The autism spectrum and depression

Looking for a book on depression written for adults? Nick Dubin's The autism spectrum and depression might be what you're searching for. It offers accessible and sensitive advice on how to manage depression and make positive steps towards recovery. The book explores the aspects of everyday life that can cause people with ASD to feel low, explains how this can escalate and looks at ways in which depression can be prevented. With a chapter on suicide and interviews with Dubin's parents, the book provides real, practical solutions to a problem that is often overlooked.

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

For Parents: Preparing for the School Year

IRCA has posted an article for parents of kids on the spectrum who are getting ready for the start of a new school year. It begins:

"Anticipating the beginning of the school year can create anxiety for both family members and for their sons/daughters on the autism spectrum. Concerns surround whether your son/daughter will be successful in school and whether the new staff will have a solid understanding of autism spectrum disorders and of your son/daughter. At times, you may know staff and have a good working relationship with them. At other times, staff is unknown and expectations for your son/daughter are unclear. Below are a few tips to help you become a proactive and positive advocate for your son/daughter."

Want to read the entire article? Please visit:
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=3568

Parenting a teen or young adult with Asperger syndrome (autism spectrum disorder)

Parenting a teen or young adult with Asperger Syndrome offers hope and help for parents who face issues that can arise when their child is transitioning to their adult years. The book contains more than 300 tips and strategies to help ensure parents and their young persons on the spectrum develop and maintain healthy and open relationships.

Want to know more? 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 - SENspeller - The Autism Spelling App

"SENspeller is a unique and innovative resource targeted at the parents and teachers of children with special educational needs particularly those with non-verbal autism. Its principal focus is to assist children to recognise words and spell them correctly, in an environment that can be customised to suit each child’s individual requirements." -iTunes

Want to learn more about it? Please visit:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/senspeller-autism-spelling/id855158520?mt=8

Superflex Takes on One-Sided Sid, Un-Wonderer and the Team of Unthinkables

Superflex Takes on One-Sided Sid, Un-Wonderer and the Team of Unthinkables is the fourth comic book in the Superflex series, designed to help children learn more about their own social behavior and strategies to regulate it. Individuals should already be familiar with the Superflex Curriculum before reading this book. In this newest comic, children become familiar with several ways to squash the powers of two, related Unthinkable characters: One-Sided Sid, who gets people to talk only about themselves, and his sidekick sister Un-Wonderer, who likes to keep people from thinking about others. This clever duo tries to get students to do or say things that show they're only thinking about themselves and not others. Students learn helpful strategies to regulate their own behaviors when Sid and his sister invade their thinking.

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

Been there, done that--try this!: An Aspie's guide to life on earth

In Been there, done that--try this!: An Aspie's guide to life on earth, Temple Grandin, Liane Holliday Willey, Anita Lesko, Stephen M. Shore, and many other Aspie mentors, offer their personal guidance on coping with the daily stressors that Aspies have identified as being the most significant, in order of urgency - anxiety, self-esteem, change, meltdowns, depression, friendship, love, and much, much more. Based on years of personal experience, this book is packed with advice from Aspie mentors who have all been there and done that! -book description

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 - My Job Chart

Looking for an app that provides a reward system? My Job Chart is the free, easy to use, online chore chart and reward system for organizing and motivating your kids to learn first hand how to save, share and spend responsibly. It's also available in four languages.

For more information, please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-job-chart/id456966029?mt=8

Thinksheets for teaching social thinking and related skills

Thinksheets for teaching social thinking and related skills consists of 250 worksheets specifically designed to offer lessons in teaching social thinking. The worksheets help to create a lesson plan, defining how to break down concepts for students to explore and they can used directly with students. The worksheets can be copied and sent to parents and other professionals to give an idea of what the student is learning and how to carry the concept over in their own environments. Each worksheet page is coded for the recommended age group it targets.

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

Superflex takes on Brain Eater and the team of unthinkables

Got a kid who is having a hard time staying on task? Third to 5th graders will enjoy Superflex takes on Brain Eater and the team of unthinkables. In it, the Social Thinking superhero takes on his nemesis Brain Eater, who distracts kids from doing their everyday tasks, like getting ready for school or listening in class. By using his Social Thinking strategies and his tool, the Superflex Distractor Shield, he is able to defeat Brain Eater, while also teaching the students invaluable strategies for defeating their own Brain Eaters!

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

Social Town Citizens Discover 82 New Unthinkables for Superflex to Outsmart!

Social Town Citizens Discover 82 New Unthinkables for Superflex to Outsmart! is the latest edition in the Superflex series, for 3rd through 5th graders. It is a compilation work that introduces 82 new Unthinkables and 14 new Thinkables submitted by Social Town citizens of all ages, which have been edited and expanded upon by Stephanie Madrigal and Michelle Garcia Winner. Unthinkables and Thinkables are grouped by theme/category for easy reference by student or adult, and each entry includes the character's power, related information about its characteristics, and strategies to defeat the Unthinkable or bolster a Thinkables' help. -book description

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 - Tic Toc Time

Know a child who is having trouble learning how to tell time? Tic Toc Time might be the app for you. Six different games and more than a dozen different languages are available to help children learn the important skill of time-telling.

Want to learn more about it? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tic-toc-time-break-down-day/id647783374?mt=8

Challenging the myths of autism: New perspectives, new strategies, new hope

Provocative and meticulously researched, Challenging the Myths of Autism looks at the most prevalent fallacies, explains how they developed, examines why dispelling them matters and, most importantly, sets out a new understanding that will change the way parents and professionals view autism. With examples from his own practice, Alderson charts a whole new realm of possibilities for treatment and research. -book description

Interested? 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 - Avaz Lite - AAC App for Autism

Avaz Lite is a FREE AAC app for children who are non-verbal, or who have difficulty with speech or language. Avaz has received top international awards, including being on MIT’s list of Top 35 Innovations, and is the subject of a TED talk.

Avaz allows you to create a vocabulary of photographs and voice recordings to help kids create messages. It comes with 3 research-based, graded vocabularies, and a Core Words set that will help a child begin to communicate. These have been designed to facilitate spontaneous novel utterance generation, encouraging a child to use language, and generalize from it.

Want to know more about it? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/avaz-lite-version-aac-app/id838037460?mt=8

Happy 4th of July!

In observance of our Independence Day holiday, the library will close at noon today and will re-open on Monday, July 7th.

Have a fun and safe holiday!