Dealing with trauma

HAWLEY -- A one-day seminar "Building Bridges: A Community Approach to Dealing with Trauma" will be held on Tuesday, November 14 at Woodloch Pines Resort. The seminar is a cooperative event sponsored by Survivors' Resources of Pike County, Victim's Intervention Program of Wayne County, Wayne Memorial Hospital and the Area Health Education Center at Keystone College in La Plume.

Featured presenter for the program will be Dr. Sandra Bloom, Associate Medical Director of the Horsham Clinic in Ambler, PA. Among her many credentials, she is the founder and Executive Director of The Sanctuary Programs, specialized inpatient hospital programs at the Horsham Clinic and Hampton Hospital in Rancocas, NJ for treatment of adults who were traumatized as children. She is past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Temple University School of Medicine and author of the books "Creating Sanctuary: Toward the Evolution of Sane Societies" and "Bearing Witness: Violence and Collective Responsibility," coauthored with Michael Reichert.

The Program is targeted toward human and social service workers, health care practitioners, educators, therapists, mental health professionals, guidance counselors, clergy, coaches and gym teachers, parents and anyone else who has concern for the violence in our homes, schools and communities.

A buffet luncheon will be served and continuing education credits will be awarded. Registration is $25 per person, $35 if continuing education credits are desired. For more information call 570/253-8990.