The Center for Literacy
Lire/Imagine/Read: Literacy Promotion at the Montreal Children’s Hospital
Giving books to families at the Montreal Children's Hospital for Family Literacy Day 2012
Lire/Imagine/Read, a collaborative pilot project between the Hospital and The Centre, is happening in four primary pediatric clinics. Parents and children who visit these clinics receive a book in their mother tongue, plus:
- A Literacy Promotion bookmark
- Information about age-appropriate reading and libraries as resources, as well as information about adult literacy programs, if appropriate.
- Volunteer readers will be available in waiting rooms
Information/training sessions for staff are offered to ensure routine and accurate promotion.
News from the Project
Family Literacy Day celebration (January 25, 2012)
The Centre collaborated with the Lire/Imagine/Read program at the Montreal Children’s Hospital on an annual event marking Family Literacy Day. A Grand Rounds lecture to health professionals by Dr. Alyson Shaw ["Read, speak, sing: Promoting literacy in the physician’s office"] kicked off the day. We gave hundreds of books to families of patients and provided information on literacy and child development to staff.
New Bookmarks and Handouts - We have created new bookmarks and handouts on encouraging children to read, in English and in French.
The four flyers that have so far been produced on children and reading: for children aged 0-2 and children aged 2-6.
International Literacy Day Celebration- September 8, 2011. The Montreal Children’s Hospital and The Centre hosted an exciting event at the hospital to create a Reading Corner in honour of beloved author Roch Carrier.
Lire/Imagine/Read has become part of the Social Paediatrics Program as it continues to be integrated into the hospital’s family practice programming. This new status is recognized on the Montreal Children’s Hospital web site. See: http://www.thechildren.com/en/patients/lire-imagine-read-project.aspx.The Centre for Literacy is now designing professional development for their paediatric residents.
Poster Display
The Lire/Imagine/Read project was selected for a poster display at the recent Canadian Association for Pediatric Health Centres (CAPHC) conference, and was chosen as one of 10 to be presented in a spoken session. The abstract (No. 85) is available at: http://www.caphc.org/documents_annual/2007/poster_abstracts.pdf.
