Join us for a series of programs, funded by the Avon Education Foundation, on the topic of phone and social media safety. This series is aimed at youth ages 9-14, and their caregivers. There are programs for each age group, and the community as a whole.
Register here if you’re an adult/caregiver
Register here if you’re a teen
Check out one of 37 copies (including e-books & audiobooks) purchased with funds from the Avon Education Foundation a couple weeks before October 8th, read as much of it as you can before the book discussion, then lend your voice to the conversation!
We will discuss the topics within the book using materials from the book’s website, and learn how to talk to one another about the way that tech companies are trying to train our brains to depend on them.
Adult caregivers of youth will meet with librarians in the community room, while youth will meet with the teen librarian in the teen room.
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Join us for a conversation with Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge, to discuss the release of her new book, The Dysregulated Kid.
In The Dysregulated Kid, you’ll learn how to:
– Break free from the exhausting cycle of yelling, bribing, and punishing.
– Move from co-dysregulation to co-regulation, where calm is contagious.
– Shift from constant reactivity to confident, steady parenting.
– Use small, doable strategies that rewire both your child’s brain and your own.
– Help your child be more focused, independent, and resilient so they can do better in school and in life.
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Adult caregiver author talk event held at same time as Teen New Hobby Night in Teen Room. Register here for the author talk .
Register here for Teen New Hobby Night.
Adult caregivers will attend an author talk from both Michael Shelby and Paul Teager as they discuss their book Reconnect: A personalized plan to protect your child from anxiety and depression fueled by digital addiction, and the strategies within it.
In today’s fast-paced digital world, few issues are as urgent-and as universally misunderstood-as the epidemic of anxiety and depression plaguing our youngest and most vulnerable. An epidemic with ties to digital addiction, ubiquitous screens, and 24/7 connectivity.
Despite mounting evidence of the emotional and psychological consequences, a practical, accessible, and personalized approach to understanding and addressing this crisis has been missing-until now. This groundbreaking book is the result of a unique collaboration between two leading experts in their fields: Paul D. Tieger and Michael Shelby. Their partnership brings together decades of insight from two distinct but deeply interconnected worlds-personality psychology and technology addiction treatment.
Teens will hang out in the Teen Room with mental health experts and librarians while adults meet in the Community Room.
Come hang out in the Teen Room, make friends, play games, and chat with mental health professionals about any of the pressures and anxieties that you feel when you use social media and your phone. Representatives from the Avon Youth Services department, and a community mental health professional will be present with the Teen Librarian to listen to your worries, and offer support.
Plus: PIZZA! For youth 9-14 (18 yrs max)
Adult caregivers will listen to a panel and Q&A from Greater Hartford Wellness while teens participate in a Rebel Night in the Teen Room.
Join a panel of experts hand selected by Greater Hartford Wellness to discuss mental health, anxiety and phone use in our youth!
Those scheduled on the panel:
- Marriage and Family Therapist
- Psychologist & School Neuropsychologist
- Board Certified Child and Adolescent Nurse Practitioner
- Occupational Therapist
- Pediatrician, MD
Come with inquisitive minds, we will collect questions at the start and pick some of our most-pressing/most popular to bring to the panel.