Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News
December 3, Vol. 07-190

Save the Date! National Center for Trauma Informed Care Will Be Hosting 2-Day Learning Exchange

Dare to Transform

Revolutionizing Mental Health and Human Services July 9-10, 2008 The Phoenix Park Hotel Washington, DC

The National Center for Trauma-Informed Care will be hosting a 2-day learning exchange and networking transformation forum to highlight useful and practical strategies for moving forward together with the implementation of trauma-informed care in organizations, programs, and services.

The forum is designed for those with expertise in how to do it, for those in the process of learning how to do it, and for those who are considering what to do and how to do it. Administrators and those providing staff support, service providers, consumers/survivors, and representatives of outside groups who have a stake in your revolutionary transformation are all invited and welcome. The forum will speak to each one of you.

Many organizations, programs, and services have participated in launching this revolution, and the knowledge gained by each can speak to a wide array of program concerns. Since a network for accomplishing this personal exchange of implementation knowledge about transformation toward trauma-informed care does not currently exist, the forum will mark a first step in that direction.

If you want to know more about trauma-informed care and how to bring about trauma-informed change in your organization, please join us and stay tuned for registration (no cost) and further program information.

About NCTIC

CMHS' National Center for Trauma-Informed Care (NCTIC) provides training and technical assistance, education and outreach, a speaker's bureau, and resources to assist publicly-funded agencies, programs, and services in making the important cultural shift to a more trauma-informed environment that benefits both systems and consumers -- an environment that is more supportive, comprehensively integrated, and empowering for trauma survivors.

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