Continuing education
Trauma Treatment: Ethical Engagement and Basic Principles
A continuing education activity presented by the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work. This program is designed for social workers and their community partners.
- Course description and objectives
- Agenda
- Program sessions
- About the facilitators
- Cost and registration
Course description and objectives
As our world becomes more connected and media makes events more accessible, episodes of trauma seem to be experienced and witnessed by people everywhere. This three half-day workshop series will provide a foundation for working with clients who have experienced trauma, while preparing the clinician to care for him/herself in the process. The three half-day workshops will meet once a month. The format of the series is designed to allow participants time to integrate the material, complete assignments and explore the application to their current work. Readings will be assigned from four texts which participants are encouraged to purchase on their own from their local bookseller. The reading list will be sent upon receipt of payment and confirmation of registration. Throughout the training, participants will be able to consult with the trainers through e-mail and telephone consultation.
By the end of the workshop series, participants will:
- Recognize and assess for trauma.
- Know principles of engagement.
- Develop treatment plan(s) specific to trauma.
- Formulate intervention strategies.
- Develop a plan for clinician self care.
Continuing education units for series: 0.9
Participants who are unable to attend the entire series may register for Day 3 only.
By the end of Day 3 only, participants will:
- Develop a plan for clinician self care.
Continuing education units for Day 3 only: 0.3
Agenda – Day 1
April 4, 2008
1-4 p.m.
Richmond, University Student Commons, Virginia Rooms A-B
April 25, 2008
9 a.m.-noon
Alexandria, VCU School of Social Work – NoVA campus
Defining trauma and its effects: biopsychosocialcultural and spiritual effects; brain responses and the impact of fight/flight/freeze; differential diagnosis of PTSD and related sequelae; Type I, Type 2 trauma and impact on treatment; special issues in assessment: substance use and abuse, self-injury, eating disorders, dissociation and its variants, attachment and object relationship; strength, resilience and making meaning.
Agenda – Day 2
May 2, 2008
2-5 p.m.
Richmond, University Student Commons, Richmond Salons
May 30, 2008
9 a.m.-noon
Alexandria, VCU School of Social Work – NoVA campus
Treatment and recovery; planful engagement and pacing of traumatic issues; therapeutic relationship and attachment; strategies for components of Day 1; psychoeducation and bibliotherapy.
Agenda – Day 3
June 6, 2008
1-4 p.m.
Richmond, University Student Commons, Richmond Salons I-II
June 20, 2008
9 a.m.-noon
Alexandria, VCU School of Social Work – NoVA campus
Taking care of ourselves as we care for others- under/over-utilizing oneself; secondary traumatic stress, vicarious traumatization, compassion empathy fatigue; organizational structure to aide self care; personal choices and plan for the future.
Program sessions
Monroe Park Campus, Richmond, VA
April 4, May 2 and June 6, 2008 (see times and rooms above)
Virginia Commonwealth University
University Student Commons
907 Floyd Avenue
Richmond, Virginia 23284-2032
Phone: (804) 828-1981
Northern Virginia Campus, Alexandria, VA
April 25, May 30 and June 20, 2008 (see times and rooms above)
Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Social Work
6295 Edsall Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22312
Phone: (703) 823-4130
About the facilitators
Mindy B. Loiselle, M.S.W., LCSW, has been treating, teaching and consulting about trauma for more than 30 years. For the past three years she has been a clinical consultant at the national level regarding child trafficking in the U.S. She received her master’s certificate in Refugee Trauma Treatment from Harvard University in 2007 and has advanced training in a range of trauma interventions including EMDR, interactive guided imagery and yoga. She has co-authored two books for sexually abused children and authored treatment guidelines for trafficked children in the U.S. She is currently a member of a research team exploring the trajectory of trafficked children.
Kristi Vera, M.S.W., LCSW, a former educator, has been working at University Counseling Services at VCU for almost 10 years. She works with clients presenting with Axis II diagnoses, many of whom have experienced trauma. She also functions as the Group Coordinator of UCS. She previously worked with adolescents on a transitional living unit in a psychiatric hospital. She received a certificate in Trauma Treatment from the University of Maryland School of Social Work in 2005. She has provided trauma treatment training for mental health professionals, both in the U.S., and at the University of Dniepropetrovsk, Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
Jennifer Erisman, M.S.W., LCSW, has been a clinical therapist with Chesterfield Mental Health Support Services for almost 14 years. Currently, she provides substance abuse services to women, many of whom have experienced significant trauma. In addition, she has worked in crisis intervention, outpatient mental health, and adolescent substance abuse services with Chesterfield Mental Health Support Services. She has experience in the private practice setting as well as other community mental health and social service agencies. In 2005, she received a certificate in Trauma Treatment from the University of Maryland School of Social Work. She is trained in EMDR and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
Cost for series
Regular: $165
Student: $85
Senior: $130
VCU faculty and field instructor: $130
Agency group of three or more: $130 each
Cost for Day 3 only
Regular: $55
Student: $30
Senior: $45
VCU faculty and field instructor: $45
Agency group of three or more: $45 each
Registration opened March 1, 2008.
Please register online for the three half-day workshop series in Northern Virginia at www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/conf/SocialWork/confReg.asp?cID=59.
Please note that registration closed April 2 for the three half-day workshop series in Richmond.
Please register online for Day 3 only in Richmond and in Northern Virginia at www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/conf/SocialWork/confReg.asp?cID=60.
Participants may register for CEUs by completing a CEU registration form and making a check payable to the VCU School of Social Work in the amount of $15 on the day of the event. No cash or credit cards will be accepted for this purpose.
Questions?
Contact Pamela Duffus at (804) 828-1036 or sswce@vcu.edu.