2. Overview
Who our clubs are for
How our clubs work
Benefits
Challenges
Hopes for the future
3. Who our clubs are for
Adults with moderate, severe or profound intellectual disabilities
May or may not have literacy skills
May or may not speak
Some have physical disabilities
Attend day services
Interested in books
4. Next Chapter Book Club
Main ideas:
Meet in a community setting (no libraries!)
Meet for an hour once a week
Two facilitators
Read a chapter a week, each person takes a
turn
Members to take ownership, e.g. by
voting on what book they want to read
Stay and socialise
Order a drink
9. Challenges
Staffing
Culture – easier to have it in-service
Staff / servicer user ratio
Reading / being read to
Noise
10. Hopes
Volunteer facilitators
Mixed ability groups
More groups
More ownership by the members
That the members have fun
Keep going
11. It started with a search!
Mmm…what are the benefits for adults with
intellectual disability in maintaining their
literacy skills?
Community Nurse
Speech and Language Therapists
12. Summary
Enjoyable
A work in progress
A new chapter in community inclusion for people with intellectual disability