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Registration opens October 2nd at 12pm

RRLC is sponsoring 25 seats to the webinar for RRLC members. It is free for you to attend, but space is limited!

Considerable research shows that those with more joy, laughter, and well-being in their life are more resilient, productive and effective at work, and they live more fulfilling lives. This session is designed to increase fun, creativity, and joy. It also distinguishes between long-term well-being and toxic positivity. Through stories, activities, and experimentation, participants will learn the research and strategies to increase happiness and well-being within themselves, within the library culture, and with others. You’ll walk away with practical ideas for well-being in the workplace and in your own life.

After this workshop, participants will have:
– An increased knowledge of the research on positive psychology
– Experiences with techniques proven to increase joy
– A plan to use the techniques increase joy & well-being in themselves
– Ideas for spreading these techniques in the library and the community

**Please note: this webinar was originally scheduled for October 29th.

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Libraries serve as a primary destination for many families with children and remain an essential hub for accessing valuable resources, information, and social connection across the lifetime. With approximately 26% of Americans living with a disability, and over 300,000 individuals with disabilities residing in the Greater Rochester area alone, there exists a significant opportunity to ensure that the valuable services offered by our libraries are accessible to people with intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities. In this session, we will take a close look at what the concept of “inclusion” looks and feels like and explore strategies to use a lens of inclusion to transform our libraries into inclusive places of destination and employment for people with disabilities.

Learning Objectives
– Participants will understand inclusion as a process rather than a checked off box.
– Participants will learn how to reframe language so that it is used to promote an inclusive and empowering environment.
– Participants will understand a model of Functional Ability to help reframe disability in a way that can result in the removal of barriers to participation by patrons/employees with disabilities.
– Participants will learn at least three tangible strategies they can implement at their library that can result in enhanced participation by patrons with disabilities.

Presenter: Anita O’Brien, Executive Director, Rochester Accessible Adventures. Anita O’Brien, M.A., is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist with 27 years of experience working with individuals with disabilities, and helped found Rochester Accessible Adventures. Anita serves as a member of the Community Advisory Committee at the University of Rochester’s Center of Excellence for People with Disabilities, and the DEC/APA Accessibility Advisory Committee. She is a longtime member of Genesee Valley Parks and Recreation Society, New York State Recreation & Parks Society, and New York State Therapeutic Recreation Association. Anita has lived in Rochester since 2000, working to bring opportunities in sports and recreation to individuals and families with disabilities and medical conditions. She is passionate about building relationships within the community which serve to connect people with resources, remove systemic barriers to recreation and sports, and build communities that embrace inclusion. And she loves spending time reading, hiking and camping with her family and blue-eyed husky hound, Alice.

Free to RRLC & ESLN Members. This webinar will be held on Zoom Webinar; registration is required.

All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for 1 hour of CE credit. This webinar will be recorded. All registrants will receive a copy of the recording within 1 month of the webinar.

We are committed to offering inclusive, diverse, and equitable services to all of our members. To request specific accommodations, please contact RRLC at least five business days ahead of the program you’d like accommodations for.

RRLC Registration & Program Attendance Policies

If you have any questions, please contact Tina Broomfield.

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According to the US Department of Education, the homeschool population has doubled from one to two million in the last decade. For most school districts in New York State, the number of households providing home instruction has more than doubled since the start of the pandemic (NYSED).

Is your library prepared to assist the growing homeschool community? Deanna McGregor, Homeschool Liaison Librarian at the Liverpool Public Library, will explain NYS’s laws and requirements for homeschool students and why families are choosing this route. Discover ways your library can support the multiple literacy needs of K-12 students following an individualized home instruction plan (IHIP) through your collections, programs, and services.

Presenter: Deanna McGregor’s BS in Elementary Education and passion for helping others learn support her in serving as Homeschool Liaison Librarian at the Liverpool Public Library in Liverpool, New York. With over 15 years of experience homeschooling her own children and as director of a community based academic co-operative, Deanna gained an understanding of the needs of homeschooling families. She received her MILS from the University at Buffalo in 2017 with a focus on the symbiotic relationship between homeschool families and public libraries. In her role as Homeschool Liaison Librarian, she enjoys creating opportunities for library staff to connect with the homeschool community.

This webinar will be recorded and disseminated to all registrants, regardless of attendance. However, to receive a certificate of attendance, registrants must attend live and participate.

This webinar is provided at no cost to RRLC and ESLN members. Registration is required.

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RRLC is offering up to 15 seats at the upcoming LibraryWorks webinar, LibraryWorks Webinar: Communicating with Elected Officials about your Library

The climate for libraries can be stressful. With polarizing politics, book bans, budget concerns and more, libraries must increasingly work and interact with their elected officials and the public. How do you communicate effectively in stressful times? How can you get the attention of your elected officials? And how can libraries better communicate all the positives they give to their community?

Through this webinar, you will learn:
• Suggestions for handling difficult conversations
• Ideas for communicating and connecting all year with elected officials
• Understanding where elected officials may be coming from
• Resources from the American Library Association and other places that can help

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Libraries play many important roles in their communities, but none as important today in helping people access the healthcare and health information they need, especially with telehealth needs of those who lack internet, devices, and or the digital skills to obtain health services and health information. The Veterans’ Affairs Office has created a service to assist veterans and their families with telehealth services called VA Video Connect. This webinar will show library staff how to assist and help Veterans learn to use VA Video Connect App to video conference with their providers.

Objectives:

• Overview of how VA Video Connect works
• What does a Veteran need to participate
• How to setup a device, (Apple/ Android/ Tablet)
• Ways to test a device is properly setup
• What Veterans and their families can expect in an actual appointment
• Common troubleshooting
• Help numbers
  
  

Speaker: Paul Galantowicz, Facility Telehealth Coordinator, VHAWNY Healthcare System, has been with the VHAWNY Healthcare System for 40 years, starting in Nuclear Medicine doing Patient Care Imaging. He managed the first Positron Emission Tomography Center in WNY, a joint project between the University of Buffalo and VHAWNY Healthcare System, collaborating on research projects, and after FDA approval providing clinical imaging patient care for Brain, Heart, and Oncology applications. He has presented at National Meetings and has been credited for his contributions in journal publications on Nuclear Medicine and Positron Emission Tomography. In 2011 he became the Facility Telehealth Coordinator for VHAWNY Healthcare system and is responsible for the site’s program.

Free to RRLC ESLN Members. Registration is required.

Please note that this webinar will be recorded, and the recording will be sent to all registrants regardless of attendance. However, you must attend live to receive a certificate.

All live attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for an hour of CE or CTLE credit.

Live transcription and closed captioning will be provided.

We are committed to offering inclusive, diverse, and equitable services to all of our members. To request specific accommodations, please contact Caitlin Kenney (ckenney@wnylrc.org) at least five business days ahead of the event.

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