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Digital Seminar

Trauma, PTSD & Traumatic Grief


Speaker:
Duane Bowers, LPC
Duration:
5 Hours 44 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Sep 19, 2012
Product Code:
POS050450
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

  • Dozens of Practical Assessment, Diagnosis and Intervention Strategies
  • Latest Neuroscience Applications for Trauma Treatment
  • Evidence-Based Therapeutic Techniques
  • Experiences from Haiti, 9/11, Kosovo, Amber Alerts
  • Bonus— Trauma Interventions for Children

Bring Your Practice To The Next Level . . .

Learn Effective, Evidence-Based Therapeutic Techniques From International Trauma & Grief Expert, Educator and Author, Duane Bowers

AMBER Alerts and a missing child . . . a school crisis with violence and death . . . Kosovo and war refugees . . . the 9/11 terrorist attack . . . Haiti Earthquake relief efforts . . . trauma expert Duane Bowers was there, helping with his internationally known abilities to counsel, guide and heal even the most horrific of losses.

Duane is one of the key “go-to” people for The National Organization of Victim Assistance; National Center for Victims of Crime; National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Office of Victims of Crime, the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing, DC Regional Transplant Consortium and Military Onesource.

By spending the day with Duane, you will take home proven, effective assessments and interventions for trauma, PTSD and traumatic grief. Through a storied career spanning 30 years, Duane will be drawing on a wide variety of experiences, tools and techniques, case studies and unique insight that you can apply immediately to your professional setting—even with your most challenging clients.

OUTLINE

TRAUMA

  • High-risk characteristics
  • Pre-natal, early life trauma
  • Single event, multiple exposure, environmental trauma
  • Acute Stress Disorder – DSM IV-TR™
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – DSM IV-TR™
  • ASD – proposed DSM-5™ criteria
  • PTSD – proposed DSM-5™ criteria

TRAUMA AND THE BRAIN, BODY, MIND: IMMEDIATE ASSESSMENT & INTERVENTION

  • Hormonal response (HPA axis)
  • Neuro-structure, neuro-chemistry, neuro-science
  • Cellular structure
  • Trauma’s effect on brain function
  • Integrating the traumatic event into mind

LOSS AND TRAUMATIC GRIEF:IMMEDIATE ASSESSMENT & INTERVENTION

  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Tasks of Mourning
  • Re-grief/Re-traumatization
  • Multiple Loss/Multiple Trauma
  • Guilt
  • Forgiveness

TRAUMATIC LOSS & GRIEF: IMMEDIATE ASSESSMENT & INTERVENTION

  • Prolonged Grief Disorder, proposed DSM-5™
  • Traumatic loss
  • Homicide
  • Suicide
  • Accident
  • Sudden Loss

OVERLOOKED TRAUMA ASSESSMENTS

  • Coping styles, skills inventory
  • Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs goes beyond graduate school

CHILDREN AND TRAUMA, GRIEF: IMMEDIATE ASSESSMENT & INTERVENTION

  • Trauma integration, treatment steps
  • Guiding grief by life experiences

IMMEDIATE INTERVENTIONS

  • Clinical
  • Complicated Grief Therapy
  • Debriefing as Treatment Planning
  • Gradual Exposure Therapy
  • Bi-lateral Interventions
  • Physical (Includes)
  • Neuro-vascular Stimulation
  • Stress Inoculation Therapies
  • Hormonal Response Techniques
  • Energy Approaches
  • Spiritual
  • Core Beliefs
  • Expectation of God
  • Client assignment of value
  • Mystical Experiences

OBJECTIVES

  • Describe the etiology and impact of traumatic stress on the client utilizing evaluation tools.
  • Assess a client’s reaction to a traumatic event, Acute Stress Disorder and PTSD.
  • Explain the proposed DSM-5™ criteria for prolonged grief disorder to assess a client’s reaction to a loss through death.
  • Implement interventions to assist a client in dealing with the physical manifestations of trauma/PTSD/traumatic grief.
  • Utilize appropriate evidence-based interventions to assist a client in dealing with the psycho/socio/emotional manifestations of trauma/PTSD/traumatic grief.
  • Explain the effect of trauma on the structure and function of the brain.

 


To order the book, Guiding Your Family Through Loss and Grief, please visit our product store.

To order the book, EMDR Made Simple: 4 Approaches to Using EMDR with Every Client, please visit our product store.


 

ADA Needs
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at 1-800-844-8260.

 

Satisfaction Guarantee
Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to: PO Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call 1-800-844-8260.

Credit


* Credit Note - **

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after completing the on-line post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). 

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.  

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Counselors - Counselors

This intermediate self-study activity consists of 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


Social Workers - Social Workers

PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2017 - January 27, 2020. Social Workers completing this course receive 6.25 (Clinical) continuing education credits for completing this intermediate level course. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to social workers who complete the program evaluation. Full attendance is required. No partial credit will be offered for partial attendance. 


