From Battlefield to Street: One Uniform to Another
10/20/12 - 10/21/12
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| Sponsoring Organization(s): |
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (More Detail)
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| City: |
Chicago |
| State/Territory: |
Illinois |
| Country: |
USA |
| Event Site: |
Chicago Marriott Oakbrook |
| Topic: |
Victims
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Audience/
Additional
Information: |
The information shared and skills taught in this course have also been reported to be helpful for those who work with active duty military personnel.
Course highlights will include:
-Types of symptoms present in the returning military veteran
-Principles of combat stress interventions
-Challenges being faced not common to previous
-"Lessons learned" about combat stress/psychological injuries
-"Deadly Combat Sins"
-"Battlemind" skills that must be transitioned upon retuning home
-"Triggers" that can remind the military veteran of combat experience
-Steps of the RESTORE protocol and where it may be used
-Signs and/or symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury |
| Fees Apply: |
Yes |
| View Fees: |
http://www.icisf.org
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Event
Contact: |
Name: |
Michelle Warshauer |
| Phone: |
410-750-9600 |
| Email: |
michellew@icisf.org |