Talking Teen Services – Understanding Teens: Building Positive Relationships (part 3 of 3)
Hosted by Colorado State Library.
Understanding Teens is a 3-part Talking Teen Services series facilitated by members of the Teen Services team at Arapahoe Libraries in Colorado. All three sessions do go together but they can also be attended independently. Attendees do not have to have to be present at a previous session to benefit from the content of the next.
Session 3 – Understanding Teens: Building Positive Relationships
Teens are important patrons in our libraries, with unique and evolving needs. In this series of webinars, we will share our approach in working towards welcoming, inclusive teen services by using staff training. Our goals with our staff training are to establish a base of empathy through better understanding of teens and their current experiences, and to offer practical strategies in working with youth. We will hold three sessions in this webinar series; each session will include working through a different part of the training. We will share our adaptable outline and references for attendees who would like to use the training in their own libraries.
In our third session, we will consider how to build and model positive relationships as a tool to inspire positive behavior. We will work through identifying our personal positive relationships, and ways to use our experiences in supporting our teen patrons.
Registration is required.