Events › Storytime with AAC (Special Needs Friendly)

Build your child’s communication skills through Shared Reading! “Storytime with AAC” aims to support families/caregivers of AAC users in demonstrating language on their child’s AAC device, along with developing a love for reading and building language through shared interaction and connection. This program is conducted by graduate students in the "LISTEN with AAC" training program at Cal State East Bay.*

Who Can Attend? This program is designed for emergent communicators four years old and up (emergent communicators are new/existing AAC users who typically communicate with single words). Open to children of all abilities! Please note that communicating with an AAC device is usually very slow, and we will pace storytime with this in mind.

A parent/caregiver must accompany the child for all the sessions. Due to limited seating, we request only 1 caregiver per child. For questions or additional accommodations, please contact Polina at prubanova@aclibrary.org or 510-745-1464, ext 6.

*Funded in part by Department of Education training grant “LISTEN with AAC.” Contents do not
necessarily represent the views of the Department of Education.

Library staff may take photos, videos, or audio recordings at our events. Please tell us if you do not wish to be photographed, video-recorded, or audio-recorded. We will always respect your requests!

An ASL (American Sign Language) interpreter or closed captioning can be provided for this program if requested at least seven (7) days in advance. For assistance, please contact your library or accessibility@aclibrary.org.