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"Demystifying Trauma-Informed-Care within the Dissociative Spectrum"

This year's theme reflects the need for an awareness of trauma and how it effects people differently. Relating to traumatized individuals knowledgeably, compassionately and respectfully, within daily or professional environments, is vital to the well-being and stability of clients, friends, and peers who have experienced trauma in their lives.

'Trauma-Informed Care' is an organizational structure and treatment framework that involves understanding impact of trauma on human development, recognizing trauma related symptoms, and responding effectively and appropriately. Practicing trauma-informed care requires awareness and knowledge of current research, education of trauma related symptoms/behaviors, and effective therapeutic interventions based on where each falls within the 'dissociative spectrum'.

Dissociative disorders, a common effect of trauma, range on a spectrum of severity correlating how extreme and chronic the trauma - the least extreme on this spectrum is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the most extreme is dissociative identity disorder (DID). "Other disorders at points on this spectrum in between these two diagnoses include dissociative amnesia (with or without dissociative fugue), depersonalisation/derealisation disorder, other specified dissociative disorder (OSDD) and unspecified dissociative disorder (UDD). OSDD and UDD are what was previously known as dissociative disorder not otherwise specified (DDNOS) which is a diagnosis given when the full diagnostic criteria for other dissociative disorders including dissociative identity disorder are not met" (source: https://www.pods-online.org.uk/).

Objectives and goals:

Attendees will be able to:

1) explain and define the relationship between childhood trauma and how it effects people within the dissociative spectrum including: different types of trauma (sexual abuse, physical/emotional abuse, human trafficking, ritual abuse) and effects of trauma (dissociative disorders, developmental delays, neurological effects, addiction, eating disorders, self-harm, suicide ideation, depression, and anxiety).

2) explain and describe current designs of psychotherapy treatment studies and outcomes through literature, strategies, techniques, neurology and clinical implications of treatments in the area of trauma and dissociation.

3) explain, describe, and define how practicing trauma-informed care can resolve issues within therapeutic relationships including: ethical, boundaries, safety, shame, trust, confidentiality, attachment to perpetrator, cultural differences, core beliefs, expectations, and misunderstandings.

4) demonstrate practical knowledge of trauma-informed care within the dissociative spectrum through open discussion, brief case consultations, question and answer sessions, workshops, and discussion panels presented by renowned experts in the field of trauma and dissociation.

5) demonstrate the skills, education, and knowledge gathered during this conference that can be practiced in daily life or within the clinical setting - whether professionals, survivors of trauma, or those who support trauma survivors.

2017 Trauma and Dissociation Conference – Hosted by Ivory Garden

2017 Trauma and Dissociation Conference

October 19 through October 22, 2017

Seattle, WA

Radisson Hotel, Seatac Airport

2017 Trauma and Dissociation Conference Sliding-scale Registration Option

Clarification 2017 Seattle Trauma-Informed Care Conference

Ivory Garden, September, 2017 Newsletter

Welcome back STACI SPROUT, LICSW, CSAT 2017 Trauma and Dissociation Conference

DAVID L. CALOF, DAPA Speaker 2017 Trauma and Dissociation Conference

Welcome Back Kate White speaker 2017 Trauma and Dissociation Conference

Welcome JEROME ELAM, President and CEO: Trafficking in America Task Force Speaker 2017 Trauma and Dissociation Conference

Presenting LAURA S. BROWN, PH.D. 2017 Trauma and Dissociation Conference