"Autism Solutions"
Creating a meaningful life for a child with an autism spectrum disorder can and should include visits to the library! Dr. Ricki Robinson will give a brief overview of her book, Autism Solutions: How To Create a Healthy and Meaningful Life For Your Child, and present some useful tips to better understand the needs of a child with autism and how parents and librarians can work together to prepare the child for a positive library experience.
"Storytimes for Preschoolers with Autism: Making it Work and Making a Difference"
Like all preschoolers, children with ASD can benefit from and enjoy library storytimes, but the programs most libraries offer may not be suitable for these children. Barbara Klipper will introduce you to storytime models that work for children with autism, explain why they do and leave you with the knowledge and resources you need to design or adapt a program of your own.
Workshop
Following the speeches we will divide into discussion groups to begin the process of setting up new programs and adapting programs we are currently using for children of all ages, working on developing our collections to meet the special needs and programs, grant writing and developing relationships with appropriate agencies.
Presenters:
Dr. Ricki Robinson is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the USC Keck School of Medicine and co-director at the La Canada Descanso Medical Center for Development and Learning. Author of Autism Solutions: How To Create a Healthy and Meaningful Life For Your Child, she presented her work at the recent ALA New Orleans 2011 Conference.
Barbara Klipper is a Youth Services Librarian at The Ferguson Library in Stamford, CT. She is actively involved with the library’s Special Needs Center, conducts trainings for Connecticut librarians on Autism Spectrum Disorders, disability awareness and has designed the library's Sensory Storytime program. Active in ALA, she was a presenter at the 2011 conference, served on ALSC and the Schneider Family Book Award jury.
Beth Wagner Brust, an award-winning author of children's books and several articles, is a graduate of Stanford University, college instructor of creative writing, and parent of a son, now attending Santa Monica College, who was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome in third grade.
Book Signings:
Robinson, Dr. Ricki Robinson. Autism Solutions : How To Create a Healthy and Meaningful Life For Your Child.
Brust, Beth Wagner. Quirky, Yes - Hopeless, No : Practical Tips to Help your Child With Asperberger's Syndrome Be More Socially Accepted.
Holloway, Monica. Cowboy and Wills.
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