Event Details

Create Your Autobiography, reconstructing life stories with Sally Lawler

Event Information:

Categories: Lectures/Classes, Senior Citizens
Date: Friday April 11th, 2008
Time: 1:00 PM − 3:00 PM
Cost: $80

Details:

April 11-June 6 / Two sessions to choose from 1-3pm or 3-5pm Learn how to create your autobiography in an eight week writing class for older adults led by University of Michigan Library's subject specialist in gerontology, Sally Lawler. No class on May 9. Sally Haines Lawler, B.A., B.S., A.M.L.S., and Specialization in Aging Certificate; Social Work Public Services Librarian. Since childhood Sally has been interested in reminiscence, first inspired by her grandmother who was born in 1879. She elicits stories about grandparents to begin guided autobiographical writing groups at the Ann Arbor District Library, highlighting the social and historical issues inherent in those stories. Recently she has been gathering life stories and assembling memory books with digital images and family photographs for memory-impaired patients and their caregivers. Her experience and education have convinced her that life review is an effective intervention with health, social, and community benefits, appropriate for library and museum outreach programs, as well as within home and institutional caregiver services.

Sponsoring Organization:

Michigan Friends Center
Address: PO Box 218, 7748 Clark Lake Road, Chelsea, MI
Phone: 734-475-1892
Website: www.michiganfriendscenter.org

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Location Information:

Location: Michigan Friends Center
Address: 7748 Clark Lake Road, Chelsea, MI
Phone: 734-475-1892

Contact Information:

Contact: Sally Haines Lawler, Public Services Librarian
Email: slawler@umich.edu
Phone: 734 474-2041