“A condition experienced by children born into chaotic environments that can cause developmental brain problems is on the rise, brain researchers say.”
Click the Minnesota Public Radio link below to learn more about the fasicinating work of Meghan Gunnar, a professor of child development at the University of Minnesota.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/08/01/toxic-stress/
May 17th, 2010
Ramkota Hotel—Bismarck
We are excited to announce our guest speaker for the 2nd Annual Meeting of the TCTY.
Monica M. Fitzgerald, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor at The University of Colorado-Denver in the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine. She is the Director of Training and Evaluation in the Child Trauma Program at the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, an active member site of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). Dr. Fitzgerald works on Collaborative Child Trauma Center projects with the Denver Department of Human Services that aim to raise the quality of mental health care for abused and trauma-exposed children and their families throughout Colorado. Her clinical and research interests focus on studying the impact of trauma exposure on children’s psychosocial and emotional adjustment, family communication, and the dissemination and implementation of evidence supported, trauma-informed interventions in community settings. Dr. Fitzgerald regularly conducts trainings and provides consultation nationally and internationally on TF-CBT. She has served as a clinical faculty member and evaluation director on different national TF-CBT Learning Collaboratives and co-developed the Community Based Learning Collaborative model being piloted in South Carolina. She is Board member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC).
TCTY members and friends are invited to join us for a day of learning, sharing, and networking. Lunch will be provided and you are invited to join us for a reception immediately following the meeting. There is no fee for attending the TCTY Annual Meeting but registration is required. Registration for this event will close Friday, April 30th.
Schedule of Events:
11:00 Welcome
11:10 Delivering TF-CBT in Residential and In-Home Settings
12:00 Lunch Provided—TCTY Meeting
1:00 Enhancing Family Engagement
2:45 Break
3:15 TF-CBT and Pre-school Children
5:00 TCTY: What Have We Learned?
5:30 Reception
The Treatment Collaborative for Traumatized Youth (TCTY) successfully kicked off its second learning collaborative on July 15-16, 2009. Nearly 40 clinicians representing 19 different mental health facilities across the state of North Dakota gathered at the Radisson Hotel in Fargo to begin their training in Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress (SPARCS) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). Over the course of one year, these clinicians will receive ongoing consultation from the TCTY Training Team as they begin to utilize these new evidence-based treatment models in their practice.
Members of the TCTY attended a training conducted by Drs. BigFoot and Schmidt from the The Indian Country Child Trauma Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This training program provided specialized training to TCTY Clinicians working with American Indian children and their families.
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