Save the Date—2005 All Network Meeting Dates Announced
The NCTSN's 2005 All Network Meeting will be held March 2-5, 2005 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in the Northern Virginia / Washington, D.C. area. NCTSN members are encouraged to attend this meeting and mark this date now in their calendars. Additional information will be released to NCTSN members as it becomes available.
NCTSN Responds to Hurricane Charley
The National Center's Terrorism and Disaster Branch (TDB) activated the Rapid Response Support Team immediately after Hurricane Charley was raised to a Category IV. The purpose was to provide consultation and assistance to federal, state, and local partners who were assisting in the immediate response and recovery efforts.
The TDB developed new hurricane and flood website materials and talking points for children and teachers. The talking points have been disseminated to Florida and other affected regions through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration's Crisis Counseling Program and the Disaster Technical Assistance Center.
The TDB's hurricane experts are Jon Shaw, Wendy Silverman, Annette La Greca, and Eric Vernberg. These hurricane experts had previously provided their expertise and resources to assist local efforts that were helping victims of Hurricane Andrew.
In addition, Shaw responded with a team from University of Miami Medical School in support of the Charlotte County Department of Public Health. He reported that there is tremendous damage to mobile homes, with many of these homes being underinsured. To add to the victims' stress, there have been many building code changes that jeopardize rebuilding efforts and a severe shortage of housing.
In collaboration with the TDB, the NCTSN's Center for Healing the Hurt, Directions for Mental Health, Inc. has also been instrumental in the recovery efforts. American Red Cross-trained staff members Rebecca Hubbard, Colleen Kowalczyk, and Melissa Blanchard were assigned to the disaster relief operation in Punta Gorda – the most damaged area in Florida.
This NCTSN team has reported contact with over 20 children a day. On Tuesday August 23rd, Melissa Blanchard met with Marsha J. Evans, the chief executive officer and president of the American Red Cross (ARC). Blanchard was able to describe her experience as an ARC volunteer, the needs of traumatized children and their families, and the work of the NCTSN.
For anyone interested in becoming an ARC Disaster Mental Health volunteer, contact your local ARC chapter. For further assistance, please contact Chip Schreiber, TDB project manager.
For more information and the latest resources and assistance for children and families recovering from Hurricanes Frances and Ivan, please consult the NCTSN Website.
NCTSN Steering Committee Update
The NCTSN Steering Committee has filled five vacancies created by members reaching the end of their two-year terms. Two Steering Committee members, Glenn Saxe from the Center for Medical and Refugee Trauma and Bessel van der Kolk of The Trauma Center, will be returning for second terms.
The three new members include Steve Marans, from the Yale Child Study Center, Becky Gaba, from Children’s Institute International, and Barbara Bonner, with the Indian Country Child Trauma Center.
The Steering Committee also recently welcomed Lynn Brady, from the Mental Health Center of Dane County, and Donna Humbert, from the Childhood Trauma Intervention Center, as part of an expansion of the Committee from 13 to 15 members.
With this expansion and change in membership, the Steering Committee will be reviewing some representative assignments. Information about new assignments and about the mission and activities of the Steering Committee will be mailed to NCTSN members within the next month.
A complete list of Steering Committee members as well as summaries of their meetings and teleconferences is available on the members-only section of the NCTSN Website under Collaborative Activities.
NCTSN's Policy Core Determines Future Efforts and Next Steps
The Policy Core organized an NCTSN Policy Summit, held August 17-18, 2004, in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the summit was to develop and operationalize the policy agenda as elicited by the Policy Core's internal scan of NCTSN centers.
Attendees included NCTSN members, individuals from the NCTSN's program office at SAMHSA, state and local policy makers, invited guests, and National Center staff.
Sybil Goldman, SAMHSA's senior advisor on children, was the keynote speaker and spoke on current trends in national policy thinking with specific reference to SAMHSA's organizational priorities. Over the rest of that day, NCTSN members and other invitees presented their ideas to operationalize and move forward elements of the policy agenda in a variety of cross-cutting areas, including financing, best practices, cultural competence, consumer/survivor perspectives, and community capacity.
