Last Thursday, I attended a presentation by Laurie Leitch, Ph.D who, together with retired Army Brigadier General Loree Sutton co-founded Threshold Globalworks, an organization that states as its mission bringing cutting-edge initiatives, informed by neuroscience, that amplify social resilience and human potential. The organization delivered services in different parts of the world to train local individuals to help their peers… READ MORE>>
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Amplifying Resilience: An Orientation to the Social Resilience Model (SRM)
Posted by on April 30, 2016
A Monthly Group Meeting for Children of Holocaust Survivors, Starting May 10 in Boro Park
Posted by on April 17, 2016
I will be leading monthly group meetings for “Second Generation”, the children of Holocaust survivors. The group will meet at the Boro Park Y. The first meeting is scheduled for May 10, 2016 and there will be a total of ten meetings throughout the year until the end of December 2016. The group is intended for individuals who wish to… READ MORE>>
Irit Felsen is new member of National Center for Crisis Management and the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
Posted by on April 3, 2016
I recently joined as a member of the National Center for Crisis Management and the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress (http://www.aaets.org/index.htm). The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress sees as its mission working towards increasing awareness of the effects of trauma and, ultimately, improving the quality of interventions with survivors. This mission is very close to my… READ MORE>>
Writers Institute at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Mar. 30/2015
Posted by on March 30, 2016
Tonight, I will be attending the Writers Institute at The Graduate Center, City University of New York : Children of the Holocaust: Writers of the Next Generation. The event will feature readings and a discussion of the experiences of family relatives who suffered under Nazi persecution and how this legacy continues to shape the authors subjectivity and literary work. More… READ MORE>>
The Annual Bill Lane Social Work Disaster Response Conference
Posted by on March 19, 2016
This coming week on Thursday, March 24, 2016, I will attend the Annual Bill Lane Social Work Disaster Response Conference . The topic this year is The Integrative Model of Coping and Resiliency: Basic Theory and Practice. The conference will bring together experts in disaster mental health to explore best practice models of disaster response. The presenters at the Conference… READ MORE>>
Presentation on Mar. 20/2016 at Ofek School in West Orange, NJ
Posted by on March 19, 2016
On Sunday, March 20, I will be presenting a talk to the parents and members of the Isreaeli-American community at the Ofek School (http://ofekschool.wix.com/ofekschoolnj) in JCC MetroWest, on 76 Northfield Avenue, West Orange, NJ. The presentation, which will take place between 2:15-4:00, will be in Hebrew. The Ofek School is an integral part of the emerging Israeli community in MetroWest,… READ MORE>>