Essentials of Trauma-informed Care:
Creating, Destroying, and Restoring Sanctuary

8:30-9:00

Registration with Coffee & Light Refreshments

9:00-9:10

West Chester University ROTC Color Guard - Posting the Colors

9:10-9:15

Invocation: Reverend Paul “Earthquake” Moore

9:15-9:20

Welcome: Michele Belliveau, Chair Undergraduate Social Work Department

9:20-9:30

Opening Remarks by Dr. Darla Spence Coffey, Ph. D., M.S.W.

President & CEO of the Council on Social Work Education

9:30-10:15

Keynote Speaker and Presenter: Dr. Sandra Bloom, M.D.

Adversity, Trauma and Toxic Stress : Part 1

Board-Certified psychiatrist and Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy at the School of Public Health of Drexel University in Philadelphia and Co-Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice. Dr. Bloom is a Past-President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

Read Full Session Abstract and Objectives

10:15-10:30

Break & Networking

10:30-11:45

Adversity, Trauma and Toxic Stress : Part 2

Trauma-informed Organizational Practice: The Sanctuary Model. Strategies in developing trauma-informed organizations and communities and buffering individuals against the impact of chronic stress.

11:45-12:30

Lunch (on your own at the WCU Sykes Cafeteria or street vendors)

12:30-1:15

Destroying Sanctuary: Parallel Processes in Organizations

1:15-1:30

Break

1:30-2:30

Restoring Sanctuary

2:30-2:45

Retiring the Colors & Closing. WCU ROTC