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J Anders

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Jun 11, 2024, 1:16:52 PMJun 11
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Hello,

We work with organizations that have adult clients with disabilities. Sometimes they volunteer for us. Do ya'll have tasks that you give to similar volunteers? Thanks!

Denise Sticha

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Jun 11, 2024, 3:16:51 PMJun 11
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We do have a few developmentally disabled adults that volunteer with us under the supervision of their program agency. We don't use them on the bookmobile, but instead these volunteers love to wash toys. (we have a "yuck bucket" for parents/caregivers to place toys in when children are done playing). They also like to shred paper, so we save all of our paper shredding for these volunteers.


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Hello,

We work with organizations that have adult clients with disabilities. Sometimes they volunteer for us. Do ya'll have tasks that you give to similar volunteers? Thanks!

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Kathleen Mayo

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Jun 11, 2024, 3:23:21 PMJun 11
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It would be helpful to know the types of disabilities you are referring to.  That term covers a wide range of conditions.  

Kathy Mayo, retired outreach manager

On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 1:16 PM 'J Anders' via ABOS-Outreach <ABOS-O...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Hello,

We work with organizations that have adult clients with disabilities. Sometimes they volunteer for us. Do ya'll have tasks that you give to similar volunteers? Thanks!

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Christine Johnson

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Jun 11, 2024, 3:29:48 PMJun 11
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At a previous library where I worked, we had folks help with stamping and marking out barcodes on our library’s discards.

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J Anders

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Jun 12, 2024, 7:25:48 AMJun 12
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Hi! It's actually a very wide range of organizations, so anything you could suggest would be helpful. Thanks,

Leslie Sutherlin

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Jun 12, 2024, 9:58:50 AMJun 12
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I worked at a high school library and frequently had students from our classroom of intellectual disabilities work in the library, some with assistants and some on their own. 
Things they could be taught to do were cleaning table tops,  dust, shelves, disinfect toys, folding or stapling, bag items for programs, collate marketing materials, put chairs up for cleaners.  Ones who had a little bit more functioning were also taught through a schedule board how to check in materials, shelve materials, make photo copies, put out decorations.  The task often depends on the person and whether they have help. 

A great session I attended at PLA was about outreach for adults with intellectual disabilities.  They have a facebook group Library Programming for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. Someone on there might have more ideas.

Leslie Sutherlin
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Aurora Public Library District
414 Second St. 
Aurora, IN 47001
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J Anders

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Jun 14, 2024, 1:44:27 PMJun 14
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Thank you everyone for your suggestions!

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