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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">“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.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">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 “<a href="http://ohreadytoread.org/dss.html">Digital
Sensory Storytime</a>”. 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Read more about this project in the current issue of the Ohio Libraries Quarterly at:
<a href="https://library.ohio.gov/Marketing/Newsletters/OhioLibrariesQuarterly#OLQ-VOL3-1">
https://library.ohio.gov/Marketing/Newsletters/OhioLibrariesQuarterly#OLQ-VOL3-1</a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Or, visit our April media page at:
<a href="https://library.ohio.gov/Marketing/PR/2014/April#DigitalStoryTime">https://library.ohio.gov/Marketing/PR/2014/April#DigitalStoryTime</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#002E62">Marsha McDevitt-Stredney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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