[OPLINLIST] Digital Sensory Storytimes: Integrating iPads® in library programs for children with autism and other sensory processing issues

[McDevitt-Stredney, Marsha]

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Is your library a welcoming environment for children with autism and other sensory processing issues? Are parents and caregivers comfortable bringing their children with special needs to the library for storytime programs? If you’re not sure, then training, awareness, and experience working with community members with or affected by special needs will help.  The State Library of Ohio is pleased to announce the Digital Sensory Storytime Video Tutorial and Resource Guide as one option to help libraries serve children with autism and other sensory processing issues.

“I’m very proud of the State Library’s participation in the development of the Digital Sensory Storytime and believe it will help libraries become places where children with autism and their families feel welcome,” expressed State Librarian Beverly Cain.  “Research has demonstrated that the activities children experience in library storytimes help them learn essential literacy skills.  It is important for children with autism to have the opportunity to acquire these skills through experiencing storytimes.”

This four-part video tutorial builds the case for why it’s important to include children with autism in library programming and explains how to develop a “Digital Sensory Storytime<http://ohreadytoread.org/dss.html>”. The strategies presented enable librarians to develop successful inclusive storytime programs incorporating iPad® technology. You will learn how a technology-enhanced storytime can meet needs of children with autism and other sensory processing issues, and that it is interesting and attractive to typically developing children too.

The tutorial includes segments on Autism and the Library, Interactive eBooks, Preparing Your Environment, and Communication During Storytime. Each segment is between 15-26 minutes long.
Read more about this project in the current issue of the Ohio Libraries Quarterly at: https://library.ohio.gov/Marketing/Newsletters/OhioLibrariesQuarterly#OLQ-VOL3-1.

Or, visit our April media page at: https://library.ohio.gov/Marketing/PR/2014/April#DigitalStoryTime

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