Overview
"Offering practical guidance and support, this workbook will spark curiosity and reflection on how everyday library interactions intersect with trauma and adversity. Whether it's navigating a crisis or witnessing a community member struggling with tough times, coming face to face with trauma and adversity can be uncomfortable. But in striving to learn more about challenging behaviors, and how we can better interact with library patrons and our coworkers, we can come to see that people are complex and not simply ""problems."" This workbook from the PLA Social Worker Task Force (SWTF) provides a collection of powerful tools to add to your customer service toolbox. It's filled with prompts, exercises, and best practices that shed light on how trauma can affect people, helping you build confidence in your ability to support your library's patrons. You will delve into what trauma is and how it impacts library work; be introduced to a framework for utilizing a trauma-informed lens in your interactions; practice exercises to spur personal reflection on common concerns bound up with library work and the policies relating to these issues; and gain hand-on tools and techniques, including strategies for de-escalation and guidance on the impacts of involving law-enforcement and banning patrons."
Full Product Details
Author: Public Library Association ,
The Public Library Association Social Worker Task Force
Publisher: American Library Association
Imprint: ALA Editions
Dimensions:
Width: 21.00cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 27.40cm
Weight: 0.363kg
ISBN: 9780838949566
ISBN 10: 0838949568
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 07 March 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
Advice is clear and practical. Situations range from mental health issues and child abuse to substance use and stealing. The final section focuses on library staff self care, noting that there are no easy answers or pat solutions--but that the work is important ... This workbook offers a timely, useful guide to get staff in all kinds of libraries started in using a trauma-informed approach to deal with challenging behaviors. -- Booklist
"""Advice is clear and practical. Situations range from mental health issues and child abuse to substance use and stealing. The final section focuses on library staff self care, noting that there are no easy answers or pat solutions--but that the work is important ... This workbook offers a timely, useful guide to get staff in all kinds of libraries started in using a trauma-informed approach to deal with challenging behaviors."" -- Booklist"
Author Information
The Public Library Association Social Worker Task Force develops and recommends a strategic and coordinated approach for PLA related to how public libraries address the social service needs of customers. The Public Library Association (PLA) is a division of the American Library Association. PLA's core purpose is to strengthen public libraries and their contribution to the communities they serve. Its mission is to enhance the development and effectiveness of public library staff and public library services.
