Please join the Children’s Sensory Support Group for
Creating Accessible Virtual Programs for Children with Disabilities and their Families with Renee Grassi
According to the CDC, 1 in 6 children experience disability. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, children with disabilities and their families are disconnected from their communities now more than ever before. How then can libraries connect with these families and deliver more accessible virtual library experiences that support and welcome all abilities? In this presentation, Renee Grassi will share tips and strategies for planning, implementing and evaluating virtual storytimes and other virtual programming to make them more inclusive for all.
Author, blogger, speaker, and trainer Renee Grassi is a recognized
library leader and advocate for youth and families. In 2012, she was
named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker for her work creating
programs and services for youth with disabilities and their
families.
Renee has been a member of the ALSC Committee for Special Populations
and their Caregivers and was a regular ALSC blogger for more than eight
years. In addition, she was one of the founding Board Members of
Illinois’s Targeting Autism Forum and also a co-founding
member of SNAILS—an Illinois librarian networking group dedicated to
developing more accessible libraries to children and teens with
disabilities. Most recently, she contributed as a co-author of ALSC’s
Virtual Storytime Services Guide. Renee graduated from
Dominican University’s GSLIS Program and has worked in public libraries
for over thirteen years.
Renee is currently Youth Services Manager at Dakota County Library in Minnesota. Learn more at
https://www.reneegrassi.com/. [reneegrassi.com]
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Registration is required: https://olis-ri.libcal.com/
