Try Your Hand at This

Easy Ways to Incorporate Sign Language into Your Programs

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2005-11-10
Mått176 x 228 x 14 mm
Vikt349 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor192
FörlagScarecrow Press
ISBN9780810854475

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Part 1 ForewordPart 2 AcknowledgmentsPart 3 IntroductionPart 4 Part I: Make Your Programs Sparkle with Sign LanguageChapter 5 1. Sign Here PleaseChapter 6 2. "But I Don't Know Sign Language!"Chapter 7 3. What You Never Learned in SchoolChapter 8 4. Seven Simple Techniques for Incorporating Sign Language into Any ProgramChapter 9 5. Hands-On Sign LanguageChapter 10 6. Reaching OutChapter 11 7. Drawing Them InPart 12 Part II: Programs for All AgesChapter 13 8. Baby ProgramsChapter 14 9. Toddler ProgramsChapter 15 10. Preschool ProgramsChapter 16 11. Elementary School ProgramsChapter 17 12. Middle School ProgramsChapter 18 13. Family ProgramsPart 19 Appendix A: Annotated Bibliography of ASL ResourcesPart 20 Appendix B: Annotated Bibliography of Materials to Use with Sign LanguagePart 21 Appendix C: Games and Crafts to Use in ASL ProgramsPart 22 Appendix D: Glossary of Terms Relating to Sign Language and DeafnessPart 23 Appendix E: Glossary of Useful SignsPart 24 Works CitedPart 25 IndexPart 26 About the Author

Library program planners will want to read Kathy MacMillan's new book, Try Your Hand at This: Easy Ways to Incorporate Sign Language into Your Programs. MacMillan explains how to work with interpreters to provide programming to the deaf community and dispels some of the myths about deafness and sign language. She also addresses how to set up programming involving sign language for all ages and offers advice on how to publicize the programs to the public and within the deaf community.