Parent support meetings

The Indiana Resource Center for Autism staff will present information to parent support groups across Indiana. These parent support group meetings are free and open to the public; however, the content will be geared toward family members of individuals who have a diagnosis along the autism spectrum. The information will not be geared toward professionals. If you are a professional and know of family members in your area that may benefit from such a meeting, you are encouraged to forward the relevant information.

For more information and to see the list of meetings, please visit:

http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=3719

Visual supports

Looking for some visual supports or other resources to support students on the autism spectrum? Staff at the Indiana Resource Center for Autism has a collection on their website available for free. You can use them with RTI or PBIS in schools or with children or adults at home.

To see the entire collection, please visit:
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=3613

Autism: exploring the benefits of a gluten- and casein-free diet

Autism: Exploring the Benefits of a Gluten- and Casein-Free Diet offers parents, teachers, and other education or health professionals an easy-to-read alternative to sifting through the combined science. Written by leading experts in autism research, food, nutrition and dietetics, the book cuts through the jargon to offer readers a no-nonsense, accessible and authoritative overview of how diet might affect some characteristics of autism, and provides a range of useful recipes and handy hints for making mealtimes fun for children with autism and related conditions who are embarking on such a dietary change. -from the 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.

Structured TEACCH®-ing Strategies

Looking forward to the next TEACCH sessions? The Indiana Resource Center for Autism has announced that on October 28 and 29, 2014, Catherine Daviess will conduct a workshop that will provide participants with an understanding of how and why to implement structured teaching strategies (as developed by the TEACCH® Autism Program,) such as visual schedules, work systems and deliberately designed work materials. The workshop will emphasize practical strategies that attendees can begin using immediately in their settings.

Southside Special Services at RISE Learning Center
5391 Shelby Street
Indianapolis, IN 46227

For more information and to register, please visit:
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=3569

Mobile App Monday - EARLYThree

EARLYThree is a tool to collect data that parents and pediatricians can share between themselves, in order to keep a watchful eye on the early stages of a child’s development. This app is developed by WebTeam Corporation in collaboration with Dr. Michael Lewis, founding director of the Autism Center at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. It is part of the ColorsKit package of autism treatment and education programs. It contains a series of questions about your child’s mental growth at 8 months, 12 months, 15 months, 18 months, and 24 to 36 months.

Want to learn more about it? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/autism-screening-andds/id583295023?ls=1&mt=8

Best Kept Secret

Best Kept Secret follows a New Jersey teacher and her class of young men with autism over the year and a half before graduation from high school. The clock is ticking to find them a place in the adult world – a job or rare placement in a recreational center – so they do not end up where their predecessors have, sitting at home, institutionalized, or on the streets.

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

Sleep well on the autism spectrum

Got someone on the spectrum who has problems with sleeping? Sleep well on the autism spectrum may help. This guide introduces proven remedies and focuses on the problems most commonly found in ASDs and related conditions. The full spectrum of sleep disorders is explained alongside the range of possible treatment approaches. The book also examines why some sleep problems are more common among people with an ASD than others, how sleep problems evolve over time, what can be done to treat them and the likely benefits from different treatments. -from the book description

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