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PCI Webinar with Leah T. Dudak Care-Full Leadership: Managing with Trauma-Informed Care Online
This PCI webinar will give library leaders tools to bring trauma-informed care into day-to-day management and library structures. Participants will learn how to better support staff and their communities, handle difficult situations, and build a work environment where folks feel safe, respected, and seen.
This session starts with laying the groundwork for understanding trauma and trauma-informed care, then moves into practical ways to apply these principals in library management. Through potential scenarios and guided discussions, participants will explore how trauma-informed approaches can help navigate workplace challenges and create healthier team dynamics. Participants will also be given some reflective prompts to continue to build and create trauma-informed workspaces after the session.
As a result of this program, attendees will learn how to:
● Clearly define trauma and trauma-informed care.
● Recognize the need to trauma-informed approaches in library work.
● Identify tangible ways to enact trauma-informed principles to workplace policy, leadership, and public service.
● Build library spaces that reduce harm, are trauma-informed, and support team morale.
Leah T. Dudak ~ Biography
Leah T. Dudak is a former librarian and current Ph.D. candidate at Syracuse University’s Information School. Dudak’s research looks at public libraries and the trauma that library staff encounter giving attention to supporting library workers, systemic issues contributing to trauma, trauma-informed care, and librarianship. She currently works with Urban Librarians Unite as their research assistant, helping with the 2022 trauma study along with the forthcoming peer support network. She holds an MLIS from the University of Illinois.
Related LibGuide: Professional Development & Continuing Education by Nini Beegan
- Date:
- Wednesday, November 5, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Sponsor:
- Southern Maryland Regional Library Association (SMRLA)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1117534009297/WN_m2UyGfbjSquO35yAcg0pZQ#/registration
- Audience:
- Library Staff Library Staff - Public Libraries
- Categories:
- Leadership Management & Supervision Talent Development
This session will be recorded and placed on the Maryland Libraries Training Niche Academy. Maryland Library staff only.
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Maryland State Library Agency.