Providing Treatment for Trauma Survivors

Date:	Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Location:	Temple Oheb Shalom 7310 Park Heights Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21208
Presented By:	Mental Hygiene Administration’s Office of Special Needs Populations, and the Mental Health Services Training Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Registration:	Please complete the on-line registration form

The purpose of this one day training is to provide information on “Providing Treatment for Trauma Survivors.” In partnership with the Washington County Health Department, the Office of Special Needs Populations offers a days training on trauma-specific care. The training seeks to provide Social Workers, Marital and Family Therapists, Professional Counselors, and Case Managers with tools to treat trauma survivors through the Trauma, Addictions, Mental Health, and Recovery (TAMAR) manual as well as offer highlights on how to modify service systems to allow services to be delivered in a way that will avoid re-triggering trauma.

Payment options (fee $35)

Checks - If you are paying by check, please make the check payable to Baltimore Mental Health Systems, Inc. and mail to:
LaToya Scott
3700 Koppers Street, Suite 402
Baltimore, Maryland 21227

Purchase Orders: Please mail to LaToya Scott (address listed above), you will be invoiced for the conference fee.

Electronic Payment: Agencies using electronic payment must send to Baltimore Mental Health Systems, Inc.; please reference code BMHS-TC20.

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Goals and Objectives

To understand the benefits of trauma specific care from the consumers’ perspective
To know Maryland’s long term commitment to trauma care and the development and implementation of the T.A.M.A.R. model
To be introduced to trauma treatment through a discussion of the 15 treatment modules presented in the T.A.M.A.R. project
Review the connection between trauma and criminal activity and the need for jail-based mental health care
Obtain knowledge on provider self care and managing compassion fatigue

Agenda of the Day

8:30 - 9:00	Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 - 10:00	Panel Discussion
10:00 - 10:15	Break
10:15 - 10:45	The TAMAR Program The History of TAMAR How the Program Evolved in Maryland Engaging Consumers in the Criminal Justice Setting The TAMAR Program Components
10:45 - 12:15	The TAMAR Program (continued) The Modules 1-15
12:15 - 1:15	Lunch
1:15 - 2:15	Broken Child (Case Studies of Child Abuse) Every year in the U.S., approximately one in 25 children are reported as a victim of prenatal substance abuse, criminal neglect, or physical or emotional violence, and child-protection agencies are being overwhelmed by the crisis. We, the criminal justice workers, see these individuals again and again during our careers. But, we have away of addressing their trauma in a holistic manner.
2:15 - 2:30	Break
2:30 - 3:45	Compassion Fatigue & Self-Care
3:45 - 4:30	Wrap-up

Directions

Temple Oheb Shalom
7310 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21208
Phone: (410) 358-0105

From Downtown – Baltimore City:
Take 83 North to Northern Parkway Exit West underneath the overpass (2nd exit). Take Northern Parkway to Park Heights Avenue and turn right onto Park Heights Avenue. Stay on Park Heights Avenue until you get to the 7300 block. The Temple will be on your left.

From Frederick, Hagerstown and Points West:
Take 70 East, get off at Exit 91B (the sign says 695 to 95 New York and Towson). Get off at Exit 21 (Park Heights Avenue–129 South) turn right onto Park Heights Avenue. Pass three traffic lights (last light is at Slade Avenue) and approximately 200 yards after the third light you will see Temple Oheb Shalom on the right.

From Washington:
Take I-95 North to I-695 West (Baltimore Beltway). Follow I-695 to Exit 21. Turn right onto Park Heights Avenue, pass three traffic lights and proceed approximately 200 yards after the third light (at Slade Avenue). You will see Temple Oheb Shalom on the Right.

Conference Fee

$35.00 All disciplines

Individuals receiving public entitlements may attend this conference for $5.00. If fee represents a hardship, please contact Wendy Baysmore 410-646-7758.

CEU/COA

Certificate for 6.0 Continuing Education Units or 6.0 Continuing Education Credit Hours of Category I will be awarded upon completion of this training and of a completed evaluation. The Mental Health Services Training Center is authorized by the Maryland Board of Examiners of Psychologists as a sponsor of Continuing Education Units, and by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners as a sponsor of Category I Continuing Education. The Center maintains responsibility for this program. A Certificate of Attendance will be made available for all other disciplines.