Mobile App Monday - Pocket Charts

"Developed for your iPad, this easy game will teach and reinforce discrimination and memory skills. Game play is based on the popular pocket charts used in classrooms around the world. Happy Thanksgiving! Match Game requires 3-5 minutes for a young learner to complete, making this iPad app ideal for students with short attention spans or those requiring highly visual or tactile learning experiences." -iTunes

Want to learn more about it? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id403884186

Visual supports for visual thinkers

Visual supports for visual thinkers is a guide not only for teachers but for therapists, parents, or anyone who works with students on the spectrum or any student who has difficulty learning. The tools involved are simple and effective in aiding the education of students with special education needs. From the way in the classroom is laid out to the use of schedules and time planning aids, there's something in this book for everyone.

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

TED Talk by Temple Grandin

"The world needs all kinds of minds," says Temple Grandin, who presented a Ted Talk in 2010. In it, she explains how her brain thinks in pictures and how she is able to understand animals' needs. The video is just under 20 minutes long and is a very interesting glimpse into Grandin's world. See the TED Talk at: http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html

Mobile App Monday - Visual Schedule Planner

Completely customize a visual schedule with Visual Schedule Planner, an iPad app that is designed to give an individual an audio/visual representation of the events in their day. Visual Schedule Planner can be used at home, school, work or in the community. The app is designed for individuals who may benefit from visual support to ease transitions, anxiety, or who simply need a way to visually represent their day.

FEATURES INCLUDE:
-Ability to view events daily, weekly or via a monthly calendar.
-Custom images
-Custom sound
-Activity schedules
-Video Modeling
-Timer
-Checklist
-Reminders
-Notes

Interested? Please visit their iTunes Preview page at: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/visual-schedule-planner/id488646282?mt=8

Mobile App Monday - First Then Visual Schedule

First Then Visual Schedule app is designed for caregivers to provide positive behavior support for individuals with communication needs, developmental delays, Autism or those who benefit from a structured environment. This app is fully customizable. You can:
 * Use your own photos or add photos from the built in internet image search feature.
 * Record your own voice to the images
 * Create as many schedules as you need
 * Change the order of a schedule, anytime
 * And more!

To learn more about this app, visit: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/first-then-visual-schedule/id355527801?mt=8#

Visual Thinking Strategies

Visual thinking strategies for individuals with autism spectrum disorders: the language of pictures is a unique resource that teaches readers how to match the complexity of the visual teaching tools used in language development (photographs, checklists, flowcharts etc.) appropriately to the level of individual learners. The book is a collaboration between Ellyn Lucas Arwood, a professor at the University of Portland specializing in neurolinguistics and learning theory; Carole Kaulitz, a speech-language pathologist/autism consultant with 30+ years experience in public school systems; and Mabel Brown, a learning/language/behavior consultant and manager at APRICOT, Inc.

Interested in this book? Indiana resident? Email us!

Not an Indiana resident? Find this book at your local library through WorldCat.