The Pottstown Trauma Informed Community Connection group is underway in planning the January 31 Community Connection Connection Matters networking at 8:30 followed by a 9:00 am to 11:00 am meeting at Brookside Country Club where Dr. Steve Berkowitz, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Director Penn Center For Youth and Family Trauma Response And Recovery will speak on "Childhood Resiliency: Crisis, Early Intervention and Skills for Recovery"
Dr. Berkowitz's main focus has been on the development of interventions for children living in psycho-social adversity especially in the area childhood trauma with a focus on Crisis and Early Intervention. Dr. Berkowitz is a nationally recognized expert on police-mental health collaborations and was one of the architects of the Child Development-Community Policing Program, a model that was replicated in 15 communities throughout the U.S. He has written, lectured and taught extensively in the area of childhood trauma and its treatment. He is a contributor to the Psychological First Aid Manual for Disaster Response sponsored by SAMHSA and a co-author of the published Skills for Recovery Manual, which is intended to be used in the weeks and months after a Disaster. In addition, he was a developer of the In-home Intensive Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Service (IICAPS), which was designed for children and youth at high risk of institutionalization due to multiple risk factors including chronic adverse experience. This program (PHIICAPS) is currently being piloted in Philadelphia.
During the meeting, attendees can expect not only to learn more about trauma and resiliency in children but they will also hear real life methods that can be applied to lead to recovery in children. Those present will have the fortune of a sneak peak at the Pottstown High School Musical, "The Little Mermaid" as performed by students from Pottstown School District under the direction of Mr. Robert Decker.
A continental breakfast is included in the FREE registration and the meeting is open to anyone seeking to make a difference in the lives of Pottstown's youth. To register visit www.pottstownmatters.org .
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