Trauma-Informed Care Seminars
May 18, 2010
The following announcement comes to us via Tom Pierce at DCF’s Office on Homelessness:
The Department of Children and Families, in cooperation with the Florida Peer Network, is proud to be hosting Building Capacity for Trauma-Informed Systems of Care, six regional seminars throughout the state.
These seminars will be held in July and August 2010. To register and for more information visit www.floridapeernetwork.org/tic.
There is no charge for the seminar!
These seminars will focus on:
These seminars will focus on:
- The impact of trauma in the lives of the people served in the mental health system.
- What it means to provide trauma-informed care.
- Practical steps you can take to transform the mental health system.
The seminars are for all stakeholders in the mental health/substance abuse system, including:
- Consumers and family members
- Executive and clinical leadership of mental health/substance abuse
- provider agencies
- Mental health/substance abuse professionals
- Child Welfare agencies
- Criminal Justice agencies
- Advocates
- Law enforcement officers
- Judges, state attorneys, public defenders, and judicial system staff
- State agencies
- Others interested
These seminars are made possible by a Transformation Transfer Initiative (TTI Grant) from the National Association of State Mental Health Program
Directors (NASMHPD).
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