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Page Graphic The Collaborative Summer Library Program’s Diversity Committee is dedicated to creating a more inclusive community of summer readers and reading programs grounded in respect and appreciation for individual differences. The Committee endorses a broad definition of diversity, and seeks to provide programs and resources that enhance knowledge and encourage understanding of diversity. The Committee strives to provide leadership for libraries in meeting the needs of all its constituencies and special populations. If you have other resources on this subject or if you have questions, please contact Rhonda Puntney, CSLP Diversity Committee Chair, at rpuntney@lakeshores.lib.wi.us

Serving Children with Disabilities

Opening our doors--and our hearts--to all children is what public service should be. Library summer reading programs offer many wonderful opportunities to reach out to children with disabilities. In an effort to assist you in your efforts to reach disabled children during the summer reading program, we offer the following resources.

NEW ASL “Catch the Reading Bug” Signing Video!
(Please be patient! These files are huge! Video is over 10 minutes long.)

DOWNLOAD WMV (37 MB)
DOWNLOAD MOV (140 MB)

Barb Huntington and Rhonda Puntney (Wisconsin) worked with David Haldiman of Intentional Pictures in Janesville, Wisconsin, to design this wonderful “Catch the Reading Bug” signing video. The video features Vicky Patterson, sign language and baby sign language teacher of Precious Signs, Incorporated in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Vicky very deftly demonstrates American Sign Language signs to support this summer’s theme. Kudos to all who worked on this video!

Click on one of the categories below to find more information on a specific topic:

Cognitive, Autism, and Brain Injury
Deafness and Hard of Hearing
Emotional Behavioral Disabilities
Examples of Public Library Service to Children with Disabilities
Learning Disabilities
Mobility and Orthopedic Disabilities
Other Resources
Poverty
Speech and Language
Vision Disabilities
Youth in Alternative Family and Home Situations

 

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