TVI Tidbits - Volume 2, No. 12
April 14, 2010
No More Meltdowns: Handling Challenging Behaviors and Teaching Social Skills
No More Meltdowns: Handling Challenging Behaviors and Teaching
Just a Few Great Instructional Applications for iPod Touch and iPod Phones!
Lothlorien Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc. -
Therapeutic horseback riding for individuals with disabilities
Help Evaluate Nemeth Uniform Braille System
The following information is for your information and not an endorsement of any product or service:
1) No More Meltdowns: Handling Challenging Behaviors and Teaching
A full day workshop focusing on effective strategies for preventing and managing challenging behaviors among children who are difficult to reach, conducted by Jed Baker, Ph.D. Wednesday, May 12, 8:30 - 4:00 at Lucarelli's Banquet Facility, 1830 Abbot Road, Lackawanna, NY 14218. Contact Tracey Kosmoski at People, Inc. for an application (716) 817-7484. For an updated list of workshops, visit www.parentnetworkwny.org
2) New Autism Support Group at Parent Network in Buffalo
The Center for Autism Support and Education (CASE) and The Children's Guild Foundation Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) Center at Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo are collaborating on a series of support groups for parents of children with ASDs. The support group will meet monthly from 6:30 - 8:30 PM at Parent Network (1000 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14202 on April 14, May 12, June 9, July 14 and August 11. For more information call (716) 878-7600.
3) Just a Few Great Instructional Applications for iPod Touch and iPod Phones!
(adapted from The Parent Network of WNY newsletter, Special Insights, April-June 2010 issue) www.parentnetworkwny.org
Communication:
- ABA flash cards use actions, photos, text and audio to teach new words and concepts
- iCommunicate uses pictures & story boards to help develop language comprehension
- iPrompts visually prompt transition from one activity to the next
- Proloquo2Go is a communication tool with over 700 symbols and natural sounding text-to-speech voices
Reading
- ABC Pocket Phonics teaches letter sounds, letter writing practice and 170 first words
- See Read Say has 220 of the most common sight words that speak at the touch of a button
- eTextbooks - access and read eTextbooks and view notes when connected to the Internet
Writing
- iWriteWords - trace numbers, lower and upper case letters using numbered prompts
- Doodle Buddy finger painting application can be used to teach letter and number writing
Math
- Cloud Math practices addition, subtraction, multiplication and division at chosen level of difficulty
- Money- practice counting money
- Freddy Fraction teaches fractions, decimals and percents
- Assistive Technology
- BigNames is a large print, high contrast, easier to read contact list
- SoundAMP R - audio processor amplifies soft and medium sounds and softens loud ones!
Miscellaneous
- IEP Checklist helps teachers, parents and therapists plan IEP!
- iRewardChart rewards children for good behavior to keep them motivated
- These applications range in cost from FREE to reasonable (up to $24) and costly (over $49.99)
See how a teacher in Canton, Ohio uses the iPod Touch to motivate his students:
http://www.twincities.com/ci_14045406
4) Lothlorien Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc. - Therapeutic horseback riding for individuals with disabilities
15 Reiter Road, East Aurora, NY
(716) 655-1335
www.lothlorientrc.org
5) Help Evaluate Nemeth Uniform Braille System
The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) is looking for Braille readers, teachers, and transcribers to assist with an evaluation of the Nemeth Uniform Braille System (NUBS), an experimental Braille code designed to represent literary, math, and scientific information--combining all three codes into one unified system. Participants will be asked to read a sampler written in NUBS and to respond to questions about their reading experience. (The sampler will be available in both embossed Braille and sim-Braille.) Anyone who reads or writes Braille, no matter what age or amount of experience reading or writing Braille, is welcome to take part in this project. If you are interested in participating, you may request a sampler in one of three ways:
1. By sending an email to Brailleauthority@gmail.com;
2. By sending a print or Braille letter to Judy Dixon,1805 N. Oakland
Street, Arlington, VA 22207; or
3. By calling Judy Dixon at (202) 707-0722.
Whichever method you use to request your sampler, please include your name and mailing address and whether you want the sampler in embossed Braille or in sim-Braille. All participants who complete the questionnaire will be informed how to get access to the evaluation report when it is complete. If you are interested in helping with this project or if you have questions, please contact Judy Dixon, BANA chair, at jdix@loc.gov or (202) 707-0722.