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Choose from a wonderful programme of workshops below
There are parallel sessions in the morning and afternoon which you can select on the day or email ailie@mykindofbook.org.uk if you want to make sure of a place in a particular session.
For travel and access information see the Storytelling Centre’s Access Statement. If you have further questions please email ailie@mykindofbook.org.uk
Welcome
10:00 – 10:30: Registration and workshop sign-up in the Court, with tea and coffee
10:30 – 11:00: Welcome from My Kind of Book in the Theatre
Accessible fun with books
11:15 – 12:15 in the Theatre – parallel session
Discover simple ways to create and share stories to encourage engagement and fun when reading books at home, school or in the library. Explore symbolised resources and accessible book formats that can help children with additional needs to understand, chat about and enjoy books.
Ceanna MacGregor (AAC Specialist Teacher) works at CALL Scotland (Communication, Access, Literacy & Learning) based at the University of Edinburgh. CALL helps children and young people with additional support needs access the curriculum and communicate using Assistive Technologies.
In the Shadow of the Dragon
11:15 – 12:15 in the Library – parallel session
Film showing of In the Shadow of the Dragon, a story told by three sensory storytellers with profound and multiple learning disabilities. The film will be followed by a discussion with the storytellers and families involved. Find out the important role that film as a media can have for inclusion – and how sensory storytelling can enable gardens, museums, and galleries to be more inclusive.
Project developed by Maureen Phillip from PAMIS with Carrie Day at the Japanese Garden at Cowden. Funding from Screen Education Scotland.
Concrete Youth: story massage workshop
11:15 – 12:15 in the Library – parallel session
Join multi-award-winning sensory theatre company Concrete Youth for an introductory workshop exploring the basics of story massage and its use with people with profound additional needs. Story massage brings together gentle, positive touch and storytelling, using simple massage movements through clothes. The session will explore how story massage can be delivered with consideration for access, consent, comfort and the needs of each individual participant.
Concrete Youth is an award-winning charity dedicated to increasing cultural provision for people labelled with profound and multiple learning disabilities.
Sharing practice
12.15 – 13.30 in the Theatre – parallel session
Come together with other enthusiasts and share ideas for adapting books and creating sensory stories for children with additional needs.
Image shows story resources created by Catherine Lindow from Granton Library (Edinburgh) for Oaklands School.
Sensory drama workshop
12.15 – 13.30 in the Library – parallel session
Jacqueline Wheble and Angela Harrison are Expressive Arts teachers with over sixty years’ experience of teaching learners with ASN between them. In this workshop they will showcase the particular approach to sensory drama that they have developed for their learners with complex additional needs at Oaklands School (Edinburgh). Expect lots of examples of resources and ideas to help you create your own sensory story/drama, including for music and dance activities.
13:30 – 14:30: Lunch break
Lunch is not provided but there is a cafe on the premises
Meet the organisation
14.30 – 15.45 in the Theatre
There are many amazing organisations out there working to ensure that all children – including those with additional needs – can enjoy a good story. Come and find out about book and story-focused organisations who are providing services for families, schools and libraries all across the UK
Stories for all
15.45 – 16.45 in the Theatre
Do children with disabilities have access to fun and engaging books that are designed with their needs in mind? Or are they being excluded from the simple pleasures of a bedtime story or a storytime with their friends?
Come and listen to our panel of experts discuss the issues involved and whether progress is being made.