Tuesday Tips - Youth Peer Support Action Summit

Sam Jones is the Youth Services Librarian at the Beaver Dam Public Library. She shares tips to make your job easier in her Tuesday posts.

I recently received an email from Mental Health America about a free, online event called the Youth Peer Support Action Summit. Its goal is to "unite and inspire youth and young adult leaders in peer support, including peer specialists, program leaders, and advocates." While the "ally" tickets are sold out, anyone under 30 can register as a "youth." The youth ticket is for "people working in mental health, those who have their own lived experience, or those interested in peer support."

They haven't released a schedule for the event, but my library has really been focusing on mental health, so I'm excited to see what will be talked about during the sessions. 

Developmental Relationships Help Young People Thrive

As seen in the WRLS Weekly Newsletter, December 22,2022. Thanks to Cole Zrostlik for the link!

New Paper on Developmental Relationships— Perfect for after-school coordinators.

Developmental Relationships Help Young People Thrive | Search Institute

Developmental relationships are essential to help young people discover how to become their best selves.

Through the benefits of developmental relationships, young people move beyond surviving to thriving. Strong developmental relationships help young people of every age, race, and socioeconomic background discover who they are, cultivate the ability to shape their own lives and destinies, and learn how to positively contribute to the world.

What are developmental relationships, and how can we intentionally create them in our schools, programs, families, and communities?

To read more and access (via web or PDF) the 12-page paper, stop here.