Twenty percent of the children you serve have a disability. Welcoming them into your library is easier than you think. Learn about the culture of inclusion, the materials that expand access and the tools you need to reach your community.

Explore:

• Universal Design for Learning
• Representing children with disabilities
• Supporting families
• Virtual accessibility
• And much more.
• Libraries are for everyone!

Presenter:

Carrie Banks has been in charge of Brooklyn Public Library’s (BPL) Inclusive Services since 1997 and taught “Including Youth with Disabilities: at Pratt Institute from 2013 to 2015. Active in ASGCLA and ALSC since 2000, she was president of ASGCLA in 2020. From 2017 to 2019, she was part of ALA President Loida Garcia-Febo’s EDI Presidential Team. In 2014, she substantially revised Including Families of Children with Special Needs: A How to Do It Manual for Librarians. Libraries and Garden: Growing Together, written with Cynthia Mediavilla, was published in the Spring of 2019. Library Programming for Adults with Developmental Disabilities, written with Barbara Klipper, will be published in Spring 2021.

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