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Hi Lisa,

The following books may be of use to you (available through Amazon or ASTC
Museums and Children With Learning Difficulties: The Big Foot by Anne Pearson 

A Sensory Approach to the Curriculum: For Pupils with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties by Judy Davis 

Also, I believe an upcoming edition of Curator (possibly July 2004) will be publishing updated research by Lynn Dierking and John Falk on the effect of interactive exhibits in the long-term (3 and 6 months after visit). It highlights social learning and other impacts that visitors recalled in the long term. 

I know there is often a lot of pressure from stakeholders/sponsors to quantify what kids are 'learning', and you often need to expand upon the advantages apart from factual recall. 

Cindy Chambers

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