title: Educating K-12 Professionals and Parents: Finding Health Information for Special Needs Children.
abstract: A successful partnership model between an academic health sciences library and a K-12 school district to provide librarians, nurses, and special education staff with access to health information to support special needs children and their parents is presented. Train-the-trainer staff sessions and a parent session were collaboratively developed. Funding support was used to purchase iPads for librarians and nurses to deliver mobile support. The results indicate the resources taught are being used to find health information and the school librarians and nurses are being sought after to assist in finding health information. Positive feedback from the school district indicates this model could be replicated in similar settings.
authors.affiliation: Schaffer Library of Health Sciences, Albany Medical College, MC 63, 47 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY, 12208.
authors.forename: D Elizabeth
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Irish
authors.affiliation: Columbia High School, 962 Luther Road, East Greenbush, NY, 12061.
authors.forename: Deborah M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Lyman
authors.affiliation: East Greenbush Central School District, 29 Englewood Avenue, East Greenbush, NY, 12061.
authors.forename: Helen A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Squillace
authors.affiliation: Albany Medical College, MC 63, 47 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY, 12208.
authors.forename: Enid M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Geyer
authors.affiliation: Columbia High School, 962 Luther Road, East Greenbush, NY, 12061.
authors.forename: Tammy D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Cosgrove
authors.affiliation: Schaffer Library of Health Sciences, Albany Medical College, MC 63, 47 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY, 12208.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hagzan
authors.affiliation: Green Meadow Elementary School, 234 Schuurman Road, Castleton, NY, 12033.
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leinung
authors.affiliation: Research, Schaffer Library of Health Sciences, Albany Medical College, MC 63, 47 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY, 12208.
authors.forename: Traci
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tosh
keywords: academic health sciences libraries; k-12 professionals; parents; school librarians; school nurses; special education support; special needs children