The SARC Support Inclusion! Literacy Project
This project ran from September 1999 to July 2000. The goal of the SARC Support
Inclusion! Literacy Project was to develop and test tutor training resources
and strategies that have the potential to increase literacy-building opportunities
for people with intellectual / developmental disabilities in Saskatchewan. The
project made use of research from the SARC Literacy Needs Project.
The main project activities were to:
- Increase awareness of literacy for people with intellectual / developmental
disabilities in Saskatchewan;
- Produce and pilot test a SARC Supplementary Tutor Handbook;
- Distribute Resource Packages to literacy programs across Saskatchewan
to assist them in becoming more inclusive;
- Develop and pilot test a Supported Literacy Training Delivery Model;
- Establish an informal Consultation Network of literacy experts to provide
input into the development of materials;
- Offer in-service training sessions to both Regina Public Library and READ
Saskatoon tutors and literacy staff; and
- Hold a presentation on the topic of literacy for people with intellectual
/ developmental disabilities at the 2000 SARC AGM and Conference.