The second day was devoted to exploring the policy aspects of various ongoing NCTSN activities, ranging from juvenile justice systems to military families to children in schools. In his closing plenary speech, Kenneth A. Dodge, with Duke University, presented the linkages between NCTSN activities and national policy thinking, and also highlighted some conundrums that the NCTSN needed to address first as it moved forward its work in any of these areas.
The Policy Committee constituted itself into a variety of topical subcommittees during the summit and will spearhead in the months ahead NCTSN policy efforts based upon its deliberations at the summit. For more information about this summit or the Policy Core, e-mail Ramesh Raghavan, the National Center's director of the Policy Core.
NCTSN Works with National Judges Group
Over 115 juvenile and family court judges crowded in a room to participate in a child trauma workshop sponsored by the NCTSN at the Annual Conference of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) last month in Portland, Oregon.
The National Center's Robert Franks, Christine Siegfried, and Susan Ko discussed the NCTSN mission and goals and gave background information on child traumatic stress, traumatic stress reactions and symptoms, and the prevalence rates of trauma exposure both among adolescents generally and among youth in the juvenile delinquency system.
Special information was shared on adolescent victimization and ways to interrupt the cycle of violence, screening and assessment in juvenile delinquency settings, methods for reducing traumatization and retraumatization in juvenile delinquency settings, and evidence-based trauma-focused interventions.
NCJFCJ expressed interest in having NCTSN presentations at its future conferences and also in developing training opportunities on child trauma for its membership across the country.
NCTSN members and staff from the National Center are also serving as members of the peer review committee for NCJFCJ's Guidelines for Improving Court Practice in Delinquency Cases. These guidelines are similar to other documents that NCJFCJ has published in recent years to guide juvenile and family courts in assessing and implementing improvements in handling dependency cases. NCJFCJ is also interested in eventually developing model juvenile delinquency courts across the country.
For more information about the NCJFCJ and this annual conference, visit the NCJFCJ Website.
NCTSN In the News
Media coverage is captured by the National Center when references to the NCTSN are included in the story.
When NCTSN members work with the media, the NRC requests that NCTSN members mention their center's participation in the NCTSN and notify the NRC of any media activity.
The following media outlets recently published information on child traumatic stress and the NCTSN:
• The Baltimore Sun published a letter to the editor from Kennedy Krieger Family Center's Elizabeth Thompson and National Center co-director John Fairbank. The letter said friends of local children who were murdered may have traumatic stress reactions.
• The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, among other organizations, posted new NCTSN materials on juvenile justice and child trauma on their web sites and in organizational newsletters in July.
• Community Mental Health Report in July ran an article on the NCTSN juvenile justice materials, and another article on the NCTSN.
• The Washington Post on July 22 ran a story on the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing's Camp Forget-Me-Not. The article also included information on new NCTSN materials on child traumatic grief.
• The Kansas City Star ran an announcement on July 23 about the KC Metro Child Traumatic Stress Program's grief support network.
• ABC-TV of Los Angeles interviewed National Center staff about traumatic stress following child abuse, on August 4 at the APSAC conference.
• City News Service of Los Angeles on August 4 published an interview with National Center staff about child abuse and child traumatic stress.
• The Record of Bergen County, New Jersey, on August 5 published a story about elevated terrorism threats that quoted Alan Steinberg, the National Center's co-director, about the "protective shield" parents provide children.
• The Mental Health Weekly on August 16 published a short story about the new traumatic grief materials from the NCTSN.
• The Daily News of Havre, Montana, on August 24 published an article about the National Center School Crisis & Intervention Unit's (SCIU) work in Montana, including the Rocky Boy Reservation. Marleen Wong, director of the SCIU, was quoted extensively.
• The News-Press of southwest Florida quoted Terrorism and Disaster Branch staff about hurricane stress on children.
• The New York Times, The Miami Herald, ABC News.com, and a total of 132 news outlets (in Hurricane Frances' path as well as those in Alaska, California, Indiana, and Washington) carried a September 4 Associated Press news article that extensively quotes John Fairbank, the National Center's co-director, about children and hurricanes.
