Trauma-Informed Practice - Video Replay Denver
May 2019
Trauma-Informed Practice
An Attorney Wellness Program!
Program Description:
Attorneys in many practice areas work with traumatized clients and individuals. Trauma-informed care, an educated understanding, identification, and sensitive response to the effects of trauma, has been a common practice in the mental health and social services communities for many years. Similarly, lawyers, as a helping profession, can benefit from training on the existence and impact of trauma.
This program will help you understand and recognize trauma, training you to respond and appropriately communicate with a person suffering from trauma. Additionally, you will learn about secondary trauma, vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue, and the tools you can use to prevent burnout. Overall, this program will give you strategies to improve client relationships, to better serve your clients and care for yourself.
An invaluable program! You will leave with concrete tips and tangible solutions that directly impact your professional practice and improve your personal satisfaction
This Program Will Provide You Tools to:
- Understand and Recognize Trauma
- Improve Communication with Individuals Suffering from Trauma
- Reduce and Avoid Secondary Stress, Vicarious Trauma, and Compassion Fatigue
- Foster Ethical and Successful Attorney-Client Relationships
Attend LIVE and participate in the “Trauma-Informed Communication Practice”
Optional Guided Visualization! 4:10 – 4:30 PM
Prepare to return to your day with a calm, peaceful state of mind.
Fresh and Healthy Breakfast and Snacks!
AGENDA
Friday, May 17, 2019
8:30 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM
Welcome and Introduction
9:10 AM (.25 Ethics Credits)
Understanding and Recognizing Trauma
- Trauma Defined
- Trauma and Memory
- Trauma and the Brain
- Ethics
- CRPC 1.1 - Competence
- CRPC 1.3 - Diligence
Presented by Emily Tofte Nestaval, MSW, Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center (RMvlc)
10:20 AM
Networking Break
10:30 AM
Trauma-Informed Communication Strategies
This session will cover what to be aware of when communicating with people who have experienced recent and/or developmental trauma, how we can best help individuals impacted by trauma feel safe communicating with us, and how we can support children and adults impacted by trauma who are in the legal system.
Presented by Ashley Brock-Baca, Ph.D, Trauma Responsive Service Array Developer, Colorado Department of Human Services – Office of Behavioral Health
11:30 AM
Trauma-Informed Communication Practice (LIVE ONLY)
This session will utilize a problem-based learning model with a hypothetical scenario involving a person affected by trauma. In small groups, participants will practice trauma-informed communication strategies, receiving feedback and guidance from faculty members.
Presented by Nathaniel Baca, Esq., Mountain Legal, Walden.ly, and Ashley Brock-Baca, Ph.D, Trauma Responsive Service Array Developer, Colorado Department of Human Services – Office of Behavioral Health
12:20 PM
Lunch on Your Own
1:20 PM (1.25 Ethics Credits)
Secondary Stress, Vicarious Trauma, and Compassion Fatigue
Stress isn’t all bad. On a day-to-day basis, it motivates us to get our to-do list accomplished and, in extreme cases, it can save our lives. However, when we become overwhelmed, our stress response isn’t working for us; it’s working against us, causing many negative side effects that can compromise our health, our relationships, and even our work. Being exposed to other people’s stress, trauma, or graphic forensic evidence can make this even worse. Compassion fatigue occurs when someone is regularly exposed to other people’s stress and essentially “takes on” other people’s problems as their own. It is not burnout, but it can lead to burnout. This presentation will help you understand and mitigate the effects of secondary stress, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue.
Presented by Sarah Myers, Esq., LMFT, LAC, Executive Director, Colorado Lawyer Assistance Program (COLAP)
2:20 PM
Understanding Your Background and Addressing Personal Trauma
One of the risk factors associated with working with survivors of trauma is managing our own reactions to our client's stories. Given that, unfortunately, trauma and traumatic loss are more common than most people acknowledge, and many service providers come into the field with our own wounds or experience wounding while working in the field. This workshop will speak to the importance of self-awareness, management of our own counter-transference reactions, and an understanding of how the wounds of the provider and survivor may interact.
Presented by Kristy Eldredge, EdD, LPC, NCC, ACS
2:40 PM
Specific, Practical Strategies for Self-Care
Presented by Kristy Eldredge, EdD, LPC, NCC, ACS, and Sarah Myers, Esq., LMFT, LAC, Executive Director, Colorado Lawyer Assistance Program (COLAP)
3:00 PM
Networking Break
3:10 PM
Ethics and Navigating Trauma in an Attorney-Client Relationship (.50 Ethics Credits)
- Identifying Signs and Symptoms of Trauma
- Navigating Trauma in Representation
- Ethics
- CRPC 1.1 – Competence
- CRPC 1.3 – Diligence
- CRPC 1.4 – Communication
- CRPC 1.14 – Clients with Diminished Capacity
- CRPC 1.6 – Confidentiality of Information
Presented by Ashley Arens, MSW, MSSP, Client Services Director, and Kazi Houston, MSW, JD, Legal Director, Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center (RMvlc)
4:10 PM
Program Adjourns
4:10 – 4:30 PM
Optional Guided Visualization (No CLE Credit)
After a full day of learning, prepare to return to your day with a calm, peaceful state of mind. This guided visualization is one self-care tool that you can use to build your own resilience.
Led by Kristy Eldredge, EdD, LPC, NCC, ACS
Location Information
S1 - East Huddle Room
1290 Broadway Street, 17th Floor
Denver, CO 80203
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1290 Broadway Street, 17th Floor
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $399.00 |
| CBA Member | $329.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Partner | $164.50 |
| ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 6.00
- Ethics Credits: 2.00
- EDI Credits:
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Sponsor Information
- The Changes to Rule 16: Prior Authorization and Denial
- Cumulative Trauma
- The Inside Track at the Division of Workers’ Compensation