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Working with youth calls for an understanding of how they develop, their needs, and their assets. Together we'll explore key research into child and youth development and how it impacts library program planning for tweens and teens. We'll also discuss using developmental stages and needs to demonstrate ways in which coworkers can help support teens and teen services.

Training Outcomes

Participants will:

• develop an understanding of the cultural concept of childhood in the United States
• identify the various ages and stages of child development
• design developmentally appropriate activities and learning environments
• explore ways to advocate for teens and teen services by sharing information about youth development and needs with coworkers

This training is part of the YALSA/COSLA IMLS grant funded project "Transforming Teen Services: a Train the Trainer Approach."

Related LibGuide: Young Adult Roundtable by Danielle Margarida

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Whether you call it beginning readers, early readers, or easy readers, your collection for kids just starting to read on their own can often pose a number of unique challenges. Together we'll explore the needs of new readers and how to meet those needs through collection development, collection organization, and readers' advisory.

Please bring:

• a description of how you catalog, label, and shelve your beginning reader collection
• examples of how this collection is promoted
• resources you use for developing this collection
• any recommended book lists you've created for this collection

Meeting goals:

• Participants will discuss ideas and recommendations for supporting beginning readers.

Meeting outcomes:

• Participants will use crowdsourced resources and recommendations to evaluate their beginning reader collection in relation to community needs and library resources (i.e. space, budget, etc.)
• Participants will have a network of youth services library staff available to advise on various aspects of beginning reader collection development.
• Participants will collectively develop a beginning reader collection resource guide to be shared on the Children's Services Roundtable LibGuide.

Related LibGuide: Children's Services Roundtable by Danielle Margarida

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We'll be discussing the newest YA books (fiction and non-fic published bewtween June 2018 - May 2019). Please submit titles you'd like to discuss to Danielle Margarida (use subject line Current YA) by May 30 or bring your favorite new titles to the meeting. This will also be the last YART meeting of the year, so we will wrap up the meeting with our 2018/19 highlights and planning for 2019/20 meetings.

Related LibGuide: Young Adult Roundtable by Danielle Margarida

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Join fellow youth services librarians to share best practices for sensory story times and inclusive library programs and services. We will be discussing community connections, sensory activity ideas, and programs/services beyond story time.

Please bring your PR materials for your library's upcoming sensory programs so that the group can help with promotion!

Agenda: TBA

For more information about the Sensory Story Time Support Group please contact Maria Cotto at risensorystorytime@gmail.com and Babs Wells at babswells2012@gmail.com.