<p> Program Choices</p><p>Please return this sheet with your registration.</p><p>Within each time slot: (10:15, 11:30 and 1:30), number your session choices 1, 2, 3. Efforts will be made to place registrants in sessions on a first-come, first-serve basis. </p><p>10:15 am Choice # Story Time Shake Up Controlled Chaos: Rules, Respect, Teens, & Staff Off the Spectrum: Serving Customers With Disabilities Other Than Autism</p><p>11:30 am Choice # 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Challenging LGBTQ Teen Homelessness Head-On: Going From Forty to None Homeschoolers In Your Library Panel Discussion</p><p>1:30 pm Choice # Non-Traditional Holiday UnConference TAB Summits ‘Un’Common Core: Finding Fabulous Nonfiction</p><p>PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS 9:30 am KEYNOTE Opened in 1976, The Please Touch Museum of Philadelphia is dedicated to enriching the lives of children by creating learning opportunities through play. The Museum’s activity areas incorporate lots of color, encourage fine and gross motor skills and allow the kids to engage in pretend games as well as ones that allow them to jump, climb and even get a little wet! Hear about the museums philosophy, projects, and goals and be inspired!</p><p>Stacey Swigart is the Director of Collections and Research at Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia. She works with the museum to create programs and exhibits based in literacy, arts, STEM, history and more through play for young children. Contact information: [email protected]</p><p>10:15 am Story Time Shake Up Tired of the same structure, fingerplays, and set-up of your story times? Mix it up by adding new elements and offering new experiences! Candace Worrell is a Children's Librarian at the South County Regional Branch of the Camden County Library System and the 2014 recipient of the New Jersey State Library Best Practices in Early Literacy Grant for her early literacy programs Bouncing Babies & Books and Sensory Story Time. </p><p>Carol Simon Levin is a Youth Services Librarian at the Bridgewater Branch of the Somerset County Library. She is a passionate fan of great non-fiction and biography, particularly those titles that spark the imagination of young readers.</p><p>Recently retired, Linda Meuse has over 20 years experience working in public libraries as a children's librarian. She enjoys exploring different types of storytelling on her blog, Notes from the Story Room (meusenotes.blogspot.com) and exchanging ideas with youth services librarians on Twitter (@LMeuse).</p><p>Barbara Chung has been with the Monmouth County Library for 10 years and a children's librarian for 5 years, creating youth programs at various branches and member libraries that equally entertain and educate patrons. Her passion for encouraging "the library life" includes preschool, elementary, tweens and young adults. Controlled Chaos: Rules, Respect, Teens, & Staff Do you feel like your teen space is completely chaotic? Are your rules failing to help you gain control? By establishing and enforcing behavior guidelines that emphasize respect for all, Teen Services Librarians can find a balance that works for themselves, their teens, and their fellow staff members. Erica Solomon is a Teen Services Librarian at Piscataway Public Library, where she has worked since 2011 after earning her MLIS from Rutgers University. She is currently serving as the President of NJLA's Young Adult Section. Contact information: [email protected] Darby Malvey completed her MLIS at Rutgers University in 2011, and has since dedicated her career to working with youth of all ages, with a special emphasis on serving children, teens, and families in the urban library setting. Darby is currently the Youth Services Librarian at the Gloucester County Library System's Glassboro Branch and President of NJLA's Children's Services Section. Off the Spectrum: Serving Customers With Disabilities Other Than Autism Customers with disabilities are a diverse group—autism is only one of many, many disabilities present in the communities we serve. This diversity is often ignored when it comes to professional development and staff training regarding accessibility, however, as a disproportionate amount of attention is currently being focused on the very real needs of individuals on the autism spectrum. Confusingly, strategies for inclusion of community members with autism are sometimes presented as being appropriate for all customers with disabilities, leading librarians to implement strategies which are ineffective, and sometimes inappropriate, for individuals with other types of disabilities. This workshop will present an overview of the widely diverse disabled community and offer suggestions for meeting the often conflicting needs of this population. Jennifer Salt works as a senior librarian in the youth services department of the Middletown Township Public Library. She has an MLS from Rutgers University and has previously presented at the Youth Services Forum on a variety of early childhood topics. Jennifer also has multiple disabilities and is excited to have the opportunity to speak to her colleagues on serving families with various types of disabilities. More information (including handouts for her part of the program) can be found on Jennifer’s website: librariesforall.weebly.com</p><p>Liz Burns is the Youth Services Librarian at the Talking Book & Braille Center. Liz’s articles on a variety of subjects have appeared in The Horn Book and School Library Journal. She likes to read and write, and watch TV.