The Indiana Resource Center for Autism, in Collaboration with MSD of Washington Township, is offering the PEERS® Certified School-Based Training Seminar this fall. The seminar “is designed to instruct educators and school-based professionals on the administration and implementation of the educator-facilitated PEERS® for Adolescents intervention in a school-based setting. This certified training provides a model… Read more »
Month: May 2019
High leverage practices for inclusive classrooms
“High Leverage Practices for Inclusive Classrooms offers a set of practices that are integral to the support of student learning, and that can be systematically taught, learned, and implemented by those entering the teaching profession. The book focuses primarily on Tiers 1 and 2, or work that mostly occurs with students with mild disabilities in… Read more »
Supported decision-making
“The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) recognized that people with disabilities should have the right to exercise their legal capacity and identified ‘supported decision-making’ as a means by which people with disabilities can be directly involved in decisions that impact their lives. Offering an overview of its emergence in… Read more »
Handbook of Infant Mental Health, Fourth Edition
“The definitive reference in the field–now significantly revised with 75% new material–this volume examines typical and atypical development from birth to the preschool years and identifies what works in helping children and families at risk. Foremost experts explore neurobiological, family, and sociocultural factors in infant mental health, with a major focus on primary caregiving relationships…. Read more »
Teaching authentic cooking skills to adults with I/DD
“This remarkable book is a unique instructional tool with which direct support professionals and program directors can address two critical issues in working with adults with IDD: promoting healthy eating habits and teaching real-life skills that will develop greater independence and self-determination. Active Engagement is the program developed by the author and tested and proven… Read more »