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Home  Education & Careers Professional Development Children with Disabilities in the Library
Children with Disabilities in the Library
This is a six week Moodle course that will begin the week of October 5, 2009 and end November 13, 2009.
*Course registration is now closed. Please check back for our Winter courses coming soon.
If you're interested in being put on a waiting list for this course, please contact ALA Member and Customer Service at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5 or registration@ala.org.
Course Description
Imagine that Joey Pigza came into your library. Would he feel welcome? How would you provide library service for him?
A child with a disability may need an individual service plan. But many books or articles provide generalizations and all-encompassing descriptions. This course will take another approach. By reading juvenile novels about children with disabilities, we will discover their individual needs. First, we will examine how schools handle students with disabilities. Then we will explore ways that the library might be able to assist each child. We will look at inclusive programming, assistive technologies, staff attitudes and legal considerations.
This course is not intended to be a comprehensive course. Rather, we will collaboratively develop strategies for determining needs and identify resources that can be consulted when an actual child requires our help.
Goals
1. Learners will be attentive to the diverse abilities of children who visit the library.
2. Learners will differentiate the needs of students who have disabilities.
3. Learners will express an understanding of the ways that schools document and assist children with disabilities.
4. Learners will locate information about assistive technologies that are helpful for students with disabilities.
5. Learners will construct a plan for providing library services to individual children with disabilities
Course Requirements
Four books will be used as the basis for the course.
Who should take this course
Children’s librarians in public libraries and schools; library paraprofessional and support staff who are working with students and parents.
Instructor/Designer
Katherine (Kate) Todd, Adjunct Instructor, Manhattanville College (email: EduKateTodd@gmail.com)
Registration
*This course has reached its maximum capacity and registration is now closed
Class size is limited to 25 students.
ALSC Personal Member: $95
ALA Personal Member: $145
Nonmember: $165
Member rates apply to personal memberships only. Interested in joining ALSC?
How do I access Moodle?
Registered participants will receive an email from their instructor one week prior to the start of the course. You will then be able to login to Moodle and adjust your browser's settings if necessary. You will not have to download any special software use Moodle. In this email, your instructor will provide you with a URL (Web address) to access the ALA online course environment. You you should create a user account with Moodle if this is your first time accessing the ALA Moodle environment (login is not tied to your ALA user name and password). After you create an account, you will be able to log in and access the course (you will be prompted for an enrollment key, which your instructor will also send).
Moodle environment
Learn more about Moodle and become acquainted with Moodle's graphical user interface. This page provides a features demonstration of the modules you are likely to encounter as a student.
If you have questions about the online courses or encounter technical problems when logging into Moodle, please contact Aimee Strittmatter at 1-800-545-2433 x2163 or astrittmatter@ala.org.
Do you offer college credit or CEU's for this course?
College credit nor CEU's are available at this time. ALSC's online courses are the equivalent of a one day face-to-face workshop. A certificate of completion will be sent to each participant upon successful completion for each course taken.
Requirements vary by state and school district regarding certification and continuing education credits. The decision to grant CEU credits remains entirely up to your state or school district. If you are in need of credits, check with your state and/or school district before enrolling to determine eligibility. Some states will review your certificate of completion and course syllabus to determine eligibility. A PDF copy of the syllabus can be provided to you upon request.
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