(via CARLI)
The School of Social Work at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has created a self-paced online training course for library staff on navigating mental health situations that patrons experience and how to interact with those patrons, “Working with Mental Health Situations in Library Settings“.
The training course is intended to provide a basic overview of some of the mental health challenges, including different mental disorders and related symptoms, encountered in library settings. Since libraries are accessible spaces often utilized by individuals struggling with mental health challenges and related issues, the course strives to help build a working knowledge and awareness of mental illness for library staff, outlines some helpful approaches to assist library staff in supporting patrons struggling with mental health problems, and offers suggestions for developing self-care as a sustainable practice to combat compassion fatigue and burnout.
Please contact Justin York, at jgyork2@illinois.edu, with any questions.