</p><p>Jen Apgar works in the Youth Services department at the Talking Book & Braille Center. Prior to this, she worked at the Division of Deaf and Hard of Hearing. She graduated with a degree in ASL/English Interpreting from Bloomsburg University. Jen enjoys spending time at the beach, reading, catching a Broadway show, and watching TV. </p><p>11:30 am 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Gloucester County Library is using the 1000 Books program to promote reading to newborns, infants, and toddlers and to encourage parent and child bonding through reading. Hear how three branches are making the program their own. Loretta Lisowski earned her MLS degree from Drexel University and has worked in children’s libraries for the past 20 years: first in a PreK- 8 private school, then as an intern at Mount Laurel Library, and a Youth Services Librarian at the Galloway Twp. Branch of Atlantic County Library System. She is currently working as a Youth Services Librarian at the Mullica Hill Branch of the Gloucester County Library System. Carol Dera studied English and education at Rowan University and has been with the Gloucester County Library System since 2004. I have enjoyed the privilege of providing children's services for the past ten years. The experience for this position was greatly enhanced in the raising of my 3 amazing children.</p><p>Heather Marquette is the Youth Services Coordinator for the Logan Branch of Gloucester County Library System. She has been with the Library System for 10 years and previously worked as a Preschool teacher for 4 years. Heather provides weekly programs throughout the year for children ages 0-12 and coordinates the teen volunteer program at her branch.</p><p>Challenging LGBTQ Teen Homelessness Head-On: Going From Forty to None In America, it is estimated that up to 1.6 million youth are homeless each year and up to 40% of them identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. Yet, only 3-5% of the general youth population does the same. This presentation will be an opportunity to gather real, workable tools to help you care for this population in your community, as well as a chance to sign up to be part of the Forty to None network, a group working to raise awareness about and helping to bring an end to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth homelessness.</p><p>Jama Shelton, MSW, PhD, is the Forty to None Project Director, where she utilizes her comprehensive understanding of the issues facing both homeless gay and transgender youth and also the service providers with whom they work to raise awareness about and helping to bring an end lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth homelessness through education, advocacy and networking building.</p><p>Homeschoolers In Your Library Panel Discussion Join us for a panel discussion made up of librarians and home school families. Get helpful ideas for offering a collection and your programming that support the home schoolers in your community.</p><p>Sandi Cronce is the Head of Youth Services at the Willingboro Public Library. As the Youth Services Librarian, Sandi provides library services and programming to families and children from birth to 18 years of age.</p><p>Emily Moore is Head of Youth Services at the Vogelson Branch of the Camden County Library System. She received her MLIS from Pratt Institute in 2009. During the school year, she runs 2 programs a month for homeschool families at her library. Saleena Davidson is a graduate of Drexel University and has been committed to teen services since becoming the YA Librarian at the South Brunswick Public Library in 2003. She has a very healthy TAB and a solid base of teen support at her library. She was a part of the team that created the TAB Summit program three years ago and continues to be excited about the program and eager to promote it to more libraries. 1:30 pm</p><p>Non-Traditional Holiday UnConference Come join us for a group sharing of the best and brightest of your non-traditional holiday programs and ideas. Feel free to bring samples and pictures of crafts and programs you have done inside or outside of the library. </p><p>This program will be moderated by Colleen Affirme but the majority of the content will be provided by the participants. Colleen Affirme is a Librarian 2 in the YS Department of the Toms River Branch of the Ocean County Library. She has previously worked at other branches of OCL and spent 8 years as the Head of Youth Services for the Pennsauken Free Public Library. Childrens Librarian is not just her job title, it’s who she is!!!</p><p>TAB Summits Teen Advisory Board (TAB) Summits are a chance for libraries across the state to bring their teen advisory boards together. The groups meet, share ideas and gain inspiration from each other as they discuss their trials and triumphs as advocates for their library. Jen Schureman, Head of Youth Services at the Gloucester County Library System. Jen has been working in libraries for over 20 years. She regards her best moment being when a storytime child told his mom that "Miss Jen is just like a big kid".</p><p>Saleena Davidson is a graduate of Drexel University and has been committed to teen services since becoming the YA Librarian at the South Brunswick Public Library in 2003. She has a very healthy TAB and a solid base of teen support at her library. She was a part of the team that created the TAB Summit program three years ago and continues to be excited about the program and eager to promote it to more libraries. </p><p>‘Un’Common Core: Finding Fabulous Nonfiction What Common Core books are teachers looking for? The best Common Core informational books are the best nonfiction books in our collections. Find out what you need to know about the Common Core (hint: you already know it) and discover fabulous nonfiction (including multi-cultural and graphic non-fiction titles) to recommend to teachers, students, and parents in your community. Audience members are welcome to share their own favorite titles as well!</p><p>Dr. Ellen Pozzi is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the School Library Media Program at William Paterson University. She has been on the Garden State Children Books Awards committee for over a decade, and is a past president of the Children’s Services Section. Ellen enjoys reading nonfiction books for readers of all ages. Carol Simon Levin is a Youth Services Librarian at the Bridgewater Branch of the Somerset County Library. She is a passionate fan of great non-fiction and biography, particularly those titles that spark the imagination of young readers.</p>