• The Tampa Tribune quotes NCTSN information in a September 8 article on children weathering hurricanes.
NCTSN centers or members that have been in the news and are not mentioned above, please e-mail this information to Patrick Cody, the National Center's media consultant.
NCTSN Member Participates in Original Television Documentary on Child Survivors of Serious Burns
Beyond the Scars is an original television documentary about a Firefighters Kids Camp, which is a special summer camp for children who are survivors of serious burns. The hour-long special highlights the lives of the children who have been burned, and their struggle to overcome a painful and scarred past. This uplifting story about survival and healing also features Russell T. Jones of the National Center's Terrorism and Disaster Branch.
The film aired on KCSM-TV (San Francisco Bay Area's Channel 17) and on Saturday, August 7 at 9:00 pm and Monday, August 9 at 11:00 pm. The film will also air on PBS stations nationwide in the coming months. For more information or to order a DVD of this documentary, visit KCSM-TV's Website.
Camp Forget-Me-Not
by Patrick Cody, National Center media consultant
At the NCTSN's Wendt Center for Loss and Healing's annual Camp Forget-Me-Not July 30-August 1, nearly 50 children from the Washington, DC, area were helped in the process of normalizing and moving through grief related to the death of a family member.
Campers ranged in age from six to 15. The majority had lost a parent, and almost half of the children had lost someone through homicide. Thirty-eight children had experienced multiple deaths of family and friends.
For many children, it was their first real stay outside the city and their first time at camp, where they also got an unusual amount of attention. They arrived excited and maybe more than a little scared. Two days and two nights later, many went home reluctantly.
Each child was paired with one buddy who was with the child through the entire weekend. A mental health team comprised of Wendt Center staff and volunteers provided support to campers and adults alike. An additional 15 volunteers provided relief for volunteer buddies who needed a break. Just like the children and teens, all the adults had experienced the death of a loved one.
I was privileged to be a buddy volunteer at the camp, where I learned a lot about the children we advocate for. It was wonderful to meet these individuals, and witness what Robert Pynoos, the National Center's co-director, calls the courage of these children to engage in the work of treatment.
The camp was very well run. Over the course of the weekend, children and buddies participated in grief groups and a variety of regular camp activities that had a not-too-disguised therapeutic purpose. For example, under the direction of art therapists, the children made memory pens (for journals) and memory boxes. In memory of the deceased, they painted boats that they later solemnly released into the Severn River.
Camp Forget-Me-Not was also fun. The children and teens ran around a lot, played volleyball, went swimming, canoed, performed drama, and made new friends. A highlight of the camp was a Saturday night carnival, which featured games, prizes, face painting, tattoos, s' mores and watermelon.
In one corner, a fully costumed Dottie Ward Wimmer, the camp's founder, was playing the part of a gypsy fortune-teller. This wise seer had something wonderful, hopeful, and healing to say to each of the youths about their future, sending them off with confidence in their abilities to navigate the world.
NRC Continues to Call for NCTSN Assistance in Building the National Library and Website
The NRC is continuing the important process of collecting materials for the NCTSN’s National Library and website. To achieve this goal, the NRC requests that any relevant resources from NCTSN centers relating to the topic of child traumatic stress be sent to the NRC librarian as soon as possible. Materials to be submitted include, but are not limited to, journal articles, book chapters, guides, manuals, training curricula, white papers, videos, DVDs, etc. Please send materials to:
Robert James, Interim Librarian
National Resource Center
National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
Duke University School of Medicine
905 West Main Street, Suite 23-D
Durham, NC 27701
Phone: 919-660-1157
Fax: 919-681-7599
National Center to Exhibit at American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Convention in October
The National Center has arranged to be a first-time exhibitor at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2004 National Conference and Exhibition. This event is scheduled for October 9-13, 2004, in San Francisco, California.
National Center leadership invites all attendees of this event to visit the display booth for information on the latest NCTSN products and materials. If NCTSN members plan to attend, please notify Robert Franks, director of the NRC, so the National Center may track how many NCTSN members plan to attend. For additional information about this event, visit the AAP website.
