out

Inside Asperger's Looking Out uses full-color pictures of animals to explain to neurotypicals how those with asperger syndrome see and experience the world. From sensitivity to bright lights and loud noises to issues understanding social and hidden rules, this book highlights the most common traits that people with asperger syndrome share.

Interested? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check it out or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

The Autistic Brain

Looking for the latest from an expert in the field of autism? The autistic brain: Thinking across the spectrum by Temple Grandin offers genetic research linking brain science to behavior as well as introducing neuroimaging advances in the field. Grandin even shares her own brain scan to highlight which areas might help to explain behavior issues.

Want more information? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this book or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Mobile App Monday - MeMoves

Perform finger puzzles correctly to the beat of the music and watch as the screen comes alive. Based on the award-winning MeMoves DVD, the MeMoves app can provide instant calm and focus anywhere. For ages 3 through 103. Works well for centering children on the spectrum, especially in conjunction with the DVD.

Want to learn more? Please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/memoves/id368151435?mt=8#

Communication and autism

Got someone on the spectrum who is having difficulty with communication? Developing Communication for Autism Using Rapid Prompting Method: Guide for Effective Language is a step-by-step guide towards developing communication using RPM. As with most things, practice makes perfect and this book this will help teachers, students and parents encourage their children to do just that.

Interested? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this title.

Rett: There is Hope

Rett: There is Hope: From Films for the Humanities and Sciences comes a program that focuses on families coping with Rett’s syndrome—the constant caregiving, the emotional impact on parents, and the perspectives on health and happiness. The film also follows the work of scientists searching for the genetic key to a cure.

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Mobile App Monday - iPrompts® - Visual Supports, Schedules and Picture Prompts for Autism and Special Education

"Used by thousands around the world, iPrompts® has been acclaimed on television, and is featured in the Autism Speaks Technology Guide. Caregivers use the app to rapidly create and present visual supports, helping individuals transition from one activity to the next, understand upcoming events, make choices, focus on the task at hand, and learn social skills. An image Library including several hundred starter images can be easily expanded “on the fly” using the device’s camera or through built-in Web searches." -iTunes

Want to learn more about this app? Please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iprompts-xl/id410386084?mt=8#