Please contact the Center for registration information for both of these events:

Twelfth Annual Institute for Home-Based Intervention

This institute will be held on Friday, May 21, 1999, at the Columbus Marriott North in Columbus, Ohio. This seminar will focus on a broad variety of new techniques that have been shown to be extremely effective for working with traumatized children. The speaker is scheduled to be Nancy Davis, PhD, a licensed psychologist who has treated hundreds of traumatized children, adolescents, and adults. She has testified as an expert witness in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Child Abuse in over 130 civil and criminal proceedings. Dr. Davis is the author of Therapeutic Stories to Heal Abused Children and Therapeutic Stories that Touch and Heal as well as other articles on treating trauma. She has led workshops nationwide in identifying and treating abuse and trauma. Currently, she is Chief of Counseling Services for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

 

Sharing the Burden: Managing Risk and Liability In Community-Based Services

This training is designed to develop and heighten awareness of liability issues for community-based service providers who actively provide mental health services in the natural environment. Participants will learn to assess and manage both risk and liability situations in the field and will learn ethical guidelines to govern practice. A consultation model for managing this risk will be emphasized.

Topics covered will include the following.

• Safety Issues: Child and Family, Service Provider, Neighborhood
• Professional and Agency Liability
• Confidentiality in the Natural Environment
• Safety and Crisis Planning
• Managing Risk: Best Practice Model