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Today’s teens face a stressful world, and many find refuge in their local library. Whether you serve teens in a public library or a school, your patrons can benefit from personal organization and stress management skills. In this webinar, high school media specialist Grace Hammond will teach you the principles she developed in her work smarter approach, as well as how to achieve student, patron, and staff buy-in for empathy-based, whole-learner library services.

With a focus on teaching students and patrons executive skills and stress management, you’ll learn to help teens gain confidence as learners through proven methods of personal organization, delivered in a safe and trauma-informed learning environment.

After participating in this event, you will:

• Understand how to easily adapt a library environment to one that supports stress management and organizational skills
• Gain a basic understanding of trauma-informed principles that will help inform your first steps in supporting these skills in your library
• Understand how to assess the unique needs of your community and how to personalize these principles to help your patrons become empowered learners