Building Trauma-Informed Systems: Integrating Clinical Wisdom into Sustainable Organizational Systems
Date: February 25 - 26, 2010
Time: 9:30 A.M.-4:30 P.M. each day
Location: 1019 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Presenters: Margaret Blaustein, Ph.D. and Laura Fizek, LICSW
Cost: Regular Rate $370.00; Early Bird Rate (through Feb. 5) $350.00; Student/Group Rate $333.00; Early Bird + Student/Group Rate $315.00.
This workshop, designed for those organizations looking to develop trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive programs, will introduce and teach the process and steps toward building sustainable systemic structures through the integration of organization development strategies with a trauma-informed systems model (ARC).
Overview:
Individuals who are impacted by traumatic stress present for care within the range of human services systems. For most organizations, a primary goal is the delivery of empathic, respectful services in a manner that is sensitive to trauma impact, informed and effective in its approach, and realistic within the constraints (resources and challenges) of the particular system. However, the very real challenge of establishing sustainable organizational change may feel like an insurmountable hurdle that halts the process of internal transformation before it is able to begin.
In this workshop, the presenters merge expertise in organization development strategies with expertise in the delivery of trauma-informed services using an evidence-based, flexible framework (ARC) for treatment of traumatic stress. Designed for organizations looking to develop trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive programs supported by a sustainable organizational system, this two-day training will review the ARC framework and introduce and teach the process and steps toward building sustainable systemic structures. Participants will actively engage in exercises to begin the process of assessing program structures, goals, and stakeholders; developing priorities for change as they relate to trauma-informed practices; and developing concrete action steps and the processes to achieve them.
This workshop is relevant for personnel from the range of human service organizations, including outpatient treatment centers, residential programs, hospitals, schools, advocacy programs, shelters, etc. When possible, the presenters encourage organizations to attend the workshop as working “teams” (i.e., 2-4 individuals), in order to best facilitate generalization and real-world organizational change.
Prerequisites:
This workshop is designed for those individuals within an organization (i.e., program directors and administrators, supervisors, lead clinicians, education/clinical/residential directors, etc.) who have interest in working toward sustainable organizational change. Content is geared toward an intermediate to advanced level of training. Although program content is focused on the building of trauma-informed services within human service delivery systems, this workshop does not assume a mental health training background.
Continuing Education:
- The Justice Resource Institute (JRI) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. JRI maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This program meets criteria for 11 CE credits.
- For information regarding the status of continuing education credits for Massachusetts social workers and licensed mental health counselors, please contact Shannon Holt at sholt@jri.org.
Rates:
- Regular Rate=$370
- Early Bird Rate (through Feb. 5)= $350
- Student/ Group Rate= $333
- Student/Group + Early Bird= $315
Objectives:
Participants will:
a) Be able to identify 5 key components of organizational development
b) Be able to identify 4 key descriptors of trauma-informed systems
c) Be able to identify at least 4 core components of intervention for individuals impacted by traumatic stress.
d) Be able to describe at least one resource and one challenge within the participant’s own organization.
e) Be able to identify primary organizational stakeholders.
f) Develop at least one priority for change and three action steps relevant to the participant’s own organization.
About the Presenters:
Margaret E. Blaustein, Ph.D. is a practicing clinical psychologist whose career has focused on the understanding and treatment of complex childhood trauma and its sequelae. With an emphasis on the importance of understanding the child-, the family-, and the provider-in-context, her study has focused on identification and translation of key principles of intervention across treatment settings, building from the foundational theories of childhood development, attachment, and traumatic stress. With Kristine Kinniburgh, Dr. Blaustein is co-developer of the Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (ARC) treatment framework (Kinniburgh & Blaustein, 2005), and co-author of the text, Treating Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents: How to Foster Resilience through Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency (Blaustein & Kinniburgh, 2010). She has provided extensive training and consultation to providers within the US, Canada, and Europe. Dr. Blaustein is currently the Director of Training and Education at The Trauma Center at JRI in Brookline, MA, and is actively involved in local, regional, and national collaborative groups dedicated to the empathic, respectful, and effective provision of services to this population.
Laura Fizek, LICSW is an organization development professional with a background in psychology. She received her master’s degree in Social Work from Boston University and a post-graduate fellowship in Organization Development from the Boston Institute for Psychotherapy. She is also certified to administer the Myers-Briggs Type indicator. Laura has experience providing clinical counseling to individuals, couples and families. She worked for an employee assistance program as an account manager and then as the Manager of Training and Development. Laura worked for JRI Health’s Management Assistance Program providing management consulting services to non-profit HIV/AIDS funded organizations. She also worked as the Director of Training and Development for Surgency, Inc. a management consulting firm. In 2000, Laura began LSF consulting, a management consulting practice that specializes in the design and delivery of a wide range of training programs, as well as organization development including team building, facilitation, supervision, management coaching, performance improvement, communication, work processes and strategic planning. LSF Consulting has since merged and become the In Trinsic Group. Laura works on a very part time consulting basis to the In Trinsic Group. In 2005, Laura rejoined JRI Health as the Associate Director for the Center for Training and Professional Development (CTPD) and provides support in all areas of management and leadership development. Laura leads the Leadership and Capacity Building Initiative (LCBI) at the CTPD which provides organization development services to non-profit organizations and government agencies. Her current focus is on developing a combination virtual and face-to-face learning for managers where participants can further develop and apply management skills as well as build a learning community. Laura has also been very interested in CTPD's international work, specifically in providing supportive management services to Namugongo Fund for Special Children (NFSC). Laura provides board development services to NFSC's Ugandan and U.S. Boards and is currently working towards developing a system of connecting the Boards despite the ocean that separates them. Laura's two younger children, age 14 and 11, have also taken an interest in supporting NFSC and accompanied her to Uganda, summer 2008, to support the after school sports program by raising money to purchase soccer uniforms and play soccer with the children of NFSC. Laura and her children are committed to hosting an annual fundraiser to support these children in their secondary education
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Regular Rate, $370.00
Early Bird Rate (through Feb. 5), $350.00
Student/Group Rate, $333
Student/Group + Early Bird Rate, $315
