Registration Fee
General: $69.00
JFK University Alumni/Students/Staff and Military/Veterans: $62.00
MCLE credit is available for the Keynote Presentation.
CE credit is available for workshops Psychologists, MFTs, LCSWs, and RNs. See workshop listings for details.
NOTE: On-line registration is closed. Please call (925) 969-3520 for space availability.
This one-day conference will bring together leading experts to present the latest research and best practices for understanding and treating the complex challenges facing returning soldiers and families dealing with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI).
This program is intended for primary care and community health providers, mental health professionals, substance abuse treatment providers, veterans and their families, advocacy groups, educators, clergy, law enforcement personnel, federal, state and local agencies, veterans service organizations, and others interested in the issues facing returning military and their families.
9:15 - 10:45 a.m. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION (1.5 MCLE credit hours)
Veterans Treatment Courts: Improving Outcomes for Our Military Service Personnel
Honorable Stephen V. Manley, Superior Court Judge, Veterans Treatment Court, Santa Clara County
Judge Stephen V. Manley founded California’s first “Veteran’s Treatment Court," where case workers, probation officers, therapists, attorneys, County treatment and the Veterans Administration collaborate to provide immediate, on-site integrated mental-health services, drug rehabilitation treatment, housing, employment and life-skills training to defendants struggling with PTSD, TBI, substance abuse and mental illness. This collaborative team helps veterans maintain sobriety and re-integrate into the workforce and improve their quality of life in Santa Clara County, and is successfully reducing the number of veterans being sentenced to time in jail and prison.
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. MORNING SESSION WORKSHOPS
iRest Meditation - An Integrative Medicine Modality for Healing PTSD and TBI: Overview, Research and Application (1.5 CE credit hours)
Richard C. Miller, Ph.D.
Founding President & CEO, Integrative Restoration (iRest) Institute; Lead Consultant, Ongoing U.S. Military Research on iRest and PTSD; Author, Yoga Nidra: The Meditative Heart of Yoga
Burden of Care: The Neuropsychological and Sociological Impact of Brain Injury on Military Family/Caregiver Systems (1.5 CE credit hours)
Mark McDonough, Ph.D.
Pediatric and Adult Forensic Neuropsychologist, Scripps Hospital, Encinitas; Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego
Targeted Applications of Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapies with Combat-Related PTSD (1.5 CE credit hours)
Tanya Aaen, Ph.D.
Program Director, PTSD Program, VA Northern California Healthcare System
Pamela Planthara, Psy.D.
Team Lead, Oakland PTSD Team, VA Northern California Healthcare System
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. PANEL PRESENTATION (No CE Credit for this session)
3:15 - 4:45 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION WORKSHOPS
Dancing with Demons: a Multidimensional and Transcendent Approach to Conceptualizing and Treating Complex PTSD with Co-Occurring Addictive Disorders (NOTE: No CE Credit for this session)
Jerry Boriskin, Ph.D.
Senior PTSD/Substance Abuse Psychologist, VA Northern California Health Care System, Mare Island
Treating Brain Injury: Translating Cognitive Neuroscience into Rehabilitation Interventions (1.5 CE credit hours)
Anthony Chen, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Director, Program in Rehabilitation Neuroscience, UCSF; Co-Director, Center for Integrated Brain Health and Wellness, VANCHCS, Martinez
Tatjana Novakovic-Agopian, Ph.D.
Rehabilitation Neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor of Neurology, UCSF
Co-Director Program in Rehabilitation Neuroscience at UCSF, San Francisco and Martinez VAs
Vicarious Traumatization: Understanding and Managing Compassion Fatigue in Working with Veterans (1.5 CE credit hours)
David M. Joseph, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist, Oakland Vet Center
Sponsored by the ACT Raising Safe Kids Program in the College of Graduate and Professional Studies at JFK University, and supported by grants from The Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation and the American Psychological Association.
JFK University - Continuing Education (JFKU-CE) is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists, by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to provide continuing education for MFTs, LCSWs & LPCCs, by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) to provide continuing education for RNs and by the State Bar of California to provide minimum continuing legal education (MCLE) for attorneys. JFKU-CE maintains responsibility for this program and its content.