AIMing at Tweens

Tweens are often the ones who slip between the cracks: not children and not quite young adults. This YALSA online course will focus on the developmental needs and interests of tweens and how we can best meet those needs and interests in terms of books, activities, and programming.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will:

Describe the developmental needs of the tween including physical, intellectual, moral, and social aspects;
Discuss how librarians can meets the developmental needs of tweens;
Identify books and related materials that are developmentally appropriate for tweens;
Develop resources for use with tweens; and
Share ideas for working effectively with tweens.

Who Should Attend

Young adult librarians, school librarians, administrators and any literacy-focused professional who works directly with tweens.

Course Requirements

Participation is this course will require approximately 2.5 hours (asynchronous) per week to:

Read the online course material
Post to online discussion boards
Complete online exercises

Instructor

Teri Lesesne was a middle school English teacher before she began teaching in the Department of Library Science at Sam Houston State University in Texas. She teaches grad classes in children’s and YA literature.

Date(s) & Time(s)

This course is not currently scheduled to be offered, but is available to be licensed for presentation to your library by contacting Eve Gaus at egaus@ala.org or 1-800-545-2433 ext. 5293.

Course Length

Four weeks.

Fee

$155 YALSA members
$195 ALA members
$215 nonmembers

Registration

Registration is not currently available

Contact

Contact Eve Gaus, YALSA's program officer for continuing education, at egaus@ala.org or 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5293.

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