Trauma Informed Care Conference 2023

September 26, 2023

Date & Time

September 26, 2023

9:00 am - 3:30 pm

Location

Online Event – Zoom

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

9:00 am – Morning Sessions Broadcast Live via Zoom

Lived Experience Panel
Moderated by Jesus Parra, LMFT, CII Vice President of Health Innovations & Training

Discussion

A Conversation with CA Surgeon General Diana Ramos, MD & UCLA Professor of Psychiatry Eraka Bath, MD and Moderated by LAist Senior Reporter Mariana Dale

Keynote

The Effects of Disrupted Attachment & Early Trauma on the Developing Mind

Bessel van der Kolk, MD

12:30 pm – Lunch Break

1:15 pm – Breakout Sessions

Be THE Change…Join Us for The Power of Conscious Discipline! | Presenter: Theresa Offord, Jessica Cardenas, Jaicy Bautista Gonzalez – CII
Cells to Solutions: exploring multidisciplinary, physiology-based healing strategies for toxic stress as part of routine clinical care | Presenter: Rachel Gilgoff, MD – UCAAN
How Trauma-Informed is your practice? | Presenter: Tanya Marin-Lopez, Monique Holguin, Nina Thompson, Jamie Ruiz, Amy Shekarchi, Ana Amador, and Charmaine Dorsey – UCAAN
Implementing Trauma-Informed Tools to Change School Culture and Climate | Presenters: Riley Solorzano, Stefani Marte, & Kelly Hwang – CII
Redefining Care with CalAIM: Exploring the intersection of trauma-informed care and healthcare systems | Presenters: Jesus Parra and Jonathon Goldfinger – CII
Voices of Resilience: Empowering System Involved Youth through a Trauma-Informed Lens | Youth Panel Presented By: UCLA Pritzker Center & CII
What 40 Years of Study has Taught Us About Treating Traumatized Kids | Presenter: Bessel van der Kolk, MD

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Description

Creating a Culture of Wellness & Prevention For Children, Families & Communities

The 2023 Trauma-Informed Care Conference will focus on creating a Culture of Wellness & Prevention for Children, Families & Community. This year’s event will be held virtually and in-person on Tuesday, September 26 and will feature a keynote from Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and feature Dr. Diana Ramos, California Surgeon General and Dr. Eraka Bath.

Children’s Institute leads the way in trauma-informed care and evidence-based clinical treatment by training thousands of professionals and caregivers each year. CII’s annual Trauma-Informed Care Conference is a pivotal part of this work, bringing together professionals from the front lines including those working with children and families, such as child welfare and mental health professionals, and school and juvenile legal system staff. Policymakers, program administrators and organizational leaders from public and private agencies are equally critical to this conversation.

Who should attend:

Professionals from the front lines including those working with at-risk children and families: child welfare and mental health professionals; school and juvenile justice workers.
Policymakers, program administrators and organizational leaders from public and private agencies.
Students interested in going into professions that support and/or advocate on behalf of system-involved families. (Student rate available!)

Keynote Presenter: Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Psychiatrist, Author

BESSEL VAN DER KOLK, MD is a psychiatrist, author, researcher and educator. He is the author of The New York Times best-seller, The Body Keeps the Score. Dr. van der Kolk formerly served as president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and is a former co-director of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, a Congressionally mandated initiative that now funds approximately 150 centers specializing in developing effective treatment interventions and implementing them in a wide array of settings, from juvenile detention centers to tribal agencies, nationwide.

Much of his research has focused on how trauma has a different impact at different stages of development, and that disruptions in care-giving systems have additional deleterious effects that need to be addressed for effective intervention. His efforts resulted in the establishment of Trauma Center (now the Trauma Research Foundation) which consisted of a well-trained clinical team specializing in the treatment of children and adults with histories of child maltreatment, that applied treatment models that are widely taught and implemented nationwide.

Panelists:

Diana Ramos, MD | California Surgeon General
Eraka Bath, MD | Professor of Psychiatry

Panelist: Diana Ramos, MD, California Surgeon General

DIANA RAMOS, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG is a public health leader dedicated to improving health care quality and equity. She recently served as the Assistant Deputy Director of Chronic Disease Prevention for the California Department of Public Health. Past roles include the Director for Reproductive Health in the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and adjunct Associate Professor at the Keck University of Southern California School of Medicine. The Orange County Medical Association recently named Dr. Ramos the 2023 Physician of the Year.

She serves on many national and international women’s health improvement and equity committees. Her areas of expertise include health disparities, social determinants of health, preconception/interconception health, preterm birth, contraception and quality improvement in health. As Surgeon General of California, she has committed to prioritizing some of the most pressing health challenges of our time, including: reproductive health, the mental health crisis and how ACEs & toxic stress affect every aspect of our health.

Panelist: Eraka Bath, MD,

Dr. Bath is the Director of Child Forensic Services, a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, and the Vice Chair for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA. She is board certified in child and adolescent, adult and forensic psychiatry. Dr. Bath has a long-standing interest in health care disparities, minority and community mental health, with particular interest in addiction and trauma within the special populations of juvenile justice and foster care youth. Dr. Bath has dedicated her time to working with vulnerable populations and their families and consults regularly with the court system. Her portfolio of research includes funding from the National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Drug Abuse, PCORI, and Los Angeles County Department of Probation, which includes researching the efficacy of short-term, family-based interventions for youth involved in the delinquency system as well as the trajectories of commercially sexually exploited girls.

Dr. Bath obtained her undergraduate degree at UC Berkeley, her medical degree at Howard University College of Medicine, and completed her child psychiatry and forensic training at NYU School of Medicine where she was on faculty prior to joining UCLA.

Fees:

Early Bird Registration – $129/pp – ends Sept. 1, 2023 @ 11:59pm PST.

Regular Registration – $149/pp beginning Sept. 2, 2023.

CEU’s are available for purchase for an additional $25 fee.

Group rates available; contact Amber Hapuarachy – AHapuarachy@childrensinstitute.org

If paying by check, make checks payable to: CHILDREN’S INSTITUTE, INC. Tax I.D. #95-1641424. Mail to attention: Training Center, Children’s Institute, Inc. – 2121 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90026 and include the name(s) of the registrants.

Cancellation/Refund Policy: By registering for this training the agency is liable for the registration fee, which is fully refundable up to September 19, 2023. Registration is transferrable prior to the start of the training. Once the training begins, fees are non-refundable/transferrable and no partial refunds will be given.

For more information on Children’s Institute, please visit www.childrensinstitute.org

This event is supported in part by a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Children’s Institute is a grantee within the NCTSN. The views, opinions, and content of this conference are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or policies of SAMHSA or HHS.

September 26, 2023