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CHICAGO—¾«¶«´«Ã½Publishing eLearning Solutions announces a new session of our popular workshop, with Kathy MacMillan. This workshop will last 90 minutes and take place at 1:00pm Eastern/12:00pm Central/11:00am Mountain/10:00am Pacific on Thursday, March 22, 2018.

Signing with young children of any hearing ability fosters bonding, stimulates language development, and reduces frustration for caregiver and child. Learn how to use sign language in storytimes to broaden their appeal and make them more participative. In this interactive workshop, Kathy MacMillan—American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter, librarian, and storyteller—will use video examples to provide easy-to-learn signs that can be retaught and incorporated into stories, rhymes, and songs. You will be able to use the skills learned in this workshop to create programs that will help you, your staff, and parents communicate better with children.

About the Instructor

Kathy MacMillan is a freelance writer and nationally certified American Sign Language interpreter. She is the author of Nita's First Signs (Familius Press), as well as the author or co-author of many books from ¾«¶«´«Ã½Editions, including Little Hands & Big Hands: Children and Adults Signing Together and the Storytime Magic series. She was the library/media specialist at the Maryland School for the Deaf from 2001 to 2005 and has worked in public libraries since 1996. She presents storytelling programs introducing sign language through and offers training and resources for enhancing storytimes through . Her debut young adult novel, Sword and Verse, was published by HarperCollins in 2016.

Registration for this ¾«¶«´«Ã½Publishing eLearning Solutions Workshop is available on the . You can purchase registration at both and rates.

¾«¶«´«Ã½Publishing eLearning Solutions Workshops offer a convenient, hands-on learning experience that will help you and your colleagues make the best decisions for your library. This workshop is licensed for use by staff or users of the purchasing institution or library organization.

¾«¶«´«Ã½Publishing eLearning Solutions (ELS) produces high-quality professional development events and materials for the library profession. ELS events cover modern issues on a wide variety of topics in formats that include live workshops, asynchronous eCourses, and print publications. We help ensure that today’s library employees have access to the professional development opportunities they need, whether they are brushing up on the basics or expanding their horizons with cutting-edge tools. Contact us at elsmarketing@ala.org.

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