Creating a Trauma-Informed Library

Welcome to Creating a Trauma-Informed Library!

This course is composed of 4 video modules, as well as a 2-hour online class, to be held on Zoom, scheduled for April 25, 2023, from 10-12 PM MT. (Registration is required, and limited to Colorado library staff.).

Unable to attend the zoom class? We have made the video modules and lessons available to anyone who is interested!

The 4 modules for this course are broken into 13 separate video lessons listed below. The lessons are intended to be short enough that busy staff can fit this training in whenever they have some downtime. Watch them all at once , or spread them out over several weeks.

Specific times for each video are listed in its description, and the entire course is just over 1 hour in total. (61:27)

Need a certificate for viewing the modules? Simply fill out this survey!

Tips for getting the most out of this course

Module 1 | Module 2 | Module 3 | Module 4

Module 1: Trauma 101

Module 2: Trauma Manifestation

Module 3: Trauma-Informed Principles

Module 4: Creating a Trauma-Informed Organization for Supervisors and Administrative Staff

Tips for getting the most out of this course:

1. Let your supervisor know you are interested in taking this course.
2. Work with your supervisor to add this course to your yearly/monthly learning plan.
3. Work with your supervisor to discuss learning expectations for this course, based upon the description and modules.
4. Share this course with colleagues and encourage them to take the course along with you.
5. Share what you are/have learned in this course.
6. Encourage your supervisor and/or peers to provide continued observation and feedback as you practice what you learned
7. Discuss with your supervisor and/or peers anticipated barriers to applying what you learned and how these barriers can be overcome.
8. Take our post course survey to help us make our training better.