American Sign Language Storytime with Miss Pam of the East Providence Public Library (RI)

Miss Pam reads a story with an ASL sign language interpreter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqN1WF_g5Jo&feature=youtu.be

Thank you Miss Pam & Miss Heather!! Yay!! 😃👍🥰

12 Novels Featuring Protagonists on the Autism Spectrum (April 2020)

This Autism Awareness month (and every month), it’s important to recognize the need for positive representation in fiction, as well as the amazing impact that neurodiversity has on literature. From alluring love interests to powerful protagonists, novels centering on neurodiverse characters are essential to ensuring proper representation in media. If you’re looking to stock your library with romance, mystery, or adventure, these novels all feature main characters that are either explicitly or implicitly on the autism spectrum.

Here is the link:


https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=12-novels-featuring-protagonists-on-the-autsim-spectrum

Sensory Calm Jar Craft with Mr. Kevin!!

Here's a craft idea with Mr. Kevin, Children's Librarian at the Washington Park Library of the Providence Community Library.

Let's Make a Sensory Calm Jar Craft..... Yay!! 😃👍😁

Thank you Mr. Kevin!!

Here's the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlXHH53n3X0

Virtual Sensory Story Time with Miss Lisa at the Barrington Public Library (RI)

Here's a virtual sensory story time video for families in the community made by Miss Lisa Children's Head Librarian at the Barrington Public Library.

Thank you Miss Lisa!!

Here's the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2H2lzkucyc&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3Fo5pg7lL8SgCHxZj8UJlwKetuCLakftM_mm9kP6LAntyB-qmiA0pgsWM

DIY: Sensory Bottle shared by Children's Librarian at the Jesse Smith Memorial Library (RI)

Thank you Jesse Smith Memorial Library for this
great sensory activity!! Yay!!

Virtual Sensory Storytime with Miss Jenny (North Providence Union Free Public Library (RI)

"Where's Ophie?" Based on "Where's Spot?" by Eric Hill

Thank you Miss Jenny!! 😊

Here's the link:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtYER7h7cgs

Craft Time with Mr. Kevin! from the Washington Park Library (PCL in RI)

Just in time for Mother's Day or Anytime. Learn how to make a simple card with Mr. Kevin!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI7hZr7fOns

Yay!!  

I can wear a mask! Social Story by Autism Speaks New England Chapter

I can wear a face mask! More and more places are making this mandatory in public. 

Great social story to help you prepare.

Here's the link:

http://ow.ly/Kxs950zyRa9 #ICanWearAMask #COVID #socialstory #AutismCenter #Autism #AutismSpeaks

Coronavirus Social Story: A Social Narrative for Children by the Autism Little Learners

Check out this social story by Autism Little Learners explaining our current situation for children.

Interpretation by Kimmie Curtis.

Here's the link:

https://www.facebook.com/KSDsince1823/videos/247300886490967/?t=2

Thank you Autism Little Learners for this great video! Yay!!

Going for a Walk (Visual Story) by the Autism Little Learners

Do you have families who are having a hard time bringing their little ones out for walks because they want to go to the playground and don't understand why they can't go? This short little story might help! 

Here's the link:

https://www.autismlittlelearners.com/2020/05/going-for-walks-story.html?fbclid=IwAR249YwsDsgg9VpYbYHxv8iELFImwHkDAZ4Kx9oAujjH_FLmMQvnVYRMR88

Thank you Tara, Speech and Language Pathologist & Autism Little Learners for making this visual story available for families. Yay!! 

Webinar: How to Implement a Sensory Story Time: A Training Session for LIS Students

Please join us for the webinar: How to Implement a Sensory Story Time: A Training Session for LIS Students with Maria Cotto, Bilingual Children's Librarian at Pawtucket Public Library

Date: Thursday, May 14, 2020
Time: 2:30-4:00 pm
Zoom

This webinar will be a presentation on training LIS students and librarians on how to implement sensory storytime in their libraries.

The webinar will be recorded for a lecture for the new course LSC 511: Critical Disability Studies in LIS, which will launch in 2021. All attendees' questions during this webinar will be recorded and viewed by GSLIS students in future courses. We especially need LIS students to come to the webinar and ask questions, as it will benefit all students who will view this video as a learning guide in future courses.

Closed Captioning will not be available during this live Zoom event, however, it will be available on YouTube after this event is recorded and shared.

Please email Mel at mvnicholas@uri.edu to RSVP and for the password before Thursday, May 14.

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