Adaptive Umbrella 2018 workshop

Our friends at Bloomfield (MI) Public Library are doing amazing work for children with disabilities, and we're all invited to attend their biennial Adaptive Umbrella workshop.

This day-long workshop is geared towards librarians, educators, and caregivers working with youth who have special needs (including some great ideas and resources for inclusion of teens and adults with disabilities).



Date: April 25, 2018, 9am-3:30pm

Place: Bloomfield Township Public Library, 1099 Lone Pine Road, Bloomfield Township, MI 48302

Price: $25 including lunch

Register online by April 16.



Program Highlights:

• Dr. Clayton Copeland (Faculty & Director of the Laboratory for Leadership in Equity and Diversity, University of South Carolina) will present on making your library services, collections, and programming more accessible for people of all ages.

• Child development specialist and award-winning children’s musician, Jim Gill, will show us how to add music to our programs that is inclusive of youth with special needs.

• Planning a new space or rethinking existing spaces? Geraldine Drake (Interior Design Director, Quinn Evans Architects) will talk about incorporating sensory-friendly universal design into those plans.

• Learn mindfulness exercises that are a wonderful addition to story times and other programs/services.

• Get suggestions and tips from our panel of student self-advocates with disabilities!

Contact Jen Taggart or Marian Rafal at (248) 642-5800 for more information.