CRISES IN RURAL AMERICA

Crisis Interventions And Critical Incident Stress Management:
Current Status and Future Directions

WEDNESDAY - April 21

7:30 - Sign-In and Registration; Welcome Continental Breakfast

9:00 - Welcome - Dr. LeRoy Strausner, President of Casper College

9:15 - Lynn Cohee, Emergency Management Office

10:15 - Critical Elements of Trauma Intervention - John Jones

11:45 - Lunch

12:45 - Psychological Trauma and Psychological Debriefing: A Historical Perspective - Suzanna Rose

1:30 - Preparing Nonscheduled Air Tour Operators and the Rural Communities in Which They Fly to Deal With Fatal Aviation Incidents - Thom Curtis (Due to recent surgery, Dr. Curtis will be unable to travel to the conference. However, he has graciously recorded his presentation which will be presented in this time frame.)

2:45 - Afternoon Refreshment Break

3:00 - Overview of Wyoming Homeland Security - Joe Moore

4:00 - 5:30 - Symposium Panel - Suzanna Rose, John Jones, Thom Curtis, Joe Moore - Facilitator:

THURSDAY April 22

8:00 - Sign-In and Registration; Coffee, Tea, Juice

8:30 - Ranching In The West: Is It Hazardous To Your Health? - Randy Weigel

9:30 - Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) In Rural Communities - D'Andrea, Abney, Swinney and Ganyon

11:00 - Exploring Solutions For Domestic Violence And Poverty In Wyoming - Rosemary Bratton

12:00 - Lunch

1:30 - Using Crises For Growth - Sharon Weber and Christie Lamb

3:00 - Afternoon Refreshment Break

3:15 - The Gatekeeper Program: Saving One Life - David Smith

4:30 - 5:30 - Symposium Panel - Randy Weigel, Livia D'Andrea, Paul Abney, Richard Swinney, James R. Ganyon, Rosemary Bratton, Sharon Weber, Christie Lamb, David Smith - Facilitator: Gary Hulit

6:00 - Holiday Inn - Reception for all Attendees and Presenters.

FRIDAY April 23

8:00 - Sign-In and Registration; Coffee, Tea, Juice

8:30 - Evidence Based Practice and Psychological Debriefing - Suzanna Rose

10:00 - Child Trauma Responses and Interventions: An Overview - Sam Bernard

11:30 - Lunch

1:00 - Camp Noah: A Therapeutic Day-Camp - Sam Bernard

2:30 - Afternoon Refreshment Break

3:00 - "But It Was Real!" - Grief Work With Children of 9/11 Victims: Personal Trauma, Media Trauma, Vicarious Trauma of the Imagined, Continuing Trauma - Laura Loumeau-May

4:15 - 5:30 - Symposium Panel - Suzanna Rose, Sam Bernard, Laura Loumeau-May - Facilitator: David Smith

SATURDAY April 24

8:00 - Sign-In and Registration; Coffee, Tea, Juice

8:15 - Critical Stress of Responders and Families: A View From Both Sides. - Stewart Anderson, Emergency Management

9:30 - Transforming The Hurt Of Helping: Managing The Compassion Stress Of Disaster Workers - Part I -
Kathy Regan-Figley

11:15 - Responding To Loss In A Frontier State - Anne Bunn and Frances Price

12:15 - Lunch

1:30 - Transforming The Hurt Of Helping: Managing The Compassion Stress Of Disaster Workers - Part II
Kathy Regan-Figley

3:00 - Afternoon Refreshment Break

3:15 - The Gatekeeper Program: Saving One Life - David Smith

4:30 - 5:30 - Symposium Panel - Kathy Regan-Figley, Anne Bunn, Frances Price, David Smith - Facilitator: Holly Dorst

Each Day will conclude with a Symposium Panel lasting up to 1.5 hours each. The panels will consist of presenters and will address certain questions as well as audience questions. They will pull together the material, make suggestions, recommendations and develop goals for future actions in the subject areas.

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