NCTSN's Montana Center Changes Its Name
The NCTSN Montana center formerly known as the Division of Educational Research and Service has changed its name. As of July, this center is the Montana Center for the Investigation and Treatment of Childhood Trauma. All other contact information will remain the same. Questions about this name change can be e-mailed to Rick Van Den Pol, center director.
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La Clinica del Pueblo, Inc.
Washington, District of Columbia
La Clinica del Pueblo, Inc. is an outpatient bicultural, bilingual, nonprofit, community-based organization that provides a variety of services to an immigrant population, mainly Latino, in Washington, DC.
The mission of La Clinica is "to provide free, culturally sensitive, and comprehensive healthcare and education services to the Latino community and any others in need. La Clinica promotes community participation and empowerment through professional care, advocacy, and a vision of health as a basic human right."
La Clinica provides medical, HIV, mental health, social work, and interpreters services to nearly 6,000 unduplicated clients of all ages annually. Most patients/clients speak little or no English, have no health insurance, are immigrants from Central America (mainly El Salvador), and have never completed secondary school.
The child and adolescent trauma victims seen at La Clinica suffer from exposure to domestic violence and/or substance abuse in the home, physical abuse, sexual abuse or assault, and medical trauma. Many have lost loved ones in natural disasters or through torture and the experience of being immigrants.
The long-term goal of La Clinica's project is to develop a well-integrated medical/mental health model for early identification and treatment of Latino children and adolescents suffering from trauma.
For more information on this NCTSN center, e-mail Gloria Elliott, center director.
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Hurricane Resources Now Available on the NCTSN Website
The NCTSN's Terrorism and Disaster Branch have recently expanded its materials to help families with disaster preparedness. Information in both English and Spanish is now available on the NCTSN Website.
"En Español" Page and Resources Now Available on the NCTSN Website
As the National Center continues in its efforts to promote cultural competence, the NCTSN Website now has a page dedicated to Spanish-translated documents. Some of the documents currently translated and available now are:
• Understanding Child Traumatic Stress
• Tips for Families on Anticipating Anniversary Reactions to Traumatic Events
• Childhood Traumatic Grief Educational Materials
• Guidelines for Parents to Help Children After a Hurricane
• Family Preparedness Wallet Card
This page will to continue to updated as more information is produced and translated by the NCTSN.
12th Annual Mental Health and Cultural Competency Summit
October 6-7, 2004 • Anaheim, California
The 12th Annual Mental Health and Cultural Competency Summit is a statewide conference hosted by the County of Orange Health Care Agency and will be held in Anaheim, California on October 6-7, 2004. The summit focuses on the provision of high-quality mental health care to underserved populations, providing cutting-edge information and research outcome studies that assist in increasing access for all. Tipper Gore is a featured speaker. Additionally, the NCTSN's J. David Kinzie will be presenting a plenary, "The Pain of the Tortured, What Are We to Think, What Are We to Feel," and Susan Ko, the National Center's Service Systems Core director, will be presenting a workshop, "Infusing Cultural Competency Throughout the National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Moving Beyond Principles and Guidelines."
For more information about this conference, visit the County of Orange Health Care Agency's Website.
Diversity Challenge 2004: Making Race and Culture Matter in Community-Focused Interventions
October 15-16, 2004 • Boston, Massachusetts
Susan Ko, the National Center's Service Systems Core director, is coordinating the NCTSN's cultural competency efforts and wishes to notify the NCTSN and the public of the following event. The Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture (ISPRC) at Boston College is conducting the Institute's fourth national conference. Sponsored by the Carolyn A. and Peter S. Lynch School of Education, this two-day conference will include panels, workshops, symposia, structured discussions, individual presentations, and posters by invited experts. Early bird registration ends September 10 and pre-registration is required for all attendees. To learn more, visit the ISPRC Website, e-mail the ISPRC or call 617-552-6139, extension 1.
Conference on Innovations in Trauma Research Methods:
Methodological Issues in Addressing
Mass Disaster and Terrorism
November 17-18, 2004
• New Orleans, Louisiana
The first annual Conference on Innovations in Trauma Research Methods (CITRM) conference is scheduled with the close of the 2004 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and at the opening of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy.
