http://www.nyu.edu/trauma.studies
is accepting applications until July 15, for its 2004-2005 training program. This unique program, enriched by the participation of a diverse student body, offers a dynamic combination of academic studies, research, and practical experience working with trauma survivors in New York City, the U.S., and abroad.
The coming year’s visiting faculty of international pioneers in trauma studies includes Soeren Buus Jensen, MD, PhD, Claude Chemtob, PhD, Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Pauline Boss, PhD, Judith Landau, MD, Nancy Baron, EdD, Carlos Sluzki, MD, and Sara Cobb, PhD., leading presentations, workshops and case consultations.
The one-year graduate certificate training program includes:
* An overview of history, current theories, and controversies in the field
* Assessment of the impact of traumatic events on individual, social and cultural systems
* Practical skill building for everyday work and life
* Training in effective interventions includes: body-oriented, cognitive behavioral, narrative/testimony, expressive arts, family systems, community resilience, public health, and culture based approaches
* Multidisciplinary perspectives on representations of trauma, and on the arts, literature, and media as resources for recovery
* Best practices in international psychosocial training and response
* Current approaches in the field of collective trauma, resilience and co-existence
* The political, moral and human rights dimensions of traumatic loss and suffering
For more information about the program, please contact:
Jack Saul, PhD, Director
International Trauma Studies Program
New York University
155 Avenue of the Americas, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Tel. 212.691.6499 Fax 212.807.1809
http://www.nyu.edu/trauma.studies