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Experts in the field will share critical emerging trends
in aging and trauma, the future for trauma-informed care for older
adults, and how to best serve and support older adults with a history
of trauma and their family caregivers.
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Describe emerging issues affecting the health,
well-being, and care of older adults with a history of trauma
- Identify new strategies for becoming
person-centered and trauma-informed based on emerging trends
- Plan steps they can take to advance the
implementation of PCTI care in their own agencies
Meet the Presenters:
Dr. Joan Cook is
an Associate Professor in the Yale School of Medicine, Department of
Psychiatry. She has over 100 publications in the areas of traumatic
stress, geriatric mental health and implementation science fields. Dr.
Cook has worked clinically with a range of trauma survivors, including
combat veterans and former prisoners of war, men and women who have
been physically and sexually assaulted in childhood and adulthood, and
survivors of the 2001 World Trade Center bombing. She has served as the
principal investigator on four grants from the National Institute of
Mental Health, as well as grants from the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
She was a member of the American Psychological Association (APA)
Guideline Development Panel for PTSD and the 2016 President of APA’s
Division of Trauma Psychology.
Dr. Josef Ruzek retired
as Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for
PTSD Dissemination and Training Division in April 2018, after helping
improve PTSD services in VA for over 26 years. Dr. Ruzek is an Adjunct
Professor at Stanford University Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences, Co-Director of the Center for m2 Health at Palo
Alto University, and a Professor in the Department of Psychology at
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. He has been a member of the
VHA Undersecretary's Special Committee on PTSD and served as
psychotherapy champion for the joint VA-DoD Clinical Practice Guideline
for Management of Traumatic Stress. Dr. Ruzek is a past member of the
Board of Directors of the International Society for Traumatic Stress
Studies. He specializes in early intervention to prevent the
development of PTSD, dissemination of evidence-based treatments for
PTSD, and development and evaluation of Internet- and smartphone-based
interventions for trauma survivors.
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