Teaching Adolescents with Autism

Teaching adolescents with autism: Practical strategies for the inclusive classroom, written by an award-winning educator, offers insight into handling behaviors in older kids on the spectrum, implementing interventions in the classroom, and even differentiating instruction. Practical strategies and research-based practices for educating students with autism in inclusive settings makes the book itself all-inclusive.

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

Sensory Issues in Learning & Behavior

Carol Kranowitz offers a full 3 hour presentation is the video Sensory issues in learning & behavior. Learn more about research in sensory processing disorders, techniques to use with different sensory issues, and possible co-existing problems (e.g., visual, auditory, eating, sleeping, and emotional difficulties).

Check out this title by emailing us at cedir@indiana.edu, or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Mobile App Monday - ABA Receptive Identification

Today on Mobile App Monday, we'll take a look at an app that helps children on the spectrum with identification of items by way of their "class."

According to the app's description, "many children with emerging language skills do not think of things as having parts, attributes or fitting into categories but these are necessary for developing appropriate, functional conversation skills. Once a child can ask for, label and receptively identify a great many items, it’s a good time to start teaching the FFC’s or rather features, function and class of items, people and places. These lessons teach a child to talk about things rather than just labeling them."

For a closer look at this app, go to: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aba-receptive-identification/id346469566?mt=8

Autism: Coming of Age

Autism: Coming of Age – Airs on WTIU on 8/14 and 8/19

This documentary which was produced by public television station WGBY (Springfield, MA) and sponsored by MassMutual to help raise awareness of the challenges faced by

individuals with autism and their families. The program airs on Sunday, August 14 at 2pm and Friday, August 19 at 1pm on WTIU 30.1.

Additional Information:

A YouTube trailer can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYi6v20fNmc

The programs website is http://www.massmutual.com/planningtools/additional-resources/special-needs/special-care/autism-coming-of-age

Information on this program can be found at WTIU website. You can also follow WTIU on Facebook and Twitter

The IEP from A to Z

Reviewed by our own Dr. Cathy Pratt, the book The IEP from A to A: How to create meaningful and measurable goals and objectives is great for use with all kids with disabilities, but especially with children with ASD. The book is written in a clear, understandable manner that both teachers and parents, even those new to IEPs, can appreciate. Some of the areas covered in depth are:

• Knowledge of ASD and its affects build appropriate IEP development
• Components of an IEP and their relationships to each other
• Why it is important to specify underlying conditions clearly
• The relationship between clearly written objectives and appropriate methodology
• And more!

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

One of Us: A Family's Life with Autism

Know a family who lives with severe autism? Check out One of us: A family's life with autism. This is a dad's story about life with a child with severe autism and learning disabilities. The book follows the family's progress from uncertainty to denial to acceptance.

Temple Grandin calls the book, "A brave dad's honest diary of raising a son with severe autism who has difficulty learning basic skills. It should be read by psychologists, family therapists, and others who are helping families to cope."

To check out this title from CeDIR, email us at cedir@indiana.edu. Or try using worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Mobile App Monday - MyVoice

Looking for an Augmentative and Alternative Communication app? MyVoice may be what you're seeking. Easy to set up and use, MyVoice is similar in concept to the picture exchange communication system. A portion of the sale of each app goes toward charities that help people with communication disabilities.

Want to know more? Check out: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/discover-myvoice-for-ios/id428848842?mt=8#