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Title A trauma-informed framework for supporting patrons : the PLA workbook of best practices / The Public Library Association Social Worker Task Force
Published Chicago : ALA Editions, 2022
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 95 pages)
Series ALA Editions special reports
Special reports (American Library Association)
Contents Introduction: No Easy Answers -- Part I: Laying the Groundwork -- What Is Trauma? -- Navigating Challenging Behavior -- Tools and Techniques -- Part II: Strategies and Scenarios -- Scenario 1: Mental Health Challenges -- Scenario 2: Sleeping at the Library -- Scenario 3: Strong Personal Odor -- Scenario 4: Personal Belongings -- Scenario 5: Suspected Intoxication, Under the Influence -- Scenario 6: Substance Use -- Scenario 7: Threatening Verbal and Nonverbal Behavior -- Scenario 8: Unsheltered Teens -- Scenario 9: Adult Self-Neglect -- Scenario 10: Child Abuse or Assault -- Scenario 11: Solicitation or Panhandling -- Scenario 12: Stealing Scenario 13: Child Unattended after Closing -- Part III: Putting It All Together -- Exercise 1: Now It Is Your Turn -- Exercise 2: Begin Anyway -- Exercise 3: Self-Care Assessment -- Exercise 4: Self-Care Maintenance -- Exercise 5: Emergency Self-Care -- Exercise 6: When Bad Things Happen -- Exercise 7: Using Your Knowledge for Justice and Change -- Exercise 8: Expand Your Knowledge -- Conclusion: The End Is Just the Beginning
Summary "This workbook provides a framework for what it means to use a trauma-informed lens and how to use that lens in interactions with library patrons. It offers various scenarios that will provide you the opportunity to integrate what you've learned so you can implement the trauma-informed framework in your work and offers a series of exercises that focus on self-care and self-assessment"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 05, 2024)
Subject Libraries and people with social disabilities -- United States
Libraries and people with social disabilities -- United States -- Problems, exercises, etc
Psychic trauma.
Libraries and people with social disabilities
Psychic trauma
United States
Genre/Form Problems and exercises
Form Electronic book
Author Public Library Association. Social Worker Task Force, editor.
LC no. 2021062240
ISBN 9780838938201
0838938205
Other Titles Public Library Association workbook of best practices