On the ALSC blog today is this report about an Oregon partnership that has adapted the PLA's Every Child Ready to Read curriculum to their special outreach needs.
Renea Arnold, a national Every Child Ready to Read trainer, and Joann Contini, a local early childhood and brain development specialist, adapted Every Child Ready to Read so that it is appropriate for family support workers to implement with one family at a time in a home setting, and be more flexible for library staff conducting outreach to high-risk populations in a variety of settings.
It sounds like a great partnership!
Healthy Start family support workers help connect library staff with high-risk families who typically do not come to the library to access services. Libraries connect family support workers with resources they can use with their families.
How are you using the Every Child Ready to Read curriculum in your community?
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Partnerships
I think it is becoming very important for libraries to make more community connections with other groups and then take our Every Child Ready to Read to them. There are so many creative ways for us to do it and I am always eager to find new ways that are working for other libraries. I talk to Mom's groups, teen parents, grandparents and work with our local school district among other groups.
Vicky H
Adapting ECRR
Vicky, I especially liked how the Oregon group adapted the curriculum to meet their outreach needs...rather than only offering the workshop content in one way, such as large group workshops in the library!
Melissa D