CITRM will offer sessions for researchers at all levels of experience, including
workshops and panel discussions on design, measurement, statistics, research ethics,
research career advancement, and publication strategies.
For further details on this conference, visit the CITRM Website or e-mail Lynda King, CITRM executive committee planning member.
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NCTSN Speakers to Present at Parsons Child and Family Center's 38th Annual Fall Institute
On Friday, October 8, 2004, the NCTSN's Parsons Child and Family Center will conduct its 38th Annual Fall Institute on Trauma. The institute reaches approximately 500-800 practitioners, educators, and agencies annually in the upstate New York and western New England area. Professionals from across the NCTSN will present, including:
• Robert Macy will present the keynote presentation entitled, "Trauma & Recovery - Does Anyone Really 'Recover' and if So, Who Recovers - the Survivors or the Interventionists?"
• Macy will also present "Working with Traumatized Youth: Supporting Progressive Modifications of the Adaptational Responses to Life Threat" (Parts I and II).
• Steven Berkowitz will present "Mental Health - Police Collaboration: For Children's Sake."
• Susan Ko, the National Center's director of the Service Systems Core, will present"Infusing Cultural Competence to Trauma Treatment Services: Improving Access & Increasing the Standard of Care."
• Joseph Benamati will present "Trauma-Informed Care in Residential Settings: Are Symptomatic Solutions the Best We Can Do?"
• Margaret Blaustein will present "Working with Complexly Traumatized Youth and Families: A Model for Understanding and Intervention."
Finally, Ramesh Raghavan, the National Center's director of the Policy Core, will present at a luncheon for New York state private child welfare agency executives and key state department administrators from the State Education Department, the Office of Mental Health, and the Office of Children and Family Services.
To register, or to learn more about this one-day event, contact Parson Center's Kendra Turcotte or call 518-431-1600.
NCTSN's KC Metro, Cullen Center, and CII Seek Partners for Effective Community Engagement Strategies Initiative
The NCTSN's KC Metro Child Traumatic Stress Program of Kansas City, Missouri (KC Metro); the Cullen Center of Toledo, Ohio; and the Children's Institute International of Los Angeles, California (CII) are looking for NCTSN centers involved in collaborative efforts in their communities as part of their own NCTSN grant activities to participate in a new effort to disseminate materials on community engagement throughout the NCTSN and beyond.
In September, 2003, the NCTSN awarded a short-term interval planning (SIP) grant to KC Metro, the Cullen Center, and CII to work together to develop an effective strategy for sharing the lessons they have learned through their collaborative work in their respective communities with other NCTSN participants interested in establishing and/or expanding the scope of their current community partnerships.
As a result of their SIP activities, KC Metro, the Cullen Center, and CII have developed a comprehensive plan for creating and disseminating materials designed to enhance community collaboration. It is anticipated that these materials will be made available not only to current NCTSN centers, but also to new grant applicants; other centers/agencies that are not currently funded as part of NCTSN, but whose activities address child traumatic stress; and other human service agencies interested in establishing or strengthening collaboration within their communities.
The philosophy of this strategy is focused on inspiration over replication. While the project partners recognize the importance of identifying those overarching factors that are crucial to the success of collaborative efforts, they also recognize that given the diversity of communities, there is no “magic formula” for success. With that in mind, their goal is to share with others those strategies that have been successful in other communities so they can be implemented or adapted for use in other communities. At the same time, they would like to share – and encourage others to share – strategies that have not proven to be successful, as well as the lessons to be learned from those efforts.
The overall goal is to provide a useful set of tools for community engagement, and to engage others across the NCTSN and the country in the critical analysis and discussion of successful strategies for creating and maintaining strong collaborations within communities.
