8th Annual, Day of Learning and Sharing for RC Trainers (5 CEUs Offered)

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1 Traumatic Stress Institute of Klingberg Family Centers and the Sidran Institute present the 8th Annual, Day of Learning and Sharing for RC Trainers (5 CEUs Offered) Morning Conversation with My Molester, a journey of faith - A one-man play by Michael Mack Given a standing ovation The New York Times Afternoon Concurrent Workshops September 9, 2014 at Klingberg Family Centers NEW BRITAIN CAMPUS New Britain, CT, 8:30-4:30 Risking Connection is a registered trademark of the Sidran Institute.

2 Goal of Our Annual Days of Learning and Sharing Every year in our Day of Learning and Sharing we aim to deepen RC trainers knowledge about topics related to RC and to foster a sense of community among RC Trainers and agencies who have adopted RC. RC Trainers get an exclusive invitation to learn together from nationally renowned speakers and from each other about topics of immediate relevance to our work. The day also includes a segment on vicarious traumatization and vicarious transformation that RC Trainers can take back to use in their own organizations. Who Should Attend This training is open only to RC Associate Trainers and RC Faculty Trainers. Day of Learning and Sharing Agenda 8:00-8:30 Check-In 8:30-9:00 Introductions and Ice-Breaker 9:00-11:30 Performance Conversation with My Molester a journey of faith by Michael Mack Talk Back with Michael 11:30-12:30 Lunch (provided) 12:45-2:15 Workshop 1 2:30-4:00 Workshop 2 4:00-4:30 Wrap-up, Evaluations, and Yarn Closing 2

3 Morning Performance Conversations with My Molester a journey of faith Like many Catholic boys in the 1960s, Michael Mack grew up wanting to be a priest. That dream ended at age 11 when he was sexually abused by his pastor, an experience that haunted him for decades. Forty years later, Mack landed on his former pastor's doorstep for a conversation, and what happened next went beyond anything he ever imagined. Mack's solo play Conversations with My Molester: A Journey of Faith recounts that odyssey. It premiered at Boston Playwright's Theatre at Boston University in January 2012, marking the 10-year anniversary of Boston's clergy abuse crisis. With veteran director Daniel Gidron at the helm, Mack's 90-minute lyric play netted rave reviews for chronicling the events that took him full circle away from and back to the Catholic Church, offering a moving testament to hope and renewal. About Michael Mack Award-winning poet, playwright, and actor Michael Mack served in the US Air Force before graduating from the Writing Program at MIT (where he studied under Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Maxine Kumin). His poems have appeared in America, the Beloit Poetry Journal, Cumberland Poetry Review, Journal of the American Medical Association, and Southern Poetry Review. Awards include: two Artist Grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council in 2013 for Conversations with My Molester and in 2005 for Hearing Voices, Speaking in Tongues; a Best Solo Play 2013 nomination by the Independent reviewers of New England (IRNE); First Prize in the National Writers Circle Poetry Competition; and an Eloranta Fellowship that funded a residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre for the Arts in Ireland. Mack has performed at the US Library of Congress, Foxwoods Resort & Casino, Harvard and Yale Universities, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Chicago's Blue Note nightclub, the Austin International Poetry Festival, Off-Off- Broadway at the Times Square Arts Center, and for 650 law enforcement officers at the FBI's 32nd Annual Hostage Negotiation Seminar. His first solo play, Hearing Voices, Speaking in Tongues, explores his mother's life with schizophrenia, and he has performed it nationwide in theatrical settings and for consumers and providers of mental health services. Michael Mack is a parishioner at St. Paul Parish in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 3

4 Concurrent Workshops Workshop 1 (12:45-2:15) A. Paper Tigers: Mindfulness as an Antidote to Chronic Stress in Trauma Treaters Martin Smith, LMFT; Clinical Director NAFI Therapeutic Foster Care Program Diane Thompson, Project Director, NAFI Child Youth and Family Support Center This workshop will explore the practice of mindfulness to reduce chronic stress associated with treaters exposure to complex trauma. We will define the concept of negativity bias as a source of stress and explore the ways mindfulness practice proactively helps treaters find greater meaning in self-care, build selfcompassion, strengthen their own self capacities, and buffer the stressful events around them. B. If I Only Knew My Brain Oh I Could Tell You Why Mary Dineen Elovich, LCSW. Program Coordinator, Child Abuse Treatment Services, Klingberg Family Centers This playful workshop explores ways clinicians can normalize trauma s impact by introducing children to how their Awesome Brains! communicate implicit memories through symptoms. Exploring how RICH new ideas, activities and knowledge related to neurobiology and attachment theory can inspire healing connectedness to brain, body and heart for children, caregivers, and clinicians. C. Never Can Say Goodbye: Healthy Goodbyes in the Treatment of Trauma Survivors Steve Brown, Psy.D. Director, Traumatic Stress Institute of Klingberg Family Centers. For clients who have endured psychological trauma and attachment disruptions, endings are often fraught with meaning and the potential for re-enactment. They also have the potential to teach clients about healthy goodbyes that are planful, processed, and free of regrets. Through use of relevant movie clips, participatory activities, and discussion, this workshop will examine the questions: What is a healthy goodbye? What gets in the way of such goodbyes? How treaters can facilitate this complicated process with clients? 4

