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Literacy happens : a resource manual for community literacy awareness training / Ruth Hayden & Maureen Sanders.

by Hayden, Ruth.

Centre for Family Literacy, c2002.

Family literacy programs -- Alberta.

Literacy programs -- Alberta

Alternate title:

Resource manual for community literacy awareness training

1 v. (various pagings) : ill., ports. ; 30 cm.

Funding provided by the Parent-Child Literacy Strategy of Community Programs of Alberta Learning and the National Literacy Secretariat.

Permission is given to photo-copy the handouts, overheads and book lists contained in chapter 7 in this manual, for use in delivering community workshops.

Includes bibliographical references.

Why this manual? -- What is family literacy? -- Emergent literacy -- Adult literacy -- Connecting with communities -- Samples of workshop delivery for community literacy awareness training -- Appendices.

This manual provides the background information needed to present literacy awareness workshops to a range of community service audiences -- e.g. day care workers, health professionals, government departments, libraries, schools, human service agencies, police, service clubs, and not for profit organizations that work with families. The manual is intended for use by literacy personnel who already have a strong background in literacy issues.

Literacy materials.

Sanders, Maureen Elizabeth, 1946-

Alberta Parent-Child Literacy Strategy.

Alberta. Alberta Learning. Community Programs Branch.

Centre for Family Literacy.

Canada. National Literacy Secretariat.

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