Triage: Libraries and School Refusal and Reluctance MSLA Podcast

School is stressful for kids and adults and the phenomenon of school refusal, which is often caused by that stress, is nothing new. But has it been kicking up more dust in our post-lock down educational rebound? What can libraries do? Well, we discuss relationships and collaboration as a way forward with Ariel Dagan, from Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High school in Franklin; Bonnie McBride, Fenway High School in Boston; and Laura Gardner, Dartmouth Middle School. What do we mean by triage? How can books help? How are libraries complicit in refusal? Listen and find the balance...

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Sparks, Sarah D. "Addressing the Link Between Anxiety, Depression, and Student Attendance." Education Week, vol. 42, no. 11, 26 Oct. 2022, p. NA. Gale In Context: Biography, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A724329114/GPS?u=mlin_m_wil&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=b949767b. Accessed 2 Feb. 2023.

Bridge for Resilient Youth in Transition program (BRYT)

Laura’s Little Green News and here is the link to the October 2022 issue.

Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes and Dawud Anyabwile.

The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America by Saket Soni

Dead End Girls by Wendy Heard

Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution by Uri Levine

24/6: Giving Up Screens One Day a Week to Get More Time, Creativity, and Connection by Tiffany Shlain

Tiffany Schlain “Dear Student” (YouTube video)

Moonflower by Kacen Callender

Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia

A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney