Join READ-U (Reading with Empathy, Awareness, and Depth with U) for a day-long event! The workshop brings together classroom teachers, school counselors, library media specialists, and other educators to learn about the University of Utah’s READ-U program and the standards-based READ-U units available for school use. The morning begins with learning about the use of picturebooks to help start challenging discussions in the classroom, create safe spaces for students’ mental and behavioral hea

Join READ-U (Reading with Empathy, Awareness, and Depth with U) for a day-long event! The workshop brings together classroom teachers, school counselors, library media specialists, and other educators to learn about the University of Utah’s READ-U program and the standards-based READ-U units available for school use. The morning begins with learning about the use of picturebooks to help start challenging discussions in the classroom, create safe spaces for students’ mental and behavioral health, and develop students’ social-emotional capacities. In the afternoon we will explore two specific READ-U units on civic engagement and on anxiety to see how the units incorporate carefully curated, high-quality diverse picturebooks and an adaptable and detailed plan for using the titles to introduce the topic, widen students’ perspectives surrounding it, and engage them in meaningful discussions and activities that deepen understanding.