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Try your hand at this : easy ways to incorporate sign language into your programs / Kathy MacMillan.

by MacMillan, Kathy, 1975- author.

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Lanham, Maryland : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., [2006]

Libraries and the hearing impaired.

Libraries and people with disabilities.

Libraries and the deaf.

American Sign Language -- Study and teaching.

Children's libraries -- Activity programs.

9780810854475 (paperback)

0810854473 (paperback)

xii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Sign here please -- "But I don't know sign language!" -- What you never learned in school -- Seven simple techniques for incorporating sign language into any program -- Hands-on sign language -- Reaching out -- Drawing them in -- Baby programs -- Toddler programs -- Preschool programs -- Elementary school programs -- Middle school programs -- Family programs.

"American Sign Language is more than just an assortment of gestures. It is a full-fledged unique language, with all the characteristics of such. This helpful and user-friendly guide for librarians and other library personnel involved in library programming demonstrates everything from how to set up programming involving sign language for all ages to dealing with and paying interpreters. The book also discusses how to publicize programs to the public and within the deaf community and how to evaluate and improve the library's sign language collection. Kathy MacMillan's impressive understanding and knowledge of the deaf community and the importance of sign language as well as her exceptional handling of the numerous erroneous myths about deafness and sign language that are, unfortunately, still often current make this handbook an indispensable tool for all library personnel looking to reach out to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community."-- Publisher.

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