This summer, consider focusing on teen mental health by incorporating the following recommendations and resources outlined by Patrick Lloyd, TSLAC’s Community Resilience Consultant. *** Even before the covid-19 pandemic, many teenagers were struggling. Sadly, data collected well before the covid -19 pandemic indicates that most of us experience childhood trauma. For many, these traumas stay…
The Continuing Education and Consulting Team at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission is gathering information on current practices and issues surrounding accessibility, inclusion, equity, diversity, mental health, and social justice topics in Texas public libraries. We will be developing training opportunities and resources library staff can use. Please help us inform our next…
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission has partnered with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) and Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Center (Hill Country MHDD) to provide free Mental Health First Aid training for Texas library staff, board members, and volunteers. Training sessions begin March 3 and currently run through…