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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Hi! There is a great conversation on ALA’s Association for Rural and Small Libraries listserv about serving youth on the autism spectrum. I know some of this information has been shared here
before, but as more and more children are being diagnosed on the spectrum (<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/data.html">new reports suggest 1 in 68 children</a> so, whether or not you know it, they are in your community and in your library) we should
be aware of their special needs whether or not we’re planning programs/services explicitly for autistic youth. If any of you have other resources or advice to share, please do share it on this listserv!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">There are a lot of great resources to support libraries serving
<span style="color:#1F497D">youth </span>(and adults) with autism available on the
<i>Libraries and Autism: We’re Connected</i> website: <a href="http://www.librariesandautism.org/newresources.htm">
http://www.librariesandautism.org/newresources.htm</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">TechSoup for Libraries has some resources available on serving youth on the spectrum:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Archived webinar (2013): Tech on the Spec(trum): Making libraries more accessible for children with special needs
<a href="https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/meetingArchive?eventId=rfsktmmfj0d4">https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/meetingArchive?eventId=rfsktmmfj0d4</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Holly Jin (Skokie Public Library) shared a long list of resources for serving youth on the spectrum:
<a href="http://techsoupforlibraries.org/blog/tech-on-the-spectrum-webinar-follow-up">
http://techsoupforlibraries.org/blog/tech-on-the-spectrum-webinar-follow-up</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">TechSoup also published a Spotlight article on Skokie Public Library’s work with accessible technology:
<a href="http://techsoupforlibraries.org/spotlight/making-technology-accessible-to-everybody">
http://techsoupforlibraries.org/spotlight/making-technology-accessible-to-everybody</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">If you are considering including autistic children in your current storytimes or considering to start a storytime explicitly for autistic children, then here are two resources
for planning and implementing what are typically called Sensory Storytimes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">ALA’s Association for Library Service to Children’s
<i>Sensory Story Tots</i> program design: <a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/sensory-story-tots">
http://www.ala.org/alsc/sensory-story-tots</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">ALA’s Association for Library Service to Children’s blog post
<i>Sensory Storytime: A (brief) How-To Guide</i>: <a href="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2012/03/sensory-storytime-a-brief-how-to-guide/">
http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2012/03/sensory-storytime-a-brief-how-to-guide/</a> <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">There are also three books on the topic that may be very useful:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Scott Banks, C. (2014).<b><i><span style="color:#0B5394"> Including Families of Children with Special Needs: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians</span></i></b>.
Chicago, IL: Neal-Schuman.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Klipper, B. (2014).
<b><i><span style="color:#351C75">Programming for Children and Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder</span></i></b>. Chicago, IL: ALA Editions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Farmer, L.S.J. (2013).
<b><i><span style="color:#0B5394">Library Services for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders</span></i></b>. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The above titles are available for interlibrary loan from the Oregon State Library. If you would like to request this or other materials from the Oregon State Library please use your
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<a href="mailto:library.request@state.or.us">library.request@state.or.us</a> or (fax) 503-588-7119. Items will be checked out to your library, not to you personally, for 4 weeks (print materials) or 2 weeks (videos). Materials will be delivered via mail or
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Most library staff are able to use their library’s interlibrary loan service to borrow professional development material. However, if you do not have access to these services or are
not currently affiliated with a library, please contact me (<a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>) to discuss alternative options for borrowing the material. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Katie Anderson, Library Support and Development Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">On Tue, 9/16/14, Elizabeth Gray <<a href="mailto:Elizabeth.Gray@YOLOCOUNTY.ORG"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Elizabeth.Gray@YOLOCOUNTY.ORG</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Subject: [ARSL_LISTSERV] serving children with autism and their families<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">To: <a href="mailto:ARSL_MEMBERSHIP@LISTSERV.AMRMS.COM"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">ARSL_MEMBERSHIP@LISTSERV.AMRMS.COM</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 10:32 AM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> Hi folks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I need to pick your brains<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">(no not like a zombie, although maybe librarians are a bit like zombies in that respect….)
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> Does anyone have<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">experience serving families who have children on the autism spectrum?
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> We are just starting to think about this. Our library will have a Panel Discussion with parents of children with autism during Disability Awareness month (October).
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> I’d like to put out<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">a survey to all the participants about what library services they find most helpful or what services they would find helpful or something like that.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> Any info on how to reach<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">out to this population, any sample surveys or outreach materials would be SOOOO helpful!
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> You can reply off the list<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">if you’d like. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> Thanks again,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Elizabeth <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> Elizabeth Gray, MLIS, MFA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Assistant County<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Librarian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Yolo County<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">We connect people and ideas<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">530.666.8084<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> <a href="http://www.yolocountylibrary.org"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">www.yolocountylibrary.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> Yolo County Library<o:p></o:p></p>
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