38th Annual Conference
of
The UC Berkeley School Psychology Program

The Effects of Trauma on Children: Current Understandings
and Directions for Intervention

Friday, May 13th, 2005
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
UC Berkeley - Lipman Room (Barrows Hall 8th floor)

Come learn about:
• The impact of trauma on children's brain development, social functioning and learning capabilities
 
• A neuropsychological approach to understanding early life stress
 
• Assessment of PTSD symptoms and related risk and protective factors
 
• Treatments that address the negative effects of trauma - Models for the prevention of negative outcomes following trauma exposure
 
• Responding effectively and sensitively to crisis in school settings

Mailing address: event is at Lipman Hall
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education
School Psychology Program
4511 Tolman Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-1670
Attn: School Psychology Conference

Confirmed Speakers:

Dr. Stephen Brock
California State University, Sacramento
Dr. Brock, as a Licensed Educational Psychologist and Nationally Certified
School Psychologist, had over 15 years of practical school psychology
experience before joining the CSUS faculty. Among his school psychology career
highlights was recognition as an "Outstanding School Psychologist" by the
California Association of School Psychologists (CASP). A member of the CASP
Board of Directors, Dr. Brock was chairperson of the CASP 2002 Convention
Committee and is on the "The California School Psychologist" and "CASP Today"
editorial boards. Dr. Brock's areas of research interest include
Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), school-based crisis response,
and suicide prevention. His contributions to those areas include numerous
publications, and state and national conference presentations.

SESSION: "Providing Crisis Intervention at School: A Team Effort"
There are a number of adverse outcomes associated with crisis exposure. Thus, it is not surprising that a number of interventions are required to meet student needs following crisis events. Interventions are needed to prevent/mitigate stress reactions, identify psychopathology, prevent/mitigate maladaptive coping behaviors, and facilitate psychotherapy referrals. In addition, school crisis interventions need to address poor school attendance and adjustment, and learning problems. Strategies to address these issues presented during this workshop include: immediate prevention, re-establishing social support systems, psychological education, and psychological interventions. It is anticipated that participation in this workshop will increase participants‚ crisis intervention knowledge and skill.

Victor Carrion, M.D. [more info]
Assistant Professor, Director Stanford Early Life Stress Research
Program
Dr. Victor G. Carrion received his M.D. degree from Mount Sinai School of
Medicine in 1991. After completing his residency at University of
Pennsylvania, Dr. Carrion came to Stanford University to complete a Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry and Research Fellowship. He became an
Assistant Professor in 2000. Since that time he has served as Director of
the Stanford Early Life Stress Research Program in the Division of Child &
Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development. In 2000 he was awarded
Young Investigator Awards by NARSAD and the American Foundation for
Suicide Prevention. In 2001 he was awarded a Career Development
Award by the NIMH.

Dr. Carrion's work focuses on understanding the effect of environmental
stress on the developing brain. Through a multi-method approach that
includes functional and structural imaging, salivary cortisol and behavioral
and cognitive evaluations, his laboratory identifies markers that help
guide the development of new treatments.
See http://www-cap.stanford.edu

Emily Ozer, Ph.D. [more info]
Dr. Ozer in an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Heath at UC
Berkeley. Her research interests include violence prevention, trauma and
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, school and community-based interventions, and
the promotion of mental and physical health among adolescents. She is also the
co-founder of the Bay Area Community Psychology Network of Clinical
Psychologists.

SCHEDULE
8:45 Registration and Welcome
8:50 - 10:10 Victore Carrion
10:10 - 10:20 Break
10:20 - 11:40 Emily Ozer
11:45 - 12:45 Lunch
12:45 - 1:45 Steve Brock
1:45 - 2:00 Break
2:00 - 3:15 Steve Brock
3:15 - 3:30 Closing

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