Join RRLC for the Crisis & Stress Management Training Series, beginning February 2023.
Through a series of 3 webinars led by Nellie Brown, attendees will build and refine their crisis & stress management knowledge and strategies. Attendees may pick and choose which webinars to attend or complete the entire Crisis & Stress Management training series.
- February 15, 2023 – Occupational Stress for Library Staff
- March 15, 2023 – Crisis Management & Recovery
- April 27, 2023 – Critical Incident Stress
This program is free to attend for RRLC & ESLN members.
Attendees may earn up to 4.5 hours of continuing education credit.
NOTE: Attendees will need to register for each webinar they plan to attend. Please note that these webinars will not be recorded.
If you have any questions, contact Tina Broomfield.
Occupational Stress for Library Staff
Webinar #1 | February 15, 2023 | 2:00 – 3:30pm
Join us for a webinar on tactics to reduce occupational stress for library staff!
Workplace stress has adverse effects on workers’ mental health, with an increased risk of anxiety, burnout, depression, and substance use disorder. Today, we are living in the bodies of our ancestors in a world they never dreamed would exist. We inherited the adaptive responses that enabled them to survive, but we use our natural survival mechanisms as an over-response to circumstances that are (usually) not really life-threatening.
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Crisis Management & Recovery
Webinar #2 | March 15, 2023 | 2:00 – 3:30pm
Crisis management is a process, not an event.
It is an ongoing, systematic, and disciplined process that an organization should follow to help identify vulnerabilities, prevent crises from occurring, plan for those most likely to occur, communicate effectively during and after a crisis, monitor and evaluate the situation, and make adjustments as necessary.
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Critical Incident Stress
Webinar #3 | April 27, 2023 | 2:00 – 3:30pm
Critical incident stress refers to the range of physical and psychological symptoms that might be experienced by someone as a result of being involved in a traumatic critical incident. Critical incident stress is the body’s normal reaction to an abnormal event. Research shows that the employees who understand the effects of critical incident stress and have an outlet and method by which to process their reactions often recover faster, are more productive at work, and have less disruption in their home lives.
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Training Series Instructor: Nellie Brown, Director of Workplace Health & Safety Programs, ILR School, Cornell University
Nellie Brown is the Director of Workplace Health and Safety Programs for the Worker Institute at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. A certified industrial hygienist, biologist and chemist, Nellie earned a master’s degree in a multidisciplinary program in natural sciences and applied science from the State University of New York College at Buffalo.