Social Workers - Canadian Social Workers

PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2017 - January 27, 2020. Social Workers completing this course receive 6.25 (Clinical) continuing education credits for completing this intermediate level self-study course. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to social workers who complete the program evaluation. Full attendance is required. No partial credit will be offered for partial attendance. Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.


Social Workers - Florida Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Mental Health Counselors

CE Broker

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number #50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 6.25 continuing education credits.


Social Workers - Illinois Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. Successful completion of this self-study activity qualifies for 6.0 contact hours.


Social Workers - Minnesota Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study package has been approved for 6.0 continuing education hours. This certificate has been issued upon successful completion of a post-test.


Social Workers - Ohio Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #: RCST071001. Successful completion of this self-study course meets the qualifications for 6.25 clock hours of continuing education credit.


Psychologists - Canadian Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 6.0 self-study continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: www.pesi.com/cpa-statement


Psychologists - Florida Psychologists

PESI, Inc., is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Psychology.Provider Number #50-399.This product qualifies for 6.3 self-study continuing education credits.


Psychologists - Psychologists

This self-study activity consists of 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


Marriage & Family Therapists - Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study activity consists of 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. 


Marriage & Family Therapists - Texas Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a continuing education sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists. Provider # 503. This self-study package qualifies for 6.0 continuing education credits.


Marriage & Family Therapists - Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. Provider #:168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for 6.0 credits.


Addiction Counselors - NAADAC

NAADAC

This self-study course has been approved by PESI, Inc., as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 6.0 CE in the Counseling Services skill group. NAADAC Provider #77553. PESI, Inc. is responsible for all aspects of their programming. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance.


California Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors (CCAPP-EI)

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the CCAPP-EI, Provider #: OS-03-036-1025. This activity meets the qualifications for 6.0 CEH's (continuing education hours).


Connecticut Addiction Counselors

Provider #120924. This course has been approved as a CCB approved training and has been awarded 6.25 hours by the Connecticut Certification Board.


Chaplains/Clergy

This self-study program is designed to qualify for 6.25 continuing education hours.


Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists

This intermediate activity is approved for 6.25 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.


California Nurses

PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of  Registered Nursing, Provider #: 17118 for 6.0 self-study contact hours. 

** You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Florida Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of  Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

CE Broker


Iowa Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 7.6 self-study contact hours. Please email cepesi@pesi.com with your license number, include the title, speaker name and date. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Pennsylvania Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists

This intermediate activity is approved for 6.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.


California Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Licensed Educational Psychologists

The State of California, Board of Behavioral Sciences will recognize and accept continuing education programs that are sponsored by providers approved by the APA and the ASWB. Full participation in this self-study course will qualify for 6.0 hours of continuing education credit.


Certification in Thanatology

This self-study educational offering is recognized by the Association for Death Education and Counseling to meet the thanatology-related educational contact hour requirements to be Certified in Thanatology: Death, Dying and Bereavement. This course will award 6.25 contact hours to participants.


Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.



Handouts/Brochure

Speaker

Duane Bowers, LPC Related seminars and products


Through a storied 30 year career, Duane T. Bowers, LPC, has become a trauma, dying, death and grief expert; respected and sought after international educator; and noted author.

As a therapist in private practice, Duane's specialty is working with survivors of traumatic death and suicide, which includes assisting families who must identify loved ones at the DC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, through the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing. He also provides support to families of abducted, missing, exploited, and murdered children through the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). In addition, Duane serves as a training consultant to NCMEC, and is deployed by them to provide crisis intervention at Amber Alert sites with Team Adam. He also serves as a consultant and trainer for Team HOPE, a telephone support line for parents of missing children, and has provided services to AMECO (Association of Missing and Exploited Children Organizations). Duane also works as a therapist with members of the military and their families through Military Onesource.

As an educator, Duane has touched thousands via seminars nationally, internationally, and regionally, presenting on dying, death and grief, as well as trauma, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and traumatic loss. He has served as an adjunct professor of counseling at Trinity College in Washington, DC, and has been an invited guest lecturer for national conferences, as well as for graduate and undergraduate classes of various colleges and universities. Duane has written two books, Guiding Your Family Through Loss and Grief, and A Child is Missing: Providing Support for Families of Missing Children.

Duane is responsible for the clinical supervision and training of staff and volunteers for a variety of organizations that deal with trauma and loss. He served as the Director of Training and Education at the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing in Washington, DC, and was the Senior Director of Emergency and International Services for the National Capital Chapter of the American Red Cross. Duane spent three months during the summer of 1999 in Macedonia/Kosovo/Albania supervising a family reunification program in camps with war refugees. In September 2001 Duane responded to the Pentagon immediately following the terrorist attack on September 11th, providing support to rescue and recovery works. In April 2010 he served as the mental health team leader at the University of Miami field hospital following the earthquake in Port au Prince, Haiti.


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


Target Audience

Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Case Managers, Therapists, Chaplains, Marriage & Family Therapists, Addiction Counselors, Mental Health Professionals, Crisis Intervention Specialists, Nurses

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Miracle G

"I really enjoyed the course. His expertise and relevance to the trauma and grief of the current generation was very educational and relational. I would love to hear more from him in the future."

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