Trauma & Beyond: Transforming Our Practice to Meet the Need

April 30, 2012

Many of our clients have significant trauma and abuse histories. Those past experiences affect how they see the world and how they respond to others. This conference will help corrections staff, counselors, probation officers, and other professionals identify how past trauma and abuse manifests consciously in perceptions, behavior, and responses to our interventions. It will also help us to effectively craft techniques to help in the healing process.

Conduct problems are obvious to us. We need to shift our focus to the internal lives of girls and women through exploring causal factors like Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and understand how trauma-related fears make threats feel real and “in the moment” to our girls and women.

Our next step is processing that understanding with them so that they may identify how trauma distorts their perceptions and learn to develop new coping strategies. How do we accomplish this in corrections and still hold them accountable for their criminal conduct?

Two leading therapists, practitioners, and lecturers in the field: Anne R. Gearity, and Casey Ladd, will help us develop a new pathway for success.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Identify how past trauma impacts correctional women and girls.
• Develop a positive and caring environment that still holds offenders accountable.
• Learn to see through her eyes to craft effective interventions.
• Create awareness of our strengths and limitations in understanding correctional clients with traumatic histories.

PLEASE NOTE:

As there is limited seating, paid registrations will be accepted through April 15. Registration fees are non-refundable. Students may receive a discounted registration. Please call for more information.

Parking fees are not provided in the registrations. Parking fee for the adjacent lots is $3-6 per vehicle.

Certificates of Participation will be given at the end of the conference day for 6 hours of continuing education credit.

Questions regarding registration should be directed to Kelley Heifort at Kelley.Heifort@state.mn.us or 651-361-7236.

Download the conference brochure here: page 1 and page 2.