November Meeting Agenda

Place:   Alpert Jewish Community Center, Senior Room

              3801 E. Willow St
              Long Beach, CA  90815
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Program: Innovative Approaches to the Treatment of Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents

Speaker: John Briere, Ph.D., & Cheryl Lanktree, Ph.D.

Miller Children’s Abuse and Violence Intervention Center (MCAVIC), Miller Children’s Hospital, Long Beach and the Psychological Trauma Program of the University of Southern California have collaborated to form the MCAVIC-USC Child and Adolescent Trauma Program.  This project is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) as a Category II, Treatment and Service Adaptation Center of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. In this presentation, Dr. Lanktree will provide an overview of the services provided by MCAVIC-USC for children, adolescents, and families traumatized by child abuse, domestic violence, community violence, medical trauma, and traumatic loss. MCAVIC has developed an innovative, evidence-based treatment model, Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma (ITCT).  Traumatized clients receive services at MCAVIC’s multi-disciplinary clinic, schools of the Long Beach Unified School, and at Miller Children’s Hospital. Dr. Briere will be presenting on the treatment of complex trauma in adolescents, based on adaptations of the Self Trauma model presented in his latest book, Principles of Trauma Therapy (2006).

John Briere, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California; Director of the Psychological Trauma Program at LAC-USC Medical Center; and Co-Director of the MCAVIC-USC Child and Adolescent Trauma Program, National Child Traumatic Stress Network, SAMHSA. Dr. Briere is also a past President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and author of a number of books, articles, chapters, and psychological tests in the areas of psychological trauma and interpersonal violence.

Click here for John Briere's book list.

Cheryl Lanktree, Ph.D. is Executive Director of the Miller Children’s Hospital Abuse and Violence Intervention Center (MCAVIC), a multidisciplinary outpatient center of Miller Children’s Hospital, Long Beach, California providing evaluation and treatment services for children, adolescents, and their families traumatized by child abuse and neglect, family and community violence, severe medical illness, and family loss.  She is also Project Director of the SAMHSA-funded MCAVIC-USC Child and Adolescent Trauma Program, a Treatment and Service Adaptation Center of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern California.

Opinions expressed are those of the speaker and not necessarily those of the Council and its membership.
For more information, please log onto www.EndAbuseLB.org or contact Program Chair:
Maren Founds at (949) 433-3849 or email MarenFounds@yahoo.com