ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
DISASTER MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE
February 11-14, 1999
Laramie, WY
TOWARDS THE NEXT MILLENNIUM: DISASTER MENTAL HEALTH -
LEARNING FROM THE PAST AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE
1. PTSD, CISD and Debriefing
Major Lecture:
"Acute Psychological Intervention Following Traumatic Stressors:
Empirical Findings"
Presenter: Julian Ford, Ph.D.
Deputy Executive Director of the Department Of Veterans Affairs
National Center for PTSD, White River Junction, VT
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School
Symposium Presentation:
"The Poetry of Recovery"
Presenter: Renee Garfinkel, Ph.D.
President, Adoption Studies Institute, Washington, DC
Editor, "Adoption Quarterly"
Served as Director of Women's Program Office
of the American Psychological Association
Private Clinical Practice in Washington, DC
"Psychological Debriefing and Evidence-based Practice"
Presenter: Suzanna Rose
Research Counsellor at the Cognition, Emotion and Trauma Group
Department of Psychology
Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psychological Trauma
Posttraumatic Stress Clinic,
West Middlesex University Hospital, West London
Member ESTSS Research Group
Major Paper:
"Surviving Disaster: What We Can Learn From Elderly Civilians'
Surprisingly Successful Coping With Missile Attack"
Presenter: Renee Garfinkel, Ph.D.
Major Paper:
"PTSD and Chronic Suicidal Ideation"
Presenter: Joseph Sivak, M.D.
Director, Psychiatric Services, Twin Ports VA Outpatient Clinic
Superior, WI
Clinical Director, Head of the Lakes CISM Program
Duluth, MN
American Red Cross Instructor, DHS-I
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota-Duluth
School of Medicine
Founding Member of Michael's House (a center for grieving children)
Member of Mental Health Resources for the Northwest Airlines
Flight Attendants Union
Collaborates with Airport Counseling Service at
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
Paper Presentations:
"Towards The Classification Of Disasters and Victims"
Presenter: Tony Taylor, Ph.D. THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN CANCELED
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Previous Paper will be available
Chair in Clinical Psychology at the Conference
Victoria University, New Zealand
Honorary Consultant, Department of Psychiatry &
Psychological Medicine, Wellington Hospital &
Wellington Clinical School
Stress/Trauma Consultant with Ministries of Civil Defence, Defence,
External Affairs & Trade, Police, Occupational Safety & Health
Honorary Life Member of the Australasian
Critical Incident Stress Association
"Mower's Two Factor Model: Applications to Disaster Mental Health Services"
Presenters: Patrick O. Smith, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
Jackson, MS
Kim T. Suda, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
Jackson, MS
2. Children's Reactions To Disasters
Major Lecture: Annette M. LaGreca, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology & Pediatrics
University of Miami, FL
Editor, Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Chair, American Psychological Association Committee on Children,
Youth, and Families, APA Public Interest Directorate
Active in promoting APA's support of children and families
following disasters
Symposium Presentation:
"NIMH Residential Fire Study: Case Study Examinations of the Psychological
Effects of Fire on Children/Adolescents and Their Parents
Presenter: Russell T. Jones, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology with specialty in Clinical Child Psychology
and Community Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University
Research concerns: Childhood stress and coping
Member of editorial boards including: Behavior Modification,
Journal of Behavioral Assessment, Journal of Applied Behavior
Analysis, Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, Applied
Research in Mental Retardation, Journal of Clinical Child
Psychology, Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Fellow of American Psychological Association (Divisions 12 & 45)
Served as Member of Board of Directors for Division 12
Served as member of Board for Advancement of Psychology in the
Public Interest and as Liaison to the Child, Youth and Family
Committee - APA
Currently PI of major NIMH Grant designed to assess the impact
of residential fires on children, adolescents and their parents
Reviewer for National Institute of Mental Health and the
Department of Health and Human Services (SAMHSA)
PTSD In Head Start Children After Exposure To Hurricane Andrew
Presenter: Alan M. Delamater, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology
Director of Clinical Psychology
Mailman Center for Child Development
Department of Pediatrics
University of Miami School of Medicine
Major Paper:
"School Based Disaster Mental Health Services in the Laguna Beach Firestorm"
Presenter: Merritt D. Schreiber, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist II with County of Orange/Health Care Agency/
Behavioral Health Care/Children and Youth Services
National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
Chair, Family Services Advisory Board, Irvine, CA
Oral Examiner, State of California, Medical Board of
California/Board of Psychology
American Red Cross - DSHR Member and DMHS-I Instructor
Paper Presentations:
Children and Trauma: Oklahoma City
Presenter: Robin Gurwitch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK
Director of Early Childhood Intervention Services, Child Study Center
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