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Finding the perfect speaker is easier than ever. All our programs teach a trauma-informed approach to understanding behavior and effecting change. Our expert speakers will tailor presentations to your specific needs on topics like these listed below.

Click on the blue topics that you would like to learn more about and begin the process to finding a sucessful speaker for your next engagement.

Child and Adolescent Victims of Trauma and Abuse
• Supporting Traumatized Children
• The Importance of Attachment
• Educating the Distressed Child
• Addressing the Sexual Abuse of Boys
• Treatment of Severe Trauma and Dissociation in Children
• Family Court and Child Protection: Flaws and System Failures
• Risking Connection®

Vulnerable Populations
• Trauma among the Elderly
• Trauma and HIV
• Trauma among People with Disabilities
• Self-determination for People with Disabilities
• Journalists, Broadcasters, and Other “Bystanders”

Self-Harming Behaviors
• Self-Inflicted Violence: Helping Those Who Self-Injure
• Trauma and Addiction
• Working with Chronic Suicidality

Burnout Prevention Strategies
• Preventing Vicarious Traumatization
  and Burnout in High-Stress Facilities

• Growing Beyond Survival:
  A Self-Help Toolkit for Managing Traumatic Stress

• Transforming Compassion Fatigue into Flow
• Risking Connection® in Faith Communities:
  A Training for Faith Leaders Supporting Trauma Survivors

• Risking Connection®:
  A Training Curriculum for Working with Survivors

• Relational Peer Support Supporting Trauma Survivors

Psychiatric Conditions
• Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder
  as a Traumatic Condition

• Addressing PTSD in Primary Care Settings
• The Role of Dissociation in Traumatic Stress Behavior
• Trauma and Addiction
• Trauma Assessment and Treatment Planning

Spirituality and Trauma
• Trauma and Faith Communities
• Pastoral Care



Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma
• Growing Beyond Survival:
  A Self-Help Toolkit for Managing Traumatic Stress

• Understanding and Addressing the Dynamics of Revictimization
• Supporting Male Victims
• Working with Shame and Anger
• Relational Peer Support for Men and Women
  Who Have Experienced Trauma

• Risking Connection®:
  A Training Curriculum for Working with Survivors

• Parenting Skills for Adult Survivors of Trauma

Combat Veterans and Trauma
• Taking Charge of Change
• Military Family Issues
• Living with Combat Vets

Working with Crime Victims and Prepetrators
• Trauma, Domestic Violence, and Sexual Assault
• Ethics in Victim Services
• Supporting Male Victims
• Trauma Treatment in Corrections
• Understanding and Addressing the Dynamics of Revictimization

Trauma Symptom Management
• Using Art, Journal, and other Expressive Therapies
• Therapeutic Use of Story Telling
• Tool Kit Strategies

Crisis, Disaster, and Sudden Loss
• The Spiritual Effects of Crisis and Disaster
• Community Response to Disaster
• Facing Loss
• Traumatic Grief and Sudden Loss

Creating/Improving Trauma-Informed Service Delivery
• In Residential Care Facilities
• In Corrections Settings
• In Social Services
• In Schools
• In Health and Mental Health Settings
• In Human Resources

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Sidran Institute Risking Connection
410.825.8888
200 East Joppa Road, Suite 207 • Baltimore, MD 21286