Pre-Conference Workshops:
All Day Workshop
Douglas Walker, PhD - Psychological First Aid (Made available by The National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
Afternoon Workshops
- Lisa Brown, PhD - Assessing, Intervening and Treating Traumatized Adults
- Emily Saul, EdM, LMHC and Emily Margolis, MS - Is It In You? The Role of Playfulness in Healing & Strengthening Children Deeply Impacted by Trauma
Conference Day:
Keynote Speaker: Russell Jones, PhD - The Mental Health Impact of Sudden Violence and Natural Disasters Across the Lifespan: A Call to Gimble
Breakout Session I
- Morgan Weibel, JD, Blanca Picazo, MA - Working with Immigrant Survivors of Trauma: Safely Discussing Traumatic Memories
- Christine DeBerardinis, LCSW-C, Abena Brown-Elhillali, PhD - From Research to Practice: Yoga-Based Psychotherapy for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma and Neglect
- Sarah Gardner, LCSW-C - From Risk to Protection: Engaging Caregivers Affected by Interpersonal Trauma in Child and Family Focused Trauma Treatment
- Janice Goldwater, LCSW-C - Attachment, Trauma, and the Developing Child: Implications for Permanency
- Elizabeth Heizer, CPC-AD, LCPC, Tina Buck, LGPC - Treating Traumatized Women at Marian House: A Therapeutic Approach of Empowerment
Featured Speaker: Maria Broom - Stories, Stillness, and Dancing: Healing the Heart from Trauma
Breakout Session II
- Sharon Fuller, Denene Yates, Kate Oliver, LCSW-C - The Link Between Attachment Disorder and Human Trafficking
- Stephanie Schneider, MS,LPC, Robert Basler, LCSW-C, Howard Davidson, JD, Mary Rourke, PhD, Steven Grilli, ACSW, LCSW - Easy as A-B-C: Adapting the D-E-F Framework to Guide Informed Assessments and Intervention Across Systems Trauma Informed Assessments and Intervention Across Systems
- Ellyn Loy, LCSW-C, Nancy Aiken, PhD - Elder Abuse: Recognizing the Problem, Creating Innovative Interventions
- Kay Martel Connors, LCSW-C - Trauma Interventions for Young Children
Breakout Session III
- Brad Bryant, Michael Johnan - What’s the Story? The Power of Relationship and Narrative in Trauma Recovery
- Paul Brylske, LSCW-C - Treating Complex Trauma in Child Welfare
- Carolyn Finney, LCSW-C, Joan Stine, MS - The Enough Abuse Campaign: An Introduction to Child Sexual Abuse Prevention
- Tywanna Taylor and Dante Barksdale - Safe Streets Baltimore: A Public Health Approach to Reducing Gun Violence