THURSDAY - October 20, 2005
FRIDAY - October 21, 20057:00 AM - Registration and Continental Breakfast8:15 AM - Welcome
8:30 AM - Keynote Address - Daniel Glick
Implications of a Warming Planet: Disaster as a Growth Industry10:00 AM - "Stress Debriefing: Helpful or Harmful?"
- John Durkin12:00 PM - LUNCH
1:00 PM - Mini-Workshop - "Critical Incident Debriefing With Children"
Sheryl l. Brickner, PhD, LPC, LAC, RPT/S and Carol Nordlander1:00 PM - Seminar - "Transforming Trauma Into Personal Growth With TIR"
Nancy Day4:00 PM - TABLE TOP DISCUSSIONS:
Mitigation efforts for disasters, critical incidents, terrorist acts.
Preparation, responses and follow-up to hazmat emergencies and mass casualty incidents
Preparation, response and follow-up for hurricanes, tornadoes and other severe weather -related events.
Pre-incident training and exercises
CISM/CISD as ongoing activities with first responders and victims
Preparation for terrorist activities
Responses to terrorism
Dealing with terrorist threats with children
5:30 PM - Elk Walk
6:00 PM - Reception, Cash Bar and Presentation by Ol' Ramrod
SATURDAY - October 22, 20057:30 AM - Registration and Continental Breakfast8:00 AM - Keynote Address - Lt. Stewart Anderson
"Tsunami Response: A Personal Perspective"9:30 AM - Seminar - Maximizing Team Cohesion: Herding Cats While Honoring Individuality
Anita Berardi Maher, Ph.D.
9:30 AM - Mini-Workshop - "Compassion Fatigue: The Cost of Caring"
Jason Maffia, M.A., B.C.E.T.S.
12:00 PM - LUNCH
1:00 PM - Mini-Workshop - "Cross-cultural Intervention Techniques Post-Tsunami"
Patricia Justice1:00 PM - Mini-Workshop - "Tsunami Response in Sri Lanka: Creating a Compassionate Presence"
Jim Hussey4:00 PM - TABLE TOP DISCUSSIONS:
Tsunami response and preparation
Training activities for responders and mental health personnel
Public health related disaster preparation and response
The role of mental health professionals before, during and following disasters, terrorist acts, biological
emergencies, critical incidents, etc.
Follow-up activities for first responders, mental health professionals, victims, and the general public.
Resilience and remediation of trauma.
Responding to returning military personnel.
5:30 PM - Elk Walk
6:00 PM - Hayride and Dinner (Transportation Provided) Aspen Lodge
7:30 AM - Registration and Continental Breakfast8:00 AM - Keynote Address - 9:45 AM - Kevin Furlong, Ph.D.
"Natural Disasters in the Classroom: Hollywood versus Reality"
9:30 AM - Mini-Workshop - The Gatekeeper Program: Saving One Life
David Smith
11:00 AM - Womens Mental Health: Post Disaster
Rachayeeta Pradhan12:00 PM - LUNCH
1:00 PM - Mini-Workshop - Using Poetry To Treat Trauma: A Group Approach
Sarah Gundle, PsyD1:00 PM - Mini-Workshop - Group Dynamics In A Deployed Trauma Team
Susan McGroarty, PhD4:00 - TABLE TOP DISCUSSIONS:
Preparation and responses to volcanic activity and related geological events
Preparation and responses in earthquake-prone environments
Follow-up after critical incidents
Suicide potential in community settings following disasters, critical incidents, terrorist acts and military environments.
The meaning of suicide bombings
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