When teens in your library are behaving disruptively — anything from a group talking loudly or someone overtaking a program — are you at a loss for the best way to handle the situation?

Read Disruptive Teen Patrons: 7 Strategies to Regain Order, Authority, and Your Sanity, in which The 5 Minute Librarian shares tips that cover these situations:

• Group too rowdy?
• Teen breaking the rules?
• Teens are ignoring you?
• Issues between two teens?
• Suspect it is a special needs issue?
• Suggestions to avoid future behavioral problems
• How to de-escalate any situation

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