2018 MLA Annual Conference

This presentation, based on the "Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences: Building Self Healing Communities" Curriculum Framework, is intended to create awareness and understanding about Adverse Childhood Experience (ACEs) and demonstrate how communities, specifically libraries, can help people build resiliency to Adverse Childhood Experiences as well as help reduce the number of ACEs children experience going forward. Libraries play a key role in helping to build resiliency through connections to others, the community, and resources. Libraries can also serve an essential role in facilitating the dissemination accurate information helping to build informed communities and supportive networks. Reworking the narrative can help reframe questions to be productive and not offending. Learn about local resources and organic partnerships that libraries can partner with to help build communities that foster resiliency.