Teen Services: Building Relationships, Programs, and Engagement

After you attend this course, you’ll be able to:

• Identify and work through age-based biases.
  


• Understand adolescent brain development.
  


• Advocate for teens in your library.
  


• Manage teen behavior challenges in a trauma-informed way.
  


• Try new methods and techniques to engage youth in library programs.
  


• Create and maintain a youth advisory board.
  


• Help youth identify mis- and disinformation

Who should take this course

This course is for public youth/teen services librarians, school librarians (grades 8-12), and other stakeholders in youth/teen library programs and managemen.

This will be a self-paced, asynchronous online course.

Expected time commitment

This course includes 5 modules, each designed to take approximately 4 hours to complete. You can move through the content at your own pace and on your own schedule. You'll earn 20 hours of PD credit and a Library Journal certificate of completion.

On-demand access

You’ll have access to all course materials for 6 months fromcourse start date or enrollment date, if enrolling after course starts.

Certificate of completion

Complete the course and earn 20 professional development credit hours. We provide a certificate that is emailed to you. 

Support

For support with online courses, please contact course-support@libraryjournal.com.

Discounted rates are available for a limited time only. Secure your tickets now to lock in the best price.

Group Rates

We offer discounts for groups of 3 or more.

For larger groups of 15 or more, we offer the option to apply group rates across multiple courses to receive significant discounts. For more information, select “Bulk Course Credits Packages” in the form below.

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