About this Webinar:
Military service is both honorable and demanding, for service members and their families. Disability, whether incurred as a result of combat, service-related injury or even the diagnosis of a disabling condition in the family can make an already demanding life more difficult. Add nearly three years of a Covid-19 pandemic, a global health threat we know has escalated cases of mental health concerns nationally, outside of military service!
This webinar discusses the intersection of disability with military service for service members and their families, looking closely at the impact of trauma on the brain and possible physical cues and reactions when a trauma response occurs. Service providers will have an opportunity to consider posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suicidal ideation, and trauma responses with helpful interventions and resources.
People living with disability are not extraordinary, nor are they difficult to work with. They are, instead, ordinary people living with difficult, often extraordinary circumstances. And they can be helped.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify types of disability military personnel and families might encounter, as well as the frequent links between trauma and disability.
- Examine brain chemistry and body reactions that typically occur with a trauma response.
- Review the differences clinicians must consider in terms of active duty versus veteran and identify types of supports for military personnel and their families.
- Identify symptoms of PTSD and possible supports for providers working with military personnel and their families.
- Emphasize three key components necessary for recovery from trauma.
Presenters:
Laura G. Buckner, M.Ed., LPC, M.O.M.
Program Manager, Community Education
Texas Center for Disability Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
Mentor Trainer, The Learning Community for Person-Centered Practices
Charting the LifeCourse Ambassador
Joanna Goodwin, LPC
Executive Director and Founder
Operation True North
CE credit is available.
RSVP to Register!
Please RSVP for this free webinar here: https://oneop.org/event/129665/
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