The first step in this plan, which is being funded through the National Center's Duke office as part of NCTSN, is the development of a CD-ROM that will include original materials, as well as existing resources available to those seeking to establish new collaborations, to strengthen or to expand existing community partnerships related to child traumatic stress. The goal is to have this CD available for distribution by January, 2005. In developing the original material for the CD, the project partners are enlisting the expertise of other NCTSN centers with experience in community engagement efforts around child traumatic stress. More specifically, they would like to include on the CD brief “case studies” authored by NCTSN partners in which they provide:
• A brief description of their target activity, including goals and strategies employed
• Outcomes – both successful and unsuccessful
• Lessons learned through the process Case studies should be no more than two type-written pages in length.
The project partners are particularly interested in centers' providing case studies that address specific engagement strategies/models that they have employed to further community collaboration around child traumatic stress (e.g., advisory council, community network, survivors council).
The project partners would also like to include material from those NCTSN centers with expertise in outreach to special populations and/or working with particular administrative and organizational structures (e.g., governmental agencies, universities).
During this first phase of the project, the project partners will also be working to identify additional partners for this initiative. NCTSN centers with an interest in being involved in efforts to strengthen community collaboration throughout the NCTSN are encouraged to e-mail Sharon Portwood or Kris Buffington by September 15, 2004. NCTSN's Montana Center Hosts "Talking Circle" with Native American Community after Shooting Tragedy
On June 25, 2004, Marleen Wong from the Los Angeles Unified School District
along with Torian Donahoe, Lisa Belcourt, and Doug Beed from the NCTSN Montana Center for the Investigation and Treatment of Childhood Trauma participated with Chippewa-Cree elders and community members at the
Rocky Boy Reservation in a traditional "talking circle."
This event
specifically addressed grief, loss, and trauma associated with a shocking,
violent homicide which had occurred in the small Rocky Boy community
(population 3,000) two days prior to the visit. The group of five alleged
perpetrators, ages 11 to 15, are accused of beating to death and shooting a
20-year-old male because he declined to purchase alcohol for the boys.
For more information about this outreach effort, e-mail Rick Van Den Pol, center director.
NCTSN and University of Connecticut Reach Out to States' Juvenile Justice Agency
Julian Ford and colleagues at the University of Connecticut, utilizing the assistance of NCTSN members and resources, have begun a collaboration with the state agency that oversees all juvenile justice programs in Connecticut.
Ford will be training juvenile justice staff on using the Traumatic Events Screening Inventory (TESI) as part of a screening protocol at intake along with the UCLA-PTSD Reaction Index and a short form of the Traumatic Grief Scale. Following the screening, youth will be referred to groups that will take place in the detention center. The groups will be co-led by a member of Ford's staff and a detention staff member.
Together with Ann Kelley from the NCTSN Florida center and members of the National Center staff, Ford and his colleagues have just completed four new fact sheets on trauma and juvenile justice issues. The fact sheets are now available on the NCTSN Website.
Ford and his colleagues have also conducted training sessions with over 150 forensic evaluators, detention and probation and parole officers across the state of Connecticut. The juvenile justice system in Connecticut serves between 10,000-15,000 children per year. Ford and his colleagues are now pilot testing a 10-session education protocol with Boys and Girls Clubs in Connecticut.
NCTSN's La Clinica del Pueblo Hosts Graduation Ceremony for Parents
On August 28, 2004, the NCTSN's La Clinica del Pueblo conducted a graduation ceremony for parents who successfully completed their therapeutic psychoeducational workshops entitled, “Aprenda y Maneje los Problemas Emocionales de Niños y Adolecentes” (Learning to Manage Emotional Problems in Children and Adolescents).
This project is a five-month family workshop series to assist families in dealing with stress. It came about due to the large number of families coming to La Clinica del Pueblo for individual or group counseling who were in need of support to make their families stronger.
This project works with adults to help them understand that before they can help their children deal with negative feelings they must first learn to handle their own emotions.
After the five-month workshop series, participants attend a graduation ceremony in which their accomplishments are recognized and each participant receives a certificate of achievement signed by Juan Ramagoza, the center's executive director.
For more information about this project, e-mail Jessica Roman, La Clinica del Pueblo's NCTSN coordinator, or call 202-448-2840.
NCTSN's LA Unified School District Community Practice Center Nominated for SAMHSA Mental Health Services 2004 Transformation Award
The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health released its final report, Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America one year ago. This document calls for transformation of the nation's mental health system.
