Why start a book club for people with Developmental Disabilities?
- Common Barriers for people with DD
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Community inclusion barriers
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Limited opportunities for social interaction
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Segregated social activities
- Lifelong learning barriers created by prevailing social attitudes that people with DD are not
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Interested in, or capable of, learning after
high school
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Interested in reading or books
3-Pronged Model:
- Literacy Learning – broad definition of literacy
- Pointing to pictures, pointing to the page, reading out loud together, asking questions
- Community Inclusion
- Social Connectedness
Goal: for members to interact more frequently, and in new
ways with:
- Books and a variety of written/oral communication
- Each other
- The community around them
- Goal is not to teach reading
How it Works:
- 5-8 members and 2 facilitators
- Meeting in natural and inviting community settings – coffee shops, libraries, etc.
- Don’t meet in isolated settings such as workshops or agencies or private meeting rooms in public spaces
- Welcome members with ANY reading level – meet them where they are
- Different Ways to engage non-readers in the bookclub - Examples – adapted classics, popular juvi fiction, newspaper/sports page (surveyed people want to read about relationships)
- Wrote short stories for NCBC – Lucky Dogs, Lost Hats, and Dating Don’ts: Hi-Lo Stories about Real Life – 14 short stories + 2 plays
- Focus on Reading to learn as opposed to learning to read
- Use Echo Reading
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