Teaching life skills at the library : programs and activities on money management, career development, and more / Kimberli S. Buckley.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Chicago : ALA Editions, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: xvi, 112 pages ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780838948903
- 0838948901
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | NonFiction | 025.5 B924 | Available | 33111011322076 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Between making financial decisions, maintaining a healthy work-life balance, and juggling health, family, friends, and other responsibilities, life can feel overwhelming. Place these same responsibilities on an individual just entering adulthood who has less real-life experience and it can feel even more overwhelming. So why not make sure our teens and young adults are more prepared to face the world before they go out on their own? How can we also reinforce these skills for adults who may never have learned them or who may need a refresher? This book provides a hands-on and interactive approach to creating and planning library programs and activities that will enable patrons to learn and build the most important life skills. Readers will discover how life skills library programs can encourage participants to imagine and prepare for real-world situations; a rich variety of step-by-step programs, complete with planning tips, instructions, and a materials and equipment list, for activities such as Mock Job Interviews, Financial Literacy Jeopardy, planning of week of dinners, Spring Cleaning Visualizations, the art of packing a suitcase, practicing self-care, a stress-relief dance party, and many others; advice on planning, partnership opportunities, promotion, evaluations, and sustainability; ways to promote a safe space and a relaxed environment while leading programs; and additional helpful resources, including a planning template and reading tie-ins.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: You've Got This! -- Part I: Planning Life Skills Classes -- Let's Start Planning! -- Partnership Opportunities & Program Promotions -- Evaluate & Sustain Your Life Skills Classes -- Part II: Life Skills Activity Plans -- Jobs -- Money -- Cooking -- Self-Care -- Personal-Care -- Home Skills -- Communication -- Relationships with Friends & Family -- Stress Management -- Conclusion: Taking Care of Business -- Appendix: Blank Planning Template.
"This book provides easy-to-implement activities that readers can use to develop life skills classes at their library."-- Provided by publisher.
Anyone at any age can benefit from a life skills program: learning to effectively manage the daily obstacles in life. Whether financial, job searches, or cooking, many skills are not being addressed fully in schools, or are being offered at a time when the person is not ready to accept the information. Buckley offers easy-to-implement activities readers can use to develop life skills classes at their library. Whether basic transitioning skills, setting goals and reaching milestones, or basic "adulting", the classes can help your patrons become responsible human beings. -- adapted from Preface and perusal of book