SOCIAL - Next Chapter Book Club

2013

The Next Chapter Book Club (NCBC) offers weekly opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to read and learn together, talk about books, and make friends in a relaxed, community setting. NCBC was established in June 2002 to provide adolescents and adults with DD ? regardless of reading ability ? the chance to be members of a book club. NCBC has become the preeminent program of its kind. Today there are over 200 Book Clubs operating in over 100 cities across North America and Europe. Individual Next Chapter Book Clubs usually consist of five to eight people with disabilities and two volunteer facilitators, some of whom also have disabilities. The clubs meet in local bookstores, caf?s, and similar gathering places to read aloud and discuss a book for one hour each week. Much like members of any other book club, NCBC members choose the book they want to read and how they would like to structure their club. NCBC members read adapted classic novels (i.e. Little Women and Treasure Island) as well as current, popular literature. Objectives include: - To increase lifelong learning opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) - To increase meaningful literacy and social experiences for people with IDD - To increase the inclusion of people with IDD in community settings - To develop and disseminate a model program for literacy learning, social connectedness, and community inclusion

Literacy, social connectedness, community inclusion

Training Trainees, Performing Research or Evaluation, Developing & Disseminating Information

Recreation-Related Activities, Quality of Life

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Community Trainees / Short term trainees, Adults with Disabilities, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN, General Public

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Geographic Areas, Urban

International

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