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A three day program for clinicians both within and outside of the military who are committed to responding to the mental health needs of returning veterans and their families. This conference will primarily respond to issues of assessment and treatment but will also address policy implications. Specific attunement to the role of diversity, in particular, race and gender, will be considered throughout each presentation. Special attention will be given to those groups which have been underserved through current systems: National Guard and reservists; families; women, especially mothers; partners and children. This conference provides 18 Continuing Education Credits.
8:30 – 9:00
Opening Ceremony
9:00 – 10:30
The Deployment Cycle: Expectations and Implications
Army Col. Carl Castro, Military Operation Medicine Research Program, US Army Medical Research and Material Command, Fort Detrick
Mark Chapin, Ph.D., Walter Reed Army Medical Center
10:45 – 12:15
Reaction Panel
J. Camille Hall, Ph.D., C.P.T., M.S., U.S.A.R., University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Laurie Harkness, Ph.D., Director, Errera Community Care
Center, VA Connecticut Health Care System
12:15 - 1:30
Lunch Break
1:30 – 3:00
Workshop - Traumatic Brain Injury: Understanding the Invisible Wound
Louis French, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Workshop - Coming Home: Refuge or a New Combat Zone for Warfighters, their Partners and Families
Kathryn Basham, Ph.D., Smith College School for Social Work
Christopher Storey, M.S.W., Staff Social Worker, VA Puget Sound Health Center
Taylene Watson, M.S.W., Director of Social Work Services, VA Puget Sound Health Center
3:15 - 4:45
Workshop - Traumatic Brain Injury: Understanding the Invisible Wound
Louis French, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Workshop - Coming Home: Refuge or a New Combat Zone for Warfighters, their Partners and Families
Kathryn Basham, Ph.D., Smith College School for Social Work
Christopher Storey, M.S.W., Staff Social Worker, VA Puget Sound Health Center
Taylene Watson, M.S.W., Director of Social Work Services, VA Puget Sound Health Center
Workshop - The Response of Schools of Social Work to the Return of Uniformed Service Members and their Families
Frank R. Baskind, M.S.W., Ph.D., Dean Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work
Carolyn Jacobs, M.S.W., Ph.D., Dean Smith College School for Social Work
Norma G. Jones, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., B.C.D., Commander (USN Retired), Associate Professor, Acting Ph.D. Program Director, The Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work (Norfolk, VA)
Peter B. Vaughan, M.S.W., Ph.D., Dean, Fordham University School of Social Work
5:00 – 5:30
Networking Tables
9:00 – 10:30
The Trials of Homecoming: Odysseus Returns from Iraq/Afghanistan
Jonathan Shay, M.D., Ph.D., Psychiatrist, Department of Veteran Affairs Outpatient Clinic; 2008-2012 MacArthur Fellow
10:45 – 12:15
Reaction Panel
Kathryn Basham, Ph.D., Smith College School for Social Work
Barbara Romberg, Ph.D., Founder of Give an Hour
Stephen Xenakis, Ph.D., Brigadier General (USA retired), Army Medical Corps
12:15 - 1:30
Lunch Break
1:30 – 3:00
Workshop - Challenges of Depression, Substance Abuse and Suicide for Soldiers, Veterans and their Families
Alan Bernhardt, Ph.D., Director of the Substance Abuse Program, Northampton VA Medical Center
Workshop - Beyond Combat: Complexity of Mental Health Responses
Aphrodite Matsakis, Ph.D., Author, Private Practice
Workshop - Reaching Out to Reservists
Jaine Darwin, Ph.D., Co-founder of SOFAR (Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists)
Lisa R. Gorbaty, Doctoral Student
Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology
3:15 - 4:45
Workshop - Challenges of Depression, Substance Abuse and Suicide for Soldiers, Veterans and their Families
Alan Bernhardt, Ph.D., Director of the Substance Abuse Program, Northampton VA Medical Center
Workshop - Beyond Combat: Complexity of Mental Health Responses
Barbara Leiner, L.C.S.W.-C., Clinical Social Worker, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Nancy Meyer, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., Clinical Social Worker, Outpatient Behavioral Health, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
5:00 – 5:30
Networking Tables
9:00 – 10:30
Secondary Trauma and Caregivers
Charles R. Figley, Ph.D., Director, Florida State University Traumatology Institute and Psychosocial Stress Research and Development Program;
Brian E. Bride, Ph.D., University of Georgia School of Social Work
10:45 – 12:15
Reaction Panel
Bonnie Carroll, Director of TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors);
J. Camille Hall, Ph.D., C.P.T., M.S., U.S.A.R., University of Tennessee at Knoxville
12:15 - 1:30
Lunch Break
1:30 – 3:00
Resiliency and Hope
Rev. Dr. Chaplain John P. Oliver, D. Min., B.C.C., Chief, Chaplain Service, Durham VA Medical Center
3:15 – 4:45
Closing Reflections
Dean Carolyn Jacobs, M.S.W., Ph.D., Dean Smith College School for Social Work;
Marianne Mathewson-Chapman, Ph.D., ARNP, Major General (USA retired), Veterans Health Administration Outreach Liaison to Guard/Reserve and Families
Barbara Romberg, Ph.D., Founder of Give an Hour
5:00 – 5:30
Networking Tables
Who Should Attend?
- Mental health professionals, especially clinical social workers, both inside and outside of the military and VA systems, and social work faculty
- Allied professionals: pastoral counselors, clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, sociologists and anthropologists
- Allied health professionals: physical therapists; occupational therapists; rehabilitation and disability specialists; neurologists; psychiatrists; nurses; other medical practitioners, etc.
- Policy makers and managers
- Social work faculty and faculty of allied professions
- General population affected by the war and deployed/returning soldiers (children, families, employers, schools, communities)
Planning Committee Members:
Carolyn Jacobs, Ph.D., Dean and Committee Chair; Kathryn Basham, Ph.D.; Charles Figley, Ph.D., Irene Rodriguez Martin, A.B.D.; Major General Marianne Mathewson-Chapman, Ph.D., ARNP (Ret.); Barbara Romberg, Ph.D.; Jonathan Shay, Ph.D.;
Please contact Irene Rodriguez Martin at
(413) 585-7970 or sswced@email.smith.edu.
Click here to register.
If you have difficulties using the online registration form, please contact us for an alternative at sswced@email.smith.edu.
(There is no charge for those who have served or are currently serving in the United States military. All participants must still register for the conference.)
The Clarion Hotel has a limited number of rooms available at special rates for conference participants.
To receive this rate, rooms must be booked by May 26.
Nonsmoking room rates (one King or 2 Queen Beds): $79.00 Wednesday and Thursday, $104.00 Friday and Saturday
To take advantage of these rates, please call the Reservations Department at
(800) 582-2929 by May 26, 2008 and mention that you are attending the Combat Stress Conference.
Click here for further information on area housing.
Click here for information on getting to Smith College.
Updated 5/07/08 |
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Summer Lecture
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Combat Stress: Understanding the Challenges, Preparing for the Return
June 26-28, 2008
Combat Stress Registration
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