Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Victim Advocacy Program April 2, 2012
Victim Advocates from reservation throughout the west will attend this training. I will be presenting information on Trauma, Grief, Death Notification, and other related topics.

 

Red Cross Mental Health Volunteer Training April 14, 2012
The National Capital Area Red Cross Emergency Services has asked me to provide a training to their mental health volunteers about Acute Stress Disorder, the physiology of trauma and Psychological First Aid.

Ecumenicon April 20-22, 2012
Ecumenicon Interfaith Conference, the Fellowship's annual education event, is a multi-faith gathering fostering understanding and mutual support of various positive faith traditions. I will be teaching a class about alternative approaches to deal with habitual thinking.

Active Volunteer Training April 27-28, 2012
Volunteers of Team HOPE of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, who have actively served for at least one year, are invited to an annual training. This year the training will again be held in Dallas, Texas from March 23-26, 2012. These volunteers are parents who children have been/are missing, and serve as telephone support to other parents of missing children. I am honored to be a facilitator in this training again, as I have many years before.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Family Advocacy Division Counselor Training May 3-5, 2012
Once again I've been asked by NCMEC to participate in a training of mental health counselors from around the country learning how to be supportive of families and victims who have experienced child abduction and exploitation.

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Family Advocacy Division Counselor Training June 12, 2012
I will be presenting a seminar entitled STRESS MANAGEMENT or What to Do When Everyone Else Acts Crazy. This seminar will be offered to the entire NCMEC staff, and will discuss the physiology of stress. It will also look at how our environment creates stress, and what we can to about it.

George Washington University End of Life Care Summer Institute July 20, 2012
After Trauma: Resilience and Transformation will be held July 19-21, 2012. I will be participating in this event by presenting information about resilience. Website: http://eolcsummerinstitute.com

Project Jason Keys to Healing Retreat August 10-12, 2012
The 4th annual Keys to Healing Retreat is open to family members of missing persons whose cases are listed with law enforcement agencies in North America. Classes offered during the retreat will cover all aspects of living in the "not knowing," with a focus on mental, spiritual, and physical healing. I am honored to again be one the principle trainer for this retreat.

Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars Grief and Loss Issues in Play Therapy September 15, 2012
I have again been asked to teach this class to folks interested in learning how to use play therapy with children experiencing grief and loss. This class also qualifies as a requirement for certification in play therapy. This class will be held at Youth for Tomorrow in Bristow, VA.

Donor Family Healing Retreat October 6, 2012
This year Washington Regional Transplant Community is offering a bi-annual grief healing retreat day for folks whose loved ones died, and donated the gift of life. I again am honored to facilitate this day.

Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars Anger Management for Adults October 12, 2012
This is a new class for CBPS and will be presented at Barstow Acres Counseling Center in Prince Frederick, MD.

Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars Understanding & Treating Trauma in Children & Adults Using Play Therapy November 9-10, 2012
I will co-teach this two day seminar with Cathi Spooner, LCSW, RPT-S. The class will be held at Youth for Tomorrow in Bristow, VA.

Trauma, PTSD, and Traumatic Grief Ongoing
Since 2002, I have been teaching seminars for Professional Educational Seminars Inc. (PESI) and its subsidiary, CMI Education. The current class is presented to mental health and other professionals who work with and/or support persons who have experienced a trauma or traumatic loss. This seminar is offered one week per month in different parts of the U.S. Please check the CMI Education web-site for the current schedule.