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            February 2017 Newsletter
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CAREGIVER CHALLENGE ESTIMATOR
NEW ROLES FOR DRS. HAMBRICK AND GRIFFIN
NASHVILLE BOOT CAMPS
 
 
For those of you who have participated in a CTA Case-based Series in the past year or two, it's likely that you have seen Dr. Perry use the Caregiver Challenge Estimator tool to assess the demands on a particular caregiver.  We are so pleased to announce that the tool is now available to the public!  For those of you already involved in any of our training programs with CTA online accounts, the tool can be added to your existing account, and for new subscribers, enrollment and account set us is easy.  Read more about the tool below as well as other very exciting updates.  

We are equally thrilled this month to announce some transitions in CTA Leadership: Dr. Erin Hambrick joins us as our new Director of Research while former Director of Research Dr. Gene Griffin becomes Senior Fellow for Policy and Practice. We look forward to an exciting year with more developments to come. In 2017, we plan to share more on the accomplishments of our partners in training.

In our March newsletter, we plan to feature our growing cadre of European colleagues and announce our plans for our 2018 NMT & NME Symposium -- and additional NMT and NME Boot Camps! 
NOW AVAILALBE - NEW Caregiver Challenge Estimator Tool 
 
Caring for children creates physical and emotional demands that can be exhausting. The time, attention and energy of any caregiver is limited. When a caregiver is depleted, it is much more difficult to meet the needs of the child. There are a number of factors that influence the internal and external resources of any caregiver, and there are other factors that increase the caregiving 'burden' such as age of the child, as well as physical, emotional or behavioral problems.
 
CTA's Caregiving Challenge Estimator (CCE) is a tool that is intended to provide an estimate of the caregiving 'burden' facing a primary caregiver at a given moment in time. This tool has been in development for some time, and we are happy to announce that it is now available!

This simple tool allows clinicians and educators to estimate the balance between resources and demands to determine the Caregiving Reserve score; in turn, this information can help in clinical decision-making and psychoeducation for the caregivers.

As with all metrics, this report is intended to supplement and not replace the clinical decision making process.  Report packages are now available for purchase.   Click here for more information. 

Dr. Erin Hambrick Named New CTA Director of Research

We are proud to announce that Dr. Erin Hambrick has been named CTA's new Director of Research.   In addition to serving as CTA's Director of Research, Dr. Hambrick is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC), where she teaches graduate and undergraduate psychology courses and directs lab PANDA (Pediatric Abuse, Neglect, Disaster, and Adversity). Her research is broadly focused on children exposed to trauma and adversity. Specific lines of research include identifying risk and protective factors following exposure to trauma or adversity, identifying helpful ways for caregivers to talk to children about disasters, and evaluating the effectiveness of available trauma treatments in community-based settings. Her ultimate goal is to promote the use of evidence-informed, trauma-focused interventions in community-based service provision settings. 


Gene Griffin
Dr. Gene Griffin Named Senior Fellow for Policy and Practice

Having served as CTA's Director of Research since 2013, Dr. Griffin now serves as The ChildTrauma Academy's second Senior Fellow:  Senior Fellow for Policy and Practice.  
In his former position as Director of Research, Dr. Griffin brought a unique set of skills and experience to his role and helped solidify CTA's research initiatives. Prior to joining CTA, Dr. Griffin served as the Associate Director of the Mental Health and Services Policy Program at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. He continues to act as Clinical Director of the Illinois Childhood Trauma Coalition and is a member of the Illinois Juvenile Justice Commission.  
Dr. Griffin was named by the MacArthur Foundation-supported Models for Change initiative as a Champion for Change in juvenile justice reform for his work in mental health for juveniles in the justice system and is a founding member of the Models for Change Mental Health/Juvenile Justice Action Network team in Illinois. He previously worked in the Director's Office at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services where he helped develop the Department's Behavioral Health Team and its Trauma Program, and h e has published several articles related to mental health and juvenile justice.

Read Dr. Griffin's full bio.
Announcing NMT and NME Boot Camps - October 24 & 25, 2017 in Nashville, TN

CTA is thrilled to announce new Boot Camp training opportunities for NMT Training Certification - Phase I and for the NME Training Certification!  Both Boot Camps will take place on Oct. 24 & 25, 2017  at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, TN.  These Boot Camps will dovetail with the 2017 National Permanency Conference (Oct. 23, 2017) which is being presented by Harmony Family Center.  Please note that registration for our Boot Camps is separate from the registration for the National Permanency Conference.

The ChildTrauma Academy's Bootcamps offer an accelerated, face-to-face learning experience and serve as the kick-off to our year-long, self paced NMT & NME Individual Training Certification Programs.  Enrollment in a Bootcamp includes payment for the full year of self-paced learning.



One final update: our Neurosequential Model in Caregiving pilot project with the Arizona Council of Human Service Providers kicked off on January 30th with the first session in an Introductory Series. Over 55 groups of participants joined the call, and many more will convene to view recordings of the sessions.  We are very excited about this project and look forward to updating you more as the program develops in the coming year.  
 
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Sincerely,

Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. 
The ChildTrauma Academy