5 Workshop 2 (2:30-4:00) D. Risking Connection and Our Journey (So Far) to Trauma-Informed Care Village for Families and Children Panel: Liz Bryden, LCSW, VP of Programs; LaShawn Henderson, Youth Counselor Supervisor at the Alison Gil Lodge; Melissa White, LCSW, Associate Vice President, Programs; Megan Yorio, LPC, Clinical Manager IICAPS The Village for Families and Children will discuss the journey they have travelled from introducing RC to a small group of staff in 2005 to the current use of RC as the foundation for an agency-wide trauma-informed approach. It will include successes, challenges, and future plans related to: gaining administrative and staff buy-in, creating booster trainings, designing staff caretaking strategies, using RC in annual staff evaluations, and applying RC to supervision. E. Using Art Therapy Directives to Enhance RC Training Robin Rittinger, BS, LPC-ATR, Director of Trauma Informed Training and Supervision, Children s Center of Hamden Christine Lambright, MA, MAAT, LPC Art can serve as a bridge between experience and understanding by providing a tangible representation of our internal world. This inviting and supportive workshop will explain art therapy directives and demonstrate through hands-on learning how to use these directives to teach RC. It will include an RC Toolbox explaining use of art therapy directives to teach RC topics. F. Using the New Brain Science to Be More Effective in our Work- and to Have More Fun Doing It Patricia D. Wilcox, LCSW Vice President, Strategic Development, Klingberg Family Centers. Modern scientific tools are enabling us to learn more about how the brain develops, how it is harmed by early trauma and neglect, and how it heals. How can we translate our understanding of the developmental sequence of the growth and healing of the brain into powerful, practical techniques for change? Based on the work of Dr. Bruce Perry, this workshop will explore using the sequence of regulate, relate, and reason to serve as a blueprint for our interventions. This approach emphasizes the use of rhythmic, repetitive physical activity in engaged, positive rewarding experiences with other people. 5

6 Continuing Education As of 2014, we offer continuing education credits for RC trainings! HOORAY! Below are the details about continuing education credits. The cost of CEUs for this training is $20. RC Trainer events are co-sponsored by R. Cassidy Seminars to provide CE hours. The number of CE hours for each event is listed above on page one of this brochure. Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the CEU fee, signed in, attended the entire seminar, completed an evaluation, and signed out in order to receive a certificate. Failure to sign in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Psychologists R. Cassidy Seminars is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. R Cassidy Seminars maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Social Workers R. Cassidy Seminars, ACE Provider #1082 is an approved provider for social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) through the Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Program. Social workers should contact their regulatory board to determine course approval. R. Cassidy Seminars maintains responsibility for this program. Counselors R. Cassidy Seminars is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP ) and may offer NBCC approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. (NBCC Provider #6375). Marriage and Family Therapists, CA R. Cassidy Seminars is approved to offer continuing education to Marriage and Family Therapists by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences provider #PCE 418. Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling. 6

7 Registration Form 8th Annual, Day of Learning and Sharing For RC Trainers Registration may be submitted by mail or fax to the address and fax number listed below, or may be e- mailed to Payment is expected at the time of registration. We cannot guarantee a spot in the training until payment is received. We also cannot provide refunds for registrants who are not able to attend the training. The deadline for registration is Thursday September 4, Please copy and complete a separate registration form for each person attending. Name: Agency: Address: Title: Phone: Fax: Registration Fee: $150/person (Includes coffee, lunch and afternoon snack) $125/person if 3 or more are attending from one agency. Number of people x $150/person Number of people x $125/person (if 3 or more from agency) Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) Number of people wanting CEUs x $20 for 5 CEUs TOTAL Method of Payment: Check, money order, VISA, or Master Card (Please make checks payable to: TSI/Klingberg) Type of Credit Care (VISA or Master Card) Credit Card # Expiration Date Name on Card Zip Code of Billing Address Signature Registration Mailing Address: Marci Marciniec Klingberg Family Centers 370 Linwood Street New Britain, CT 06052; Phone: ; Fax: (REGISTRATION FORM CONTINUES ON NEXT PAGE) 7

