It’s About Childhood & Family, Inc.
www.iacaf.org
Up to 12 CEUs available
(psych, SW, counselor, MFT)
2015 Trauma Conference
Hope, Healing & The Human Spirit
Onondaga Community College — Storer Auditorium
Tuesday October 24—Evening Film with Q & A
SYRACUSE
MARCH 25-26 2015
NEW YORK
Keynote Speakers
Trauma Across the Lifespan: Impact & Treatment
Adult
TONIER CAIN
Founder and VP of Trauma-Informed
Care Centers of America
Adolescent/Childhood
CAELAN KUBAN PH.D.
Director of The Naonal Instute for
Trauma and Loss in Children™ (TLC)
Pre-School
STEVE GROSS M.S.W.
Director of Playmakers™
A two-day symposium for clinicians, educators, parents, and college students
with support from the
Human Services and Teacher Education Department,
the Teacher Center at O.C.C.
REGISTER ON-LINE
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early registration & group discounts available
315.382.0541 or [email protected]
Confirmed Speakers 2015
Tonier Cain
Caelan Kuban Ph.D.
Steve Gross M.S.W.
Sera Davidow
Trauma Conference
Noel Hunter
Deron Drumm
Bill Cross Ph.D. LMFT
Tonier Cain is the Founder and VP of Trauma-Informed Care Centers of America. A3er surviving a childhood of unspeakable abuse, unrelen"ng
violence, and betrayal by systems that were charged with helping, Ms. Tonier Cain stands before her audiences today, a tes"mony to the
resiliency of the human spirit exemplifying the innate human ins"nct to survive. Tonier “Neen” Cain lived on the streets for twenty nightmarish
years. Years filled with hunger, brutality and a lifestyle when described seems unconscionable. Incarcerated and pregnant in 2004, someone
finally took the "me to ask: “what happened to you” instead of “what’s wrong with you.” It is at that moment she began her journey to become
a survivor and for the first "me in her life began to live with more hope than fear. The impact of trauma is realized by every age group, race,
ethnicity, socio-economic group, gender, community, and workforce. As Ms. Cain shares her story, audience members find themselves
challenging their professional and personal beliefs.
Caelan Kuban Ph.D. is Director of The Na"onal Ins"tute for Trauma and Loss in Children™ (TLC). As a Cer"fied Trauma Consultant-Supervisor, Dr.
Kuban provides trauma assessment and short-term trauma interven"on for students u"lizing trauma-informed and evidence-based prac"ces,
including TLC’s SITCAP® model. Dr. Kuban has been involved in helping with the a3ermath of disasters such as Sandy Hook, Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita, 9/11 and more. She is the instructor for many TLC courses, including Children of Trauma, Structured Sensory Intervenons, Trauma
Informed Assessment and Pracce and more. Dr. Kuban received her doctorate in clinical psychology at California Southern University, where she
received the 2013 President's Award.
Steve Gross M.S.W. is Director of Playmakers™. Steve has devoted his career to the service of our most vulnerable children. A pioneer in u"lizing
exuberant, joyful play to promote resiliency in children and their caregivers, and a leader in the field of psychological trauma response, Gross is
commiDed to the healthy development of children facing the most challenging circumstances. Steve’s talents have been called upon to respond
to some of the greatest catastrophes of our "me, including the devasta"on caused by Hurricane Katrina, earthquakes in Hai" and Japan, and the
2012 Newtown school shoo"ng. The vision of the nonprofit he founded is a world where all children grow up feeling safe, loved and joyful. In
order to make this vision a reality, the Life is good Playmakers partners with frontline professionals – such as teachers, social workers and child
life specialists – who dedicate their lives to helping children overcome poverty, violence and illness. These Playmakers use the power of play to
build healing, life-changing rela"onships with the children in their care. This founda"on of playfulness allows children to engage the world with
passion and joy while giving them the courage and crea"vity to see possibili"es and solu"ons in the face of adversity.
Sera Davidow is a mother, an advocate, an ac"vist and a filmmaker. She devotes much of her "me to the Western MassachuseDs Recovery
Learning Community (www.westernmassrlc.org), which includes Afiya (www.afiyahouse.org), the 13th Peer Respite in the United States. She is
also an ac"ve part of Hearing Voices USA (www.hearingvoicesusa.org) and Occupy the Judge Rotenberg Center (www.occupyjrc.org), amongst a
variety of other projects.
