Teen Mental Health Resource Collaboration

Program Sponsors: YSS / LGBTQIART, SCLA, SLSA, SSL
Core Value: Education & Life Long Learning
Program Description: Become part of a resource sharing session where we will discuss the need for a mental health collection in your library, suggestions for what works, and recommendations of favorite teen mental wellness resources. Presenters will share rationale, criteria, and lists of resources used to build the collection, along with strategies they used to tap into the expertise of mental health professionals as they developed a collection of Mental Health Resources for teens, staff, and the community. West Genesee High School Library and Onondaga Free Public Library have partnered to create and share their Mental Health Resources to support struggling teens and their families. In collaboration with school guidance counselors, social workers, and community health organizations, this collection provides relevant information and options that can help struggling teens. If teens can think through the moment, they can plan for the future. Teens need access to curated resources on mental health topics in a delivery system that is immediately pertinent, geared to their learning style, and supportive.  While there is no replacement for professional care, this mental health resource links students to support networks in their school and community, provides books/ebooks, databases, podcasts, videos, websites, Ted Talks and apps in hopes that it will provide a conduit to crisis intervention and mental wellness.

Program Speakers: 
 Mary Gotham, West Genesee High School
 Alyssa Newton, Onondaga Free Library

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