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Bibliotherapy course, booklist and more with Bijal Shah

Bibliotherapy Book List, Websites & Resources:

Picture Books for Social Emotional Learning & Special Topics from Shannon McClintock Miller 
​Padlet
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. 
No Cost Next Generation Social & Emotional Learning and Character Development for Home, School and Work.
Lessons, Posters, Bingo, Coloring Pages, Bookmarks, Games and more more more!!
Mind in the Making (MITM) is a program based on seven Essential Life skills:
  • focus and self-control
  • perspective taking
  • communicating
  • making connections
  • critical thinking
  • taking on challenges
  • self-directed, engaged learning
Social, emotional and cognitive learning are a necessary part of all of these skills. Found on the website, Learning Modules, Skill-Building Opportunities and Book Tips provide professionals and caregivers with many resources. 
Here is a free resource with books in over 500 languages, along with the ability to create your own book in that language.

Social, Emotional and Mindful Learning Curriculum: No Cost, Free!

Children in Trauma Bibliography ~
Governors State University Library
​Kim Becnel and Robin Moeller at Appalachian State University have developed a bibliography of picture books about dealing with anxiety. This list was developed with the support of the Carnegie Whitney Grant and features 267 reviews of books published between 2010 and 2022. In addition to the individual reviews, a social-emotional learning framework is used to help librarians, educators, parents, guardians, and counselors better identify books that might work best for the children with whom they work. Libraries and other youth-centered organizations are welcome to link directly to the bibliography as a resource for patrons and clients. 
Bridging Differences Quiz
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Discussing the invasion of Ukraine:
View the Scholastic Article
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When Bad Things Are Happening - Learning for Justice

ALSC Tough Topics Booklist 2019

ALSC Unity and Justice Booklists

ALSC Supporting Diverse Communities Toolkit

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

Heart-Mind Online

What is Heart-Mind well-being? Focusing both on developing the cognitive aspects (our minds) but also all the qualities that make us human (our hearts) thus giving us meaning in our lives. Heart-Mind Online has conceptualized these into five inter-related social and emotional development domains.
Heart-Mind Online is for those searching for evidenced-informed resources that educate the hearts of children. Individuals and communities can use the resources to support the Heart-Mind well-being of children and promote their positive social and emotional development.The website was developed by the Dalair Lama Center for Peace and Education. Learn more about Heart-Mind Online HERE
The Dalai Lama Center also offers virtual, interactive workshops designed for adults who work with and care for children and youth to promote heart-mind well-being. Learn about upcoming events HERE
If you are searching for evidence-informed resources that educate the hearts of children, check out Heart-Mind Online, a website developed by the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education. This collection of resources builds capacity in individuals and communities to support the Heart-Mind well-being of children and promotes positive social and emotional development. 
Resources are provided for families, educators and all others caring for and about children. Search for the latest research, activities, interviews and more. Search by theme (anxiety, empathy, friendship--more) or you can browse all resources. Filter by resources specific to families or educators.
https://heartmindonline.org/resources

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Young people are growing up in a society with a major empathy deficit; hate crimes are at their highest level since records began and there are increasing concerns about the negative effects of social media.
Founded in the UK 2014, EmpathyLab seeks to build children's empathy, literacy and social activism through a systematic use of high-quality literature. 
​Read for Empathy Collections

www.superhero-therapy.com/

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
Promoting emergent literacy and social–emotional learning through dialogic reading ~ ​Brooke Graham Doyle & Wendie Bramwell
"All kids should experience the social, emotional, and physical benefits of play." ~ https://www.playworks.org/​
Featured Health Topic: Resilience
THIS TOOLKIT was created by and with rural librarians, for library people from communities of all sizes.
Explore these self-paced, no-cost resources, which contribute to both educator and student well-being.
https://www.readysetrisemodules.com/learning-modules

The California Healthy Minds, Thriving Kids Project

Developed in partnership with the state of California, features a series of free videos and print resources for parents, educators and students, all available in English and Spanish. This project promotes children's mental health and teaches essential coping skills through five topics.
Kind Leadership - Resilient Workplace Culture
How to Talk to Kids about Tough Topics
​Caring adults can help kids learn coping and resilience-building techniques to help them face tough challenges like divorce, foster care, grief, and more.

Mindfulness for Librarians

Library 2.023 mini-conference: "Mental Health and Wellness: Library Workers Thriving in Uncertain Times," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, April 4th, 2022, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time.
Libraries have the power to help transform lives, both for staff and patrons, through efforts that promote mental health and wellness. In this Library 2.0 mini-conference, focus will be specifically on helping library workers thrive in our current uncertain and complex times. They will also explore the “opportunity to reimagine our futures, to renew and adapt our institutions and to craft new stories about who we are and what we value” (United Nations' Human Development Report 2021/2022).
The special conference chair is Loida Garcia-Febo who, as past president of the American Library Association, focused on workplace wellness areas including continuing education, creating a positive work environment, unions, gender equity, pay equity, and other activities designed to improve the salaries and status of library professionals. They are encouraging conference session submissions that focus on programs and initiatives supporting staff, team, leadership, and organizational health and wellness. Examples of topics that are encouraged include the following, but other related submissions are also welcome:
  • staff burnout;
  • trauma support;
  • mindfulness practices;
  • civility in ideologically or culturally polarized environments;
  • quality of work-life;
  • the “8 Elements of Wellness” defined by ALA-APA: Emotional, Environmental, Financial, Intellectual, Occupational, Physical, Spiritual, and Social (https://ala-apa.org/wellness).
We look forward to gathering online with you for this event!
This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.
REGISTER HERE
to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward.
Please also join this Library 2.0 network to be kept updated on this and future events. 
Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0 conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote. 
Participants are encouraged to use #library2023 and #librarymentalhealthandwellness on their social media posts about the event.
Wellness Wednesday Resources

8 Elements of Wellness
Helping to Support Overall Wellness for All Library Workers
For some monthly inspiration:
Choose Love Movement
Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
Action for Happiness
Greater Good Happiness Calendar
Using the 3 Good Things to boost your gratitude daily--try this free app on your phone:
https://apps.apple.com/.../three-good-things.../id1242079576
Mission: Joy
​His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu are joining forces one last time to share ancient wisdom and cutting edge neuroscience that shows us exactly how we can each access more joy, no matter our circumstances. And just in time, during these dark and divided days.
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The Breathe

Breathing Resources:
https://www.uofmhealth.org/health-library/uz2255
https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/wellness/breathing-exercises
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Battling stress, panic, and or the fight or flight mode? How you breathe, stimulating your vagus nerve can help. A simple exercise to try.
Free Science-Based Tool
Dropping Anchor. Dropping anchor is a proven technique from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). It helps people ground themselves and stay present rather than being swept away by intrusive thoughts or the strong tide of emotions.[Link].
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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

Brain fog: how trauma, uncertainty and isolation have affected our minds and memory
by Moya Sarner  Health & Wellbeing 4/14/21
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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