Bibliotherapy

Are you hitting the Pandemic Wall? Is it time to give yourself permission to refocus on the basics? 2-14-21 Harwood Institute

Bibliotherapy course, booklist and more with Bijal Shah

Bibliotherapy Book List, Websites & Resources:

Ivy Tech Community College Libraries: Children's Literature - Bibliotherapy: New Books 2019-2020
Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence by the Center on the Developing Child Harvard University.
PBS Learn & Grow
Resilience from Sesame Street
NNLM Health Resources for Public Librarieshttps://nnlm.gov/national/guides/publibs

Flyaway Books has created resources and activities that invite children, educators, parents, and booksellers to further engage with their favorite picture books. Printable activities and guides for parents and educators. Subjects include memory loss, bullying, bias, immigration and more.

When Bad Things Are Happening - Learning for Justice

Learning for Justice (https://www.learningforjustice.org/) provides free resources to educators—teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners—who work with children from kindergarten through high school. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants.

Addressing Anti-Asian Bias - Learning for Justice
Amid the pandemic, Asian American people continue to experience racism, violence and harassment. These resources can help you teach the historical precedents for this moment, introduce ways for students to recognize and speak up against coronavirus racism, and start conversations with even the youngest learners about recognizing and acting to address injustice.

ALSC Tough Topics Booklist 2019

ALSC Unity and Justice Booklists

ALSC Supporting Diverse Communities Toolkit

www.superhero-therapy.com/

A Conversation on Mindfulness, Bias and Racial Justice It's difficult to have a conversation about racism, privilege and fragility without things getting heated. In this Point of View Podcast, experts weigh in on the role mindfulness plays in understanding and navigating racial justice. BY MINDFUL STAFF
OCTOBER 15, 2019

Four Lessons from “Inside Out” to Discuss With Kids

By Jason Marsh, Vicki Zakrzewski
The Greater Good Science Center-Berkeley

ALSC Blog: Intergenerational Book Clubs & Raising Social Justice Awareness

"At Elmbrook Schools (WI), we use books – both ebooks and audiobooks and print books – to bring together not just students and their families, but people of all ages through our book club, FACEBrook." Read about it HERE

"All kids should experience the social, emotional, and physical benefits of play." ~ https://www.playworks.org/

NNLM Reading Club: Mental Health

Featured Health Topic: Resilience

THIS TOOLKIT was created by and with rural librarians, for library people from communities of all sizes.

February 2021--Join the Choose Love Movement for Choose Love Awareness Month. Click above for more information, activity kit, daily activity challenges and more!

Mindfulness for Librarians

Wellness Wednesday Resources

8 Elements of Wellness
Helping to Support Overall Wellness for All Library Workers

The Breathe

Breathing Resources:
https://www.uofmhealth.org/health-library/uz2255
https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/wellness/breathing-exercises

Battling stress, panic, and or the fight or flight mode? How you breathe, stimulating your vagus nerve can help. A simple exercise to try.

𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 — 𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛 — a state of being in which you are employed and healthy during a pandemic but you're also tired and depressed and feel like trash all the time.

Here are a few articles that may be useful is learning to say NO and setting boundaries:

~ Thank you to Elaine Black, Georgia Public Library Service

Korebek Training ~ Building Resilience through Mindfulness. Resources and training offerings for organizations including Libraries.

Jen Carson Author/Librarian/Yogi Jenn Carson, MSLIS, CYT, CCYT is a professional yoga teacher and the director of the L.P. Fisher Public Library in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada.
She is the creator of the website yogainthelibrary.com and has been delivering movement-based programs in schools, libraries, and museums for over a decade.

Mindfulinlis (mindful-in-library information science or lis) offers a safe and supportive place to learn more about mindful and reflective practices.

FREE Courses on Happiness at Work & The Science of Well-Being

Coursera The Science of Well-Being

Greater Good Science Center The Science of Happiness at Work

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