Wednesday March 9, 2016
4:00 p Program Check-In
6:00 National Keynote Speaker – Leanne Williams – CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND ITS IMPACT ON EMOTIONAL BRAIN CIRCUITS, MOOD DISORDER AND TREATMENT OUTCOMES
7:00 Networking Reception and Exhibits
* Reception includes Host Bar and Hors d’oeuvres
8:30 p Adjourn
Thursday March 10, 2016
8:00 a Program Check-In, Breakfast and Exhibits
8:45 Opening Remarks with Rob Paul, PhD
9:00 National Keynote Speaker – Charles Nemeroff, MD, PhD – THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
10:00 Break, Exhibits
10:15 Tony Buchanan, PhD – THE COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF ACUTE STRESS
10:40 Mike Griffin, PhD – PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS IN POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
11:05 Steven Bruce, PhD – ALTERED EMOTIONAL INTERFERENCE PROCESSING IN WOMEN WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. NEURAL IMPROVEMENTS AFTER COGNITIVE PROCESSING THERAPY.
11:30 Q & A Session
11:45 Lunch on your Own
1:00 p Rachel Wamser-Nanney, PhD – THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL AND NEUROENDOCRINE EFFECTS OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA: IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT
1:25 Vetta L Sanders Thompson, PhD – UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA IN THE CONTEXT OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
1:50 Brian Houston, PhD – DISASTER MENTAL HEALTH: EFFECTS AND INTERVENTION
2:15 Q & A Session
2:30 Break, Exhibits
2:45 Terri Weaver, PhD – VIOLENCE, DRUGS AND HEALTH: IMPLICATIONS FOR A TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACH IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS
3:10 John Constantino, MD – “Damage Control,” the Science of Preventing Child Maltreatment Recidivism: Lessons from the SYNCHRONY Project
3:35 Ronda Reitz, PhD – STAGES OF HEALING: DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY (DBT) AND DBT-PROLONGED EXPOSURE (DBT-PE)
4:00 Jerry Dunn, PhD – PREVENTING PTSD IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AFTER ACUTE EXPOSURE OR DISCLOSURE: THE CHILD AND FAMILY TRAUMATIC STRESS INTERVENTION
4:25 Q & A Session
4:40 Rob Paul, PhD – Challenges and Opportunities in Traumatic Stress
5:00 p Adjourn
* Schedule subject to change without notice