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Libraries Enhance Literacy

Libraries Enhance Literacy. Developing and Using Resources to Support All Kinds of Readers. How can we use this resource?.

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Libraries Enhance Literacy

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  1. Libraries Enhance Literacy Developing and Using Resources to Support All Kinds of Readers

  2. How can we use this resource? • Visits to Head Start programs where we distribute the booklet to parents, give an overview of contents, and encourage questions and discussion about supporting children in school. • Distribute multiple copies to school district personnel, community agencies, etc. to give to their clients.

  3. How can we use this resource? • Develop content for information gap. Contract with an HR consultant to write an in-depth manual on strategies to find a job, to be posted on firstfind.info. • Reentry Training: How to Jump Start Your Job Search, a drop-in program at the Yonkers Library for ex-offenders.

  4. How can we use this resource? • Schedule regular visits by a family literacy program to our computer lab where parents learn to use Recursos en Español to find useful information on health issues that affect their families.

  5. Outcomes • Improved health behaviors (e.g., change of diet, visits to clinics, etc.) • Increase of comfort and skills with computers • Increased communication with one another • New project: experienced parents are developing bookmarks on specific topics which will be distributed in libraries

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