Thursday, February 9, 2012

Upcoming 2/16 webinar: Next Chapter Book Club: An Innovative and Viable Approach to Meeting the Literacy Needs of Adolescents and Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

MLSC’s lab is free on 2/16 and CSL can swing a group rate if we get 3 or more people interested in coming here to view the webinar. Contact me (Doug Lord, 860-704-2204, Douglas.Lord@ct.gov) and I can coordinate.

Next Chapter Book Club: An Innovative and Viable Approach to Meeting the Literacy Needs of Adolescents and Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities”
Thursday, February 16, 2012, 2:00 – 3:30pm Eastern Time.

The Next Chapter Book Club (NCBC) is a community-based literacy and social program for adolescents and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. NCBCs include five to eight people with a wide range of reading skills who gather weekly in bookstores, cafés, and, increasingly, libraries. This webinar will describe the NCBC model, which has been disseminated to over 100 cities in North America and Europe.  The webinar will further explore how the NCBC model has been implemented by the Scotch Plains Public Library, which is reaching out to people with disabilities, especially those with Autism Spectrum Disorder, in a variety of ways. Public librarians, especially those involved in outreach, programming and teen services, high school media specialists, and community members interested in authentic engagement and lifelong learning for people with disabilities will find this webinar to be extremely useful and valuable.
Presenter: Jillian Ober, MA, CRC, of The Ohio State University Nisonger Center on Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.

REGISTRATION INFO AND RATES:
Individual registration fees are $40 for ASCLA members, $50 for ALA members, $65 for non-ALA members, and $45 for ALA student members and retired members.

Group rates are available: $99 for a single login, and $38/person for multiple logins (min. 2 people). We also offer excellent rates for state libraries who are members of ASCLA: $69 for a single login and $29/person for multiple logins (min. 2 people). Get more group registration information, including forms, at the ASCLA website. Registration closes at 5pm CT on Tuesday, February 14.

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