Tag Archives: Youth Services

Indiana Disability Resource FINDER – 1 LEU

image of Indiana Disability Resource Finder logoIndiana Disability Resource FINDER, administered by the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community (IIDC), is a FREE 24/7 online state-wide disability-related database designed to connect individuals to providers, resources, and events across Indiana. We will explore program features and demonstrate how to use FINDER to help individuals with disabilities and family members connect with services and resources in Indiana.

Date Recorded: 2/25/2025

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: Peggy Holtz, Research Assistant, and Joel F. Fosha, Director of communications / Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Indiana University, Bloomington.

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Bookmarking Success: Partnering with the School Care Team to Enhance Library Impact – 1 LEU

image of four people with puzzle piecesHear success stories of how the School Care Team has helped libraries in Indiana strengthen their impact on youth, provide community support, and support library staff well-being. Attendees will learn about programs and training offered through these partnerships and how to bring them to their own libraries. Leave with research-based practical tools to foster personal and community well-being.

Date Recorded: 2/26/2025

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenter: Shannon Tenney, Program Specialist / School Care Team

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2025 Using TeachingBooks at the Public Library – 1 LEU

Engage and inspire readers with TeachingBooks resources that can be used both with patrons and behind the scenes. In this webinar, we will highlight ways to implement resources in your youth services library programming as well as new tools to complement your work. Learn about the Collection Analysis and other toolkits, ready-to-use resources for your book clubs and story times, homework help features, and more.

Date Recorded: 2/19/2025

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: TeachingBooks staff

CSLP 2025: Color Our World – 1 LEU

Kick-off summer reading 2025 with this presentation about the Collaborative Summer Library Program’s Color Our World “art” theme, including suggested resources for planning and other general information.

Date Recorded: 1/7/2025

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: Beth Yates, Children’s Consultant at Indiana State Library

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Resources for Summer Program Planning
Summer Program Ideas for Current Year

 

What’s Cooking in the Library? – 1 LEU

image of young girl cookingAre you looking to spice up your library programs? Does the thought of cooking classes make you blanch? This session focuses on cooking programs for preschoolers through teens. We will introduce the basics of adding cooking programs to your list of library activities, sharing resources, recipes, techniques, and tips for success. Let us make cooking a whisk you’ll be willing to take!

Date Recorded: 11/27/2024

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: Erika Wagner, Programming and Outreach Librarian and Cindy Baumeister, Branch Supervisor / Crown Point Community Library

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New Escape Room Kits from ISL! – 1 LEU

The Indiana Young Readers Center is proud to announce new kits coming in 2025 for check-out to Indiana’s teachers and librarians. Indiana Escape Rooms (in a box!) focus on Indiana history, build on primary resources from the Library of Congress, and were developed with the help of a Teaching with Primary Sources grant. Join this one hour webinar to learn all about the kits and the TPS Grant.

Date Recorded: 10/9/2024

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: Suzanne Walker, Indiana State Library

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New Escape Room Kits from ISL slides (pdf)
Library of Congress: Teaching with Primary Sources
Teaching with Primary Sources Midwest Region
Breakout EDU

Science of Reading Implementation: Indiana’s Priorities for Early Literacy – 1 LEU

Participants will gain a foundational understanding of the Science of Reading and the theoretical models aligned with the Science of Reading. Presented by Shaiya Badgley and Paulina Jarrett, literacy specialists from the Indiana Department of Education Literacy Center.

Date Recorded: 9/18/2024

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: Paulina Jarrett, Literacy Specialist, IDOE & Shaiya Badgley, Literacy Specialist, IDOE

Resources: IDOE SoR Presentation slides

Reporting Abuse and Neglect – DCS self-paced course – 1 LEU

This self-paced course from the Indiana Department of Child Services focuses on how to identify different types of abuse, as well as how to report it to DCS.

Access the course via this link.

About LEUs for this self-paced course:

Library staff may only claim 1 LEU if it takes them at least 31 minutes to finish the course, so please take your time and progress through the course carefully.  Currently, this course auto-generates a Continuing Education certificate, created by DCS, upon completion.  To use this for your LEU certificate, please hand-write the time (minutes) it took to complete and the number of LEUs on the certificate, or have someone in administration create a new certificate for you following the rules set forth on the LEU Policies website.

Resources:  Visit Indiana’s Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline website for more information and resources on mandatory reporting.

This is a courtesy re-posting of DCS’s Reporting Abuse and Neglect self-paced course.  This training can also be reached via this website; scroll down to “Public Online Training and Information Course.”

Supplementing Science of Reading from the Library & TeachingBooks – 1 LEU

Learn how to discover exceptional texts to support and supplement science of reading instruction. While underscoring phonics, phonological awareness, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension, Indiana residents can now use the Indiana State Library INSPIRE-licensed TeachingBooks to identify popular picture books by more than a dozen phonics and phonetical awareness classifications (vowel and consonant sounds, alliteration, rhyming, and more). Additionally, you’ll have worksheets for each book to extend reading instruction in the library, home, or classroom.

Date Recorded: 8/21/2024

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenters: Kym Davick and Mary Ellen Graf, TeachingBooks

2024 Getting Started with Girls Who Code – 1 LEU

girls who code logo Girls Who Code wants to give you the tools and resources you need to develop inclusive computer science programming – no coding experience required. Join us to learn about our free Clubs program for 3rd-12th grade coders. We’ll introduce you to our three essential components for quality programming: (1) activities that teach coding and social-emotional development, (2) a culture of bravery where participants join a supportive community of peers and role models in tech, and (3) real-world application of coding for positive impact. Leave with step-by-step guidance for bringing new STEM initiatives to young people in your community!

Presenter:  Kibret Yebetit is a Senior Manager of Community Partnerships & Outreach at Girls Who Code. She works with educators, libraries, and nonprofits to bring free computer science education to their students.

Date Recorded: 5/9/2024

Format: Archived YouTube Video

Presenter: Kibret Yebetit / Senior Manager of Community Partnerships & Outreach at Girls Who Code

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