Trauma-Informed Services: Changes in Understanding; Changes in Practice

Uta Halee Girls Village and Cooper Village Home for Boys present their 7th Annual Symposium, Trauma-Informed Services: Changes in Understanding; Changes in Practice. The symposium will be held Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at the Scott Conference Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

Featured speaker, Roger D. Fallot, Ph.D. will provide attendees an overview of the central conceptual and practical changes that attend trauma-informed modifications in services and engage participants in small-group discussions and exercises that follow an approach that may be adopted by a variety of programs and agencies as they plan and implement trauma-informed systems change.

The symposium is designed for consumers and professionals who work in a wide range of human service settings, including mental health and substance abuse programs, hospitals, residential treatment centers, domestic violence shelters, group homes, and parenting and peer support programs. It is also designed to address the roles of service providers, administrators, support staff, consumers, and family members regarding trauma-informed change. The symposium is appropriate for any person who serves children, adolescents, adults or seniors who have experienced trauma, including the following groups:

• Treatment Providers
• Administrators
• Educators
• Consumers
• Health Providers
• Legal and Law Enforcement

Click here to download the symposium brochure or visit www.utahalee-cooper.org for additional information.

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