Sensory-Friendly Story Hour @ Carrolltown Library
| Posted By Nancy Lechene, Library Director, Carrolltown Public Library, 814-344-6300, carrolltown@cclsys.org, Monday, November 25, 2019 |
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Library Type Public Cost and Funding: $3,882 Total Cost. $2,782 of this funding is provided by the Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance from the 1889 Foundation Creative Health Impact Grant. Partnership: The library partnered with Saint Francis University master of occupational therapy department. Description: Our sensory friendly story hour is a six-week program with weekly after-school sessions for children with autism spectrum disorders, sensory integration difficulties, or other developmental disabilities. In thiis partnership with the Carrolltown Public Library and the Master of Occupational Therapy Program at Saint Francis University, a professor and college students came to the library to work and play with the children. The librarian read stories and children had time for crafts and free play. We are looking forward to our next program next semester.. It was exciting to see the children learn and become comfortable in the library. It was a win-win-win for the children, the library, and the university students who gained valuable experience. Tags: Basic Literacy Children Civic and Social Literacy Health Literacy |