SAMHSA: Women & Trauma Webinar Series

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SPEAKERS:

Carol Boyer,

Chair, Women and Trauma Federal Partners Committee

Mary Blake,

Co-Chair, Women and Trauma Federal Partners Committee

Timothy Lawler, 

Deputy Director, VS/Counseling and Outreach Unit, Peace Corps

Claudia Kuric,

Chief of Operations Support, Office of Safety and Security, Peace Corps

QUESTIONS?

If you have questions about registering for this first webinar, please contact Melanie Sutherland, SAMHSA’s National Center for Trauma-Informed Care.

The Past, Present & Future of Federal Government’s Commitment to Addressing the Impact of Trauma on Women is part of the Women and Trauma Webinar Series.

For more informaiton about this webinar series, please contact Shawndell Dawson , Senior Program Specialist, Family Violence Prevention and Services Program, Administration for Children and Families

Greetings!

Please see the below announcement from SAMHSA announcing the first webinar in the Women & Trauma webinar series, presented by the Women and Trauma Federal Partners Committee.

-The BRSS TACS team

 The Past, Present, & Future of Federal Government’s Commitment to Addressing the Impact of Trauma on Women

January 23, 2014

2:00pm-3:30pm ET

ABOUT THE EVENT:

Trauma affects all aspects of society, and the Federal Government is addressing this issue in some very cross-cutting ways. This webinar is the first of a three-part webinar series sponsored by the Women and Trauma Federal Partners Committee. This first webinar will discuss the work of the Women and Trauma Federal Partner’s Committee; highlight the impact of the Committee’s work through an initiative launched by the Peace Corps, one of the participating agencies on the Committee; and highlight additional materials and resources.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: 

Policymakers; Administrators; Service Providers from health, education, workforce, justice, military, housing, emergency management, and other systems; Federal and State representatives, Employers, Stakeholders with an interest in Women and Trauma, and the general public

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Participants will:

Better understand the scope and depth of the impact of trauma in the lives of women and girls

Describe the purpose of the Women and Trauma Federal Partner’s Committee

Identify key activities and accomplishments of the Committee

Understand core components of a trauma-informed approach

Discuss one of the many impacts of the Committee’s work through the educational initiative of the Peace Corps

Identify strategies to leverage the Women and Trauma Federal Partner’s Committee as a resource for their own work to address the impact of trauma and to implement trauma-informed approaches.