Sessions
Save the Date: August 19, 2022
Addressing Trauma Across the Lifespan
We are delighted to announce the first in our lineup for 2022 sessions, listed below. Please continue to watch as speakers and session information is added.
Jen Alexander
Trauma-informed educator, school counselor, expert on developmental trauma, national speaker, author and consultant.
The pandemic and other stressors are contributing to trauma reactions for youth and adults across settings. This brings unique challenges to school communities where large numbers of folks may be experiencing stress responses that impact health, attendance, behavior, and teaching or learning. We all tend to seek control when we don't feel in control, which can increase power struggles. As such, school staff may lean into more punitive practices in response to youth behavior when they're already stressed. In this session, Ms. Jen will give social workers tips about how they can positively impact school culture by focusing on the four essentials of a trauma-sensitive school. Ms. Jen will also give suggestions to inform social workers' practice with the youth and families they directly serve. Come ready to learn how you can be part of trauma-sensitive change at a time when schools are dealing with more challenges than ever before.
Elaine Eshbaugh
UNI Professor of Gerontology & Davis Professorship of Gerontology
Trauma increases the risk of dementia, and US veterans with PTSD are nearly twice as likely to develop dementia as those without PTSD. In addition, sexual assault survivors may have increased anxiety if they develop dementia because of the intimate caregiving assistance they require. This presentation will discuss the multiple ways that dementia and trauma are related.
Jordan Dunn
Pathways Behavioral Services
UNI Social Work Adjunct Instructor
There is a clear connection between trauma and addiction. This workshop explores how we conceptualize addiction as a health issue and through a trauma-informed lens. The presentation will identify interventions and strategies that recognize client strengths and resources. Emphasis will be placed on client self-determination as a key factor in treatment and recovery.
Kate Haberman
CEO and Clinical Director, The Center for Foundational and Relational Wellness, LLC
We will explore what healthy, disrupted and disorganized attachment is and how it affects children developmentally, behaviorally, emotionally and relationally. We will discuss how attachments affect emotional regulation in the body and how the brain develops neurosequentially based on the type of attachment. We will explore concepts such as permanence and constancy (when they are established, what disrupts them and how they show up behaviorally later in life). We will explore how to address these behaviors and attachment deficits most effectively.