8 Workshop Choices Workshop 1: First Choice (A, B, or C) Second Choice (A, B, or C) Workshop 2: First Choice (D, E, or F) Second Choice (D, E, or F) Workshop 1 (12:45-2:15) A. Paper Tigers: Mindfulness as an Antidote to Chronic Stress in Trauma Treaters (Martin Smith, LMFT; Diane Thompson) B. If I Only Knew My Brain Oh I Could Tell You Why (Mary Dineen Elovich, LCSW) C. Never Can Say Goodbye: Healthy Goodbyes in the Treatment of Trauma Survivors (Steve Brown, Psy.D.) Workshop 2 (2:30-4:00) D. Risking Connection and Our Journey (So Far) to Trauma-Informed Care (Village for Families and Children Panel: Liz Bryden, LCSW, LaShawn Henderson, Melissa White, LCSW; Megan Yorio, LPC) E. Using Art Therapy Directives to Enhance RC Training (Robin Rittinger, BS, LPC-ATR; Christine Lambright, MA, MAAT, LPC) F. Using the New Brain Science to Be More Effective in our Work- and to Have More Fun Doing It (Patricia D. Wilcox, LCSW) 8

9 Direction to Klingberg Family Centers -- New Britain Campus 370 Linwood St. New Britain, CT Phone (860) via Route I-84 Route I-84 West From Hartford Or East From Waterbury Leave I-84 at Exit 35 (Route 72 East--NewBritain)--This is a left hand exit Take first Exit, Corbin Avenue Turn right onto Corbin Ave., proceed to the fourth traffic light At the light, take a left onto Shuttle Meadow Avenue Take the second right (at stop sign) onto Linwood Street Klingberg Family Centers is at the top of the hill via Route I-91 Route I-91 North from New Haven Or South From Hartford Leave Route 91 at Exit 22N (New Britain)--Follow Route 9N Leave Route 9N at Exit 24 for Routes 71 and 372 (Kensington)--This is a left hand exit Follow 372 to the first set of lights Turn right onto Route 71A (High Road/Kensington Avenue) Take the second left, Cambridge Street At the end of Cambridge Street, take a left onto Linwood Street Klingberg Family Centers is at the top of the hill via Routes 5 & 15 Route 5/15 North From Meriden or South From Hartford Exit in Berlin, following signs for 9N (New Britain) Leave Route 9N at Exit 24 for Routes 71 and 372 (Kensington)--This is a left hand exit Follow 372 to the first set of lights Turn right onto Route 71A (High Road/Kensington Avenue) Take the second left, Cambridge Street At the end of Cambridge Street, take a left onto Linwood Street Klingberg Family Centers is at the top of the hill via Routes 9 North Continue on Route 9N, past the Route 91 interchange Leave Route 9N at Exit 24 for Routes 71 and 372 (Kensington)--This is a left hand exit Follow 372 to the first set of lights Turn right onto Route 71A (High Road/Kensington Avenue) Take the second left, Cambridge Street At the end of Cambridge Street, take a left onto Linwood Street Klingberg Family Centers is at the top of the hill From Downtown New Britain, CT Take Arch Street (Kimball Drive) to its end at Linwood Street Turn left onto Linwood Street Klingberg Family Centers is at the top of the hill 9

10 Sponsoring Organizations The Traumatic Stress Institute (TSI) of Klingberg Family Centers TSI of Klingberg promotes excellence in trauma-informed services both within Klingberg and to organizations nationally and internationally who treat clients with histories of psychological trauma and attachment disruptions. TSI helps organizations foster trauma-sensitive treatment cultures, increase clinical expertise, achieve positive lasting results with difficult clients, and develop a stable and well-trained work force. Through training and consultation, TSI has assisted organizations reduce restraints and seclusions, decrease staff turnover, operate more effectively within an increasingly competitive marketplace, and improve outcomes for children and families. Sidran Institute The Sidran Institute is a national non-profit organization devoted to advocacy, education and research related to: the early recognition and treatment of trauma related stress in children; and the understanding and treatment of adults suffering from trauma-generated mental health conditions. They are the publisher of the Risking Connection curricula. Klingberg Family Centers Founded in 1903, Klingberg Family Centers is a private, nonprofit multi-service agency providing help to hundreds of persons across Connecticut each year. Our mission is to extend hope and healing to children and families whose lives have been affected by abuse in its various forms, severe family problems and various emotional, developmental and behavioral difficulties. Klingberg has earned national recognition for training and consultation on implementation of trauma-informed services. 10