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H<strong>and</strong>out for <strong>Trauma</strong>, The <strong>Developing</strong> <strong>Brain</strong>, Healing <strong>and</strong> Emotional Regulation Seminars<br />
Karina A. Forrest-‐Perkins MHR LADC, 2011<br />
learn, underst<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> relate to o<strong>the</strong>rs, become confident <strong>and</strong> succeed. By underst<strong>and</strong>ing how<br />
<strong>the</strong> brain works, we can enrich <strong>the</strong> lives children in so many ways.<br />
Dr. Robin Fancourt is a pediatrician with a special interest in young children, <strong>and</strong> those abused,<br />
neglected <strong>and</strong> disadvantaged. She has held several important positions, from President <strong>of</strong> DSAC<br />
(Doctors for Sexual Abuse Care) to founding <strong>and</strong> being <strong>the</strong> inaugural chairperson <strong>of</strong> Children's<br />
Agenda, a national organization providing advocacy for children. She is also an executive member<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> council for ISPCAN (International Society for <strong>the</strong> Prevention <strong>of</strong> Child Abuse <strong>and</strong> Neglect).<br />
Dr. Fancourt has also been central in <strong>the</strong> setting up <strong>of</strong> <strong>Brain</strong>Wave, a national trust to disseminate<br />
information <strong>and</strong> lobby parliament for resources for early childhood.<br />
Available online through Penguin Books Australia<br />
http://www.penguin.com.au/<br />
ISBN: 0140296921<br />
The <strong>Trauma</strong>tic Stress Institute/ Center for Adult <strong>and</strong> Adolescent Psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy is located<br />
in South Windsor, Connecticut <strong>and</strong> has a dual mission: (1) to promote underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong><br />
improve treatment <strong>of</strong> traumatic stress <strong>and</strong> (2) to promote psychology as a discipline <strong>and</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>ession.<br />
This Institute has developed some very useful resources for pr<strong>of</strong>essionals struggling with<br />
secondary traumatic stress.<br />
The <strong>Trauma</strong>tic Stress Institute/<br />
Center for Adult <strong>and</strong> Adolescent Psycho<strong>the</strong>rapy<br />
22 Morgans Farms Road<br />
South Windsor, Connecticut 06074<br />
(860) 644-‐2541<br />
http://www.tsicaap.com<br />
The <strong>Trauma</strong>tology Institute is <strong>the</strong> home <strong>of</strong> psychologist, Dr. Charles Figley, a pioneer in <strong>the</strong><br />
field <strong>of</strong> compassion fatigue or secondary trauma. Dr. Figley is <strong>the</strong> founding Editor <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Journal<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Trauma</strong>tic Stress <strong>and</strong> has written many articles <strong>and</strong> books on compassion fatigue or secondary<br />
traumatic stress.<br />
The <strong>Trauma</strong>tology Institute<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Social Work<br />
Florida State University<br />
C2500 University Center<br />
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-‐2570<br />
(850) 644-‐4751<br />
http://learningforlife.fsu.edu/traumatology<br />
International Society for <strong>Trauma</strong>tic Stress Studies (ISTSS), founded in 1985, provides a forum<br />
for <strong>the</strong> sharing <strong>of</strong> research, clinical strategies, public policy concerns <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>oretical formulations<br />
on trauma in <strong>the</strong> United States <strong>and</strong> around <strong>the</strong> world. ISTSS is dedicated to <strong>the</strong> discovery <strong>and</strong><br />
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