<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">OYAN is sponsoring a pre-conference at the Oregon Library Association conference: <a href="https://orlib18.sched.com/event/DYfW/understanding-autism" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Understanding Autism</a> presented by Kelli Downey of <a href="https://www.otac.org/about/values/" style="">OTAC</a>. </font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please join us on Wednesday, April 18th from 1-5 pm for this training. Participants will learn about the history of autism and <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">best practices on how to both interact with people who experience autism and ways to structure environments to support learning needs.</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><font color="#333333">Looking for funds to support this opportunity? OYAN offers scholarships <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">for professional development</span> to OYAN members who work with teens in their libraries. E-mail your <a href="http://www.olaweb.org/assets/OYAN/oyan_scholarshipapp2014.pdf">application </a>to <a href="mailto:youthservices@cottagegrove.org">youthservices@cottagegrove.org</a> for consideration.</font></span></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="text-align:start;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><font color="#333333"><br></font></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><div>Julie Jeanmard</div><div>OYAN Chair 2017-2018</div></div></div></div>