27th Annual Convening of Crisis Intervention Personnel

April 11, 12, 13, 2003

Chicago, Illinois

Summary of Selected Presentations



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Love is Not Abuse:Teens in Violent Relationships - Jennifer Gabrenya and Sandra Alcalá

Treating the Domestic Violence Victim: Crisis Intervention and Beyond - Jennifer Duque, LCPC

New Threats & New Challenges: Implementing a Crisis Intervention Plan in the Workplace -

Carla T. Barnes, Kelley P. Barnett & Amber W. Richardson

Triage Assessment: the Triage Assessment System - Janice Pazar, RN, MS, NCC

Considerations for Crisis Intervention with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Individuals - Chad M. Mosher, Audrey Ervin, Nicole Noffsinger-Frazier, Shana Hamilton,

Sharon Horne, Carrie Houts, Eric Manley, Brandy Smith, and Wendy Wonch

Why Do We Still Whisper the Word Suicide? - Stephanie Weber, M.S., LCPC

The Loss Experience - Barry Greenwald, Ph.D. and Fernando Planas

Maintaining Enthusiasm - Preventing Burnout - Mark F. Lepore, Jennifer Walsh and Grafton Eliason

Dynamics and Interventions Regarding Runaway Youth- Amber M. Racki

Recruitment, Training and Retention of Volunteers - Connie Hammond

Addictions, Stalking, and Some Violent Behaviors Conceptualized as Disordered Mourning Variants: An Etiological framework for Clinicians - Diane Powers, Psy.D., CADC

Drawing Out the Trauma - Dick James

SPIRITUALITY: Our Last, Best Hope for Dealing with Crisis - Olive B. Poliks, M.S., N.C.C., L.P.C., C.D.A.P.

Crisis Intervention with Emergency Response Personnel - David L. Meyers

Practical Approaches to Working with the Elderly - Connie Moody

Alternatives for Children in Crisis - Tom Wedekind and Robin Baskin

The Systematic Application of Crisis Intervention Techniques with Crisis Clients - Catherine Addy, Dick James and Rick Myer

The Voices of Grief: Discovering the Needs of Bereaved Children and Adolescents - Ann E. Taylor, Ed. S

Application of Stress Control at the WTC Disaster - Phillip Gruzalski, Cathy Feltz and John Geier

All About Violence - Lynne Bibeau

Supervision of Trauma Workers - Helen Sugar and Leigh Ann Charlot

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing in the Workplace - Marie Malek-Robinson, CEAP,SAP,CTAC-ACP

Am I Safe? Assessing Violence - Yvonne Rath

Survival Strategies for Crisis Intervention Personnel - Dotty Mayer, LCSW

Consultation for Crisis Management and Intervention - © Rick A. Myer, Ph.D.

Trauma and Power Therapies - Brett Seabury

An Introduction to Disaster Mental Health - Eric Klingensmith