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FREE Trauma and Resilience in Our Schools Teacher Workshop

Date/Time

March 24, 2023 to March 24, 2023
12:00 PM until 03:00 PM

Description

School Counselors, Administrators, and School Board Members are invited to a FREE workshop on Trauma and Resilience, an informative and interactive event. Expert speakers tell their own personal stories from the Oklahoma City bombing and 9/11 and share their life’s work on mental health.

  • John R. Tassey, PhD | Medical Psychology Program Manager and Director of the Health Psychology Clinic at the Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Applied Behavioral Studies at Oklahoma City University
    Dr. Tassey was appointed chair of the APA Task Force on the Mental Health Response to the Oklahoma City Bombing in 1995. He also deployed to Washington D.C. following the September 11 attacks while serving as the Red Cross National Mental Health Consultant from 1998 through 2007. He currently serves as the American Psychological Association Disaster Resource Network coordinator for Oklahoma.
  • Karla Vermeulen, PhD | Deputy Director of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health and Associate Professor of Psychology at SUNY New Paltz
    Dr. Vermeulen teaches courses in disaster mental health, grief counseling, and developmental psychology. She also has coordinated the development and production of training curricula on disaster mental health for the New York State Department of Health and Office of Mental Health, the American Red Cross, the United Nations, and other organizations. Her most recent book, Generation Disaster: Coming of Age Post-9/11, covers her research on the multiple stressors that shaped the developmental environment for today’s emerging adults in their youth and as the take on adult responsibilities in an unprecedentedly complex world.

Space is Limited.

Location

Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum View map
620 N Harvey Ave,
Oklahoma City, OK 73102, US

Additional Information

Phone

405-235-3313

Cost

FREE

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