Mental Health Matters

Leadership in the Wake of Trauma

Saturday, May 31, 2014 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

This conference will review some of the psychological literature regarding early intervention with victims of trauma.  It will also bring several leaders to present their thoughts on the best practice in trauma response.

The Program

  8:30 –   8:45           Welcome

            Dr. Nicholas Covino, President , MSPP

  8:45 – 10:15           How Science Can Help Us Improve Treatment of Trauma Survivors

Dr. Richard McNally, Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Doctoral Clinical Psychology Program, Harvard University

10:15 - 10:30             Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00            Innovations in Treatment/Intervention with Traumatized Children & Youth

                                  Dr. Robert Macy, Executive Director, Boston Children’s Foundation

                                  Dr. Jessica Griffin, UMass Memorial Child and Family Forensic Center

                                  Dr. Gemima St. Louis, Director of PATHWAYS at WREC, MSPP

12:00 –  1:00             Lunch (on your own)

  1:00 –  2:15             Unconventional Responses to Unique Catastrophes: Tailoring the Law to Meet the Challenges

            Attorney Kenneth Feinberg

   2:15 – 2:30            Break

   2:30 – 4:00            Human Trafficking: Psychological Consequences, Intervention and Prevention

                                  Dr. Jill Betz Bloom, Clinical PsyD & Global Mental Health Faculty, MSPP

   4:00 -  4:30            Closing Remarks

                                  Dr. Kathryn Stanley, Faculty Director Masters of Organizational  Psychology and Professor of Organizational and Leadership Studies