On Thursday March 22, I will be making a presentation entitled “Intergenerational Transmission of Mass Trauma” at the Annual Bill Lane Social Work Disaster Response Conference, hosted at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx. The program is free of change, and has been approved for 3 Continuing Education contact hour credits for licensed social workers in NY. For further information… READ MORE>>
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Presentation at Annual Bill Lane Social Work Disaster Response Conference, Mar. 22 at Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx
Posted by on March 18, 2018
Presentation at Annual Bill Lane Social Work Disaster Response Conference
Posted by on March 18, 2018
Presentation Date: 03/22/18
Location: Bronx, NY
On Thursday March 22, I will be making a presentation entitled “Intergenerational Transmission of Mass Trauma” at the Annual Bill Lane Social Work Disaster Response Conference, hosted at Jacobi Medical… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: TODAY: Event at the United Nations HQ in NYC, Organized by the Committee on the Status of Women, Mar. 16/2018
Posted by on March 16, 2018
The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, March 12 – 23/2018. I will be serving as the moderator for the CSW event focused on “Mental Health of Rural Women Following Disaster and Conflict”, which is scheduled for Friday March 16 at 6:15 pm in… READ MORE>>
My paper entitled “Dehumanization in the Treatment of Elderly Holocaust Survivors and Other Elderly Persons with Histories of Prior Traumatization” is now available online
Posted by on March 16, 2018
Issue 8: Spring 2018 of the online journal published by the Claims Conference for those who work or live with Holocaust survivors is now available online. To go to the issue, you can click on this link. The issue includes a paper I wrote on “Dehumanization in the Treatment of Elderly Holocaust Survivors and Other Elderly Persons with Histories of… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: Event at the United Nations HQ in NYC, Organized by the Committee on the Status of Women, Mar. 16/2018
Posted by on March 10, 2018
The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, March 12 – 23/2018. I will be serving as the moderator for the CSW event focused on “Mental Health of Rural Women Following Disaster and Conflict”, which is scheduled for Friday March 16 at 6:15 pm in… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: A Two-Day Workshop on Person-Centered Trauma-Informed Care, Ruth and Norman Rales Jewish Family Services in Boca Raton FLA, Mar. 12-13/2018
Posted by on March 8, 2018
On March 12-13, I will be giving a workshop focused on the care of aging Holocaust Survivors and their families, at the Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services in Boca Raton, Florida. The workshop will open with a presentation to the clinical staff, which will address the generational impact of multiple types of traumatic experiences in the family, the… READ MORE>>
Event at the United Nations HQ in NYC, Organized by the Committee on the Status of Women
Posted by on March 5, 2018
Presentation Date: 03/16/18
Location: United Nations HQ, NYC
The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, March 12 – 23/2018. I will be serving as… READ MORE>>
A Two-Day Workshop on Person-Centered Trauma-Informed Care
Posted by on February 26, 2018
Presentation Date: 03/12/18
Location: Boca Raton, FL
On March 12-13, I will be giving a workshop focused on the care of aging Holocaust Survivors and their families, at the Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services in Boca Raton,… READ MORE>>
Trauma Group Meeting and Presentation at the United Nations, Thursday February 8, 2018
Posted by on February 4, 2018
The NGO Committee on Mental Health in Consultative Status with the United Nations was established in 1996. The primary mission of the committee is the promotion of psycho-social well-being, the improvement of mental health care services, and advocacy and education in the prevention and treatment of mental illness. The committee works with the UN and its specialized agencies to ensure… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: Come Join Me for “Intergenerational Legacies of Trauma in Families”: A Full-Day Workshop In West Palm Beach, FL
Posted by on January 29, 2018
On February 5th-6th, 2018, I will have the honor of presenting a professional training about trauma and aging for the Alpert Jewish Family and Children’s Service in West Palm Beach, Florida. The workshop will take place at the Marriot, West Palm Beach and is organized and supported by Herzog Israeli Center for Treatment of Psychotrauma; Next Generations; The Jewish Federations… READ MORE>>
United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony, Wednesday January 31/2018
Posted by on January 28, 2018
On Wednesday January 31, I will be joining the Board of the Holocaust Council of MetroWest and its members in attending the Holocaust Memorial Ceremony, in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the United Nations in NYC. The ceremony will take place from 11 am – 1 pm in the General Assembly Hall of the UN Headquarters in NYC…. READ MORE>>
Remembering Our Parents’ Resilience, and Honoring Their Legacy
Posted by on January 27, 2018
Growing up, my parents’ home was always full of friends. A mere handful of years after the end of the war, my parents had managed to build a business in which they worked incredibly hard, and with which they filled their home with a sense of affluence that they generously shared with anyone who came in. And many guests came… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: Presentation at William Allen White Institute in NYC on January 23, 2018
Posted by on January 21, 2018
Update: More information, including registration procedures, has been added at this link. ———————————————————————————————————- On January 23, 2018 , I will be giving a presentation, entitled “Trauma, Psychosis and Functionality” at the William Allen White Institute in NYC. More details, as well as the registration procedure, can be found from this link. The presentation will describe personal experiences from encounters with… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: Workshop at the LiveOn Conference in NYC, January 25, 2018
Posted by on January 20, 2018
I will be giving, with Adeena Horowitz, Administrative Director of Selfhelp Community Services, a workshop entitled “When the Past is Present: What Holocaust Survivors Can Teach Us About Working With Elders Who Experienced Trauma“ at the LiveOn Conference in NYC on January 25, 2018. LiveOn is an organization consisting of 100 agencies from small, single-site centers to large multi-service organizations, representing the… READ MORE>>
A Video of My Presentation in Atlanta, “Trauma Informed Care of Holocaust Survivors and Other Elderly Trauma Survivors”, Posted on My Youtube Channel
Posted by on January 15, 2018
In November 2017, I gave a presentation at JF&CS in Atlanta, GA. The presentation, entitled “Trauma Informed Care of Holocaust Survivors and Other Elderly Trauma Survivors”, was focused on understanding the impact of extreme traumatic experiences in prior times on elderly individuals, and on implementing principles of Person Centered Trauma Informed Care (PCTIC) in the care of elderly survivors of… READ MORE>>