Presenter: Andrea Winkler, LCSW, LCAS, Clinical Social Worker and Addictions Specialist, Duke Psychiatry, Durham, NC

This program is designed to introduce librarians to a research driven understanding of the potential impact of lifetime traumatic exposures in the general population and help them to engage a trauma-informed approach to their work. Given the public facing nature of the work of librarians, and the common expectation that they interface effectively with all community members, possession of some working knowledge of these patterns, as well as effective ways to respond to this physical and psychological phenomenon, is indicated.

Participants will leave the session with a deeper understanding of the potential impact of traumatic exposures on individuals, the need for a trauma-informed approach to their work, and an increased ability to effectively support their community members with trauma histories.

This webinar is FREE for NCLA members and $10 for non-NCLA members.