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Title: |
Refugees and Trauma - Understanding and Supporting Resilience |
When: |
January 9, 10 |
Location: |
Hotel Alma |
Type: |
Workshop |
Practice Area: |
Social Work, Psychology, and/or professionals or individuals working with directly with refugees |
Contact Email: |
sot2@ccis-calgary.ab.ca |
Contact Name: |
Jill Edgington Kirby |
Contact Organization: |
Calgary Catholic Immigration Society |
Contact Phone: |
403.290.5466 |
Contact Website: |
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/refugees-and-trauma-understanding-and-supporting-resilience-tickets-28706731607 |
Continuing Competency Code: |
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Date Posted: |
November 2, 2016 |
Presenter: John Koop Harder, MSW, RSW
John has been working and training in the field of trauma recovery since 2000. He is an active clinician, specializing in family therapy, crisis management and trauma healing. John’s understanding of trauma is informed by his experiences working with communities impacted by trauma locally and in Colombia, Albania and Northern Ireland. He currently provides consulting and therapy services for families in crisis through a local community organization and a private practice.
Workshop Outline
Day 1
What is Trauma?
Types of Trauma and Community Impact
Definitions of Traumatic Impact
Trauma, the Body and the Brain
Nature’s Design for Human Survival
The Role of Memory in Trauma and Healing
Expected and Normal Impact of Refugee Experience
Supporting Recovery after Trauma
Role of the Helper
Day 2
Post-Trauma Stress and Recovery
Overview of Treating Trauma over Time
Exercises for Emotional Regulation
Working with Boundaries
Dissociation
Points for Supporting Children
Signs of Health
Vicarious Trauma and Secondary Trauma
Additional Considerations of Impact and Coping for Refugees