The kind of transformation called for by the New Freedom Commission Report is synonymous with the care that people involved in school-based services and in the child and adolescent mental health field are working toward. Achieving the Promise underscores principles that have been guiding the children's mental health field for several years now...values and principles that make comprehensive, coordinated, school and community-based, quality care for families and children an undisputed reality in this country.
It is in this context, the NCTSN's Los Angeles Unified School District Community Practice Center has been nominated for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services' (SAMHSA) 2004 Transformation Recognition Program. "We are honored to have been nominated for an award that recognizes the importance of improving and expanding school mental health programs," said Marleen Wong, the center's director.
For more information on this recognition program or the nomination process, visit SAMHSA's Website.
NCTSN Montana Center Presents at U.S. Department of Justice's Annual Conference
The Montana Center for the Investigation and Treatment of Childhood Trauma's Rick van den Pol and Aaron Morsette together with Bradley Stein from RAND presented a workshop recently at the US Department of Justice's 2004 Community Oriented Policing Service Annual Conference in Washington, DC.
The presentation highlighted challenges and strategies in delivering effective trauma intervention and mental health services to Native American children. The cultural adaptability of the CBITS model was also discussed. Over 50 attendees from around the country participated in the session, including mental health specialists, school resource officers, and other law enforcement personnel.
For more information about this conference, e-mail Rick Van Den Pol, center director.
Multiple NCTSN Speakers to Present at 20th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) will hold its 20th anniversary meeting November 14-18, 2004, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Multiple NCTSN members will present at this event, including:
• "Pharmacotherapy of PTSD: Trauma and Neurotransmitters across the Lifespan"
Phoebe Tucker, Lori Davis, and Judith Cohen
• "Preventing Psychological and Moral Injury in Military Service"
Jonathon Shay, James Stokes, Cameron March, Harold Kudler, Ritchie Elspeth, and John Fairbank
• "Developing Psychopathology and Treatment of Child Traumatic Stress"
Robert Pynoos
• "The Effect if Environmental Demands on Mood and Cortisol in PTSD"
Frank Putnam
• "Trauma Systems Therapy: Child Traumatic Stress in the System of Care"
Glenn Saxe, Heidi Ellis, and Julie Kaplow
• "Working with the Media to Raise Public Awareness about Traumatic Stress"
Robert Franks, Elana Newman, and Patrick Cody
• "The Burdens of Daily Living among the Chronically Traumatized"
Marylene Cloitre
• "Psychosocial Skill Preparedness for National Guard and State Police"
Howard Osofsky, Norwood , McMorris, Dabadie, and Morse
• "Building Resilience in Children and Adolescents"
Robin Gurwitch and Howard Osofsky
• "Children's Response in the Aftermath of Abuse: Impact on PTSD"
Julie Kaplow and Frank Putnam
• "Risk, Resistance, and Resilience in Trauma Exposed Populations"
Robert Pynoos and Alexander McFarlane
• "Risk, Vulnerability, Resistance, and Resilience Following Disaster"
Chris Layne
• "Incorporating Risk and Resilience Concepts into Disaster Preparedness"
Eric Vernberg
• "Integrating PTSD Prevention and Intervention in Acute Medical Care"
Nancy Kassam-Adams, O'Donnell, Glenn Saxe, and Ruzek
• "Dissociation Mediates Psychopathology in Sexually Abused Girls"
Frank Putnam
• "Treatment for Adolescent Girls with Childhood Abuse"
Marylene Cloitre
• "Importance of Building Flexibility into a Treatment Manual"
Judy Cohen
• "Screening for PTSD in Injured Children"
Glenn Saxe
• "Measuring Traumatic Exposure to Assess Risk of Post-Disaster Distress"
Eric Vernberg
