The need to address trauma is increasingly viewed as an important component of effective service delivery. The impact of trauma is experienced by children, families, caregivers, and the human service providers who serve them.
This workshop provides information and tools to assist workers in their daily interactions with clients who experience the effects of unresolved trauma. Such trauma comes in diverse forms and has impacted many of those with a personal experience of trauma, directly and indirectly.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Front-line workers and supervisors across mental health and human services sectors. Includes (but is not limited to) those working in assisted living, homelessness, domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, community and family services, juvenile justice, corrections.
PRESENTERS
Sarah Avrin, Ph.D. - Program Director, Aurora Center for Life Skills
Sarah is a psychologist with 20 years of experience working in community mental health. While specializing in helping adults with co-occurring mental illness and developmental disabilities, the individuals she works with have a wide variety of life experiences and unfortunately an equally broad experience with trauma.
In helping people work through the effect traumatic events, she has come to have a deep respect for the overall resilience and strength of people in general. One of the roles she enjoys most is as a member of a multifaceted team. Trauma informed care is a logical next step in helping not only mental health professionals but all professionals who work in human services better understand and work more effectively with our clients, which improves the experience for client and professional alike.
Laura McArthur, Ph.D. - Clinical Psychologist for Aurora Mental Health Center (AuMHC)
Dr. McArthur provides clinical services for children, youth, and their families and supervision for clinicians at various levels of training. Dr. McArthur is also the director of an AuMHC program which provides education and consultation for staff and teachers in Aurora Public Schools on the impact of trauma on learning and behavior. Originally from Colorado, Dr. McArthur graduated from the University of Colorado with her Bachelor's degree in Psychologist and Spanish Literature. She completed a masters and doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Utah with a child and family specialty. Finding that trauma was continuously part of her work at clinical placements, she sought specialized training in trauma and completed a trauma-focused post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, Living in a Nonviolent Community (LINC) program. Dr. McArthur maintains a commitment to working with children and families who are affected by chronic stress and trauma. She has given numerous clinical and research presentations on trauma-related topics.
Eligible for 3 hours CEU.