Noel Hunter is a clinical psychology doctoral student and specializing in psychosocial approaches to severe emo"onal distress. She is also an
adjunct instructor and teaches a recovery model, while strongly advoca"ng for alterna"ves to the current paradigm in American psychiatry. She
has published and presented papers on the link between trauma and various anomalous states, s"gma and nega"ve aJtudes towards pa"ents,
and the need for recogni"on of states of extreme distress as meaningful responses to overwhelming life experiences. Recently, she presented at
the American Psychological Associa"on's na"onal conference as part of their Recovery to Prac"ce ini"a"ve, discussing the need to take a
recovery-oriented approach to distress and to acknowledge professionals' own experiences with extreme states as a means to decrease s"gma
and shame. Currently, Noel is working with a group of dedicated individuals to try and expand the Hearing Voices Network in New York City and is
also beginning her disserta"on work interviewing individuals who have experienced severe dissocia"ve phenomena.
Deron Drumm is the Co-Execu"ve Director of Advocacy Unlimited in Wethersfield, Connec"cut. He self-iden"fies as having experienced extreme,
altered and addic"ve states. He writes and speaks openly and honestly about where his emo"onal distress and addic"on brought him and how
he has reshaped his life through deliberate living.
Jennifer Kinzie LMHC has worked in the field as a Group Home Shi3 Supervisor, Care Coordinator, Advocate, Program Director, Instructor at
Cazenovia College, therapist working with youth with sexual trauma/reac"vity, and most recently a Student Assistance Counselor at an inner city
school in Syracuse, NY. Jennifer has worked with various systems including the Offices of Persons With Developmental Disabili"es, Children and
Family Services, Department of Social Service, Juvenile Jus"ce, and Mental Health. Jennifer is a holis"c, trauma-informed, mo"va"onal therapist
that specializes in working with adolescent’s couples and families, par"cularly those who are experiencing significant distress due to
communica"on barriers and/or trauma/loss.
Bill Cross PhD LMFT has been a prac"cing psychotherapist for over 40 years working with veterans, other individuals, couples and families. He
specializes with those dealing with histories of trauma. His prac"ce includes Soma"c Experiencing and Trauma Resiliency and he conducts
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduc"on classes at the Zen Center of Syracuse, N.Y. He is a combat veteran and in addi"on to being a West Point
graduate, taught leadership and psychology at West Point a3er his service in Viet Nam. He also is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Onondaga
Community College and was awarded the State University of New York Chancellors Award for Excellence in Teaching.
PRELIMARY CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
FILM AND DISCUSSION - MARCH 24
6:30-7:30 PM SCREENING — Walking Through Bullets
7:30-8:00 PM Q&A with Tonier Cain
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE - MARCH 25 & 26
WEDNESDAY—3/25/15
8:00 am
REGISTRATION
8:45
Introductions — Michael Gilbert Psy.D.
9:00
Keynote—Tonier Cain
10:15
BREAK
10:30
Trauma’s Impact on Children and Adolescents — Caelan Kuban Ph.D.
11:30
LUNCH
1:00 pm
Trauma Informed Care — Panel
1:45 pm
Community Resiliency Model (CRM) — Bill Cross Ph.D. LMFT
2:30 pm
Trauma Intervention Strategies & Mind Body Skills for Emotional Regulation with Youth —
Caelan Kuban Ph.D.
THURSDAY—3/26/15
8:00 am
REGISTRATION
8:45
Introductions — Michael Gilbert Psy.D.
9:00
Keynote — Steve Gross M.S.W.
10:15
BREAK
10:30
Panel Discussion—
11:30
LUNCH
1:00
Trauma Informed Care: A Paradigm Shift in The Way We Help People Heal —
Jennifer Kinzie LMHC
2:00 pm
Trauma, Body, and the Brain: Restoring the Capacity for Rhythm and Play — Steve Gross M.S.W.
CONFERENCE SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS
Onondaga Community Sexual Trauma Task Force (OCSTTF)
City/County Trauma Response Network
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Storer Auditorium
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