Fostering
Resilience in Individuals, Families and Communities
Spring
2003 Disaster Response Workshop Series
This
workshop series presents innovative community approaches that
foster resilience in the face of and in the aftermath of terrorism,
war, and communal violence. The workshop series may be taken
in its entirety or participants may sign up for individual workshops.
Friday
Mornings: 9:30am to 1:30pm Space is limited. Workshop series
tuition $650; Individual Workshops; $90. A limited number of
scholarships are available. To register, please call 212.992.9669
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For
further information on trainings see www.nyu.edu/trauma.studies
or email ITSP at trauma.studies@nyu.edu
Course Moderator – Jack Saul, Ph.D. Director, International
Trauma Studies Program, NYU
January
30, 2003
Introduction: A Practical Guide for Enhancing Family and
Community Resilience
Judith Landau, MD, National Jewish Research Center, and President,
The Link Foundation, Boulder, CO
February 7, 2003
Family
and School Based Approaches to Terrorism and Traumatic Loss
Esther Cohen, PhD, Chief, Child-Clinical Graduate Psychology
Program, Hebrew University, Jerusalem;
February 14, 2003
Multifamily Discussion Groups Following Political Violence
Steven Weine, MD, University of Illinois, Chicago
February
21, 2003
Community Building Through Testimony and the Performing
Arts
Melinda Meyer, RN, MA, Psychosocial Center for Refugees,
University of Oslo,
Director, Norwegian Institute for the Expressive Arts Therapies
February
28, 2003
Enhancing Community Competence and Collaboration with Indigenous
Helpers
Nancy Baron, PhD, Trans-cultural Psychosocial Organization,
Kampala, Uganda
March
7, 2003
Supporting Traumatized Communities through Narration and
Remembrance
Mary Marshall Clark, PhD, Columbia University Oral History
Office; President, American Oral History Assoc.
Silvia Salvaticci, PhD, International Organization for Migration,
Rome, Italy
April
11, 2003
Revitalization of the Arts and Culture in War-Torn Societies
Arn Chorn-Pond, Cambodian Master Performers Program, Phnom
Penh, Cambodia
John Burt, Cambodian Master Performers Program, Theatrical
Producer, New York City
April
25, 2003
The Media as a Resource for Collective Recovery following
Major Catastrophes
Michael Cohen, PhD, Michael Cohen Group, Trauma and Media
Advisor New York City
And the New York University Trauma and Media Project