• "Understanding Mechanisms of Parent Impact on Child Recovery"
Nancy Kassam-Adams and Winston
• "Biological Changes in Arousal and Cortisol Following PTSD Treatment"
Bessel van der Kolk
• "Integrated Neuroscience Method to Working Memory Abnormalities in PTSD"
Alexander McFarlane
• "Providing Services after Disasters and Terrorism: Three Case Studies"
Carol Norris
• "Psychological Experiences and Adjustments of the Military"
Howard Osofsky and Holloway
• "Response and Recovery after the California Wildfires"
Melissa Brymer, Merritt Schreiber, Clark, Jones, and Alan Steinberg
• "Resilient Serbian Adolescents: Preventing Becoming Depressed Adults"
Howard Osofsky, Wesskely, Vulevic, and Despotovic
• "Ongoing Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo"
Howard Osofsky, Mampunza, and Mvula
• "Media Coverage of Children and Trauma: Implications and Discussion"
Robert Franks, Simpson, and DeCesare
• "Studies on Trauma and Memory"
Bessel van der Kolk
• "Treatment Integration of Traumatic Memories vs. Suppression of Distress"
Bessel van der Kolk
• "The Treatment Implications of Manipulating Acetylcholine Function in PTSD"
Alexander McFarlane
• "Acute Heart Rate as a Predictor of PTSD in Injured Children"
Nancy Kassam-Adams
• "Risk Factors for PTSD in Children with Burn and Non-Burn Injuries"
Glenn Saxe
• "Children of War: The Play and the Training Video"
Marion Chew, Dennis Hunt, and Amirsehi
• "Conceptualization, Measurement, and Treatment of Childhood Grief"
Chris Layne and Tony Mannarino
• "Conceptualization and Measurement of Childhood Traumatic Grief"
Chris Layne
• "Results: A Pilot Open Trial of Treatment for Childhood Traumatic Grief"
Judith Cohen
• "Conceptual Frameworks in Formulation of Complex Child Trauma"
Joseph Spinazzola, Robert Pynoos, Julian Ford, John Briere, and Margaret Blaustein
• "Mobilizing Child Trauma Resources through Public Policy Transformation"
Ellen Gerrity, William Harris, Frank Putnam, and John Fairbank
• "Group Therapy and Factors Related to Outcome in War-Exposed Adolescents"
Chris Layne
• "Postdisaster PTSD, Adversities, Depression, and Conscience Functioning"
Alan Steinberg
• "PTSD and Depressive Reactions among Orphans"
Armen Goenjian
• "Keep It REAL: Psychological Preparedness and Active Coping Group"
Paula Panzer, Robert Abramovitz, and Susan Paula
• "Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS)"
Lisa Jaycox, Bradley Stein, and Audra Langley
• "Working with Action and Bodily States in the Treatment of Trauma"
Bessel van der Kolk, Pat Ogden, and Joseph Spinazzola
• "You Can Write It, but Can They Use It?"
Elizabeth Power, William Saltzman, Ruth DeRosa, Judith Cohen, and Patricia Van Horn
• "Implementing EBTs for Traumatized Children in Community Settings"
Judith Cohen, Laura Murray, and Lucy Berliner
• "The Ravages of War: Creativity and Embodiment in Trauma Treatment"
David Johnson, Amber Gray, Robert Macy, and Dicki Macy
• "Identifying and Serving Trauma-Exposed Children in Medical Settings"
Nancy Kassam-Adams, Mark Rains, Barbara Ryan, Glenn Saxe, and Doug Zatzick
• "Children Affected by Domestic Violence: Current Challenges"
Betsy McAlister Groves , Michelle Acker, Patricia Van Horn, Rebecca Gaba, Carrie Epstein, and Joy Osofsky
• "Emotion Regulation and Interpersonal Skills Training for Chronic PTSD Related to Childhood Abuse and Multiple Traumatizations"
Marylene Cloitre
For more information about this conference, visit the ISTSS Website.
Lori Ebert joins the National Center at Duke as a research associate. Lori can be reached Mondays and Tuesdays by phone at 919-687-4686 extension 287 and by fax at 919-667-2350.
Burns, Barbara J., Phillips, Susan D., Wagner, H. Ryan, Barth, Richard P., Kolko, David J., Campbell, Yvonne, and Landsverk, John (2004). Mental Health Need and Access to Mental Health Services by Youths Involved With Child Welfare: A National Survey. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. August 2004, Volume 43:8.
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